The winner of the International Competition of Young Performers of Pop Songs "Khali-Halo" has been determined in Novopolotsk
The international competition of young pop singers "Khali-Halo" was supported by sponsors – twenty enterprises and organizations of the city. Valuable gifts were prepared for the participants – mobile phones, tablets, laptops. The director of "Slavyansky Bazaar in Vitebsk", Gleb Lapitsky, called the competition of aspiring vocalists a masterful celebration. He was impressed by the extensive preparatory work carried out by the festival's organizing committee.
This year, 153 applications were received for the competition. 47 participants passed the selection. In the junior age category (8 – 10 years old), 16 performers competed, in the middle category (11 – 13 years old) – 15, and in the senior category (14 – 16 years old) – 16.
Young talents from Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Serbia, and Armenia competed for the right to be the first. Belarus was represented by stars from vocal schools in Minsk, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Zhodino, Svetlogorsk, Molodechno, Polotsk, and Novopolotsk.
In the current city agenda, the "Khali-Halo" festival became the number one event. Warm greetings to the participants and organizers of the forum were sent by the Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Belarus, Natalia Kochanova, Minister of Culture Yuri Bondar, and heads of the region and the city.
The Grand Prix was awarded by the chairman of the jury – Honored Artist of Belarus Irina Dorofeeva – to Liliya Sadovskaya (Mogilev). She took home the main award of the creative competition – a professional microphone.
In addition, holders of I – III degree diplomas were named, and many of the competition participants received special prizes and personal invitations to various song festivals. The Chairman of the Novopolotsk City Executive Committee, Dmitry Demidov, who has been presenting his personal award at "Khali-Halo" for several years, this time chose 12-year-old Daria Valyushkina from Novopolotsk, who became the owner of a laptop.