A WELL-BROUGHT-UP CULTURAL PROGRAMME
The beautiful Tebaldini auditorium in the San Benedetto del Tronto city hall provided the setting for the cultural section of this 25th Christmas in Europe on the afternoon of Friday December 9th, in the presence of Manuela Germani of course, but also of AEHT Vice-President Remco Koerts, of Christiane Keller the event founder, and of AEHT General Secretary Nadine Schintgen; the audience was provided by all the participants.
We should stay right from the start that the atmosphere was festive and the actors for one day providing the various parts did not skimp either on their skill or their willingness. The result was a very varied and lively spectacle which often required the cooperation of the ‘audience’ who were generous with their applause and their participation. From 15.45 to 17.45 we witnessed a true festival which came to an end with the famous refrain ‘feliz navidad’ taken up by the entire audience. Audio-visual services were provided by Silvia Ulpiani’s department – decidedly they were in several places at once!
Luxembourg -Diekirch - sketch 
Portugal – Lisbon – guitar playing 
Czech Republic – Podebrady – dance and sketch 
Belgium – Antwerp - extract of a film about fraternisation during the first world war 
Portugal – Ponta Delgada – dance 
Slovenia – Maribor - Bled – dance and music 
San Benedetto - Senigallia – sketch and text of Lorette with the song ‘Imagine’ in which the whole audience joined in 
Armenia – Yerevan – video- dance 
Spain- Barcelona – sketch with a hilarious drinking competition without letting their lips touch the bottle 
Sweden – Lund - Orebro – procession of Santa Lucie followed by an Abba take-off 
Latvia – Riga – song and dance 
Croatia – Bjelovar – song (jingle bells) 
Italia – Verona - sketch/legend 
Portugal – Fatima – Video et ‘Feliz Navidad’
To round off the performances, the two students from Luxembourg very officially wished the whole audience a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year.
