| Around 60 people took part in the event, the oldest of whom was 86-yearold retired milkman George Bandura. |
| The bandura, Ukraine's national instrument, may have from twenty to sixty-five strings and is similar to a lute. |
| Hryhorii Kytastyi, musical director, composer and bandurist, is the author of more than 30 melodies of Ukrainian songs for solo and choir with bandura or piano accompaniment. |
| Number one on the list is Albert Bandura who is considered by many to be the most influential psychologist of the twentieth century. |
| The bandura is an old instrument from the old days of the Kozak armies. |
| Sometimes a wandering minstrel sang these for him, accompanying himself on the bandura. |
