DELEGATIONS NIGHT

12.07.2019

Only one week has
passed since the beginning of the project, but it has been filled with so many
events: auditions, acting contest (AC), classes with vocal and acting teachers,
and trips to the pool. Every day is planned by minutes with breaks only for
meals and sleep.

The dancers are
already rehearsing on the stage of the Debrecen theatre Csokonai (which
celebrates 154 years this year!) The actors did more auditions for the roles. The
Director constantly makes corrections in his notes and selects the best
candidates for the junior and senior casts. That’s why the project participants
go to the dining room and to group meetings with script print-outs and learn songs
in their free time (by the way, the name of this year’s musical – “In the
beginning was the word…”).

In general, the
life of the project participants is similar to the life of a professional. But
there are still different events for the children that have already become
traditional for the project sessions.

One of them is the
Delegations Night. Participants from different countries prepare presentations
about their homeland, perform songs in the national language, rap about their
hometown and make group dances especially for this evening. It helps children
to discover the peculiarities of the national culture and traditions of their
friends’ countries. Some speakers make a brief excursion into the history and tell
interesting facts and even legends about their countries and cities. For
example, participants from Hungary made a special menu for everyone who has
come to Hungary for the first time, which included the national cuisine and
sweets that everyone should try. The representatives of India spoke about the
geographical features of the southern states of India, as well as the relations
between the people of these states.

“Most of all
I liked the presentation of the Hungarian girls, as they made a talk about
their customs and mentioned places to visit in Hungary. I really want to come
back to Hungary once again, walk around Budapest and go to the Balaton lake”,
says Elizaveta Kovalenko, Moscow.

Participants from
Russia presented several cities and regions. Elizabeth Baliura from Nizhny
Novgorod showed acrobatic elements in the Russian folk style and sang a song
about her hometown. Participants from Moscow made a dance to a well-known Russian
pop track – “Nezabudka”. Participants from Kurchatov sang the song
“Let’s Pray for Parents”, during the performance of which the whole
audience turned on the phones flashlights, and dancers from Angarsk demonstrated
a specially prepared performance to the anthem of their city.

“I really
liked the Delegations Night. Everything was just fantastic! Most of all I liked
the dance of the guys from Angarsk, as they were all synchronized and performed
in a professional way! My dream now is to travel across Russia and visit the
cities where the project participants come from”, Atarva Deopujari,
Kudankulam, India.

At the end of the
evening, everybody danced to the music of the beloved anthem of Nuckids project!
Our foreign participants are already beginning to learn the lyrics of it in
Russian.

Read about our
trip to Budapest in the next issue! Nuckids are online!

Sincerely yours,

Dear Editors