OREANDA-NEWS. June 4, 2008. Young talents of the Gomel oblast won eight prizes at the 8th international children’s festival Golden Bee (the Mogilev oblast). The event took place in Klimovichi on May 29-June 1.

Partaking in the festival were representatives from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Poland and other countries. The forum gathered more than one thousand people from 13 countries. The Gomel oblast was presented by 85 young talents.

The winners were determined in five contest nominations (folk singing, pop singing, vocal ensembles, choreography, arts and crafts, decorative art) in two scales of age (9-12 and 13-16 years old). The festival’s Grand Prix was taken by the people’s ballet studio Alexis of the Center of Culture of OAO Mozyr Oil Refinery. Nikita Zhurovich, a student of the Lelchitsy school of arts, won the first prize. The ensemble Soneika in the nomination “folk singing” took the second place.

The second and third places were taken by Egor Volchek from Mozyr, the dancing ensemble Zolak from Gomel and other young performers of the oblast center.

The festival has been organized by the Culture Ministry of Belarus, the Mogilev oblast executive committee, the cultural department of the oblast executive committee and the Klimovichi regional executive committee.