Mykhailo Dry-Khmara was a graduate of the gymnasium. According to Wikipedia, he graduated from the gymnasium in 1905. In several works, he recalls the years he spent at the gymnasium.
On April 29, 2014, the first student conference “The Figure of Mykhailo Dry-Khmara in the Context of Ukrainian and World Literature and Culture” was held. The idea to hold the conference belonged to the gymnasium's management. It was supported by the city methodological office.
Since 2015, the conference has been held by the gymnasium with the support of the city methodological office and MMK methodologist Chmygova O.O.
All participants and teachers receive valuable gifts and diplomas of participation for participating in the conference.
In 2012, a corner dedicated to Dry Cloud was created at the Ukrainian language and literature classroom (#26).
All participants receive Diplomas of Participation and traditional sovereign plates.
The date of the conference in 2019 is April 12, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the premises of the Bohdan Khmelnytsky Cherkasy National University (the building where the administration is located on Shevchenko Boulevard).
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2023
Tenth Scientific and Practical Conference, November 24, 2023, Taras Shevchenko Regional Drama Theater
On November 24, the X Scientific and Practical Conference dedicated to the work of M. Dry-Khmara was held. This year's event was organized under a grant from the Mayor of Cherkasy. The peculiarity of the conference is the annual change of location and format, which makes it possible to provide diverse coverage of the life and creative work of our famous countryman, as well as to reveal the creative potential of the participants. Today, the creative and educational event was held at the Cherkasy Regional Music and Drama Theater, where actors showed episodes of Dry-Khmara's life, moving the audience to tears.
The event was joined by Nadiia Yevchak, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Humanitarian Policy of Cherkasy City Council, Head of the Education Department. It has already become a tradition to see Lyudmyla Yushchenko, Associate Professor of the Department of Preschool Education and Professional Development of Teachers at the CHOIPOPP, PhD in Philology, among the guests of the conference. The creative event brought together participants from educational institutions of Cherkasy and the region. The event was attended by students from schools No. 8, No. 9, No. 22, No. 34, No. 32, No. 6, No. 21, No. 18, No. 28, No. 27, FIMLI,
Horodyshche Economic Lyceum, and Smila V. Senator Educational Complex. A student of the Lyceum of International Relations #51 in Kyiv also expressed her desire to join. Arina Firstenko, a student of the Lyceum of International Relations No. 51 in Kyiv, also expressed her desire to join. Unfortunately, the security situation in our country prevented her from coming. The girl's research can be found here
The participants were asked to choose in advance a form of creative expression and subjective interpretation of M. Dry-Khmara's work: recitation of the artist's poetry, author's work about Dry-Khmara, performance reincarnation.
The PPM gymnasium students visualized the scene of the black tribunal and the last word of the condemned neoclassicist. Matvey Nikishenko, a student of the 10th grade, artfully conveyed the emotions and words that M. Dry-Khmara could have addressed to the punishers. The poem “Before the Portrait of Dry-Khmara” performed by Kateryna Sabadash, a student of the 10th grade, was a kind of summary of the performance.
M. Dry-Khmara's poems “I perceive the whole world with my eyes,” “As long as I am alive, I will not stop,” “Swans,” “To the Village,” “Mother,” and others were read from the stage. The participants used various means of expressing their recitations: music, dance, additional props, etc. But the most important thing was the emotions and depth of understanding of the text with which the children read the works.
The work of M. Dry-Khmara is multifaceted and acquires a new reading and reinterpretation in the mouths of each new generation. Polina Kornienko (vocals), a 10th grade gymnasium student, and a 9th grade creative group demonstrated their sense of poetry in “She”: Ilya Bordagov (solo guitar), Ivan Kobzar (electric guitar), and Artur Biletsky (drums). Their performance was a powerful finale to the conference.
All participants received certificates and themed gifts.
Media about the conference
Mykhailo Dry-Khmara was challenged to resist the totalitarian machine that destroyed everything conscious and human. But he survived without changing his views and beliefs. Our generation is once again fighting the enemy, who consistently tries to wipe out everything Ukrainian from the face of the earth, for whom our language and culture are hostile, and that is why they must become a weapon that will help us defeat the non-humans. Let us be steadfast in our beliefs, preserve the memory of the past, and learn history, because this knowledge will strengthen us as a nation. Let us remember the words of the Dry Cloud: “Everything that has slept until now will come to life and rise, for the water of life will irrigate the dried up root.”
2019
On April 12, the Educational and Research Institute of Ukrainian Philology and Social Communications of Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University hosted the VI Regional Scientific Student Conference “Mykhailo Dry-Khmara in the Ukrainian Social and Humanitarian Context of the Turn of the XIX - XX Centuries” on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the birth of the neoclassical poet, graduate of the First City Gymnasium of the Cherkasy City Council of Cherkasy Region (1889-1939). The plenary session was addressed by the Director of the Educational and Research Institute of Ukrainian Philology and Social Communications, Associate Professor Pohribnyi I.I., Head of the Department of Ukrainian Literature and Comparative Studies, Head of the Cherkasy Regional Organization of the Writers' Union of Ukraine, Professor Polishchuk V.T, teacher-methodologist, Honored Educator of Ukraine, Master of Philosophy Hafinova L.V., teacher-methodologist Korytan N.I. of the First City Gymnasium of Cherkasy City Council, 11th grade student of the gymnasium Shmyhol Anastasia.
The conference was attended by 24 students in the section of literary reading, and 12 students in the section of ideological and artistic analysis and multimedia presentations.
The winners of the first section in the “Composition” nomination were Yevhenia Kosenko, Kateryna Oziran, Tetiana Litvyn, and Diana Hryhoryeva, students of secondary school No. 2.
In the nomination “Young Spring” the winners were Anastasia Shevchenko (secondary school No. 20, 10th grade), Yekaterina Grashchenkova (secondary school No. 18, 10th grade)., Dana Dmytrieva (secondary school No. 22, grade 11), Maria Chernova (secondary school No. 15, grade 9), Ruslana Holovko (secondary school No. 25, grade 9-K), and Sofia Liapkalo (PMG, grade 7-B).
In the nomination “I perceive the whole world with my eyes” the winner was Yevhen Shevchenko (secondary school No. 30, 10th grade).
Anastasia Shmyhol (PMG, 11th grade) won in the nomination “My own creativity”.
The jury noted the artistry and ability to remain in tune with the poetry of M. Dry-Khmara of Maria Chemeris (PMG, 9-A class), Ulyana Khandus (PMG, 7-B class), Nestor Leonenko (PMG, 7-B class), Maria Gonda. ), Gonda Maria (PMG, 7-B grade), Kvasova Polina (PMG, 7-B grade), Shkurdoda Anastasia (Secondary School No. 26, 9-A grade), Pasichna Tetiana (Secondary School No. 18, 10 grade), Khandyuk Valeria (Secondary School No. 20, 10-A grade).In the section of ideological and artistic analysis and multimedia presentations, the winners were Kateryna Lototska, Kateryna Kurbet and Alina Zalozetska for the book trailer “Swans” by Mykhailo Dry-Khmara (PMG, 11-A grade), and Oleksii Chuhai for a book trailer on the works of the neoclassical poet (PMG, 11-B grade).
The winners for the ideological and artistic analysis of M. Dry-Khmara's works with a multimedia presentation were Anastasia Lytovchenko (10th grade, educational complex №34), Olesia Boyko (Cherkasy specialized school №18), Anastasia Kosenko (Cherkasy specialized school №18). No. 18), Kosenko Anastasia (Cherkasy Specialized School No. 28, 10-F), Kostian Natalia (PMG, 11-A), Averyanva Anna (School No. 15, 10-B), Omelchenko Ihor (School No. 30, 9-A).
The jury noted the research “The Concept of Being in the Works of M. Dry-Khmara” by Kateryna Duda (PMG, 10-A grade).
The conference ended with the awarding of the winners with souvenirs and diplomas. The organizing committee notes that the participants of the conference found the works of the graduate of the Cherkasy City Gymnasium, poet, literary critic, translator, original master of words, known as one of the members of the literary group of neoclassics M. Dry-Khmara, consonant with our breathing, heartbeat and thought movement.
The organizers of the conference express their deep gratitude to the Rectorate of the B. Khmelnytsky National University, the Directorate of the Institute of Ukrainian Philology and Social Communications, in particular to Associate Professor Pohribnyi I.I., Professor Polishchuk V.T. for their warm welcome and direct participation in the conference.