Rovinian night
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The Rovinj Night Festivities have been organized by the Tourist Association of the City of Rovinj at the end of each August for almost forty years now.
15.08.2006. TUESDAY
21,00
THE ITALIAN COMUNITY SUMMER TERRACE
APPUNTAMENTI ROVIGNESI
21,00
THE CASTEL ON RED ISLAND
CONCERT
RONALD BRAUS AND GUESTS:
VIŠNJA KORBAR, ZDENKA KOVAČIĆEK, RENATA KONČIĆ–MINEA, ORIANA VOZILA, BIBA BENUSSI, MIRKO CETINSKI, TONI KLJAKOVIĆ, BRANKO BOGUNOVIĆA- PIF, MARIO BOLJUNI, VOJO ŠILJAK
17.08.2006. THURSDAY
21,00
ST. EUPHEMIA CHURCH
CONCERT
MISTREL – ZAGREB
EARLY MUSIC VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
(J. DOWLAND, T. CECCHINI, I. LUKAČIĆ, H. SCHÜTZ)
18.08.2006. FRIDAY
21,00
THE TOWN MUSEUM
RETROSPEKTIVE
BRUNO MASCARELLI
21,30
THE CENTRAL SQUARE M. TITO
RADIO COMPANY –SUPERCONTATTO
STAR 80 – RIGHEIRA, P LION, STAR 90 - KIM LUKAS, JOY SALINAS
GUEST – MOONY DJ I ANIMATORI - RADIO COMPANY
19.08.2006. SATURDAY
11,00
HARBOUR
TOURIST SAILING REGATTA
18,00
THE CENTRAL SQUARE M. TITO
RECREATION GAMES
20,00
FOLKLOR GROUPS
21,00
MAIN STAGE
· NINA BADRIĆ
· «GUSTAFI»
· «LE MONDE» & EVA ČIČEK
21,00
MOLO GRANDE
· «DREAM PROJECT»
· «GIVE ME FIVE»
· «PARTY BAND»
21,00
DE AMICIS
«MARCO GARBIN» & GUESTS
23,00 FIREWORKS
TYPICAL GASTRONOMICAL OFFERT
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The Rovinj Night Festivities have been organized by the Tourist Association of the City of Rovinj at the end of each August for almost forty years now.
The main purpose of the Rovinj Night, the longest night in the year, is to thank the citizens of Rovinj and their guests for yet another successful season on behalf of all tourism workers.
Over the years, this unique night has grown into a several-day event, famous and recognizable across the Adriatic.
This year's Rovinj Night Festivities started with a concert organized on Assumption Day on the Red Island (Crveni otok). They continued with the opening ceremony of the retrospective exhibition by the bard of Rovinj painting, Bruno Mascarelli, and ended with the Radio Company Supercontatto Show.
Still, it is the fireworks show that makes the Rovinj Night so recognizable and unique.
Instead of at midnight, at which time the fireworks show was organized in the previous years, this year's fireworks show was organized an hour before midnight. Many people looked incredulously at the big city clock, assuming that it was running late, and not that the fireworks show was early.
Nevertheless, this year's fireworks show did not leave the audience disappointed. It was a thirteen-minute dance of colorful stars, cascades and waterfalls that shone over the city like the Sun. Almost thirty thousand faces and eyes staring at the sky rewarded the workers of the Tourist Association, organizers of the famous Rovinj Night Festivities, with loud cheering and a grand applause.
Local Atmosphere Warms Hearts
Music, dancing and fireworks make the magic formula that guarantees the success of the Rovinj Night Festivities. It is not easy to please everyone's taste, but the Tourist Association of Rovinj tried to satisfy even the most princely of tastes by organizing various programs on different stages featuring numerous entertainers and performers.
The small stage on Molo Grande (Veliki mol) proved a big hit this summer because it featured performances by great local bands. Thanks to their professionalism, as well as vocal and musical interpretations, they gave international-level performances.
The numerous visitors were thrilled by the performances given by the Party Band (Bravo Eligio and Giannteo, bravo!) that got the audience cheering loudly and dancing to the music of the seventies, the Dream Project, excellent performers of AC/DC hits, and the Give me Five band that spiked the atmosphere. During the last few years, this stage has attracted a somewhat different audience that likes to hang out and actively participate in the entertainment program in a more intimate ambiance while enjoying good music. In the previous years, this small yet big stage was popularized mainly by guest performances by Francio Blašković and Psihomodopop from Zagreb.
FROM FOLK MUSIC TO THE WORLD-FAMOUS HIT I'M SO EXCITED
This year’s Rovinj Night Festivities, although seriously threatened by rainy clouds, started with the Tourist Sailing Regatta, followed by social and sports games organized at the main city square.
Rope tugging and carrying of fish crates were only some of the games in which both the tourists and the locals participated.
The performances by the Rovinj Brass Band and various folk ensembles, especially enjoyed by the foreign tourists, offered refreshing moments after the strenuous exercise.
However, the real show started two hours before midnight when Gustafi came on the stage.
The likable Edi and the members of his multi-member band were warmly received by the citizens of Rovinj and their guests, as were also the Angels and the Le Mond, featuring a performance by the excellent Eva Čiček.
The concert performance by Nina Badrić was preceded by the fireworks show and a nice, unexpected event.
Judging by their embrace and the long-lasting kiss, the young woman must have said yes.
The audience applauded heartily.
Whether moved by the unexpected event or the fireworks show, Nina opened the concert with the hit I'm So Excited, after which she sang numerous other hits from her own repertoire and several international ones such as Should I Stay or Should I Go and I Will Survive.
