A competition to create a city anthem has been announced in Vitebsk

August 11, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A competition to create a city anthem has been announced in Vitebsk, the ideology department of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. The competition is open. Both individual authors and creative teams can participate in it. They need to submit the text of the anthem in Belarusian (no more than four stanzas, one of which is a chorus) and musical notes to the jury. In addition, the work must be marked with a motto and contain information about the author. Participants are to create a memorable, patriotic, solemn work that reflects the individuality and historical and cultural value of Vitebsk. The winner will be the author who can best fulfill this task, the City Executive Committee emphasized. All works are accepted until September 30 of this year. The results of the competition will be summarized within a month and announced in early November. In the absence of a winner, a second round will be held. -0-