In the beginning of April the XXIV International children's and youth choirs "Praznitstva "Dobri Voinikov" took place in Shumen (Bulgaria) with the support of the Ministry of education and science of Bulgaria, National Palace of children, Bulgarian choral Union, Balkan choral forum Community of Shumen and the United children complex.

Ukraine was represented by mixed choir "Darina Lada" of Melitopol state pedagogical University named after Bohdan Khmelnitskyi (artistic director and conductor - Professor Natalia Segeda). Within 4 days the choir sang the spiritual, folk and contemporary choral music on different stages (in "open air museums", the temples, near the monuments, theater etc.).

As noted by the head of the choir, their team populariesed Ukrainian choral art and received a promising creative invitation to further cooperation on the European choral forum.