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Sorry, you’ukrainian club reading pa not allowed to access this page. Contact Yelp if you keep experiencing issues. Members listen to an open jazz session Sunday at the Ukrainian-American Social Club at 542 S.

Pictures on the wall tell the story of how life used to be at the Reading Ukrainian-American Social Club. Dozens of black-and-white photos at the bar capture life in the 1950s. Men wear suits, ties and confident smiles. Banquets overflow with people enjoying food from the old country.

In one picture, a young, handsome and cocksure Texan named Buddy Holly sings into a microphone on the club’s stage. That stage, where Holly and the Crickets performed hits like “Peggy Sue” and “That’ll Be The Day,” is still there. And just as they did in those days, club members still roll away a pool table to give musicians more space. The club itself, however, has changed. No longer is the facility on South Seventh Street an ethnic enclave, a refuge for people seeking to connect with others of like heritage – people who know how to properly pronounce haluski and golumpki. Today the club is open to everyone.

And thanks to some dedicated jazz musicians, it is again drawing people inside. Like many social clubs of ethnic heritage, the Ukrainian-American Social Club fell on hard times a few years back. Older generations passed away, and the club was having difficulty finding new members. Then Skip Moyer, a club trustee and jazz musician, came up with idea of holding monthly jam sessions in the club. 5 a year, Moyer figured it would catch on. I didn’t expect it to be as successful as it was,” Moyer said. New members have injected life into the 75-year-old club and helped keep it afloat.