This year for the 14th time we co-host the KVN event "Autumn Marathon" organized for children in conflict with the law. For many years this event has been a tradition of the Belarusian Club of the Funny and Inventive. The event’s co-organizers are the Ministry of Education, the National Center for Artistic Creativity of Children and Youth and the Republican Youth Association “Belarusian KVN League”. The uniqueness of this event lies in the fact that we are trying to help children in conflict with the law revise views on life and behavior. The event was attended by 9 regional teams and 3 teams of children from closed type institutions, as well as professional KVN teams. This year, more than 150 children from all regions of our country are competing for the Grand Prix. And this is despite the global life challenges that we have faced recently. Guided by the key principle of the Convention on the Rights of the Child “Do not forget a single child”, we believe that participation will help children on the difficult path of returning to law-abiding and socially acceptable behaviors. Today this approach has justified itself and has many positive examples: over the years many children, after taking part in the event, continue to participate in the KVN movement in school and student leagues. Several people help teams in the major and premier leagues; they found themselves by overcoming their destructive behavior.
The purpose of the event is to organize cooperation between educational institutions, public associations on the rehabilitation of young people who have come into conflict with the law, patronage over adolescents prone to deviant behavior, as well as the formation of a legal culture among young citizens, law-abiding behavior through the KVN game.
Traditionally, pop stars, KVN and famous people of our country take part in the event (including in the jury).This year the event took place in an unusual format. All participants recorded their performances on camera and sent them to the jury, who gave points based on their performance. The biathlon competition was held online, all the participants took turns reading their jokes, and the teams that did not make it to the next round received their marks from the jury.
On December 18, a gala concert "Autumn Marathon - 2020" took place. Participants of 12 KVN teams from educational institutions in Belarus, who took part in the event, were shown online the best moments of the performances of the participating teams. Before the start of the gala concert, the stars of the KVN Major League (Artem Tomyak - "Parapaparam", Evgeny Donskikh - "RUDN", Alexander Volokhov - "SOK", Alexander Koptel - "STEPiKo", the team "Flash-piano"). The video can be viewed at the link https://fb.watch/2yXJVr0f7G/ As a master class, the performance of the KVN team "Doctor Hauss" was demonstrated. The comments of the jury members were given and the winners were announced.
The winners of Autumn Marathon 2020:
- Team "Do not renounce" (Bereza) - a prize in the category "Audience Fondness";
- Team "Object of Attention" (Petrikov closed type institution) - prize in the category "Best joke of the game";
- Team "Evil Tongues" (Team of educational institutions "Chechersk State Professional Lyceum" and "Chechersk Regional Center for Creativity of Children and Youth") - a prize in the category "Brilliant Prospects";
- Team "Orange Level" (GPL No. 9, Mogilev) - prize in the category "Dream Team";
- Team "Speci-alista" (Mogilev state special vocational school of closed type No. 2) - Yudenko Artem - prize in the nomination "Mister Games";
- Team "Bad Company" (Vitebsk) - prize in the "Magnificent Four" nomination;
- Team "Unlike" (school № 7 Volkovysk) - prize in the category "Opening of the season";
- Team "With a residence permit from syala" (Team of teams of educational institutions of the Myadel region) - a prize in the category "Best Video";
- Team "Gravity Falls" (School #34 in Mogilev) Ivchina Maria - prize in the category "Miss Game";
- Team "School Time" (Mogilev closed type institution) - prize in the category "Best topic disclosure";
- Team “It Happened” (Mogilev State Technical University) - a prize in the category “Masters of improvisation”.
The winner of "Autumn Marathon 2020" is the team "Puff with jam" (school № 1 in Minsk).
Congratulations to the winners, we express our deep gratitude to all organizers and participants of the event!