Foxy will lead hundreds of athletes to the floor of the 34th dance festival "Parade nadij"

On March 30, as part of the Kyiv charity tour of dance festivals in support of Ukrainian defenders, "Everything will be Ukraine!" "Parade nadij-2024" ballroom and sports dance competition will be held. Valentina Fedorchuk (founder of the Fedorchuk Sport dance school, honored coach of Ukraine in sports dance, judge of the highest category of the World Dance Council) and the general partner of the FOXTROT Group of Companies are expecting several hundred athletes from all over Ukraine who will compete in 41 categories.


– Yes, the war continues, yes, it is very difficult for our defenders, but we must live and we must fight! Our Parade nadij-2024 is a manifestation of the Ukrainian character, it is the belief that victory will be ours and that we will dedicate one of the upcoming Parades to it, said Valentina Fedorchuk.


Valentyna Fedorchuk explained that the participants will be safe: the organizers rented the premises of the Capital Institute of Physical Education of the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Ukraine, which has an act of the commission of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications that it can be used as the simplest shelter.

The tournament is planned as 5 separate divisions – at 9:00 a.m.; 11.30; 13.30; 16.00; 18.30. Two dozen domestic and foreign judges, including Jonathan Wilkins (USA), Dirk Bastert (Germany), Jakyb Rybicki (Poland), Andrey Andronik (Moldova), Claudia Raba (Poland), will evaluate the skills of the dancing couples. Ukrainian judges with the highest judicial category - Dmytro Vloh, Vitaly Hryhorovych, Olga Urumova, Maryna Andrusenko, Ihor Mashin and others.

Athletes of different age categories will take part in the Parade - children (athletes up to 8 years old), juveniles (8-12 years old), juniors (up to 16 years old), youth, adults and Pro-Am (a pair of a coach and his student). The highlight of the tournament will be the performance of athletes in the "First Steps" category (children up to 8 years old) and "Seniors" (from 50 years old and older).


On the evening of March 30, the 21st Foxtrot Cup will also be drawn for the best performance of this dance. This competition is being held for the 21st time with the support of the Foxtrot electronics retailer and brand co-founder Gennadii Vykhodtsev. That is why Foxy (life-size doll from the Foxtrot company), will lead the athletes to the floor at the participants' parade - the ceremonial exit of dancing couples onto the floor.


- The Parade nadij is the oldest dance tournament in Ukraine, which still sets the standards for sports dance competitions and is compared to managers of international sports events, said Oleksiy Zozulya, executive director of the Foxtrot company. - Valentyna Fedorchuk's values are close to us - sincerity, dedication, effectiveness, patriotism. We respect our 21-year partnership experience, which is why, together with the Parade nadij, we once again prepared the Cup for the best performance of the foxtrot and initiated support for the Defense Forces of Ukraine.


For the second time in the history of the "Parade nadij", the organizers provide charitable assistance to the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Part of the funds received for the entrance tickets to the 34th tournament will be transferred to the needs of the Air Force of Ukraine, namely the anti-aircraft missile brigade, which protects Kyiv, central and northern Ukraine from enemy missiles and drones. And Foxtrot plans to increase the tranche from the organizers of the tournament by the same amount, since from September 2022 the company helps the defenders of the sky with equipment - both the Kyiv brigade and almost 2 dozen military units of the air defense system of Ukraine.