(KZN.RU,
August 19). Kazan is preparing to celebrate City Day and Republic Day. Many
festive events will be held in the city on August 30. But celebrations in
districts of the city will begin in advance. Azat Abzalov, the head of the
Department of Culture, spoke about the festive program today at the Business
Monday in the Kazan Executive Committee.
On August
28, a traditional holiday “Happy Birthday, beloved city!” will be organized in
the park “Krylya Sovetov” for residents of the Aviastroitelny and Novo-Savinovsky
districts. The program includes “The City of Masters”, demonstrations by
aircraft modelers, sports, children's attractions, as well as a concert program
with the participation of the popular folklore collective “Buranovskie
Babushki”.
On August
26, residents of the Vakhitovsky and Privolzhsky districts could attend the
event “Friends in Our Yard” with the performance of bands and artists in the
park “Kaleidoscope”.
For
residents of the Sovetsky district, the holiday will be held on August 29 on
Sovetskaya Square. A bright concert program “In the city garden...” will be
organized there.
During the
festive week, themed holidays of the yard will be held on the territory of the
Kirovsky and Moskovsky districts. Bands will perform, sports and games for
children will be held there. On August 21, the regional winners of the contest
“The voice of our team, the voice of our yard” will be determined at the
festival in Vasilchenko Square.
The main
events of Republic Day and City Day will be held on August 30. “Traditionally,
the morning of the holiday will begin with the annual city ceremonial meeting
in the Kazan City Hall, where honorary citizens will be honored”, reported A.
Abzalov.
At 11 am,
the children's holiday “Treasures of the Old Park” starts in the Gorky Park.
Young visitors and their parents will have 8 thematic play areas with an
exhibition of technical creativity, interactive and contests, an athletics
cross-country race at a sports ground, a chess tournament and basketball
competitions. In addition, there will be a playground with an entertainment
program from the characters of your favorite cartoons.
From 12 pm,
the Kazan Kremlin will host the festival of urban culture and arts “Tat Cult”.
It will present relevant trends in the field of culture, history and
contemporary art. The guests will enjoy film screenings and theatrical
performances by Kazan directors and artists. Interactive art objects and
special projects of young artists will be presented there. The headliners of
the festival will be famous performers Aigel, Zulya Kamalova, Albert Nurminsky,
and others.
Festive
events in the Staro-Tatarskaya Sloboda on the pedestrian street of Nasyri start
at 12 pm. Participants of the project “Zhiznelyub” will give a concert for
Kazan citizens. Artists of the inclusive studio “E-Motsiya” will show theater
performance “City of open hearts”. More than 800 singers and dancers from
Russia and neighboring countries will become participants in the festival of
folk song and dance art “Kazan Solgese”.
At the same
time, a children's holiday will take place on Boulevard “Belye Tsvety”. “As
part of the opening of the new territory in the park, guests will attend a
concert and entertainment program with participants of the children's festival
“Main Characters”. Characters of cartoons and popular television programs, as
well as performances by singer Dina Garipova and TV presenter Yulia
Baranovskaya will delight young visitors”, said the speaker.
At 12 pm,
the Kazan city motor racing show will begin on Millennium Square. The program
will be opened by the passage of a convoy of 50 Harley-Davidson club
motorcyclists. The motorcycle race “From the Moscow Kremlin to the Kazan
Kremlin to the 100th anniversary of the TASSR” will finish here. The legendary
team “KAMAZ-Master” will become a traditional participant in the show; this
year they prepared a special entertainment program”, said A. Abzalov.
At 1 pm,
the participants of the open republican festival of creativity of working youth
“Our time” will go to one of the central sites of the city near the Kamal
Theater. At 3 pm, the festival of folk art “Play, accordion” will be held
there.
At 1.30 pm,
the equestrian festival will begin at the Kazan Hippodrome. The program
includes exciting races and races for the Prize of the President of the RT and
the Kazan City Hall, a concert program and, a drawing of valuable gifts.
“At 8 pm,
the traditional open-air opera festival “Kazan Autumn” will be held on the
square in front of the Palace of Culturologist. It is organized by the State
Symphony Orchestra of the RT under the direction of maestro Alexander
Sladkovsky. Classical music will be performed by soloists of the Mariinsky
Theater Vladislav Sulimsky and Ekaterina Semenchuk”, said the head of the
Department of Culture.
At 5 pm, a
large festive concert program will begin at the Family Center “Kazan”, with
famous performers: Kazan Egetlare, Lane, Feduk, Pompeya and “Rondo” bands. The
winners of the karaoke contest “Voice of our team - Voice of our yard” will
also perform there.
The
celebration at this venue will end at 10 pm with a festive salute on the waters
of the Kazanka River. The best viewing point is the shore near the Kremlin and
the Family Center “Kazan”.
“In
addition, festive visiting trade in food products, handicrafts, and souvenir
products will be organized at the site”, noted A. Abzalov.
“This
traditional holiday is always long-waited by the citizens. Many guests come so
this is a special day for us. Traditionally, we complete most of the repair and
construction works to it. We will open 11 new kindergartens, 3 new schools, we
will repair yards where we spend holidays of the yard, and we will open the
second stage of Boulevard “Belye Tsvety”, said Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of
Kazan. He invited everyone to join the large-scale celebration of the City Day
and the Day of the Republic of Tatarstan.