On March 27 of this year, the regional qualifying competition of the All-Ukrainian Festival of Contemporary Song and Popular Music "Chervona Ruta-2005" took place in the premises of the Lutsk City People's House "Prosvita." \nFourteen bands and 47 vocalists from various corners of Volyn competed in five nominations: popular, acoustic, contemporary dance, alternative, and rock music. \nThe judging panel, which included the executive director of the All-Ukrainian festival "Chervona Ruta" Myroslav Melnyk, determined the winners of the regional qualifying competition. They were Iryna Hasich from Kovel in the "popular music" nomination and the rock band "Zayvyi Rukh" from Lutsk, which represented the alternative direction in contemporary youth music. Among the competition's reserves, who will be given the opportunity to undergo training in the creative laboratory of "Chervona Ruta" and together with the winners reach the final, are vocalists Olha Karpuk from Kovel, Tetiana Satsyk from Liubeshiv, Olha Kahaniuk from Novovolynsk, and Olha Orlovska from Lutsk, as well as the Lutsk rock bands "Halas" and "Slid." \n