Navalnitsa 2009 international fireworks festival will be held at the mountain ski sport and recreation facility in Logoisk on 28-30 August, head of the organizing committee Igor Sidorovich told.

Igor Sidorovich noted that European national teams that will participate in Navalnitsa festival perform at the world’s largest shows such as Olympic Games opening ceremonies.

Partaking in the festival are six teams from France, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. All of them are winners of the international festivals and producers of the world shows. The Belarusian team is to perform at the closing ceremony of the festival.

Each team will fire around 5,000 shots during its performance accompanied by music.

The jury of the festival consists of representatives of European Fireworks Association and Russian Association of Manufacturers and Demonstrators of Fireworks, team members and organizers of the festival.

The performances of the fireworkers will be accompanied by the Belarusian rock groups J:Mors, Palats, Lyapis Trubetskoi and some others as well as by the popular Belarusian DJs.

There is no need for the spectators to worry about their safety, Igor Sidorovich assured. “We have closely cooperated with the oblast administrations for emergency situations. We will take all necessary measures to guarantee people's safety,” he noted.

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