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17042026 Kristy Ashcroft helps her daughter Sam, of the Swan River Dolyna Ukrainian Dancers, with her hair as she prepares backstage before performing a solo Bukovyna dance on the first day of the Brandon Troyanda School of Ukrainian Dance Biennial Dance Festival and Competition at the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium on Friday. Brandon Troyanda is celebrating their 50th Anniversary as a dance group. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)