18 September, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. Family creativity will be presented at the All-Belarusian festival "Talented Together" in Vitebsk, the "Vitebsk" Cultural Centre informed BELTA.

The forum will be held for the second time from 21 to 22 September and will bring together creative families with children, family ensembles, and even groups consisting of several families on the stage of the regional philharmonic society. Among the participants are the creative multi-family association "Post scriptum", the duo "Ansvel" (Vitebsk), the Gorevy family quartet, the multi-family ensemble "Mishpokha", which includes 19 people (Gomel), the multi-family group "Wandering Stars" (Minsk), the ensemble "Lechaim-Bis" (Polotsk), the family groups "Dnepryane" (Mogilev), "We are always three" (Pinsk), the family theatre "Mestechkovye Artistes" (Bobruisk) and other associations. Pupils of the Bogushevsk boarding school for children with psychophysical development disabilities will take part in the programme. Their vocal, choreographic, musical and instrumental performances, theatrical productions and other numbers of original genre will be evaluated by a jury headed by the renowned theatre and film director Andrey Savchenko (Minsk). The festival's Grand Prix will be awarded at the grand gala concert on 22 September.

The event is organised by the public association "City Jewish Community" and the Centre of National Cultures, the "Vitebsk" Cultural Centre, the international charitable foundation "Joint", the Belarusian Peace Foundation, and the October District Committee of the BRSM of Vitebsk. The festival is intended to foster the unity of parents and children and strengthen intergenerational ties. As a multinational celebration of creativity, it conveys life-affirming family ideals, ideas of peace, friendship, and creation. -0-

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