New Year events will take place in the Oktyabrsky district of Irkutsk

A big New Year program starts in Irkutsks Oktyabrsky district, tree lightings, courtyard games, contests, the White Blizzard festival, and Christmas events for children and teens.

On December 26 at 2:30 p.m. on the grounds of the Irkutsk Regional Musical Theater named after N.M. Zagursky and on December 28 at 4:00 p.m. on Postyshev Boulevard, the opening of the main district New Year’s trees will take place. Children can look forward to meeting Father Frost and the Snow Maiden, theatrical performances, fairy-tale characters, games, music, dancing, contests, and, of course, gifts.
On December 28 at 3:00 p.m., a game program for the youngest residents of Irkutsk, “Happy Birthday, Little Tree!”, will be held on Postyshev Boulevard near the newly planted live spruce.
From December 1 to December 20, 2012, the “New Year’s Decoration” contest is being held among children and teenagers from educational institutions. The New Year’s ornaments will decorate the square and the main tree on Postyshev Boulevard, as well as the lobbies of administrative buildings.
On December 20, 2012, at 12:00 p.m. at the Training Center of Trade Unions (263 Baikalskaya St.), the New Year festival “White Blizzard” of choral and vocal groups of veterans of the Oktyabrsky District and the city of Irkutsk will take place.
Holding the festival in the Oktyabrsky District has already become a good tradition. It is an opportunity to express gratitude to the older generation for their work, for wise words, optimism, and for the kind songs that unite all generations.
The concert features 12 amateur creative groups of the Oktyabrsky District cultural and leisure center “Lyubimovka”: the ballroom dance ensemble “Retro,” the war and labor veterans’ choirs “Dawns of Baikal,” “Veteran,” “Slavyane,” the choir named after Shulga, the vocal ensembles “Lira,” “Sibir,” “Raduga,” “Rossiyanochka,” “Ivushka,” “Sibiryane,” and the health group “Movement” (in total, about 200 participants).
From December 22 to December 30, 2012, with the joint participation of the Committee for the Administration of the Oktyabrsky District, deputies of the Irkutsk City Duma, territorial public self-government bodies, and the management company “Yuzhnoye Upravlenie ZhKS,” New Year’s game programs will be held in the courtyards of the district’s neighborhoods:
- 22.12.2012, 1:00 p.m. at: 245 Karl Liebknecht St.;
- 25.12.2012, 3:00 p.m. at: 49 Krasnoyarskaya St., 115 Trilissera St.;
- 27.12.2012, 2:00 p.m. at: 63 Vilyuyskaya St.;
- 28.12.2012, 4:00 p.m. at: 176 Sovetskaya St.;
- 29.12.2012, two game programs: 2:00 p.m. at: 247 Baikalskaya St.; 4:00 p.m. – 274 Baikalskaya St.;
- 30.12.2012, 3:00 p.m. at: 102/104 Baikalskaya St.;
- 30.12.2012, 4:00 p.m. at: 1a Mozhayskogo St., 7a Shiryamova St.
The event organizers have also taken care of gifts for the children.
In total, about 35 live fir trees and 19 trees based on metal structures will be installed in the Oktyabrsky District. They will appear in the courtyards of neighborhoods, on the grounds of organizations, enterprises, cultural institutions, etc. During the winter holidays, residents of the district are offered the following program:
On January 3, 4, and 7, 2013, starting at 2:00 p.m., game programs will be held on Postyshev Boulevard;
On January 6 at 4:00 p.m. on the grounds of the museum “Icebreaker Angara,” the celebration “Christmas Tree in Solnechny” will take place, with game programs organized;
On January 8 and 9, a Christmas chess tournament among children and teenagers from educational institutions will be held at School No. 14.
In municipal budgetary educational institutions of all types and kinds, institutions of higher and secondary vocational education, and cultural institutions, contests of New Year’s drawings, charity campaigns “Help a Child” with game programs in orphanages and the presentation of New Year’s gifts, as well as performances and theatrical shows for boarding school and correctional school students, will take place. In all schools, New Year’s parties will be held, and children will be offered visits to theaters, museums, cinemas, excursions outside the city, and much more.
In addition, the committee has taken care of ensuring public order, road safety, and organizing ambulance duty during mass festive events near the Musical Theater, Postyshev Boulevard, and in the district’s neighborhoods.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk city administration