"Slavianski Bazaar" Welcomes Union State Day

July 15, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The Union State Day will be held today at the XXI International Festival of Arts "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk", BELTA correspondent reports. The Vitebsk festival is one of the largest cultural projects of the Union State, and holding the Union State Day has become as good a tradition here as holding the national days of cultures of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. For many years, it has invariably begun with a ceremony of laying flowers at the monument to soldiers, partisans and underground fighters on Victory Square. Today, flowers will be laid at the monument by State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota and representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, public organizations of war veterans, and youth. Then, the State Secretary and deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia will hold a press conference. In the evening, a festive concert dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the National Concert Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus, whose permanent artistic director is People's Artist of the Republic of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus, Professor Mikhail Finberg, will be held in the Summer Amphitheater. Famous Russian and Belarusian artists will take part in the program "We are 25! Everything starts anew": Maxim Dunaevsky, Sergey Drobotenko, Victoria Pierre-Marie, the "Maridance" ballet, soloists of the State Dance Ensemble of the Republic of Belarus under the direction of Valentin Dudkevich, Alexey Chumakov, and others. In the House of Cinema, as part of the "Film Program", the feature film "Dom" by Russian director Yuri Pogodin will be shown. The picture has many merits, among the main ones is the excellent performance of the acting ensemble. Today at the festival, the second day of the international pop song performers competition "Vitebsk-2012" will be held, and a draw for the participants of the international children's music competition "Vitebsk-2012" will take place. -0-