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11-08-2004, 02:46 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3990705.stm
Grandma DJ rocks Russian village
A 70-year-old Russian grandmother is taking a small village east of Moscow by storm. Yuliya Ryabinina, the director of culture for Bolshiye Otary, has decided that discos are the best way to connect with local teenagers.And she has taken it on herself to spin the discs.
Under the guise of DJ Baba Yuliya, Mrs Ryabinina holds regular dance parties at the village hall. "I'm a real party animal," she tells Russia's Channel One TV. "My feet and arms start moving and I just want to dance." Hardly a spring chicken any more, the groovy granny keeps her strength up at the turntables by taking a potion of herbs and roots. Wanting to look good, she also takes great care with her makeup, the TV says.
Traditional Russian folks songs are strictly off the play list and Baba Yuliya plays only current pop songs. In the remote village in Nizhny Novgorod region, it is not easy for the septuagenarian DJ to keep up with the latest tunes. But she does not let this stand in her way and records any new songs she hears from her medium- and short-wave radio.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3987123.stm
Russian city bans 'immoral' DJs
Western-style discos have become popular in post-Soviet Russia
Officials in a south Russian city are to impose restrictions on discos and attempt to "educate" DJs in an effort to improve public morality.
The new decree in Belgorod, 700km (400 miles) from Moscow, limits the kind of music which can be played as well as the kind of DJs permitted to play it.
Most Russians view discos simply as innocent fun.
But officials in Belgorod consider them to be a potential danger to society, hotbeds of drugs, drink and debauchery.
Now the regional governor has ordered DJs to face the music and clean up their acts.
He has imposed heavy restrictions on local discos or, as they are described in the decree, "mass cultural youth events".
From now on, only music which is considered to be of a moral nature can be played.
Recommended works include folk music, Russian and western classics.
Disc jockeys must have completed secondary education and they must know Russia's law on culture.
Special courses will be organised to help DJs improve their qualifications.
As for the audience, from now on anyone boogieing in Belgorod would be well advised to take along a tape measure and a watch.
According to the decree, there can be no more than two people dancing on one square metre and the music has to stop at 10pm.
Grandma DJ rocks Russian village
A 70-year-old Russian grandmother is taking a small village east of Moscow by storm. Yuliya Ryabinina, the director of culture for Bolshiye Otary, has decided that discos are the best way to connect with local teenagers.And she has taken it on herself to spin the discs.
Under the guise of DJ Baba Yuliya, Mrs Ryabinina holds regular dance parties at the village hall. "I'm a real party animal," she tells Russia's Channel One TV. "My feet and arms start moving and I just want to dance." Hardly a spring chicken any more, the groovy granny keeps her strength up at the turntables by taking a potion of herbs and roots. Wanting to look good, she also takes great care with her makeup, the TV says.
Traditional Russian folks songs are strictly off the play list and Baba Yuliya plays only current pop songs. In the remote village in Nizhny Novgorod region, it is not easy for the septuagenarian DJ to keep up with the latest tunes. But she does not let this stand in her way and records any new songs she hears from her medium- and short-wave radio.
and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3987123.stm
Russian city bans 'immoral' DJs
Western-style discos have become popular in post-Soviet Russia
Officials in a south Russian city are to impose restrictions on discos and attempt to "educate" DJs in an effort to improve public morality.
The new decree in Belgorod, 700km (400 miles) from Moscow, limits the kind of music which can be played as well as the kind of DJs permitted to play it.
Most Russians view discos simply as innocent fun.
But officials in Belgorod consider them to be a potential danger to society, hotbeds of drugs, drink and debauchery.
Now the regional governor has ordered DJs to face the music and clean up their acts.
He has imposed heavy restrictions on local discos or, as they are described in the decree, "mass cultural youth events".
From now on, only music which is considered to be of a moral nature can be played.
Recommended works include folk music, Russian and western classics.
Disc jockeys must have completed secondary education and they must know Russia's law on culture.
Special courses will be organised to help DJs improve their qualifications.
As for the audience, from now on anyone boogieing in Belgorod would be well advised to take along a tape measure and a watch.
According to the decree, there can be no more than two people dancing on one square metre and the music has to stop at 10pm.