"From heart to heart, stretch your hand" - with such words welcomed II Central-Asian international festival of children's and youth creation "FREILEHE KINDER" the guys from Taraz Hesed and director Helena Dmitrieva. This year the delegation of South-Kazakhstan area submitted on court of competent jury inflammatory dances, remarkable songs and theatrical statement.

Nature of sanatorium "Berezka", in which the participants of a festival lived, and they from different cities and republic have gathered, disposed to creation. The guys felt rather comfortably: evening discos, cheerful competitive programs, bathing in pool, but most important, certainly participation in the program of a festival.

The performances began with greeting of teams. The guys from Taraz told that for the whole year they were waiting for meeting, that in Hesed they have found many friends, with which live "together as amicable family". The song "Akhdut" was performed, that means "Unity". Bouquets of beautiful Jewish songs have presented the participants of a festival Helena Dratzkaya, Roman Kreinman and Maria Koroleva.

Also guys brought on a festival theatrical statement "From generation to generation". It tells, how it is important for the man to keep commandments of Torah, which at one time, more 3 thousand years ago, Moses got from God. At the end of performance the festival song written by Tatiana Dmitrieva (Israel) "From heart to heart" was performed. The young actors wonderfully in the comic form have transferred the main images of performance, especially boys managed to play the female roles which at once caused of laughter and admiration.

It is interesting and that in dancing competition of actor's skill in ten best six participants from Taraz were included: Helena Kazakova, Maxim Smerichinsky, Nodar Kebadze, Roman Kreinman, Helena Dratzkaya and even the director Hesed - Helena Dmitrieva.

The best performances were included in the program of a final concert, which was held at theatre named after Stanislavsky. The chief of a dancing circle - Maria Koroleva presented two dances "Shuvavim", that in translation means "Ruffians", and "Yesh li Haverim" - "I have friends" the author of last dance is Tatiana Dmitrieva.

During the gala-concert the diplomas were handed to the chiefs of delegations and the prizes with an emblem of a festival "FREILEHE KINDER" in solemn conditions they were handed over the director of Hesed - Dmitrieva Helena and chief of the children's program Alla Koroleva.

Title "Mr. of festival" has received the member of the Jewish community of Taraz - Nicolay Tzykunov. Prizes were also handed over all participants of a festival. How many kind words were told to address of the organizers of a festival, those due to whom the creative reserves of young generation grow.

Everyone took away home mass of impressions. The guys left each other records in diaries. So - Helena Kazakova writes: "How many remarkable emotions we carry from Karaganda! Preparation of performance, dances, vocal - now everything is behind". We have got the new friends, meetings with which we shall look forward! What support of the friends and familiar during performances! And honorable title - "Taraz - soul of a festival!". It is very pity to part, and only there is a hope that, all the same, we necessarily shall meet again, and if will be lucky, and not only here, but also somewhere in Russia or even in Israel, you see about such trip each of us dreams! And these sad partings with words "do not cry, we necessarily shall meet again!" See you next year!

And in a train the guys sang under a guitar. To Taraz group came people, which saw in them the friends. And as though by itself the song was born.

Good-bye festival! Ahead we have hope that at our talented youth still is a lot of creative victories. The great thanks to the organizers and sponsors of a festival - Alexandr Mashkevitch and Alexandr Baron.

Alla Koroleva