A review competition of veteran groups' creativity has started in the Vitebsk region

April 9, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The review competition of folk art of veteran groups "Veterans Do Not Grow Old in Soul", dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, has started in the Vitebsk region, the Vitebsk Regional Center for Folk Art informed a BELTA correspondent. The annual regional event is held on April 9-10. Today, veterans living in the Polotsk zone will perform in Polotsk, and on April 10, the jury will evaluate the creativity of war participants from the Vitebsk zone in the regional center. A total of 57 veteran vocal-choral, musical-instrumental and vocal-choral groups, as well as over 50 individual performers and masters of artistic word, are taking part in the review competition. The competition performances will be evaluated for performing skills, stage culture, and the disclosure of the musical and figurative content of the performance. The jury will select the best in the nominations "Vocal-Choral Singing", "Solo Vocalist", "Stage and Authentic Folklore", "Author's Song", "Poetic Creativity", "Instrumental Music", and "For the Use of Works by Local and Domestic Authors of Belarusian Themes in the Competition Program". In addition to honorary diplomas and gifts, the winners will participate in the X Republican Festival of Folk Art of Veteran Groups "Veterans Do Not Grow Old in Soul", which will be held in May in Minsk. The organizers of the regional event are the Vitebsk Regional Center for Folk Art and the Vitebsk Regional Association of Veterans. -0-