FLOWER FESTIVAL 2008
Theme: “The Dances of the Flowers”Programme
26 March
6 p.m. – Exhibition: THE SPLENDOUR OF FLOWERS – Jewellery and ornaments of bygone Epochs – InfoArt – SRTT – 20 Avenida Arriaga, Funchal - Until 11th April
Prize Giving of the Flower Exhibition 2007
28 March
10 p.m. to midnight – Academic Serenade – Corpo Santo Chapel
3 April
Flower Carpets – Avenida Arriaga and Largo do Chafariz
Flower Market – Sculpted flowers, natural size – Avenida Arriaga
Animation in the City Center
3 p.m. to 9 p.m. – Municipal Band of Funchal and the Camacha Cultural and Recreation Association
6 p.m. – Concert with Trio New Sounds from GCEA - (Artistic Education Co-ordination Office) – Avenida Arriaga
4 April
Animation in the City Center
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Folklore Group from Rochão and the Camacha Recreational and Cultural Association
3 p.m. to 9 p.m. – Folklore Group of the People’s House of Camacha and the Ethnography and Folklore Group of Boa Nova
5.30 p.m. – Concert with Clarinet Ensemble from GCEA – Avenida Arriaga
8 p.m. – 53rd Flower Show - Until 9th April in Largo da Restauração
5 April
Wall of Hope Ceremony
10 a.m. – Children’s Parade
Itinerary: Avenida Arriaga, Avenida Zarco, Rua Câmara Pestana and Praça do Município
11 a.m. – Symbolic construction of the Wall of Hope with thousands of flowers – Praça do Município
Release of pigeons and a children’s show with an animation group of GCEA.
Guard of Honour of the Wall of Hope
Animation in the City Center
3 p.m. to 7 p.m. – Funchal District Band and the Camacha Cultural and Recreation Association
5 p.m. – Concert with Clarinet Ensemble from GCEA – Avenida Arriaga
6 April
Animation in the City Center
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Folklore Group from Curral das Freiras People’s House and the Folklore Group from the Campanário People’s House
4 p.m. – Grand Flower Float Parade, with the participation of several groups and more than one thousand participants.
Itinerary: Leaving from Praça da Autonomia, then proceeding along Avenida do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses (Southern stretch), Rua Dias Leite, Rotunda do Infante, Avenida Arriaga, Avenida Zarco, Rua Câmara Pestana and Praça do Município
Themes and Order of Appearance of the Groups Participating in the Float Parade:
- João Egídio – “Dance of the Fennel Flower”
- Alice Rodrigues – “Flowers and Music”
- Maria José Pita – “Recollecting…”
- João Nunes Atanázio – “Flower Dances: The Gardens”
- Caneca Furada Samba School – “Charming Little Flowers”
- Fura Samba Association – “The Flowers’ Waltz”
- Geringonça Animation Association – “The Anthurium Ballet”
- Francisco Dias – “Flowers Over the City”
- Isabel Borges – “From Funchal, A Flower to the World”
This programme is subject to change