Formed in 1996, the Samovar Russian Folk Music Ensemble plays an extensive repertoire of Russian and Ukrainian folk music. The ensemble has played at the Smithsonian Institution, the Russian Embassy, Hillwood Estate Museum, and at various folk festivals and other venues in the Washington, DC area. Tunes from the group's first CD, "Some of Our Best," can be heard in a variety of places, ranging from the soundtrack of the movie "Yippee" to the flower girl processional at a Las Vegas wedding chapel!