About 3.5 thousand folks participated within the Track Day in Kaunas on Saturday. choristers and performers from throughout Lithuania and overseas, the occasion was watched by a crowd of 1000’s of individuals, sitting on the benches and slopes of the renovated amphitheater.
Some, though dwelling in Kaunas for many years, watched the Track Competition dwell for the primary time, the fingers of 1 hand should not sufficient to depend different festivals.
The Jubilee Track Competition occasions transfer to the capital on Sunday, the place they’ll proceed subsequent week. Throughout the whole celebration, Vilnius is predicted to host 37 thousand folks. contributors. Based on the organizers, this can be a document variety of contributors in the previous couple of a long time.
A hyperlink between the previous and the current
32-year-old Džiugas Kuliešius from the chamber choir “Druskininkai” advised BNS that the choristers had a powerful rehearsal on Saturday morning within the solar.
“So we already examined all human potentialities, gathered energy throughout lunch and, most likely, because it sounded many occasions in the course of the celebration, that tune united us, centered us and that vitality got here from someplace heavenly,” the person smiled.
He claimed to be delighted to discover a hyperlink between the previous and the current.
“It was very surprising to find these brief Lithuanian people songs that have been newly ready for this vacation, as a result of I noticed that that they had been heard among the many folks of our nation for hundreds of years and even a long time, however I used to be visited solely this 12 months,” stated Dž. Kuliešius.
“We solid and ironed the items, which have been organized by the strongest composers in in the present day’s Lithuania. And in such a background, the songs remained, which can be accompanied as a heritage, from technology to technology, which one want to study throughout one’s life”, he added.
The person participated within the Millennium Track Competition in 2009, throughout which era Džiugas stated he had grown as a participant and was wanting ahead to the principle occasion of the Track Competition in Vingios Park.
“Opening in Kaunas from the start and anticipating that such a giant week awaits, lively, culminating in Vingios Park, illuminates that horizon in a really optimistic means,” stated the chorister.
Wreaths – for St. John’s Day, crowns – for “Kepurine”
On the trail resulting in the dancers’ sq., a woman in nationwide gown was standing, altering the crowns for the dancers into wreaths of herbs. The work is tense, as a result of the workforce was about to carry out a quantity with a brand new head accent.
“As a result of there are completely different dances. (…) For instance, “Midsummer Spells”, because it’s Midsummer, it’s essential put on grass wreaths. “Leliumai” is a woman’s dance, which is rather more lovely with wreaths and flowers. And the crowns have merely been assigned to “Kepurinei”, “Gyvatarus” or “Kubila” since historic occasions, – explains Sigutė Amšiejūtė from the collective “Pušynėlis” of the Kaunas Technical School.
For the 18-year-old pupil, essentially the most lovely is the six-minute lengthy dance “John’s Spells”, throughout which witches in disguise start to run among the many dancers.
“Oh, I am not afraid of individuals, it is actually enjoyable. I wish to present what I do know, have seen, and thru telica confirmed, I danced within the first row and I actually favored it. I get pleasure from dancing,” stated S. Amšiejūtė.
Sweat was wiped from the brow of 53-year-old Rytis Sologubas from Domeikava, Kaunas district, member of the collective “Džiaukis”.
“I dance, I do not sing but, however I’ll sing.” Once I get previous fully (laughs – BNS). We simply danced to “In kermošių”, “Subatėlė”, we’ll dance right here once more. (…) It does not matter what to bounce, the way you wish to dance, every little thing is okay,” stated the person.
Based on him, some have been dancing nationwide dances since childhood, others perceive that on this means they will assist Lithuania, for others it could be a pleasing “extracurricular” exercise – common rehearsals, concert events on weekends.
Based on the person collaborating within the seventh Track Competition, the sleek efficiency was helped by homework, it was not tough to rearrange the choreography on the sq., quite the opposite, it was enjoyable.
“Everyone seems to be dancing right here already after 20 years, there have been such crowds. Can be in Vilnius subsequent weekend. We depart on Monday, I feel there might be about 5 occasions extra. It is actually not due to the viewers that there’s pleasure. Due to the vacation itself, possibly it is a bit hectic, however it’s nonetheless 100. When you concentrate on it, somebody did it 100 years in the past, and also you’re doing it now,” stated the dancer.
“The guts is completely satisfied when patriotism is born”
Ilona Latvė, 52, from Kaunas, claimed that she was watching the Track Competition for the primary time.
“I all the time wished to, however it did not occur, sadly. The temper is patriotic, in any other case simply good. Lovely folks, I am excited, it is good that you simply’re right here,” says the girl.
Whereas Vytautas Kernagis’s “Our days are a celebration” was taking part in, the Kaunas lady taught that patriotic works are near her coronary heart.
“I favored the nationals, these final ones are well-known and easily ignite, however the ones the place Marcinkevičius (phrases – BNS), I even wiped away a tear there. (…) The ending can also be good, it waves, and this, and that, the entire path is sweet”, I. Latvė was completely satisfied.
She watched the opening of the Track Competition in Kaunas with a buddy from Vilnius. Subsequent week, Ilona intends to go to the capital, the place the 2 of them will take heed to the principle live performance in Vingis Park: “We’ll attempt to really feel the spirit each there and there.”
37-year-old Arvydas Strimaitis, who calls himself an immigrant in Kaunas, stated that he has been an “intense customer” of the Track Competition since 2016.
“And it is very completely satisfied within the coronary heart when patriotism is born,” stated the person who got here to see the celebration along with his spouse Milda and youngsters.
“Since we’ve got younger youngsters, you will not sit down a lot, we spent our time within the bushes with the infant simply selecting leaves and listening to Lithuanian people songs,” laughed A. Strimaitis.
Milda favored the visualizations essentially the most, Arvydas favored each previous and new musical compositions.
“We’re common guests right here. (…) I participated as a toddler. Actually lots of people, I do not keep in mind seeing so many individuals within the valley. (…) I want to sing, however I do not sing anymore, I do not get these excessive notes, however sometime… We’ll elevate our kids and go to the nationwide competitions”, stated M. Strimaitienė.
Per week of sleepless nights, however every little thing is okay
As Erika Stepankevičienė, director of the Kaunas Tradition Middle (KKC), which organizes the Track Day in Kaunas, stated, dancers and choristers gathered within the Track Valley on Saturday from throughout Lithuania and overseas.
“In fact, all public figures from Kaunas who act, sing and dance, in addition to from Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Pasvali, Panevėžys, from throughout Lithuania. There’s a neighborhood of Lithuanians who got here from Chicago, from Seattle, they’re accommodated in a resort. Others go dwelling after the occasion”, stated E. Stepankevičienė.
Based on her, the ensembles rehearsed intensively for 2 weeks, the choristers ready within the cultural middle by defending them from the new solar, and the dancers danced within the Valley of Songs.
“Controlling the stream in order that every little thing comes collectively on time is a method. Greater than 100 workforce members work. As a cultural middle, we primarily should coordinate so that everybody does their job. This was essentially the most tough”, stated E. Stepankevičienė.
“Anyway, there have been no large coups, and that week of preparation and sleepless nights was actually good. (…) You’ll be able to endure it, as soon as in 4 years, every little thing is okay”, laughed the KKC director.
After the official program in Kaunas ended, an impromptu refrain of choristers rang out from the tribune for a while, someplace, “The Longest Years!”
The primary Lithuanian Track Competition was held in August 1924 in Kaunas Petros Vileišios Sq., on the location of the present ice enviornment and athletics enviornment. 77 choirs, about 3,000 folks participated within the occasion referred to as the Day of Songs. singers and 50 thousand listeners.
After Lithuania grew to become impartial within the Nineties, the Track Competition is organized each 4 years originally of July.
Twenty years in the past, UNESCO declared the Track Competition custom of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania a masterpiece of the oral and intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
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2024-06-30 09:20:29