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PRESS RELEASE (19/11/2013)
Loano renews the appointment with the “Christmas Enchantments, calendar of events, promoted by the’Department of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the City of Loano, For the holiday season.
On the program will be concerts, book presentations, Christmas markets, family initiatives, nativity scenes, sporting events. Also confirmed is the traditional winter sea dive and the spectacular fireworks.
The special “Christmas Village” with many small chalets in the heart of the city, will bring to life the typical atmosphere of markets in northern European countries. In addition, the December 29 the city will experience a special day of Shopping, organized by the’ASCOM, accompanied by music and entertainment. Finally, the European folk dances of the “Tales of Winter.” will be the soundtrack to two parties in the square, where Breton dances, pizziche pizziche, Occitan dances and sevillanas will begin to celebrate the arrival of the new year.
It will get into the Christmas mood as early as the November 30 with the opening of the Christmas Village, in the San Josemaria Escivà Gardens. The marketplace Christmas magic will offer visitors a wide selection of items related to the festive season: candles, Christmas decorations, cribs and many gift ideas. There will be no shortage of delicacies and drinks typical of the cold season. The market will open, from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., all weekends and from the Dec. 21 to Jan. 6, every day except December 25.
The gardens will be adorned with a fairy-tale setting. Cold crystals will descend from the large cedars, and plays of light and saplings will compose a winter garden. There will be the Santa's little house, where children will be able to mail their little letters, and an elf make-up artist For the little ones.
For the children, in December, two of the three performances of Children's Theater included in the de The Riviera of Theaters - Province of Savona, and organized by the I.So Theatre. Sunday, December 1, to the 4:30 pm, in the Loanese Cinema Theater, will be staged “Little Riding Hood Blues.”, a theatrical-musical reinterpretation, from the “wolves” point of view,“ of the fairy tale of ”Little Red Riding Hood.’ L'December 8, the protagonist of the scene will be the Mad Grass Theater, which will present “Puss in Boots.
The December 6, Loano will turn on the A Thousand Lights of the Holidays, the city's artistic lighting. At hrs. 16.30 Will be the lighting of the big Christmas tree in Italy Square, to give the starting signal. In the center of the square, the fir tree of 13 meters will shine, thanks to the many lights decorating it. A warm Christmas atmosphere will envelop Loano. Lights will draw the contours of the most beautiful corners and Christmas decorations will festively dress the city. Animating the afternoon will be The Association “U Gunbu de Löa”, which will present a wide repertoire of traditional Christmas carols, and the’Society of the Curious Association with the Storytelling workshop.
Saturday, December 7, to the 4 p.m., will return, in the Civic Library, the review Books under the tree dedicated to reading enthusiasts. A total of four appointments to learn about books, authors, and to listen to poetic verses and melodies. Musical and singing accompaniment will be provided by the Master Roberto Sinito.
Guests of the first meeting will be Franco Gallea and Eugene Lertora who will present the volume “Loano between Mountains and Sea”. Leading the meeting will be the curator of the review Graziella Frasca Gallo Of the Journal of Loano.
The December 15, Marco Cubeddu will present the book “C.U.B.A.M.A.S.C. with a Hand Grenade on the Heart.”. In dialogue with the author will be journalist Christian Bosco.
The review will continue on December 21 with the presentation of the book by Riccardo Ferrari “An arbanella di accighe”. For this occasion he will return to do the honors. Graziella Frasca Gallo. Always her, will be starring along with the Master Roberto Sinito Of the poetry reading set to music scheduled on the Jan. 4.
La music will accompany the Christmas holidays with concerts in churches and oratories, squares, the Loanese Cinema Theater and the Doria Palace.
The December 7, to the 9 p.m., in the St. Pius X Church will kick off the review “Heavenly Musings, dedicated to sacred music and Christmas carols. Opening the musical journey to the city's sacred places will be the formation Briozzo Duet accompanied by Mistralia Quartet.
Dec. 8, to the 6 p.m, the review will move to the S.M. Church.Immaculate where he will hold the concert Paola Arecco.
It will always be the pianist Arecco the star of the concert scheduled for the December 14, to the hours 16.00, at Chapel of the Clinics the Presentation.
At 21.00, the Celestial Music will move into the Church of the Madonetta, where the duo consisting of Alessia Privitera, flute, and Gianpaolo Minuti, piano.
The Dec. 21 Paola Arecco will return to perform, at 6 p.m., in the Church of the Visitation in Corso Europa and the duo Privitera– Minutes will again cachate the stage of the Celestial Music the December 26, to the 4:30 pm, at Mount Carmel Church.
The review will close on January 5 at 9 p.m., in the Church of St. Augustine, with the concert “Great music in church by candlelight” with the soprano Angelica Cirillo.
The Dec. 28, at 9 p.m., in the Parish San John the Baptist, on the occasion of the Day dhe Family, will welcome the concert of the Interparish Choir.
L’Oratory Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, will host the January 5, to the 5 p.m., the last concert of the review “The Concerts of the Turchins - Music of the Soul” 2013.. The evening's program is dedicated to the Vespers of the Blessed Virgin for five voices concerted in the organ with music by Claudio Monteverdi and other Venetian composers.
La music will also resonate in the Loanese Cinema Theater, where the December 22 will be held the vocal and instrumental concert of the group “U Gunbu de Löa”. The folk ensemble will present Christmas songs, Ligurian dialect songs, along with some of the best-known traditional Italian folk songs. Great expectations then, for the gospel concert of December 30. At 9 p.m., The Pilgrim Gospel Choir, with the extraordinary participation of the two American singers Jennifer Vargas e Leslie Sackey, will perform a musical program that from the a cappella repertoire of spirituals and work songs will come to the gospel.
Doria Palace will host three concerts: at 9 p.m, the December 28 in the Council Chamber will play the vocal ensemble Free Voice, the Dec. 29, concert will be held It's Christmas Time and the January 4 starring will be the’Orchestra dthe Winds dn the Riviera di Ponente.
Music and dance in Italy Square, the December 28 and 29, with “Tales of Winter.”, initiative dedicated to traditional European folk dances, organized by the’Association Company of the Curious. The weekend, will develop between workshops on approaching dances, pizzica pizzica and Sevillanas, and dance concerts with the Stygiens, Anna Cinzia Villani, Rossella Cicero and the Great Occitan Orchestra of Lou Dalfin.
Music in the square also the January 4, to the 4 p.m.: in Fortress Square, a concert by the folk group “U Gunbu de Löa”.
Il Dec. 29, music, shopping and entertainment will be the ingredients of Waiting for the New Year's Eve, event, organized by the’ASCOM. The festival in the city's commercial streets offers engaging entertainment, in the vein of Loogan's most successful white nights.
I Christmas markets will enliven the city throughout the holiday season. At the “Christmas Magics” will be added Crafts in the Square, which this year also offers workshops for children, and the Antiques and Collectibles Market, which will take place, as always, on the second Sunday of each month, under the arcades of Corso Europa.
Dec. 28, from 10 a.m, in the Neptune Baths, the XXVII^ edition of the Winter Swimming Tournament, event that every year welcomes bravest sportsmen. In the stretch of water in front of the Neptune Baths, enthusiastic daredevils will test themselves by tackling the traditional end-of-year “plunge into the sea.” The party by the sea will be accompanied by the music and entertainment of Luca Valentini by Radio Wave Ligurian.
Loano will celebrate the first day of the new year with the fireworks, That will light up the sky, at harbor dock starting from the 6:30 pm. While waiting for the fireworks display, from the 16.00 musical entertainment always in the Marina of Loano.
The calendar of events will, in addition, be enriched by the outings of Loano not only sea and from the exhibition of vintage postcards, which will remain set up in Palazzo Doria from December 14 to January 17.
Also the sports, finally, will be present with numerous appointments: the’International Fight Show - Mimmo Polizzano Memorial, scheduled on December 7, from the oking 21, in the E. Garassini Sports Hall, the Winter Contest Regatta - L'equipe Class (Dec. 7/8), the Memorial Maestro Elio Garassini - Under 15 Men's Category. (Dec. 8) which will be played at Guzzetti Sports Hall, the Belt exams and the Karate performance, organized for the December 22 by the Musurakai Association, the City of Loano - Ettore Mussi Youth Soccer Tournament, which will take place in the E. Garassini Sports Hall, from 27 at Dec. 30.{:}
