The Feast of St John Bosco is being celebrated this weekend at St John Bosco at the Oratorju Don Bosco in Victoria Gozo.

On Saturday, the Vigil of St John Bosco at the Oratorju Don Bosco, the programme will be as follows:

9.30am: Sports Festival for children.

7.00pm: Holy Mass, concelebrated by Fr Charles Cini.

8.00pm: Prayer Meeting for couples. Leads Fr John Vella.

On Sunday, the Solemnity of St John Bosco at Oratorju Don Bosco, the programme will be as follows:

9.00am: Pontificial Concelebration presided by the Mgr Mario Grech, Bishop of Gozo, with the participation of the Chorus Urbanus Choir.

4.30pm: Mass lead by Mgr Pawlu Cardona, archpriest of the St George’s Basilica, with the participation of the Laudate Pueri Choir.

5.30pm: Procession with the statue of St John Bosco, led by Mgr Pawlu Cardona, Archpriest of St George’s Basilica. La Stella Band accompanies the Procession with the performance of religious hymns.

Then at 7.30pm The Gozo Youth Wind Band, within the Gozo Youth Wind Band & Orchestra, will present its annual Grand Concert on the occasion of the Don Bosco Feast, this year the concert is entitled ‘Screen and Stage Classics.’

This year the programme will include March Of The Olympians, excerpts from the Wicked Musical and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the Egmont Overture by Beethoven, Gone With The Wind and the Mikado, among others.

Since its inception in 2002, The Gozo Youth Wind Band and Orchestra, consisting of two separate groups of young and promising musicians, have been entertaining the general public with a wide range of stylistic repertoire for the enjoyment of all ages.

Hailing from all over Gozo, as well as being enriched with proficient guest musicians, including foreign residents on the island, these young musicians meet regularly to prepare a wide spectrum of musical genre, which will be performed in various events held from time to time in Gozo and Malta.

The whole concept behind this project, which originated after a succesful tour by The Derbyshire City & County Youth Wind Band & Orchestra in 2001,was besides creating the opportunity to young talented musicians perform in the collective manner, was always to create a new approach to concert performances by nearly-similar ensembles and strives to explore new and innovative aspects of presenting its performances.

‘Screen and Stage Classics’ will be held on Sunday, the 27th of January, 2012. at 7.30 pm, at the Oratory Don Bosco Theatre, Victoria. Patrons are requested to be seated 15 minutes before the start.

The Gozo Youth Wind Band will be under the direction of Founder and Music Director, Mro Joseph Grech.

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