Basanavičiaus Street will be calmer: the most popular singer will remain temporarily

In the heart of New York City, in Times Square, tourists can meet the symbol of this place every day: the naked cowboy, the musician Robert John Burck, who sings on the street wearing only a cowboy hat and panties . Rain or snow, he is always there. This is how we in Palanga can hear Vitalija Katunskytė singing here in one of the bars every summer.

Everyone who comes to Palanga knows that when they walk across the bridge to accompany the sun, it is mandatory to stop and listen to their performance for at least ten minutes. Year after year the same. Only the cafes are changing, and Vitalia is the same, loud and inventive, with a lot of interaction with the public. For many Lithuanians, seeing her or even making a person together became a sacred tradition when visiting Palanga. One by one, tourists go and praise the singer so that only she does not take pride and agrees to take a photo. As soon as anyone is available, Vitalija’s face has a wide smile, specially prepared for the photo.

For the past few seasons, its embassy on Basanavičiaus Street has been the “Jūros akis” restaurant, where there are no openings almost every night from 8 pm to 11 pm. Ladies and gentlemen from various regions of Lithuania gather to hear the successes of Vitalija. He even comes an hour before the show to get a better spot, closer to the stage. It is not enough to eat zeppelins, meatballs or cutlets alone, everyone pays an additional 5 euros for the concert.

Those who are unwilling or unable to pay: stand behind the fence, listen and watch from a distance, looking for gaps, as they could immortalize Palanga’s prima donna singing. Especially, fans become more active when the first chords of their hit “Robinson” begin. Those who are standing in the street and sitting together at the tables break the words: “Robi, Robi, climb the tree towards me. Say hello to the European lady. You look so juicy, your muscular body. I just saw that in the cinema. “

From mid-June to July 5 (this Sunday), Vitalija Katunskytė appeared in “Jūros akyje” every night. However, the famous singer will not be staying in Palanga next week. “Everything, health is not the same, age is not the same, I cannot sing without breaks, I deserve a break, I need repairs,” says Vitalija, and it does not matter that this fact is sad, but he still laughs. “I always laugh, I break the nobility, I cheer people up because that is my job. The audience expects me to know that everyone is a happy woman,” she smiles.

This year, Vitalija Katusnkytė decided not to hide that she had health problems and allowed herself to take a well-deserved monthly vacation. “I will go home to Šiauliai. I have problems with my spine. I will go back and go to the doctor for a checkup. There is a small tight nerve, my foot melts. And here is a big problem when you need to go on stage, take a walk. There was a fear that I would not fall while singing ”, opens the interpreter.

Watchful viewers of Vitalija’s concerts were truly able to notice that she was not as active and active as she had been for many years. Recently, the most famous artist on Basanavičiaus Street has been singing leaning on a chair with a back. “But I am not making a tragedy, I know very well that the audience is not interested in my problems.” People come to Palanga to have a good time, laugh, sing, dance. I work the way I belong, and I make fun of my health problems, I make him a bayman, ”she says.

Although most people go to Palanga on vacation, Vitalija Katunskyte itself has nothing to do with rest. It has been a long time since she walks on the beach, nor even looks at the sea. “The last time I was two years ago, I’ve burned enough in my life, I’ll have enough, let the others go there now,” explains the singer with a laugh.

Vitalija will return to the cafeteria-restaurant “Jūros akis” only in August. And a lesser-known group from Mažeikiai will give a concert on Basanavičiaus Street during the time when they will not be available. It will be a completely different style of song than the famous singer performs in her performances. “I don’t know them, the restaurant authorities have chosen them. He said good and funny men. But I still haven’t heard them,” he says of his temporary shift.

For those tourists who can’t even imagine her summer without Vitalija, the singer offers to visit her performances in other parts of Lithuania, in July she will definitely offer a couple of concerts, but not by the sea.