Bright lights of Kurskenergo

IDGC of Centre - Kurskenergo division held the XII creative contest for children of employees of the company "Bright Lights". It was attended by more than 90 children aged from four to sixteen years from all parts of the Kursk region.

The contest was held in five nominations, its participants were divided into two age groups: up to nine years and from nine to sixteen. Their performances were evaluated by a jury, which included prominent cultural figures in the region.

As a result, Polina Kosinova, the daughter of an economist of the finance department Oksana Kosinova, who performed the folk song "Ah, chickens-chickens", Daria Neryabova, the daughter of an operator of the operational and technological group of Belovsky Distribution Zone Alexander Neryabov, who performed with the song "I dream of a miracle", and Veronika Milyusina with the song "Swans" were awarded with diplomas of the first degree in the nomination "Vocal creativity (age category over nine years)". Veronika’s mother, Marina Milyusina is a specialist of the customer service point of Timsky Distribution Zone.

Four diplomas of the first degree were awarded at once in the nomination "Dance creativity". Daria Zubkova, the daughter of the head of the logistics department Vladimir Zubkov, showed the audience the beauty of the oriental dance "Rainbow". Arina Devyanina, the daughter of a specialist of the customer interaction department Oksana Devyanina brightly performed "Lively dance". Anastasia Ageeva, the daughter of the head of the production and technical group of Kursky Distribution Zone Alexander Ageev, presented a modern variety dance to the jury, and the children’s team of the Eastern section of Kurskenergo - rousing rock and roll.

By the way, Arina Devyanina was among winners in the nomination "Original Genre" (age category is older than 9 years). With bated breath, those present in the hall watched her mini-play according to Yury Yakovlev’s book "The Girls from Vasilievsky Island". In the same nomination (up to 9 years old), first-degree diplomas were awarded to the duo of Tamara Prosolupova, the daughter of the chief accountant of the branch Natalia Mishina and the leading specialist of the safety service Mikhail Prosolupov and Maria Salova, the daughter of the secretary of the administration department Katerina Dyakova. They gave "bad advice" to disobedient children, and they did it so sincerely, with conviction that they made the audience laugh.

In the nomination "Recitation", the most memorable and emotional was the speech by Mikhail Gorbachev, the son of a specialist in the customer service department Lyudmila Gorbacheva. He was awarded a diploma of the first degree for the original reading of the children’s story "Our Wet Ivan". The only winner was determined in the nomination "Instrumental creativity" - it was Polina Nazarova, the daughter of a legal advisor of the contractual work sector of the legal support department Olga Nazarova, who performed the composition "Continuous Movement" on the violin.

The jury marked the youngest participants with special diplomas "Young talent". They were awarded to four-year-old Anna Ryazhskikh for the dance "Boogie-Woogie" and five-year-old Anastasia Pozdnyakova, who performed the poem "I grew up". Anna’s mom, Svetlana Ryazhskikh is an engineer for electricity quality, Anastasia’s mom - Olga Pozdnyakova is a metrological engineer.

In addition, the jury marked with diplomas all the works presented in the nomination "Fine and decorative and applied art".

However, there were no losers on this day. Each of the participants received a special diploma and a souvenir. Deputy General Director of IDGC of Centre - Kurskenergo division director Alexander Rudnevsky warmly congratulated all participants on the holiday of creativity.

The first creative competition for children of employees of Kurskenergo took place in 2005. More than 1200 children took part in it for the whole period. For some, the enterprise’s stage has become a launching pad in the big stage.

The twin sisters Galya and Ira Ermakova, the daughters of a technician of the production and technical group of Central Distribution Zone Lyubov Ermakova, after winning the contest, participated in the TV program "The Morning Star". At the second international competition of family ensembles in Poland, the duo was recognized as the best, deserving the prize of audience sympathy. And in 2006 at the International festival of young talents "Zvezdochka", held in Odessa, the Ermakov sisters received the first prize.

Another participant of the contest, Katya Pochekaeva, the daughter of an electrician for equipment repair of Central Distribution Zone of "Kurskenergo" Yury Pochekaev, represented the Kursk region in 2007 at the national selection competition of the children’s song "Eurovision-2007". In addition, Katya became a laureate of the All-Russian children’s competition after I. Reznik "Little Country", the All-Russian children’s competition after N. Plevitskaya, the International competition "Crystal Magnolia" and many others.