This film documents 25th anniversary celebration dinner dance for Kolos Bakery which was held at Bradford Club, made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society. There is no credit to them at the beginning of the film, and the language spoken is a mixture of English and Ukrainian (predominantly English). The film begins with a view of Bradford club from the outside. The camera moves through the car park to show a doorway, above which is a sigh which reads Kolos Bakery 25th Anniversary...

This film documents 25th anniversary celebration dinner dance for Kolos Bakery which was held at Bradford Club, made by the Ukrainian Video Archives Society. There is no credit to them at the beginning of the film, and the language spoken is a mixture of English and Ukrainian (predominantly English). The film begins with a view of Bradford club from the outside. The camera moves through the car park to show a doorway, above which is a sigh which reads Kolos Bakery 25th Anniversary 1961-1986. The camera returns to the car park to show people arriving, before going into the hall to show the tables set up in preparation for the dinner. Musicians and technicians are setting up instruments and equipment on the stage in preparation for the dance. The camera focuses on a large golden Kolos Bakery anniversary sign which is hung on the back of the stage, and then pans round the hall to show more of the decorations. The next shot is of a cake which has been created by Mrs Lida Kolomyetch in the shape of the Kolos Bakery building, and some people admiring and discussing it. The camera moves to the bar and restaurant area of the club to show more of the behind-the-scenes preparations. Some of the Prytulak family come in and out of the hall and start to assemble, ready to meet their guests. They form a line near the door and spend around 30 minutes greeting the guests as they enter. After greeting the family, the guests are shown to their seats. The event then officially begins with a greeting from the Master of Ceremonies (MC) for the evening, Mychaylo (Mike) Sywanyk, who welcomes everyone in Ukrainian and English and then invites them to enjoy their meal. The camera pans around the guests eating and soon there is a champagne toast to Her Majesty the Queen and to the Kolos Bakery. The scene then cuts to the MC, who invites Jaroslav Prytulak to make a speech. He talks about the arrival of his parents to the UK and their family history, and of how his father Ivan set up the bakery. At the end of the speech, the action moves to the stage, from where the MC invites Mr Ivan and Mrs Olha Prytulak to join him to present awards to the staff of the bakery and some significant people who supported it. The first award goes to Mr Boyczuk, the bakery’s first ever customer, whose wife joins them on stage to accept a gift. The next award is to Joseph Gomko but will be presented to him later as he isn’t present. The bakery staff then receive awards for their service and attendance, and this includes Vasyl Mycio, Hryhorij Chaban, Ivan Zdan, Christopher Bartle, Stefan Hrab, Steve Taylor, Stefan Notik, Antik Yanovycz, Leo Jaikivsky, Paul Walker, Ian Walker, Martin Watson and Lida Orlo. They all assemble on the stage and are given bottles of champagne and awards. The MC then asks Vasyl Mycio to make a presentation to the Prytulaks of a photograph and a bunch of flowers. The couple’s three sons, Jaroslav, Dmytro and Taras, then join their parents onstage and thanks them for all the work they have done for them as a family and for the bakery. Mr Prytulak then gives a thank you speech in Ukrainian, thanking everyone for coming and all those who helped with the event. He specifically thanks his wife Olha and Ivan Levycki for helping him at the very start, and comments on how he enjoyed the meal especially the Chicken Kyiv, as this was the first time he had eaten it. He then reads a prepared thank you speech in English, in which he says that although the last 25 years have been hard, he is proud his sons continue the bakery. The family and staff then leave the stage. The MC announces that the bar will open and the dance will commence soon. The camera pans around the hall to show people enjoying themselves as the musicians set up ready to start, then focuses in on the photograph and some of the Kolos staff who are admiring it. The film now documents the evening entertainment. The camera relocates to the stage, showing the action down on the dancefloor, the lights have been lowered in the hall and the bar is open. The musicians introduce themselves as Eurosounds and begin to play. The dance is a very traditional dinner dance with waltzing although the music has a very 1980s sound. The scene cuts to the corridor, where the cake is being wheeled into the hall and has all its candles lit. The cake is positioned in the hall and a group of people including the MC and the catering team, led by Yaroslav and Anna Sywanyk, sing Mnohaya Lita (Many Years). The directors and their wives gather round the cake and blow out the candles together, and Mr Prytulak cuts the cake. The scene cuts to the continuation of the festivities which now includes a cabaret performed by Ivan Kalyna and Kadeva from London. The act is a mix of Ukrainian folk music and dance performed by a troupe of half a dozen performers on the stage. After the cabaret, the camera goes back down the hall to the kitchen where a buffet is being prepared. The camera then moves outside where a young boy approaches and asks to be filmed. The camera then goes back into the hall where the band are playing again, and people are dancing. The scene cuts to the MC on stage presiding over a raffle. He asks guests to approach and draw tickets from a barrel, and awards prizes whilst making jokes. The scene cuts back to the band and people dancing which continues to the end of the film.