Biography of Boris Keilman

Boris Keilman, organizer of the Grushinsky festival: “The main dignity of this event is the amazing warm human atmosphere” Boris Keilman, the organizer of the Grushinsky festival: “The main dignity of this event is the amazing warm human atmosphere” Denis Bocharov in touch with “culture” - the organizer of the Club of the author’s song named after V. Grushin, Honored Traveler Boris Keilman.

But according to official information, Grushinsky appeared in the m. Therefore, he will be more years old. What kind of inconsistency? If the festival officially existed from the moment of its actual foundation, now it would have been held at the fifty -sixth time and it all started with the fact that a very good person studied at the Kuibyshev Aviation Institute, with whom I was lucky to be friends.

His name was Valery Grushin. He was unusually talented and charming; There was always a beautiful bright company around him, he constantly invented something interesting, went on brave campaigns-in a word, our meetings with him were always unforgettable. And so, in one of the campaigns, saving the sinking children on the River, which flows in the Irkutsk region and the Krasnoyarsk Territory, he died.

It happened at the end of August. For all his friends, it was a big tragedy and a huge loss has a place in the Lada, on a stone bowl, where we often met with him, burned bonfires, sang songs. Once his close friends gathered there, and we decided to arrange an event at which Valera would remember - to forget about such a wonderful person would be unforgivable. Thus, the first Grushin festival took place.

He really took place in a year, on a stone bowl, and gathered a man of six hundred and seven hundred, mainly friends, acquaintances, Valera's neighbors. And the very next year we held a festival in Mastrakes, a place, which is about forty kilometers from Samara - that is, where the event is taking place now.

Every year, the number of visitors increased markedly and over time exceeded a mark of one hundred thousand people. You know, we are often accused of the fact that the Grushinsky festival is a kind of congress and a rally of romantic old people. But, firstly, to blame the person that he is old is just stupid. Indeed, among the current visitors there are many who were attended by our first musical and poetic forums-of course, after more than half a century they could at least “grow up”.

Then they were students, today they became pensioners, but all this is still expensive for them, and they still come to us with pleasure. And secondly, now they bring their children and even grandchildren. So Grushinsky turned into a huge friendly multi -aged family. There is enough space for everyone, everyone is glad to each other. The main advantage of the festival is an amazing warm human atmosphere.

And from the current event we are also waiting for revelations. Of course, the names of such a level as a visor or Okudzhava appear extremely rarely, but nevertheless, we constantly, with a lumbling breath, think: what if the new Vysotsky will come right now? He was banned, and this is a very sad story. We invited him, he agreed with great pleasure, but only said that he needed an official invitation of the authorities.

And when I turned to the appropriate instances, they answered me something like this: “If you want this festival to be the last, then please call.” So Vysotsky was not allowed here, about which we still worry and regret. Not because she did not care - just other tasks were facing her. What is the situation today? Campaigns, love, friendship, beauty of nature are all that makes up the inner, intimate world of man.

We do not want to delve into politics. Firstly, this will not lead to anything good, and secondly, the author’s song is really not about it. Rather, it will be said, not a bard, but a tourist one. Since the Grushinsky festival is, first of all, a bright colorful holiday of tourists, people who, having stopped more than a dozen sneakers, went around the whole globe, all in this spirit.

And for these people it is very important to gather with friends at bonfires, sing songs, make grandiose plans of new travels. And it is this unique tourist mood that continues to give the festival vitality.