Ocarina Delta Festival 2016

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Aprile 2016
San Basilio ­ Ariano nel Polesine (Ro) At 10.30 a. m.
Welcome to ocarinas' friends at Benvenuto Fecchio's museum “L'Ocarina” in Grilara. From 2.00 p.m. onwards S. Basilio ­ craft market of ocarinas and artistic whistles. Throughout the day, the craft market will be animated by groups of buskers and it will be possible to buy ocarinas and whistles straight from makers. At 3.00 p.m. Exhibition “Young ocarina players grow up”, twinning of schools (Budrio, Molinella, Ariano nel Polesine e Taglio di Po) At 9.00 p.m. Ocarina concert at “Sala della cultura” in Ariano nel Polesine. Excursions program (reservation required ­ info and costs: CO.SE.DEL. PO 340 9003221) By bicycle along the ancient coastline​
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At 9.00 a.m.​
: Meet up with the guide at Cultural Tourist Centre San Basilio. Guided visit to the Centre and to the little romanic church and beginning of the tour by bicycle, which will show us the ancient route of the fossil dunes, evidence of the ancient coastline of the prehistoric times. The tour will end up to the Museum "L'Ocarina" in Grillara, land of the Po Delta's Ocarina, where Benvenuto Fecchio will welcome us to the opening ceremony of the Festival. San Basilio secrets, between history and legend. ​
At 11.00 a.m. ­ 2.30 p.m. ­ 4.30 p.m.: Meet up with the guide at Cultural Tourist Centre San Basilio. The guided visit will lead us to discover this archaeological site, through a driven path, which will reach the Cultural Tourist Centre, the archaeological excavations and the charming little romanic church. By bicycle along the Po di Goro. At 2.30 p.m.​
: Meet up with the guide at the Regional Museum of Drainage Ca' Vendramin. After the guided visit to the Museum, important and majestic "symbol" of Po Delta's Drainage, there will be a tour by bicycle of the embankment road along the Po di Goro, the most ancient branch of the whole delta system. The route will end up in San Basilio with a visit to the Cultural Tourist Centre, the archaeological excavations and the charming little romanic church. “Ocarina, the sound of our land". At 15.00​
: Meeting of the participants at the Museum "L'Ocarina" in Grillara, where Benvenuto Fecchio and his wife Giuseppina will bring us to know Grillara Ocarina, modelling with their skilled hands nice animals and fantastic characters, making us to listen to the warm and happy sound of the ocarinas. “Driving she­ass Olga”. From 3.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.​
: in the farm “Le Robinie”, children can enjoy to ride the little she­ass Olga along the tree road from San Basilio to the embankment. 24​
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Aprile 2016
Grillara ­ Ariano nel Polesine (Ro) From 9.30 a.m. onwards “Grillara” ­ craft market of ocarinas and artistic whistles At 10.30 a.m. Holy Mass with ocarinas At 12.00 a. m.
Food stand in S. Basilio ­ at the area of bike­sharing At 2.45 p.m.
Presentation of Roberto Tombesi's CD “In 'sta via” at “Casa della Musica” in Grillara At 5.30 p.m. Boat trip on the River Po with a concert of ocarina on board ship. Boarding from San Basilio. At 9.00 p.m. Concert of ocarina at the Cultural Tourist Centre in San Basilio. Excursions program (reservation required ­ info and costs: CO.SE.DEL. PO 340 9003221) By bicycle along the ancient coastline. ​
At 10.00 a.m.​
: Meet up with the guide in Grillara for a pleasant ride along the ancient road of the fossil dunes, evidence of the ancient coastline of the prehistoric times. After some stops, which will give us the opportunity of deepening the salient features of this important geological evidences, the tour will end up to San Basilio, with a guided visit to the Cultural Tourist Centre. to the area of the archaeological excavations and of the charming little romanic church. Possibility of transfer service, to return to Grillara (at 12.00, at 15.00) Slow­trekking. At 10.00 a.m.​
: Meet up of the participants in Grillara. Starting of a healthy walk of slow trekking, an easy excursion by feet for children and adults, to discover new routes of the Po Delta, in nature and history, with a guided visit to the Museum “L'Ocarina”, where everything becomes magic! Also suitable for Nordic Walking. “Ocarina, the sound of our land". At 4.00 p.m.​
: Meeting of the participants at the Museum "L'Ocarina" in Grillara, where Benvenuto Fecchio and his wife Giuseppina will lead us to know Grillara's Ocarina, in the middle of forms, colors and sounds of folk art. During the visit, it will be possible to take part to a lab, modelling clay with own hands to create a bitonal whistle, with the form of an animal, inspired to the typical fauna of the area. A river of music: a boat trip down the brach of the Po “Po di Goro”. At 5.30 p.m.​
: a charming excursion down the branch of the Po, called Po di Goro, to know the river environment, enriched by “musical moments” in which ocarina will be the protagonist. Immersed in this magic atmosphere, the program includes a short stop to the Castle of Mesola, architectural gem of the Este family of the second half of XVI century, to go up then the Po di Goro and back to San Basilio at 7.00 p.m.. 25​
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Aprile 2016
Mesola (Fe) Ca' Vendramin ­Taglio di Po (Ro) From 9.30 a.m. onwards Craft market of ocarinas and artistic whistles under the arches of the Este family castle, in occasion of “The fair of asparagus” At 4.00 p.m. Concert in the Castle with the ensemble “Celtic Dream” At 9.00 p. m. Closing concert at the “Regional Museum of Drainage” in Ca' Vendramin Excursions program (reservation required ­ info and costs: CO.SE.DEL. PO 340 9003221) The Drainage of the Po Delta. Ore 10.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.​
: Visit of the superb system od the Regional Museum of Drainage in Ca' Vendramin. The building retains an old drainage system of the early twentieth century, admirable work of hydraulic engineering. In the years in which this drainage system was in operation, it became the heart of the whole hydraulic system of the so called “Isola di Ariano” and also a symbol of the social redemption of its inhabitants.