Folk Songs Bring People Together: Nadiya Melnyk-Hud and the “Irshava” Ensemble

January 10, 1998. Transcarpathian State Television and Radio Company. The program “Meetings for You” is dedicated to Nadiya Melnyk-Hud, the director of the “Irshava” amateur folk ensemble.

In a conversation with the singer, they discuss her journey to folk singing, her family, her education and work, as well as the founding of the “Osvitianka” group in Irshava, which later grew into the “Irshava” ensemble. Nadiya Melnyk-Hud talks about tour trips throughout Ukraine and abroad, as well as her creative collaboration with the ensemble’s members.

The program features folk songs performed by the “Irshava” ensemble: “My Sweetheart, Where Have You Been,” “In the Green Grove,” “Skolomyika,” and “They’ll Take Me to the Prison.” The musical performances were filmed at the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Uzhhorod. The program also includes an excerpt from the show “Visiting Mar’ka Golubinska.”

Commentary is provided by: Stepan Bobyk, head of the Irshava District State Administration; Nataliia Trykur, methodologist at the Irshava Department of Education; Yurii Hleba, head of the Irshava Department of Culture; and Yaroslav Hud.

The program was produced by: author and host Vira Kobulei; director Galina Oreshnikova; sound engineer Stepan Kuchmash; cameraman Stepan Koprushak; and editors Silvia Kochish and Arpad Benke.