The closing concert and celebration of song and dance attracted 67,253 people

The last night of the final concert of the XXVI Latvian General Song and the 16th Dance Celebration on the Starway Road, presented at the large Mezaparks outpost, 67,253 people were present, making it the # 1 39, the most popular event. Eva Juhnjeviča, executive director of the festival, told the TV show "The morning panorama".

As reported, about 16,500 bodies participated in the closing concert of the song and dance celebration. Many of them, with the public, stayed at the celebration ceremony until the morning light.

Juheniewicz acknowledged that the great job was over, but the organizers were still ahead of several weeks of post-employment. "Celebrations have taken place, but there's a lot of practical things going on after the holidays: cleaning up the site, dismantling temporary structures, of course, as well as paperwork," said the President and CEO of Fête des Festivals. songs and dances

. A team of about 500 people participated in the event, but with the addition of volunteers, cooperation partners, responsible service personnel present on the sites and other organizers of the event. festival, the total number of people involved could be about 4000

More than 43,000 singers and dancers took part in the celebration with the participation of the media representatives, the number of accredited media was d & # 39; about 700, most of whom were foreign media, informed Juhnjeviča.

Of these, 2450 were frank alt Latvians, of 84 collectives.

"These vacations have marked a bit differently from what they've been up to here." Times have changed and this time there have been a number of significant innovations. Major was the pre-registration of participants, which allowed to record very precisely the number of participants, their participation in the attempts and concerts, the organization of the catering schedules and other aspects The electronic registration has enabled the development of a multifunctional identity card more important to the participants than any other document during the holidays, "said Juhnjevich during the meeting. a press conference on July 9th.

She also pointed out that an important preventive communication work "As a result, last week was found to be justified.People – male spectators and celebrities – got organized.Finished holiday regulations. people were already accustomed to the idea that security and related issues will be a priority during these celebrations, "said the executive director of the festive

the day before the folk song" Pūt, vējiņi "Andrejs Jurjans has completed the 16th edition of XXVI The celebration of the song and the 16th dance, to which more than 42,000 participants participated in general, this time the celebration took place on the occasion of the centenary of the year. Latvian state.