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CELEBRATION ON 1 NOVEMBER 2022

01/11/2022
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The celebration begins on May 11 Square in front of the High School Cyril and Methodius. Officials and guests, representatives of educational and cultural institutions, representative groups of schools from the Central region are present.
- 10.00 a.m. Patriotic songs begin to sound;
- 10.15 a.m. On the occasion of the Day of the People's Awakeners, His Eminence Metropolitan Nikolay of Plovdiv will hold a festive prayer service in the church "St. St. Cyril and Methodius";
- 10:30 a.m. The Mayor of the Municipality of Plovdiv, Mr. Zdravko Dimitrov, announces the beginning of a new tradition of celebrating the National Day of the People's Awakeners in the city of Plovdiv in connection with the 100th anniversary of its establishment on 30.10.1922, by Decree of the Council of Ministers ;
- 10.40 a.m. Start of the procession to Central Square - Military Club.


I. CITY-WIDE PROCESSION
The procession starts from May 11 Square and is led by the Air Force Brass Band. Following the brass band is a group of "Patriotism" committee, bearing the slogan "100 YEARS DAY OF THE NATIONAL AWAKENERS". Each school carries portraits of folk revivalists.

1. PARTICIPANTS
- Officials and guests led by the Mayor of Plovdiv Municipality;
- Representatives of educational and cultural institutions;
- Representative groups of schools from the city of Plovdiv.

2. MEETING POINTS
Participants take their seats until 10.15 in the following order:

POINT A 11 May  Square

- Brass Band of the Air Force;
- Officials and guests;
- Representatives and groups of educational and cultural institutions;
- Representative groups of schools from the "Central" region.

POINT B  4 January Street
(from "Sixth of September" Blvd. to "Maritsa" Blvd.)
- Representative groups of schools from the "East" region;
- Representative groups of schools from the Trakia region.

POINT С "Saedinenie" square (from "Khan Kubrat" street)
- Representative groups of schools from the "Southern" region;
- Representative groups of schools from the "West" region.

ITEM D Pedestrian Bridge (South Approach)
- Representative groups of schools from the "Northern" region.

3. ROUTE
- From assembly point A - "11 May" square in front of the High School  Cyril and Methodius, along Khan Kubrat street, Raiko Daskalov street, underpass of Maritza Pharmacy,"Raiko Daskalov street, Roman Stadium,
Prince Alexander I, Central Square;
- From assembly point B - "4 January" street, representative groups of schools from "Iztochen" and "Trakia" districts join the procession on "11 May" square;
- From assembly point C - Saedinenie square, representative groups of schools from the regions join the procession along "Khan Kubrat" and "Raiko Daskalov" streets before the underpass of the "Maritsa" Pharmacy
"Southern" and "Western";
- From assembly point G - Pedestrian Bridge (southern approach) representative groups of schools from the region join the procession along "Raiko Daskalov" Street before the underpass of the "Maritsa" Pharmacy
"North".

4. HOLIDAY CULTURAL PROGRAM
4.1. On the stairs of Kamenitsa bar:
- 10.45 a.m. Patriotic songs begin to sound;
- 11:00 a.m. The procession stops to observe the performance of the Plovdiv Boys Choir "Stefka Blagoeva" (10 min.);
- 11:10 a.m. The brass band again leads the procession to Central Square;
- Patriotic songs are playing again.

From 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., an LED screen is installed on Stefan Stambolov Square, on which multimedia is projected.

4.2. On Central Square - Military Club:
- 11.00 a.m. Patriotic songs begin to sound;
- 11.30 a.m. The procession arrives;
- 11:30 a.m. Ensemble "Thracian Youth" at "Lyuben Karavelov" University of Plovdiv performs patriotic and folk songs;
- 11:40 a.m. – Mr. Nasko Nachev starts leading the program;
- 11:40 a.m. - Matthew Betsinski - student from NGSEI city of Plovdiv, recites "I am uncle from Batak";
- 11.50 a.m. - Congratulations: from Mr. Zdravko Dimitrov - Mayor of Plovdiv Municipality, Mr. Rumen Radev - President of the Republic of Bulgaria, ministers and other official guests;
- 12:10 p.m. - Awards ceremony begins for teachers from Plovdiv schools, whose students have been honored in the 12th edition of the National Rotary and Zonta project "The People's Awakeners and I".
The awards are presented by: the Mayor of the Municipality of Plovdiv Mr. Zdravko Dimitrov, the President of the Republic of Bulgaria Mr. Rumen Radev and other official guests;
- 12:40 p.m. - performances by the State Drama Theater Plovdiv
(20 min.);
- 1:00 p.m. - performances by the Plovdiv State Opera (20 min.);
- 1:20 p.m. - The celebration is closed by the author and head of the Rotary and Zonta National Project "The People's Awakeners and Me", Prof. Kircho Atanasov;
- Revival songs are playing again in the square.


Note: In case of bad weather conditions, the celebration will be held in the Military Club.



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