Carpatho-Rusyn Society

St. John's Church Auditorium, 364 Mill Hill Ave. Bridgeport, Conn. 1:30-4:00 p.m.

Don't Miss JERRY JUMBA--musician, cantor, teacher, singer, choral director, dancer, choreographer and theatrical producer in a Rusyn Song Festival.

Sing along to the nostalgic songs of the "old country" made popular in the area now known as Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine. His appearance will be a fun-filled event providing an exciting introspective into this beloved Rusyn music.

Jumba is a well-known talented musicologist and Rusyn Culturist from Pittsburgh, PA specializing in Rusyn music and dance. An entertainer, teacher and historian, Jumba graduated from Duquesne University School of Music and was awarded a special grant to study Carpatho Rusyn minority culture in Transcarpathia. Over the years, Jumba has developed a love for the folk music of the Rusyn people and has translated many of these songs into "sing-able" English.

In addition to producing revivals of the medieval Rusyn "Bethlehem Play" for Christmas, a traditional form of musical masquerade theater, Jumba has his own popular weekly Carpatho-Rusyn Radio Program on Pittsburgh radio and has served as cantor and choir director for churches in that area. He is a founding member of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society and is on the advisory board of the Carpatho-Rusyn Research Center.

Admission is $6 for the general public, $3 for senior citizens, and children 12 and under are admitted free. Make checks payable to the Carpatho-Rusyn Society and mail to NECRS, c/o William Soltis, 106 Ohio Avenue, Bridgeport CT 06610.