GLEN SPEY - Festival performers and sisters Lidiya, left, and Gabriella Oros, right, of Irshawa, Ukraine, comprise a singing duet called "Chreshenky"(Cherries). The 25th annual Verkhovyna Ukrainian Youth Festival in Glen Spey last weekend was part of their tour in North American. They are pictured with their teacher and musical director Oksana Lykhovid.

The rainy past weekend curtailed most of the outdoor performances Friday night and Saturday, and left the grounds soggy under foot on Sunday. Despite a still-damp stage, dancers returned outdoors on Sunday afternoon as the waiting crowd exceeded seating capacity for an indoor performance.

Dancer Taras Nuhiray of Toronto said the stage was usable, but too wet for some of the more athletic jumps. "The dancers fear we won't be able to hold the landings. We'll do less dangerous moves, but we'll still give them a performance," the youthful dancer said.

The three-day festival, which annually draws some 10,000 persons, took place under a continuing cloud of local speculation about an impending sale of the resort property by the Scranton based Ukrainian Fraternal Association.