Dear friends: Below you can find the provisional festival programme, which is subject to small changes. We would like to recall you that every participant group must bring live music for all the performances PROVISIONAL PROGRAM 24 JULY - FRIDAY ALL FOLK GROUPS RECEPTION NEAR THE TOWN HALL OF Leça da Palmeira 20.00 Dinner in Leça da Palmeira School 25 JULY SATURDAY 01 AUGUST - SATURDAY 1/23.00 25 JULY - SATURDAY Traditional handcraft selling At the Church Square of Leça da Palmeira Breakfast Meeting with the FESTARTE Committee 11. 00 Ceremony National Anthem 13.00 Lunch 15.30 Departure: City? INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL CITY? Performance 15 23.30 INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL Performance 15
26 JULY SUNDAY 8.30 10.15 In costumes Prepared for the Folk Mess (Leça da Palmeira) 10.45 FOLK MESS PERFORMANCE 1 SHORT SONG OR MUSIC 12.30 Lunch at school 14.30 TOWN PARADE (300 m) 15.00 LEÇA DA PALMEIRA CITY HALL RECEPTION (exchange small gifts) 15.30 INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL OF LEÇA DA PALMEIRA PERFORMANCE 10 20.00 Dinner 22.00 FOLK PARTY Friendship night all the groups 27 JULY MONDAY 9.30 10.00 11.55 Departure to Matosinhos to the Town Parade MATOSINHOS TOWN PARADE 12.00 CITY HALL RECEPTION Official reception of Festarte with the Mayor of the city (exchange small gifts) Free Afternoon? 19.30 Dinner in the city of the performance FOLK GALA PERFORMANCE - 15 + 15'
28 JULY TUESDAY To 1 FREE DAY (PIC-NIC LUNCH) (You can visit OPORTO - World Cultural Heritage - go to the beach or do anything else you may want to. 19.30 Dinner in the school Animation in the Traditional handcraft Rancho Típico da Amorosa Festarte organizator 29 JULY WEDNESDAY 9:30 10.00 Dance teaching 14.00 In costumes, leaving by bus to the city of Lavra (10 Km) 15.00 HELDER PEOPLE FOLK GALA PERFORMANCE 12 19.30 Dinner in the school 21.00 In costumes, departure to the church of S. Mamede de Infesta TRADITIONAL MUSIC CONCERT IN THE CHURCH OF PERFORMANCE 20
30 JULY THURSDAY 9:30 10.00 Dance teaching Free Afternoon The cook must go to the restaurant? to the Gastronomic 17.00 Festival. He should do one traditional plate to the customers of the restaurant. (± 20 persons) 1 In costumes, departure to the restaurant 1 Dinner at the restaurant Gastronomic festival in the handcraft fair 20.00 ANIMATION IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE 22.30 GASTRONOMIC FESTIVAL 22:00/23.00 Animation in the Traditional handcraft fair 31 JULY - FRIDAY 9:30 10.00 Dance teaching Free Afternoon The cook must go to the restaurant Os Rapazes, to the 17.00 Gastronomic Festival. He should do one traditional plate to the customers of the restaurant. (± 20 persons) 1 In costumes, departure to the restaurant 18.30 Dinner at the restaurant 20.00 ANIMATION IN THE RESTAURANT IN THE 22.30 GASTRONOMIC FESTIVAL 22:00 Animation in the Traditional handcraft - Mexico
01 AUGUST - SATURDAY 9.30 ETHNOGRAPHY AND FOLKLORE INTERNATIONAL MEETING (20 ) (Exchange gifts with the FESTARTE Organization) 12.30 Families Day Lunch in Portuguese families homes 17.30 In costumes (one pair), departure to S. Mamede city (7 Km) 1 All groups reception for the Folk Festival (exchange small gifts) 1 Dinner 21.00 PARADE 23.30 02 AUGUST - SUNDAY 10.00 INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL OF S. Mamede Infesta PERFORMANCE 10 INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL CITY? PERFORMANCE 15 Free Morning 12.00 Lunch in the school 14.00 In costumes, departure to Matosinhos (2 Km). 15.00 03 AUGUST - MONDAY INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL END OF FESTARTE 2007 PERFORMANCE 12 (You can take your handcraft to sell during the Festival) 20.00 Dinner in the school 22.00 FOLK PARTY Friendship party 8 10.00 a.m. Breakfast - Departure BYE BYE PORTUGAL