TESTIMONIALS

Dear Mr. Nebesny,

On behalf of Arkan Dance Company, I wish to thank you for all your tremendous efforts putting together our tour of the homeland. As you know, most of these dancers had never been to Ukraine, and many of them may never go again. For them, this was the ultimate tour of Ukraine, a trip that they will not only remember their whole lives, but a trip that changed many lives.

Many of these dancers are exceptional students in school or university, or leaders (or future leaders) in their fields of work. This trip will be of lasting benefit to the Ukrainian Canadian community because of the extremely positive experience that they had in Ukraine, under your direction. These dancers will not forget their roots, their culture or their homeland, even if they don't continue dancing, because the beauty of the trip will remain as a wonderful and inspiring memory etched forever.

I want to thank you for the sacrifices that you made personally into put this tour together, monetary and time-wise. I know how much time we spent together arguing detail after detail, but then how you put in many extra hours and days after each meeting to solve, check , double check and book each item of the itinerary, and then still re-check it. Having lived in Ukraine, and having travelled there many times, I know how just about everything can go wrong, and really not be anyone's fault. But this trip was seamlessly put together, with things going so smoothly that I was truly amazed.

After my many previous trips to Ukraine by myself, I can honestly say that I was very turned off of ever traveling to Ukraine again. Your painstaking attention to every detail, the flow of the trip, and desire to maximize the dollar value and luxury component for every traveler was really very overwhelming. I am in awe at the amount of extra effort you put in to making this trip so successful and running so smoothly.

After such a successful trip with Mria Ukrainian Art Agency and your extreme dedication, I would definitely go again to Ukraine under your organization, taking another group again. (This is saying a lot, considering that my husband and I decided in 1995 that we were not going to ever go back to Ukraine again!)

With love, admiration and best wishes for your future success,

Danovia Stefura
Artistic Director, Arkan Dance Company & The Ukrainian Academy of Dance.