Eži Group at Limbaž Children and Youth Center Fills Saldu with Joyful Music at Folk Music Festival

The “Eži” group of the Limbaž children and youth center chapel fills the Oskar Kalpak square in Saldu with joyful music, joy and passion. A folk music festival takes place once every five years – the year before the school’s youth song and dance festival, and this is the third festival. The Limbazhians are one of those who have been there.

“I was drawn to this group by the general spirit and also by Latvian patriotism,” says group member Ričards Bezbailis.

“Every Latvian has a feeling inside that it is necessary to show folk values, because both choral music and folk dances are a very big folk value. I have wanted to participate in it since childhood,” admitted Ventspils Technical School and Ventspils High School of Music Member of the girls’ ensemble Lelde Manteja.

Young people whose native language is not Latvian also sing in several groups, for example, in the group “Notis” of the voice development studio “Kantilena” of Riga Bolderājas Youth Primary School.

“There are also Latvians in our team, we also sang Latvian folk songs and Latvian music with them, music by Latvian composers. The children like it,” said the group’s teacher, Irina Parahņeviča.

Vocal and instrumental ensembles, as well as chapels from all over Latvia, sang Salda with folk songs and their arrangements. If about 250 children and young people took part in the festival, 3,000 people are making music in this way in Latvia.

“In preparation for our country music festival, the traditional singing competition “Voices” was held this year. and showing their skills,” said XIII Latvian School Youth Director of the song and dance festival, Agra Bērziņa.

When the day was spent in street music, everyone gathered at the Saldus children and youth center for the big show “The whole farm has money, the gates are made of gold sparks”. It is already a small modeling event for XIII Latvian school youth song and dance festival country music concert.

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