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The informant describes dances held in homes for small family and social occasions in the village of Horodenka and in Western Canada

Part 1: Born on November 28, 1911 in Montreal; his parents came to Canada in 1910 from Halychyna; they lived in Sidney for 10 years in coal mines, but then moved to Montreal; Ukrainian Catholic Church; Fr. John; Het’mantsi Club; St. Jean parade (??); Prosvita; Communists in Sidney; Fr. Krasyts’kyi (??); UNO appeared in Montreal; Fr. Joan (??); Nick went to Army in 1943, was overseas; Marunchak; Nick worked in a slaughterhouse; his wife is Nikeferuk (??), Veronica; DPs; Church celebrations; Nick belongs to the Canadian Ukrainian Legion; Golden Age Club (its Head is Havryliuk (?)); Fr. Haimenovych (??).

The collection consists of interviews conducted by Nadya Foty in Alberta and Saskatchewan with 21 individuals from the Ukrainian community. The goal of the interviews was to collect and preserve information about Ukrainian culture with a focus on rites of passage.
The respondents included: George Hill, Jack Kindrake, Eugene and Katherine Yereniuk, Fedir Moroz, William Piasecky, Anna Zuzak, Jenny Palamaruk, Josie Talpash, Mary Stokalko, Anna Papish, Mary Sochaski, Mary Sturby, Bella Dobni, George Wizniuk, N. Wizniuk, William Kissel, Rosie Kissel, .