On 21 December 2018, at 3:30pm, a press conference will take place on the results of the tour of a New Year performance, “A Great Journey of Saint Nicholas”.
Organised by: Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.
Speakers: Serhii Fomenko (Foma), frontman of the band “Mandry”; Mariia Burmaka, People’s Artist of Ukraine; Ivanka Chervinska, singer; Artem Bidenko, State Secretary of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.
December 7th through 19th, a New Year performance, “A Great Journey of Saint Nicholas”, toured around frontline towns of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The tour for kids living in the JFO area was supported by the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.
The tour was joined by Foma and the band “Mandry”, Mariia Burmaka, Sashko Lirnyk, Ivanka Chervinska, and Gypsy Lyre. More than 4,000 kids in Kramatorsk, Avdiivka, Zolote, Siversk, Toretsk, Zvanivka, Kurakhove, Krasnohorivka, Mariinka, Illinivka, Oleksandro-Kalynove, and Kostiantynivka saw Saint Nicholas, a Christmas angel, a taleteller, shepherds, a fairy, and carollers of Ukrainian Vertep.