FESTA Program – Sunday 9th February 2020
| Time | Main Stage Entertainment Baromi Park | Concurrent Cooking Demos Baromi Centre in Park |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am | Open Air Mass Service – St Paul | |
| 11:00 am | Market & Food stalls open | |
| 11:00 am | Procession of Statue through Park | 11:00 – 11:40 – Salami making |
| 12:00 pm | Welcome Official Opening – Anthems | 12:00 – 12:40 – Nonna Anna |
| 12:15 pm | Mirboo North Primary School Performance | |
| 12:30 pm | Angelo Magliocco – singer | |
| 1:00 pm | Rustica Project- Italian band | 1:00 – 1:40 – Maddalena & Isabella |
| 1:30 pm | Italy Travel Presentation – Emily Turner -The Old Grain Store | |
| 1:45 pm | Tarantella Dancers | |
| 2:30 pm | Dean Canan- singer | 2:00 – 2:40 – Nonna Lidia, Silvana & Caterina |
| 3:15 pm | Grape Stomping competition | |
| 3:30 pm | Spaghetti eating competition | |
| 4:00 pm | Joe Avati – Comedian | |
| 4:40 pm | Dean Canan/Angelo Maglioccio | |
| 5:00 pm | Arriverderci & Safe Travels home!!! |
Melbourne School of Tarantella
Melbourne School of Tarantella is the first school dedicated to Southern Italian traditional dances in Australia with the aim of preserving and sharing the rich tradition of the group of dances known as Tarantella.
Their performance and music will inspire and enthrall- pulling you onto the dance floor to try the Tarantella!
Joe Avati
Heis a fluent speaker of Italian and prides himself on creating clean comedy that is suitable for all ages and audiences, making Joe the ideal choice for any event entertainment, and also ideal for family audiences with his friendly humour.
Dean Canan
Atrue professional with a long career, Dean has a huge repertoire of both Italian and English songs.
Hugely popular as a performer at weddings, dances, concerts and festivals, Dean is an audience favorite and is guaranteed to bring great energy and atmosphere to Festa 2019.
Angelo Maglioccio
Not long arrived from Italy, Angelo is a newcomer to the Australian music scene but is rapidly becoming a performer to watch.
Angelo’s ability to sing both traditional Neopolitan classics through to current hits such as Andrea Bocelli and Ed Shearan’s “Perfect”- is wowing audiences wherever he goes.
The Rustica Project
TheRustica Project are a dynamic Italo-Celtic Folk Band from Melbourne and Italy.
We play modern and traditional Itallian folk music designed to get people up and dancing and feeling the rhythm all over! Our music is colourful, very rhythmic and rich in harmonies.
We play at Italian and multicultural festivals all over Melbourne and Australia.
Mirboo North Primary School
Students from Mirboo North Primary School will delight the crowds with an entertaining performance of activities learned in their Italian classes.
Thanks to our sponsors the Mirboo North and District Community Foundation, we are delighted to highlight authentic Italian recipes in our cooking demonstrations.
Commencing at 11.00 am- Bespoke Butcher and Fellowship awardee James Mele (The Meat Room Kilmore) will show us the traditional way of making salami as passed down through generations of his own family and his studies in Italy.
Following on- two of the Nonna’s from Nonna’s Secret Recipe Book 1 (Nonna Lidia with Silvana and Catrina and also Nonna Anna) will also demonstrate recipes from this much loved and very popular first edition.
Due to the intense popularity of the Book 1, Nonna’s Secret Recipe Book 2 has also been produced and Maddalena and her daughter Isabella will be demonstrating their recipe for Ferricelli and Orrecchiete pasta from this second edition. Both books will be available for sale at the Cooking Demonstration In Baromi Centre and at the Information tent.
See times on the Program.
Come and watch our Nonnas in action, have a chat, buy a book and have it signed!
Roll up for Grape stomping and Spaghetti eating competitions.
Lots of fun to be had, if you are game enough to have a go!
All the free Children’s Activities will run again- Jumping Castle, Inflatable Slide, and the Giant Obstacle Course.