This year's competition featured 26 dance and vocal-choreographic ensembles from across the region, holding the titles of Honoured, People's, and Exemplary. Among them was the Exemplary Choreographic Ensemble "Zateya" of the Lepel Children's Art School.
We are pleased to note that our compatriots have returned home with well-deserved awards. In the nomination for the best performance of original dances by Honoured Cultural Worker of the BSSR Ivan Serikov (ages 13-15), they became laureates of the 3rd degree, and in the nomination for the best folk dance, which should reflect national themes and motifs (ages 13-15), they became laureates of the 1st degree. The children are taught by educator Svetlana Shesto.Congratulations to the residents of Lepel on their victory and we wish them further success!