National Endowment Fund “13 Centuries Bulgaria” welcomed the Christmas Holidays with a children’s concert, which took place in “Sarafska House”, Samokov, on December 28. People’s Community Center “Mladost – 2003”, with director Lili Shumanova, reunited the fans of music in the city.

In 2016, the alumni of the Community Centre received recognition at a number of national and international festivals and competitions. Participants in the concert Margarita and Marina Bochevi won a third place in the Balkan festival in Sofia and had successful appearances in Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary.