Report from the competition - see
See those who attended the meeting on film        Great words of appreciation and thanks for the tremendous work put into organising the competition and the meeting go to the Head of SP82 - Beata Tomaszewska and to Krysia Downar and Zofia Wiekierak

     The scale and force of the emotions reached their zenith. The range of visual and sonic impressions and experiences crossed the Rubicon. Awakened memories and feelings hard to put into words drew great tears of emotion from the eyes of many of the invited guests.

       It was a volcanic eruption of feelings and sounds, full of the positive energy and vitality of young organisms. The school children, by the power of their youthful spirit and charm, took complete possession of the audience.
For nearly 30 years I took part in a number of artistic reviews and competitions, in the most varied temples of culture.

       Without excessive glorification I must nevertheless sincerely confess that I have probably never before encountered such spontaneous, expressive performances of songs as those served up to the listeners by the pupils of Primary School No. 82 in Nowa Huta. Describing this extraordinary concert, one might say that the performing class groups set in motion and released within themselves remarkable reserves of invention and performing potential worthy of a great jubilee.

       The 60th anniversary of the founding of Nowa Huta is indisputably an occasion of enormous weight, and thus an important opportunity to recall the genesis of the great historic achievements bound up with the creation of: a new town, a new social environment, a new era of civilisation.

       It is therefore in the natural order of things that the jubilee celebrations have set in motion a set of dynamic inspiring factors, of which Primary School No. 82 is, among others, proof. The admirable activity and commitment of the teaching staff in putting on the said event raised onto a pedestal Beata Tomaszewska - the school's head, and Mrs Krystyna Downar. To this enterprising duo (with vocal gifts as well) the listeners owe excellent vocal and artistic presentations, not lacking in spectacle, at a truly high level.

       In the not-too-distant future lovers of song will be able to fête the performers on a much broader scale - during the Inter-School Festival "O Nowej to Hucie Piosenka". It is worth stressing that these undertakings have a devoted Friend in the person of the originator of Biblioteka Polskiej Piosenki - Waldemar Domański.

       The all-powerful dominance of songs in English, and not only English - practised to an ever greater degree by our own writers too - is causing a painful neglect of an unimaginably vast store of beautiful, atmospheric and artistically valuable Polish songs, among them also those that fortify the national spirit.

       In this context, therefore, the conviction of that institution's mission and of its in every respect necessary reason for existing is unshakeable. All the more so as the large-scale campaigns to get the people of Kraków, Nowa Huta included, singing are organised precisely under the auspices of Biblioteka Polskiej Piosenki.

       Bowing low with expressions of sincere appreciation to the organisers and performers of the events so far, it remains to hope that many similar high-flying artistic performances and many beautiful songs still lie ahead of us in the course of the jubilee celebrations.