Note: I wrote this up at first, for the videographer to have some text to explain this event. I wrote the text in English, then used software to translate. We never did have a definitive list of “members” of the Choir. Until now. And still people are missing. We used photos of the event May 21st to count heads and confirm who was who.
The video done by Katya will be seen in Ukraine, I am sure.
за участю
Балканський хор штату Мен та оркестр обіймів мес
зі спеціальними запрошеними солістами
Людмила Юрченко та Даша Артемчук
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Anne Tatgenhorst and Sarah Hipkens,
directors
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Will Bristol
piano accompanist and sound technician
Катя Данілова
videographer
Таня Чередніченко
послідовний перекладач з англійської на українську
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члени оркестру Huddled Masses для цієї події
Joe Niemczura (trumpet)
Jim Paton (trumpet)
Jay Hanes (trumpet)
Tom Jamrog (accordion)
Candace Hart (Tuba)
Shana Hanson (violin)
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Учасники Балканського хору штату Мен
Члени підгрупи Еллсворт
Dasha Artemchuk
Kaitlyn Cowles
Claire Cullinane
Mary Doherty
Rose Holdsworth
Bill Lippincott
Michael Marion
Cindy Robbins
Eloise Schultz
Anne Tatgenhorst
Sarah Wagner
Nicole Zerrien
Члени підгрупи Белфаст
Meg Berger
Abby Curtis
Chris Groden
Jamie Huntsberger
John McIntyre
Joe Niemczura
Nancy Raich
Peter Smith
Jim Tatgenhorst
Mary Taylor
Члени підгрупи “Портлендська область”
Patricia Cannon (also, mandolin)
Johna Cook
Mary Beth Davidson
Catherine Eliot
Carlin Gayer
Deb Gordon
Sarah Hipkens
Caroline Hyde
Ludmila Iurchenko (Also, Bayan)
Janet Lynch (also cello)
Rowan May
Theresa Oleksiw
Oksana Siankov
Ann Swardlick
Helena Tatgenhorst
John Todd
Zinalda Volkova
Julia Walkling
Jerrie Will
Susan West
Подяки
Fr Constantine Sarantidis, priest of Holy Trinity
Інна Чередніченко, Ukraine in Maine UforU Facebook page
Катя Данілова videographer, Auburn
Вадим Дашевский, music arranger, Kiev
Amy Fuller Ukraine in Maine FaceBook page
Sasha Kutsy Belfast Masquers
Janet Lynch, Linden Lea Performance Venue, Pownal
Chris Marshall, ethnomusicologist, Freedom
John Moore, piano accompanist Ellsworth
St Andrews Lutheran Church, Ellsworth
Toki Oshima, graphic artist, Belfast
the late Kirsten Stockman, Bar Harbor
WMPG FM radio, Portland
We wish to thank every singer and every person involved with the production of this event.
Joe's Kitchen Catch-all Drawer: #TheHuddledMassesOrchestra; DIY Home renovation 
Nice event! Now, remember that today is Memorial Day. You have to get up early for some bugling in Marlborough.
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I have many fond memories of playing taps in that city due to being in the band. There were seven cemeteries and seven veteran’s organizations, each assigned to lay wreaths prior to the parade. The Veteran’s monuments were laid out along Maine St and the band stopped at each for taps and a salute. My very first time participating was in seventh grade, I was assigned to go to the IAV club (never knew they has one til I was assigned!) which was quite memorable. There they offered me a beer. It was the first one I ever tasted and I never told Mom and Dad. I recall feeling a bit ill by the time the subsequent parade was over.
Throughout my three years at MHS, I would periodically get calls from the band director, Mr. Cosmo Valente, that if I wore my band uniform to school and agreed to play taps I could get fifteen bucks. Of course I said yes, that is the equivalent of fifty bucks spending power in today’s dollars.
The two most important times I ever played taps? first was at the interment for Uncle Joe, patriarch of the family, WW II infantryman, gardener, orchard owner, Red Sox fan, and source of very practical wisdom. Another interment was taking place nearby that day, and they too paused while I played because their loved one was also a veteran. They came later to thank me.
The most important taps I ever played was for Mom and Dad. Stanley Walter Niemczura and Alicia. He was a veteran of air combat and his time in the service marked his life. Alicia too, was a sort of Veteran inasmuch as she was a member of a Gold Star Family. She also put up with his anxiety episodes. Mom was just as fiercely patriotic as anybody and lived first-hand, the immigrant experience to this beautiful country.
A few days ago I contacted the Benjamin Berry Post #50 of the American Legion that is based in Unity Maine but also includes Thorndike. Did they need a bugler? So I will be putting on a nice shirt and necktie to head over there in a little bit, trumpet in hand. I also told that if in future any veteran was to be laid to rest in the area, I would be happy to help out in my small way.
Oh, and they also want “the echo.”
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