“Thank you for supporting dance sports in independent Ukraine”

The organizers of the competition, which took place on April 6 in the capital, Valentyna Fedorchuk (Honored Coach of Ukraine in Dance Sports, Judge of the highest category of the World Dance Council) and Alena Fedorchuk-Lemishko (Champion of Ukraine in Latin American program) presented Certificates of Appreciation to the founders of the Foxtrot brand Gennadii Vykhodtsev, Valerii Makovetsky and the executive director of the Foxtrot network Oleksii Zozula.


“For many years of cooperation and unwavering support of the International Competitions of the Parade Nadii and for supporting domestic dance sports in independent Ukraine,” the Certificate of Appreciation reads. The founders of Foxtrot have been patrons of the Parade of Hopes for 22 years. And Oleksiy Zozulya is a supporter of the Foxtrot Cup tournament and every year supports the development of this unique competition in the world of the same name dance.


This year, the tournament was visited by almost one and a half thousand athletes from 109 clubs from all over Ukraine. The athletes' skills in the European and Latin American dance programs were evaluated by a judging panel of 70 referees from the USA, Germany, Finland, Moldova, as well as the best coaches of Ukraine.


“This year, the Parade of Hopes is 35 years old, Foxtrot is 31. This is a tandem of experienced and sought-after masters in their fields of activity, to whom athletes trust their growth, and buyers their comfort, – says Gennady Vykhodtsev, co-founder of the Foxtrot brand. – Well, thanks to our cooperation, spectators and fans of the tournament have been enjoying the bright performances of dance couples for 35 years.”


Each section of the tournament, Valentyna Fedorchuk, began with a minute of silence for the fallen defenders of Ukraine and Ukrainians who were killed during the Russian terror on April 4, 2025 in Kryvyi Rih. In addition, according to the tradition of three war years, the organizers donated to strengthen the material support of the military unit of the Air Force of Ukraine – the fighters of the Kyiv anti-aircraft missile brigade. Foxtrot, as a partner of the tournament, doubled the amount of the contribution, because since the beginning of the war, it has been helping with equipment to almost 20 military units that protect the sky from enemy hardware.


The organizer of the tournament, Valentyna Fedorchuk, expressed gratitude to all partners for their many years of cooperation and unwavering support for domestic sports dances in independent Ukraine.

Gratitude was received by the heads of the Gulliver Kraina trademark and the GULLIVER children's toy store, the head of the small and big victories partner of the BAYADERA GROUP alcohol holding, the founders and managers of information partners – the all-Ukrainian online publication Dzerkalo Tyzhnia. ZN,UA, the Interfax Ukraine information agency, the Oboz.ua online publication, and the Den newspaper.