PRESS RELEASE (11/06/2016)
Loano will welcome from June 17 to 19 the 42nd National Award “Alpine Soldier of the Year 2015"”organized by Alpine Group of Loano in collaboration with the Savona branch of the National Alpine Association, with contributions from the’Department of Tourism and Culture of the City of Loano and the sponsorship of the Liguria Region, Province of Savona.
The program leading up to and accompanying the awards ceremony will be rich and varied, including an exhibition, a gathering of the Savona sections, concerts in the streets of the city center and at the Giardino del Principe, an excursion to Monte Carmo, and, of course, the Alpini parade.
Kicking off the program will be, Monday, June 13, the inauguration of the historical exhibition entitled “100 years since the Great War”. In the Mosaic room at Palazzo Doria photos, uniforms and historical artifacts from World War I will be on display.
The exhibition will be open to the public, free of charge, until to June 19 p.m.
Friday, June 17 the event will get underway: At 9 p.m., in the Church of St. John the Baptist The concert of the Alpine Choirs of the Savona Section will take place: Monte Greppino Choir and Choir “Sulle note del lago di Osiglia” (On the notes of Lake Osiglia).
The Mount Greppino Choir was founded in October 1993 within the Savona Alpine section and under the direction of Maestro Antonio Ferro. It takes its name from the mountain of the same name behind the town of Varazze, where it also has its headquarters. The choir's repertoire ranges from songs drawn from the Alpine folk tradition or those inspired by the events of the two world wars, to many songs belonging to the Ligurian and Piedmontese folk tradition, as well as those of Venetian and Friulian origin.
The mixed choir “On the notes of the Lake” in Osiglia (SV) was founded in 1991 as a liturgical choir and later decided to expand its repertoire to include folk and mountain songs. At Loano, the two choirs will perform a repertoire of sacred music.
Saturday, June 18, the day will begin with the’hike to Pian delle Bosse and Mount Carmo, organized in cooperation with the Loano section of the Italian Alpine Club and the Friends of Carmo Association.
At 3 p.m., a traveling concert will take place in the city streets. Mount Beigua Fanfare and to the 4 p.m. the tribute to War Memorial of Loano in Valerga Square e Rome course.
In the evening at 9 p.m., in the’Prince's Garden Summer Arena the concert will be held on Mount Cauriol Choir and of the Fanfare of the Veterans of the Alpine Brigade “Orobica” of Bergamo.
A vocal formation with an unmistakable style and splendid harmonizations, the Mount Cauriol Choir is characterized by a folk-based repertoire.
The Monte Cauriol Choir was founded in Genoa in 1950 by a group of engineering students who were passionate about the mountains and who got together to sing songs made famous by the SAT Choir. Thanks to methodical research by the conductor and choir members, the choir has created its own repertoire, performed with unmistakable style and spirit, the result of a fusion of musical, mountain, alpine, and student culture, and above all, the personality of Armando Corso, founder and, for over sixty years, harmonizer and conductor, who in 2013 handed over the baton to his son Massimo. The choir has performed numerous concerts in Italy and abroad, receiving numerous accolades from audiences and critics over the years. The passage of time, the expansion of the repertoire, and the generational change have not prevented the choir from maintaining the spirit and passion of its early years, and the handover from Armando to Massimo continues and confirms a well-established tradition of interpretative spontaneity.
The choir will present a program of famous songs that seem timeless, songs that interpret not only the peace of the immense solitude of the high mountains, but also the thoughts, aspirations, and memories of those who, in the past, lived in those mountains and composed and sang these songs.
Always at 21.00, on the waterfront in the cultural space Maccagli Garden, the concert of the Fanfare of the Veterans of the Alpine Brigade “Orobica” of Bergamo.
The fanfare of the Orobica Alpine Brigade was re-established in June 2006 at the request of the then editor of the magazine “L'Alpino,” Gen. Cesare Di Dato, and the ANA of Bergamo. This fanfare has been called “the miracle of the Orobica” because, within three months, thanks to the efforts of its supporters and some of its members, it managed to form and join the four existing fanfares: the Julia, the Tridentina, the Taurinense, and the Cadore. The members come from different areas of Lombardy: Valtellina, Brescia, Varese, Milan, Como, and Bergamo, historic recruitment areas for the Orobica. From 46 members present in Brescia, the Fanfare has now reached 70 members, many of whom belong to other local bands or fanfares, who take turns, musical and work commitments permitting, in the various services.
Sunday, June 19, to the 9 a.m. there will be a gathering of the Alpine troops in Mazzini Square, and after the flag-raising ceremony and honors to the Savona Section flag, there will be a parade through the city streets, accompanied by the music of the Monte Beigua Fanfare Section Savona and the Colle di Nava Fanfare Section Imperia. The Alpini will stop to pay their respects at the War Memorial on the seafront and then proceed to Italy Square. This will be followed by Holy Mass in the Church of St. John the Baptist and then the presentation of the Alpine Award of the Year 2015 with greetings from the authorities. Award established in 1973 by the Savona branch of the A.N.A. (National Alpine Association), the Alpine Award of the Year It is a national award that aims to highlight and promote moral and heroic actions deemed worthy of recognition, emphasizing a sense of service to others, solidarity, and a willingness to perform actions quietly and in everyday life, in keeping with the “Alpine Spirit.”.
At 13.00, The flag-lowering ceremony will mark the end of the event.
Sunday, June 19, a Special Commemorative Philatelic Cancellation. Stamping will take place at Doria Palace from 7.30 at 12.30.
