Five days of the festival

WendesdayThe first programme consists of the introduction of all the groups, which have
accepted the invitation by our Town Cultural Centre. From 10 p. m. we plan the
Dancing party with the country group Pěna from Rtyně v Podkrkonoší.
ThursdayOn Thursday the performs have got their leisure time. On this free day they have got
the chance to get to know the nearest surroundings. Mostly they are accompanied by
their attendants and they usually visit the sand-rocks Adrspach, the fortress Dobrošov,
they can visit Nachod with its well-known castle etc. Foreign groups will entertain all
the spectators from 6 p. m. The spectators get to know the mentality, folklore and
traditions of the performing groups step by step. The performance of Slovak groups will
start at 9 p.m. this performance is an extrakt of the activities of two Slovak groups. Folk
art is going to prepade real atmosphere for the other groups and the spectators
alltohether.
FridayOn Friday – the foreign countries group will prezent their folklore, their art in the
surrounding towns to bring pleasure to their inhabitants and to ingote them for the
Folklore Festival to Červený Kostelec. At 2:30 p. m the groups will dance and sing on the
square at the invitation to the Main programme. The Transoceanic groups will have
thein own performance time at 6 p.m. These foreign countries groups will show thein
folklore, thein temperament, so wonderfull for our Czech spectators. This evening will be
closed by the traditional "Dancing entertainment with folklore". The group and all the
spectators can lezen the dances from all over the world together.
SaturdayOn Saturday the Holy Mass will be prepared in our natural stage area at 10 a. m. This
Mass isn't only for the citizens, but also for the groups. Many of these groups take
a share in it. Big festival „marathon“ with folklore will start at 2:30 p. m. At first there
will be the spectators competition „Afternoon with folklore“ where they vote for the most
popular group. Each group has got own container at the stage and the spectators give
some coins to the one of their favourite group. The results will be given on Sunday
during the main programme. The Children´s Hedley will be opened at 6 p.m. – there will
be dance Czech children´s folklore groups. The main show called „Groups present
themselves“ starts in the natural stage area at 7:30 p. m. and it isn't only the invitation
for the performers but also for the spectators who will dance during the entertainment.
SundayOn Sunday morning the whole town will sing and dance. The parade of participants
dressed in their national costumes will start from the housing estate Koubovka. This
parade passes through the town and the square to our natural stage area, where the main
programme will start. On their way the groups will dance, sing and will be accompanied
by music bands. We hope, that many of the spectators will join the parade and they will
start to dance with participants, as they did in the previous years. From 12 a. m. there will
be the „Folk bands meeting“ in natural stage area. The main festival programme
„Folklore world in Červený Kostelec“ will be opened at 1. p. m. It will be the jubilee GALA
PERFORMANCE of the 55th international folklore festival. All the groups will alternate on
the stage the whole afternoon. These performances will entertain and please us with the
colourful folk songs ans dances. The festival will be closed with festival songs.

