Two hundred young people from the Seventh-day Adventist church in Western Russia attended the second youth music festival in St. Petersburg. The September 21 to 23 festival brought participants ranging in age from 16 years old to 35 years old from Russia, England, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Attendees participated in a competition where their composition skills were tested in five categories of music: worship, gospel music, youth camps, bard and retro. One attendee, Paul Khiminets, said, "The Festival made a great impression on me, we have so many young boys and girls with high musical skills. We have heard new melodies and new songs."