пятница, 22 февраля 2008 г.

OLEXANDER KOSHYTS STREET


Olexandr Koshyts
(1875 – 1944)
A famous conductor, a great talented composer, he was born on August 30th in the village of Romashka, Kanivskyi district, the land of T. Shevchenko and Nechyi-Levytskyi.
From 1909 O. Koshyts conducted the Choir of Kyiv University. From 1919 he is the conductor of Kyiv Opera. In 1919 he organized the Ukrainian State Choir.
He moved to New-York City in 1912 where he collected liturgical music, arranged and popularized Ukrainian folk music. He also documented the choir’s travels in the memoirs “With Song Round the World”. In 1941 he spent his summer months teaching in Winnipeg, Canada, since that time he had been living there. He died in 1944 at the age of 69.
The personal archive of O. Koshyts remains in the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.


WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRAVEL ALONG THIS STREET?
The perfect combination of dwelling houses and official institutions, greenery and entertainment centres, shops and trading centres, public services, markets and traffic make this street unusually beautiful and comfortable. It looks great in all seasons.
At the beginning of the street there is a huge car garage where you can park your own car. Not very far from it the State Police Station and the State Tax Inspection are situated. Both of them have modern design.
Specialized school #296 and the Gymnasium “Dialogue” are situated on the opposite side.
Some metres ahead the State Administration is working and ruling, solving all life important questions of Darnytskyi District.
A very comfortable café- bar opens heartily its doors to the visitors, offering dishes of different national cuisines.
Some banks are ready to serve the clients, among them are “Prominvest Bank”, “UkrSim Bank”, “Pro Credit Bank”.
While walking along the street you come to “Aquarium” where different kinds of fishes are offered to the customers.
The salon of beauty “Faberlic – Ukraine” is a aplace where women like to spend time in order to keep fit.
The shop “Rexwood” orders trendy and fashionable furniture for the interiors of your flats.
The inhabitants are very friendly and they love their native street very much. The street is very compact and comfortable.
Come and see all sights of the street with your own eyes. It’s really worth seeing and visiting! You will be really greatly impreesed1.




Derugina Anastasia, 10-B Form, 16 years old
Grinash Volodymyr, 10-A Form, 16 years old

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