Eugene Yakimishyn

Favorite Memory

I remember on November in the late 1990’s I was on my way to teach Ukrainian Dance in Barrhead and as I drove down the highway it was 21 degrees bright and sunny.  I decided to stop at one of my favourite places to stop at Lac St. Anne on the North side to park and look over the lake.  At the dock I parked my car and sat on the dock enjoying the hot summer temperature in November.  As I looked across the water I noticed that the water was perfectly still, impossibly plate glass calm and I felt this incredible calmness inside.  I then noticed that the sun was just above the horizon straight across from where I was sitting and its reflection was perfect on the water along with the entire panoramic scene.  I can instantly remember it today as I think about it.  After I returned to my car and I wrote a song about this moment called ‘November Summer’s Moment’.  This was one of many special moments I had on my way to or from places where I taught Ukrainian Dance from 1977 to 2020.

Dance schools

St. Basil's Ukrainian Dance School
Edmonton
1977 - 1982
St. Andrews Ukrainian Dance School
Edmonton
1978 - 1982
St.John's Ukrainian Dance School
Edmonton
1978 - 1982
Gibbons Ukrainian Dance Club
Gibbons
1982 -1984
Leduc Community Ukrainian Dance
Leduc
1984 - 1985
Sangudo Ukrainian Dancers
Sangudo
1984 - 1988
Thorsby Ukrainian Dancers
Thorsby
1984 - 1986
Ukrainian Academy of Dance
Toronto, Ontario
1988 - 1990
Boyle Ukrainian Dancers
Boyle
1991 - 1994
Edson Ukrainian Dancers
Edson
1991 - 1994
St Paul Ukrainian Dancers
St. Paul
1993 - 1994
Willingdon Ukrainian Dancers
Williingdon
1992 - 1994
Barrhead Ukrainian Dancers
Barrhead
1994 - 1999
Grande Prairie Ukrainian Dancers
Grande Prairie
1993 -1994
Vecely Ukrainian Dancers
Edmonton
2000 - 2020
Dansorium Dance Studio Istanbul
Istanbul
2004
Innisfree Ukrainian Dancers
Innisfree
2006 - 2007
Vilna Ukrainian Dancers
Vilna
2007 - 2008
Glendon Ukrainian Dancers
Glendon
2007 - 2008
Peace River Ukrainian Dance Workshop
Peace River
1996
Vaselli Ukrainian Dancers, Sydney Nova Scotia Workshops
Sydney
1988, 1989
Veselka Ukr. Dancers, Ukrainian Dance Instructor Wkshp. Victoria B.C.
Victoria
1994

Instructor’s First Dance Teacher at “School/ Location/ Year”

Vlad Eshenko/Edmonton/1966