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06/09/2018. The opening ceremony of the Center for Children's Reading
On the first day of autumn, in the run-up to the new academic year, the Center for Children's Reading was opened in the National Library of the Republic of Karelia.
On September 1, the Head of the Republic Arthur Parfenchikov congratulated the readers and guests of the solemn event. The Head of Karelia gave two wonderful editions to the library; the books will complement the children’s literature collection of the Center for Children's Reading. He also granted letters of thanks to the staff of the library.
The opening ceremony was attended by Aleksandr Rakitin, the First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the Council of Federation on Defense and Security, Valentina Pivnenko, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Library, the Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Larisa Podsadnik, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Karelia on Social Issues, Aleksey Lesonen, the Minister of Culture if Karelia. Marina Nikishina, the Head of the National Library of Karelia introduced the guests of the library.
A poet, translator and laureate of the national award Poet of the Year in the category Children's Literature Andrei Raff came from St. Petersburg to participate in the opening ceremony of the Center for Children's Reading.
And, of course, on this day, bright emotions were given to all by children. Young artist read poems and presented arias from musicals by Gorkovenko: Buratino and The Booted Cat. Soloists were Anna Salova and Pavel Ivanov.
The holiday for our young readers and guests of the library was continued with a concert. The participants of the art project You are a Star! presented an excerpt from the play by Sergei Mikhalkov Feast of Disobedience. Young artists performed brightly concert items and lit smiles on the faces of the audience. Artists presented excerpts from musicals Doctor Aybolit – 2018, Around the world and Film. Film. Film. The program was made by the Production Center Fabrika zvezd.
This day, 52 new readers joined the library and got a library card with festive design.