small fountain in front of the wall of water!

the blue area is a wall fountain with water running down through it. We went out to see it during intermission!

the whole group dancing!

dancing with accordions

whoa-pah!

the conductor!

dancing was mixed in with the singing

close up of the jewelry and embroidery

more dancing!

pulling the girls in chairs

I liked his hat the best... it was the fuzziest!

guys and dolls

danicing with swords!

all the men!

new costumes

children's choir soloist! He was quite a ham!

this little guy is the conductor's grandson!

a little singer!

children's choir

more musicians

Large Balalaika

mistress of ceremonies

close up of some of the singers

I thought I would take a break from showing our trip to Kiev and show some pictures of last night's concert featuring the Kuban Cossack Choir!

more of the water spouts!

Tom cut a "switch" from a tree so he could show the guys what they were spared from as kids!

water spouts along the Dnieper river

even in Kiev people are still interested in Tupac!

a graffiti tribute to "fiddy cent"

hip hop forever!

This says:

here were the hip hop girls

8/24/06

then they each signed

here's Tom... just chillin!

sculpture in the park,

we saw this as we got off the bus and were walking back to the boat house.

I was told this is a type of apple... maybe, they are what we would call 'crab apples' in the states

young love on the stairs

more colors of Kiev

colors of Kiev

cloudy day, overlooking the river

are we having fun yet?

Spencer and the tank

columns

sculpture in the water

painted tank

Moscow

Leningrad... now known as St. Petersburg

Kiev

Odessa

it says "city heroes" and underneath it says "glory"

women were also depicted

underneath the bridge are these sculptures along the path