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National audition for funny songs "Bourgas and the Sea"

National Song "Bourgas and the Sea" has been organized for the first time in 1973 as "Songs of Burgas, sea and its working people" from the band in summer theater Bourgas city. After 13 editions, he briefly ceased to exist. Is restored by a group of "Hot Sand" in 1996 with the name "Bourgas and the Sea" and then held each year. It is inherited the tradition of "Songs for Burgas, sea and its working people, given e start of many English composers, authors and performers of texts created e emblematic Bulgarian entertaining songs.

In its present form the competition creates and distributes English songs, develop the creative potential in the field of musical art, supports composers, poets, performers and develop the Bulgarian musical culture. The event is held each year during the first week of August under the patronage of Mayor of the Municipality of Burgas.

Over 300 songs are taken from their way of summer theater scene in Bourgas. Contribution to promoting competition by giving their names as authors: Tashev Constantine, Atanas Kossev, Mitko Shterev, Nayden Andreev, Toncho Rusev, Zaberski Angel, Boris Karadimchev, Zornitsa Popova, Christo Fotev, Nedyalko Yordanov, Stefan Diomov

Over the years, presidents of the jury of Bourgas and the Sea were: Boris Karadimchev, Toncho Rusev, Villas Kazasyan Ivan Kutikov and others.

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