More than 20,000 young spectators attended the New Year's events at the Vitebsk Culture Center
More than 20,000 young spectators attended the New Year and Christmas events of the Vitebsk Culture Center, as reported to BelTA by the center's representatives, summarizing the results of the holiday campaign.
The Vitebsk Culture Center utilized all its resources to ensure that Vitebsk residents and city guests had a comfortable, diverse, and interesting New Year and Christmas celebration. All city venues, except for the Summer Amphitheater, were occupied by New Year's performances and festivities. From December 17, 2012, to January 7, 2013, "Yolochka Feeriya" (Christmas Tree Fairytale), a performance for the youngest spectators, was held. The folk theater of games, as well as the pop dance groups "PROdvizheniye" and "Shattl," presented a cheerful musical theatrical program with games, songs, dances, and contests 41 times for over 5,000 children and their parents.
The main event of the New Year campaign was the interactive musical for children "The Snow Queen" at the Vitebsk Concert Hall. All the main forces of the Culture Center were involved in its production. Amateur artists performed Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale 22 times, attracting nearly 16,000 spectators.
Approximately 2,000 citizens visited the Vitebsk Culture Center's branch, the named after the Soviet Army complex for cultural and leisure activities, during the holidays. There, they were treated to concert programs featuring the folk Jewish ensemble "Vitebskiye Devchata," the vocal ensemble "Kalinka," the historical reconstruction club "Vargentorn," and the show group "Inspektor ZhUFF." Additionally, winter sports equipment rental was available.
As noted by the Center, amateur groups had the opportunity to delight not only their compatriots. The folk youth theater "Koleso" assisted in lighting the central New Year tree of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana. The dance ensemble "Lyavonikha" and the accordionists' ensemble "Dobrodei" participated in a festive concert dedicated to the Nativity of Christ in Velikiye Luki (Russia). The folk dulcimer ensemble "Gareznyya Peryazvony" gave concerts in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Bremen, Mainz, Maxdorf, and other cities in Germany.