29th WOŚP ready in terms of organization and sanitation

Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (in Polish Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy) is ready for the 29th finals, unusual due to the pandemic and the restrictions in force. This year's charity campaign is nearly 8,000. stationary cans, 12,000 e-Piggy banks, almost 1,400 headquarters, and a multitude of volunteers.

“We reckon with the fact that during a pandemic there may be much less money collected. But the collection is already underway and, surprisingly, in one day over a million zlotys can be added to our account. In these times it is an incredible sum,” Jurek Owsiak, the originator and president of the WOŚP Foundation, said.

The finals will start on Saturday, January 30, 2021.

“The pandemic reality has changed a lot, which is why we operate mainly online, but we do not give up the traditional finals. Following the example of the last few years, we are building a huge studio at Plac Defilad, the center of the world, where musicians, guests, and people working on the finals will gather. Due to pandemic reasons, there will be no audience, but orchestra staff will be organized throughout Poland. We also play in many countries on all continents, we even managed to connect with our polar explorers base in Norway,” Jurek Owsiak added.

As he explained, the organization of this year's finals is marked by epidemiological restrictions. It is based on the sanitary regulations that entered into force at the end of December, and which were created for Telewizja Polska and the Sylwester Marzeń z Dwójka that it organizes.

Initially, the finals were scheduled for January 10 but were postponed due to restrictions that were introduced from December 28 to January 17. The government decided to extend them until the end of the month, but the date of the new final remained in force.

(Newseria)