Kryla also began participating in competitions in Western Canada during these years visiting competitions in Dauphin, Manitoba, Vegreville and St. Paul, Alberta. Malanka programs and spring concerts were the highlights of the dance season and the dancers also performed for community events when the opportunity arose.

1987 was a year that brought several changes to the club - the name changed to the Kryla Ukrainian Dancers, the dance style from the region of Hutsulshchyna was added to the choreography, and a new dance instructor Nathaniel Ostashewski, a former member of the Cheremosh Dance Ensemble in Edmonton, began teaching. He is still instructing the Kryla Ukrainian dancers today.

Kryla began a period of rapid growth that continued until 1993, rising in numbers from 40 member to 105 members in 1993. This rapid growth of the club presented several challenges, like Malankas with over 550 people wanting to attend (the Agriplex has limited seating), and year end concerts in the Lyle Victor Albert Center that were performed twice (LVA can only seat 210 people). Over the last several years Kryla's membership has stabalized at about 70 members following the enrollment trend that has been occurring in most Ukrainian Dance groups in Alberta.

Another challenge presented by the rapid growth of Kryla during 1987 - 1993 was dance instruction. Nathaniel was instructing three nights a week after school (since he is a school teacher in the Bonnyville area) and with the additional performances Kryla was doing at the time, it was becoming too much for one person. The following year in order to make it more manageable, Kryla began an instructor mentor program. Several of the Kryla senior dancers began teaching Kryla beginner classes under Nathaniel's guidance and have continued to use this experience to teach in summer camps in the Bonnyville area. Chris Chornohos, Tammy Nikolaichuk, Crystal Hebert, Terry Bowsfield, and Brandice Shostak were the Kryla Senior dancers that participated in this program, and it is hoped that they continue to pass on the Ukrainian dance tradition far in to the future. In 1993 Loretta Thacker (Owchar), a former member of Cheremosh Dance Ensemble, moved to Bonnyville and until 1996 she assisted Nathaniel with the instruction for the dance school.

In 1987 the Kryla Ukrainian Dancers decided that it would be good for the club to expand into other regions of staged Ukrainian dance. With this in mind the club, under Yvette Shostak (the president at the time), decided to learn how to make Hutsul costumes. Workshops were held and soon the dancers were performing Hutsul choreographies - it was a smashing success - the dancers and audiences loved the variety that new and colorful costumes provided. With the success of this new region, the club decided to move on to other regions as well. Over the past 12 years Kryla has created costumes and choreographies for  6 different regions of Ukraine - Central Ukraine, Hutsulshchyna, Zakarpattya (Transcarpathian), Bukovyna, Polissia, and Volyn. Over the past several years the club has been adding several types of costumes for each region to the costume wardrobe which includes many costumes from Ukraine.

Another part of Kryla that has expanded over the past few years is our rehearsal studio and performance stage. In the early 1990's Kryla was having problems finding stages big enough to hold all the dancers, so the club applied for and received a grant to purchase a 24 foot by 40 foot portable stage. The stage was perfect for holding performances in other buildings and is used every year for our main concerts and shows. Special dance mats were also purchased to enable the dancers to remain on the stage while they were dancing - especially during those fast Hopaks the senior groups were performing. In 1994 Kryla moved to their own dance studio that has dance flooring, mats, bars, mirrors, sound equipment, and even room for all the club's costumes.  They continue to rehearse in this studio today.

The staged Ukrainian dance that Kryla has been performing has also changed over time. With the club attending competitions in North Battleford, St. Paul, St. Albert, and Vegreville, the need for challenging and unique choreographies became very important. As well community events like the Northeastern Summer games, Tradex, and other major events became important performance venues for Kryla and new colorful dances were needed. With the addition of more regional costumes over the years, Kryla has been able to perform some very interesting and complex choreographies. In 1993, the senior groups presented a Western Regional Pryvit that had the dance styles of Hutsulshchyna, Zakarpattya, and Bukovyna on stage at the same time - about 35 dancers were involved in this one dance! Men's dances, women's dances, mixed dances, and character dances have all been part of Kryla's repetoire at some time. Many of these dances have been performed at competitions with gold and silver medals being awarded to the dancers for their efforts. And in 1996 the Senior 2 group presented a choreography that introduced all 5 of the regions that Kryla performs - an exiting challenge for dancers because many of the styles are very difficult to perform well, one after another.

Classical and Character Ballet has played a substantial role in the development of Kryla dancers' abilities to perform complex dances and footwork. In the late 1980's many of the dance schools in Alberta were incorporating some ballet into their weekly rehearsals - Kryla also began to incorporate some ballet in the late 1980's. The complexity of the staged Ukrainian dance steps was increasing, and ballet (especially character ballet) provides an excellent basis for Ukrainian dance movement on stage. Positions of the dancer's feet, control of legs and arms, and syncopated steps are important aspects of a dancer's ability that is enhanced through classical and character ballet. Today Ukrainian character ballet is used in all of Kryla's intermediate and senior dance rehearsals and basic classical ballet is introduced in the beginner and junior classes. The Kryla dancers have grown enormously in their dance abilities over the years, and character ballet is one of the reasons that they have been able to do this.

Parent and community support is one of the major aspects of the Kryla Ukrainian dancers that has made all of the achievments to date possible. Cultural arts in Alberta have always been funded throught the efforts of the memberships of the groups involved, and Kryla is no exception. Thoughout Kryla's history the club has tried to maintain fees that are as low as possible so that as many students as possible could participate. Bingo's, bake sales, concerts, and fund raisers have been some of the ways that funds have been raised by the parents of Kryla dancers. Two years ago, on their 20th Anniversary, Kryla along with the Canadian Folk Dance Society, has commissioned an original art print with a Ukrainian Dance theme from Peter Shostak as a new fundraising project. 

Over the 20 years of Kryla Ukrainian dancers existance they have become a well established part of the Bonnyville's cultural mosaic. Expression of the Ukrainian culture through staged dance has moved into a recognized art form. Hundreds of dancers have participated in the Kryla experience and many more will continue to do so as Kryla moves on to the next 20 years and into the 21st century.