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Creative despitethe rain

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Breaking the walls of hostility

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Let’s meet Anthony from Irleand

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All roads lead to Złocieniec to the European Peoples Festival 19th July 2015 will go down in history of Zlocieniec. At the am-phitheatre there was a festive opening of Eu-ropean Peoples Festival. We highly welcomed all the participants from 13 countries. In the first part of the official open-ing Drawsko county and Złocieniec municipali-ty officials appeared on stage- Mr. Jacek Kozlo-wski - deputy mayor, Krzysztof Zacharzews-ki - Złocieniec mayor and the mayor of Wier-zchowo Jan Szewczyk, mayor of Czaplinek Adam Kośmider. They all wished the guests, residents and tourists fun and many pleas-

ant moments spent on Drawsko ground. The second part of the festi-val’s opening was graced by performances of three countries: Poland, Spain and Italy. Festival hosts began. Historical Reconstruction Group ‘Palace in Siemczyno “ in the beautiful baroque costumes danced the quadrille - corporate, so-cial dance of English or-igin, especially popular in France since the late eighteenth century. We could also see this group in a dance parlor in Old French, which is called gavotte. Then chang-ing the note on folklore a singing group “Dar-skowiacy” represented

themselves on stage. Female students of the University of the Third Age ended with the pre-sentation of several Pol-ish dances and fitting the audience in a good mood. The next per-formers were represen-tatives of Spain. In their national costumes they represented several well-known Spanish regional dances such as fast Jota dance performed with the castanets. Spanish dance performance says a lot about the inhabi-tants of this country. It confirms that they have dance in their blood. It also allows you to get to know a small part of extremely rich culture

of Spain. Italian perfor-mance turned out to be full of positive energy, with its hot rhythms it made everyone dance. Italian music was al-ways considered to be the most beautiful in the world, well-known and liked – and the evi-denced of that was cor-dial welcome of dancing and singing Italians by the international audi-ence. At the end of the

opening event of the Eu-ropean Peoples Festival there was a concert of band called Falkenblues. The group performed mainly blues covers in rock and guitar climate combined with melodic vocals. A lot of things happened but this is just the beginning. The festi-val will last until the end of the week.

Ania

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Creative despite the rainIt was supposed to be so beautiful ... parade, confetti and streamers. Unfortunately - due to the weather the organ-

izing committee can-celled Sunday parade. It did not prevent the par-ticipants of the festival from a constructive ap-proach to the situation. The Spaniards showed remarkable creativity. They simply combined four tables and six rolls of toilet paper to form a table to play table tennis. A group of boys from Italy also joined.

In the following halls of the Secondary School in Złocieniec, and more specifically one floor below, other countries

were preparing for their performances. When rainfall declined, some participants went for a walk, others rested after Saturday’s dance. De-spite the rain Germany did not lose their sense of humour and organ-ized their own parade. Hiding from the rain in a day – care room “Ray” in front of the church, countries had the oppor-

tunity to integrate. Dur-ing the extraordinary meeting of group lead-ers, they decided that at 6:30 p.m. despite the bad

weather we would meet at the Amphitheatre and officially open the festi-val. And the PARADE was moved to Friday 24/07/2015. The parade will start at 7.15p.m. at the Church of the As-sumption in Złocieniec and will end in the am-phitheatre.

Volunteers Ala, Ania and Wiktoria

Volunteers of European Peoples Festival flocked to the meeting at which we discussed all the im-portant matters related to the festival. Our help-ers came from different Polish cities, including Warsaw, Poznan, Szc-zecin, Drawsko Pomor-skie and Borne Sulinowo. There are also a few Pol-

Volunteers of EPFish speaking people from abroad. Now everybody knows how to take care of our guests. See you to-morrow at 9pm! All par-ticipants and volunteers wish you a nice time and have fun during the fes-tival!More pictures on EPF page !http://epf.zlocieniec.pl/

On Saturday July 18th a group of young people under the care of Wio-leta Szczecińska work-ing at Cultural Centre together with a group of volunteers from Warsaw under the care of Beata Kowalska took part in the theater workshops

First theater workshopsconducted by Łukasz Krajewski - actor and theater instructor. Their effects can be seen every day at the Amphitheatre near the fountain. This is not the only theater ac-cent at the festival.

Wioleta, Alina, Łukasz

On Sunday, July 19th at the cinema there was a meeting to set a team that will work on a common spectacle. The coordinator of theater meetings is a theater instructor Wioleta Szc-zecińska from Cultural Centre in Złocieniec,

Together for the theatertogether with the help of volunteers - Łukasz Kra-jewski and Alina Kro-chmal. The main task is to prepare a common spectacle, in which rep-resentatives of each na-tionality will take part. The theme of the show is breaking cultural bar-

riers and integration. Trials will be done every day in a hall at 6 Wol-ności Street. The effect of our work will be seen on Friday 24/7/2015, during the closing of the festival.

Wioleta

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of disco-dance hits of legendary Sandra, CC Catch, Paula Abdul, Kim Wilde, Samantha Fox. They took the audience back to the times of great disco of 80s and 90s.Next artists on the EPF stage were Talking Brothers who enter-

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tained the audience with hot hits of the legendary band Modern Talking. It was a superenergetic performance of still alive and drowing into party hits ‘You’re my heart - You’re my soul’, ‘Cheri, Cheri Lady’, etc.

Ania

On 18th July at 9p.m. the concerts started to wel-come all foreign partic-ipants of the European Peoples Festival. Feisty girls from a band called Angel Song - in co-lourful, flounced skirts, with bows and tousled curls occurred in covers

At 9:30am we all gath-ered in the church, and took part in a Holly Mass. That was lead by Bishop Wiesław Spiewak. Leaders of all countries that are tak-ing part in the European Festival brought flags that represented their countries and Bibles that were written in their na-tional language. One of the great moments was

Breaking the walls of hostilitywhen everyone read the Gospel passage from a letter to the Ephesians. Another enjoyable mo-ment was when every-one danced and sang to the song „Jesteś Królem”. The church filled with a wave of happiness and a storm of applause and joy. The message of the Mass was the unity of all Christians.

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THE FESTIVAL NEWSPAPER is published daily and edited by Agata Bożek, Monika Kuczyńska, Małgorzata Rostek, Anna Pokrzywnicka, Anna Styrska, Wioleta Szczecińska, Marek Zyśk and volunteers.

SPORTTable tennis

20.07.2015

Group A

Nr Country1. Spain2. France3. Ireland4. Germany

Group B

Nr Country1. Denmark2. Scotland3. Italy4.

Basketball20.07.2015

Group A

Nr Country1. Belgium2. Hungary3. Italia4. Spain

Group B

Nr Country1. Denmark2. France3. Germany4.

Football23.07.2015

Group A

Nr Country1. Italia2. Lithuania3. Scotland4. Lexembourg

Group B

Nr Country1. France2. Germany3. Poland4.

Let’s meet Anthony from IrleandEuropean Peoples Festival is not only a huge organiza-tional undertaking but also the source of many emo-tions for both the participants and their guardians. It is impossible to describe everyone, but it is worth to know at least a part of such a rich resource of expe-rience. Here are synthetic notes of our foreign guests.-Where do you come from?-I come from Athlone (the town in Ireland with pop-ulation of around 20.000 people-Have you been to Poland before?-Yes, I’ve already been to Cracow.-Is it your first time at the festival?-No, it’s the fifteenth.-What do you think about Poles?-They are hard-working and reliable.-How many Polish people live in Athlone?-Around 500 families. We have three Polish super-markets. -What’s interesting in your home town?-There is a castle and there are military barracks. The National Drama Festival takes place in Athlone. -Is there any traditional  Irish dish?-There is Irish stew and bacon with cabbage.-Thank you Anthony.-You are welcome.Early in the morning the team of EPF went to Gdańsk to collect the Irish group from the airport. On the way there were a few breaks for shopping. Polish beer was very popular!

Nadia

PARADE HAS BEEN MOVED TO FRIDAY 24.07.2015.WE WILL START AT 7:15 pm AT THE CHURCH IN ZŁOCIENIEC.

Invitation to Euro VillageEuropean Village, where each of the festival coun-tries shows products and objects characteristic for their country, is full of life. A lot of interesting things happen there. At Belgian stand a contest in fast cutting of potato chips ( which then could be tasted) was held. Lux-embourg at its stand promoted the plush lion

mascot, which could be won by taking part in a game of throwing a dice – victorious digits were from 4 to 6.We invite everyone to see the exhibition stands of 13 European coun-tries. The Euro Village is in recreation and sport area in Złocieniec right next to the amphiteatre.

Ania