The dress rehearsal of "Scarlet Sails" took place in St. Petersburg

The dress rehearsal of the alumni celebration "Scarlet Sails" took place in St. Petersburg. Maxim Oblender, a correspondent for Izvestia, told about what the organizers of the show are preparing.

"The crew of the Brig Rossiya is passing from the Senate Square through razvedny (a few hours earlier today) The Palace Bridge, after that, in front of the Winter Palace, a snow-white sailboat will make a U-turn, and all this to the cries of delight and the flashes of hundreds of cameras. The arrow of Vasilyevsky Island is filled with tourists," the correspondent noted.

This year, the holiday scene is made in the form of an open window. The screens rotate and change the space. Also, large pools with fountains were installed on the stage for the first time.

The artists will fly, climb on platforms, drown in smoke and floodlights. 5th MORNING, Akmal', Vadim Samoilov, Ivanushki International, The Hatters, Nadezhda Kadysheva, Bearwolf, Zara and many others. A unique number is created from scratch for each song, no matter what the costumes were, for example, in the artist's video before that, the performance becomes an integral part of a single script.

"All the guys have to work out their points. To understand exactly where their fasteners, movements, and props are, and that's exactly what is being worked out. Everything should be perfect on the air," said Natalia Zvorygina, general producer of the concert part of the Scarlet Sails Alumni celebration.

The main theme of the holiday is victory and the qualities necessary to win. The number of pianist and composer Nikola Melnikov will become a large-scale point of the concert on Dvortsovaya Street.

"The number itself is a combination of a legendary classical piece and my work. There will be a symphony orchestra and a choir, 70 people with me," he said.

The key decoration will be the city itself, its dominants, the Palace Square, the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Arrow of Vasilyevsky Island, the Neva, one of the sites was placed on the roof of the St. Petersburg Hotel.

"This view, in my opinion, is the best in our city, as it allows you to see the most significant sights in all their glory," said Andrey Petelin, CEO of the Cititel management company and director of the St. Petersburg Hotel.

Viewers of the broadcast through dozens of cameras will see the smallest details of the "Scarlet Sails". This year it is exactly 20 years since the holiday was revived on the initiative of Joint Stock Bank ROSSIYA, the Government of St. Petersburg and Channel Five.

This year, St. Petersburg invited high school students and students from foreign countries to the graduation ceremony. In particular, more than 200 people arrived from Venezuela alone. Also, almost 500 guests from Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Estonia, Cuba and Moldova, together with St. Petersburg graduates, will see the snow-white brig Rossiya and the magic of the Scarlet Sails tonight.

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On the eve of June 27, Maxim Akhtyamov, director of the concert part of the Scarlet Sails alumni festival, noted that "everything works like clockwork" here. According to him, all technical aspects are hidden from the eyes of the audience behind layers of multimedia screens with a total area of more than 1 thousand square meters. m.