Singers Kristīne Šomase and Sabīne Berezina have joined forces in a joint project and released the song “I would like to be your friend”. It is a gift to the State Social Care Center “Turkeys”, which will use the song as an anthem.
Kristīne Šomase is the author of the song “I would like to be your friend” – when she was asked to suggest someone who could write such an anthem for the State Social Care Center “Turkeys”, she decided to risk doing it herself, because she has been cooperating with this center for several years. living.
In her turn, Kristīne has chosen the experienced Iveta Priedis for the role of the author of the text. This project is thanks to Joren Liopa, whose association “Spartietis” together with like-minded people and partners has been actively supporting “Kalkūnai” for almost five years, organizing various events, concerts, excursions, picnics, celebrating together, as well as supporting “Kalkūnai” children on the Paralympic Day and in the competition “Voice of Latgale”. For the third year in a row, Kristīne will also go to sing, who will do it “as long as I can move”.
Sabīne Berezina was chosen as the second singer, with whom Kristīne once participated in the show “OKartes skatuve 2”, but since the end of October last year (also Kaspars Markševics) has participated in the tour “Between Millions of Dreams” organized by producer Gaita Lazdāns. “When Kristīne invited me to participate, she thought without agreeing, because I was moved by the noble goal of this project. It was a real pleasure for me to take part in this project, I got fantastic emotions, and together we did it with real joy and energy. There is a lot of strength and colossal people in the team, and we know that this song and video story will help you not give up and only go forward, especially if there is someone next to or for a moment who gives this helping hand, ”says Sabine.
“The main idea of the song is that you are my friend, I understand and support you. Any obstacles that could make it difficult for us to communicate are irrelevant. This is the main message of the song – to be a friend, to be by the side and to support. The “turkey” children will always be our friends, they will always be heard and we want to thank them for this opportunity that has been given to us to change, make us brighter, better, more understandable, “explains Kristīne. “We all have five senses, but there are people for whom one of them is different, limited or non-existent. With this project, I want to draw the public’s attention to the fact that we must be able to give each other a helping hand, a safe smile and a good name. We need to give moments that encourage others to feel like their own. ” The video story filmed in the Salaspils Botanical Garden shows many young people who are deaf. “Together with Sabine, we felt what it was like to sing in melodic recitation, showing that we want to understand how they do it, thus giving them the feeling that they are special, but not a moment different,” says Kristine. It should be noted that melodic recitation is like singing in the language of the deaf – a simplified sign language that the deaf use when singing. The performers say a huge thank you to Roland Brikman and Ilva Circene, who helped to understand and also learn the language of these signs in a relatively short time.
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