20.06.-25.06.2007.

Festiwal Feast of Place in Nida on the Kuronian Split, Lituania.

Plan of the Nida Festival.

June 22, Friday

17 00 Opening of the festival,
Municipal square of Nida:
Folk ensemble „Giedruze” from Nida;
„Schola Teatru Wegajty” from Poland;
Folk dance ensemble „Kalnapuse” from Nida;
Folk ensamble „Vorusnele” from Klaipeda;
Joint ensemble from Mexico - traditional mexican music group „
Mariachi Juvenil Santa Cecilia” and music and dance group from Colima city;
Country capella „Joldija” from Nida;
„Jurta” - „Dance House” from Poland;
KTU folk art ensemble „Nemunas”, Kaunas;
The Gypsy - Csango - Taraf from Romania.

18 30 Seminar „Paganus-christianus”.
Presentation of lithurgic drama „Ludus Danielis”.
Presenters: Johann Wolfgang Niklaus,
Marcin Bornus-Szczyciński, Maciej Kaziński.
„Agila”, Taikos g. 4, Nida.


21 00 Concert „Joniniu isvakarese”. Show of the best
Lithuanian and foreign guest musicians.
Live by National TV.
Stage near the port of Nida.

22 30 Evangelic chanas of Prussian Lithuania with folk
Ensemble „Vorusnele”.
Nida's evangelic lutheran church.
23 00 Procession from the municipal square to Nida's
evangelic lutheran church. Pamario str. 43
Wegajty theatre „Schola” show -
lithurgic drama „Ludus Danielis”.

June 23, Saturday

11 00 Preila's fish market. Concert by the traditional instrumental muzic ensemble „Senoliai”, Klaipeda

11 30 Seminar „Paganus - christianus” 2-nd part.
„Curonians of Curonian Split: between superstition and prayer”.
Presentation by the doctor of humanitarian sciences, linguist Dalia Kiseliunaite.
Dance House and gypsy music presented by Jacek Hałas with Pavel and Paulina Benchea.
„Agila” Taikos str. 4.

13 00 Presentation of crafts fair, municipal square, Nida
Traditional; music capellas: „Seduvos bernai”
from Seduva and „Raskila” from Birstonas.
Building of „Jurta” - „Dance House”.
Near Nida's port.

15 00 Concert of the joint ensemble from Mexico.
Traditional mexican music group
„Mariachi Juvenil Santa Cecilia” and Colima
City music and dance group.
Municipal square of Nida.

16 00 Ancient games in the dance house:
Folklore ensembles „Gondinga” from Plunge,
„Giedruze” from Nida,
„Vorusnele” from Klaipeda.

17 00 „Kas kaip moka, tas taip soka” -
Lessons of folk dances:
Folk art ensemble „Nemunas” from Kaunas,
Folk dance group „Kalnapuse” from Nida
Joint ensemble from Mexico
Municipal square of Nida.

19 00 Songs, rites and tales of Midsummer Day -
L. Kulakauskiene (folk ensemble „Gostauta”.
In the valley of Silence and on Parnidis Dune.

20 30 Procession with torches from Sun dial to stage.

21 00 Midsummer Day in Preila with folk ensamble
„Gondinga” from Plunge.

21 00 Lithuanian TV show „Gero upo” final concert.
Stage near port of Nida.

23 30 „No silence orchestra” show „Circle of Fire”,
Kretinga, Midsummer Day Bonfire and the
concert of Lithuanian folk-rock group „Atalyja”
Danceteque until the dawn.
Performers: Ensemble of traditional instrumental
music „Senoliai”, Klaipeda, folk ensamble „Raskila”,
Birstonas.“ White nights at the dance house.

June 24, Sunday

10 00 Holy Mass at Nida Roman Catholic Church.
Gregorian chants by „Schola Teatru Wegajty”
Kopu str. 2/ Taikos str. 17.

12 00 Holy Mass at Nida evangelic lutheran church.
Performance of the Gregorian Choir and Lithuanian
Minor folklore ensemble „Vorusnele”
Pamario g.43.
12 00 Country music group „Joldija” performs at the
folk crafts fair
Municipal square, Nida.

14 30 „Parbeg laivelis nuo Vencio rago” - Welcoming of
folklore ensemble „Verdaine”, guests from Silute, on
the quayside.
15 00 „Kas kaip moka, tas taip soka”
Lessons of folk dances. Participating:
Folk ensambles „Verdaine” from Silute,
„Gondinga” from Plunge, The Gypsy - Csango -
Taraf from Romania, „Garmonitsa” from
St.Petersburg, „Dance House” from Poland.
Municipal square, Nida.

19 00 Concert of the festival guests on the open-air
stage in Juodkrante with joint ensemble from
Mexico, The Gypsy - Csango - Taraf from
Romania, „Dance House” from Poland,
Russian folk ensamble „Garmonitsa” from
St.Petersburg, dance ensamble „Visla” from
Poland.

19 00 Solo performances in the courtyards of Nida
restaurants and cafes:

Cafe „Kolibris”. Folk ensemble „Verdaine” from
Silute. Nagliu 14, In front of the port.

Café „Pasiure”. Ritual folklore
group „Kulgrinda” from Vilnius. Nagliu str.20.

Café „Pastoge”. Folk ensemble „Raskila” from
Birstonas. Kuverto str. 8.

Restaurant „Seklycia” folk ensemble
„Vorusnele” from Klaipeda. Lotmiskio str.1.

At fisherman Jonas. Folk ensemble
„Gondinga” from Plunge. Near the port.

In Nida’s port Cafe „Cili pica”. Folk group „Atalyja“.

Municipal square. Folk art ensemble „Nemunas”.

21 00 Grand Concert „Kiek daug sveteliu suguzejo”.
All festival participants from Lithuania and
abroad. Mini fireworks after the concert.
Stage near the port.

24 00 White nights in the dance house with the
musicians of „Dance House”, Poland and gypsy
musicians from Romania.
Near port of Nida.

June 25, Monday

12 00 Closing of the festival in the Municipal square
Farewell show of the participants.

Thanks for being with us, and see you next time!

Festival is a part of EU INTERREG IIIA the Lithuania, Poland and Kaliningrad Region of Russian Federation Neighbourhood Programme. Project called
"Atlantis of the North".