Фестиваль итальянской культуры (стр. 2 )

8.   Mr Profit: Yes, one of my favourite song «My Darling Clementine»

9.   Announcer 2: This is a very popular song from the USA. Clementine lived with her father in a cave where he was digging for gold. Mr Profit was in love with her and he thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world. But she had big feet and she was very clumsy. One day she took the young ducks to the pond. Clementine fell over a piece of wood, fell into the water and drowned. But the song has a happy ending - he falls in love with Clementine’s sister.

10. Mr Profit is singing.

MY DARLING CLEMENTINE

1.   In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Lived a miner, forty-niner, And his daughter Clementine. 2.   Light she was and like a fairy, And her shoes were number nine. Herring boxes without topses Sandals made for Clementine. 3.   Drove the ducklings to the water Every morning just at nine Kicked her foot against a splinter, Fell into the foaming brine. 4.   Saw her lips above the water Blowing bubbles mighty fine But alas! I was no swimmer, So I lost my Clementine. 5.   How I missed her, how I missed her, How I missed my Clementine- Till I kissed her little sister, And forgot my Clementine!

Chorus: Oh my darling, Oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine! You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine Chorus:..................... Chorus:..................... Chorus:..................... Chorus:.....................

11. Announcer 1: Oh! Glad to meet another famous singer Mr Sweetsmile. Will you do me a favour, please?

12. Mr Sweetsmile: I’d be glad to.

13. Announcer 1: Sing a love song.

14. Mr Sweetsmile: Anything special?

15. Announcer1: How about «Oh, Susanna»? This song is famous in films about Far West.

16. Mr Sweetsmile is singing.

OH, SUSANNA

1.   I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee, I’m going to Lousiana my true love for to see. 2.   Oh, it rained all night the day I left, The weather was so dry. The sun so hot, I froze to death. Susanna, don’t you cry! 3.   I had a dream the other night When everything was still, I thought I saw Susanna A-coming down the hill. 4.   The buckwheat was in her mouth, A tear was in her eye, Says I, I’m coming from the South, Susanna don’t you cry.

Chorus: Oh! Susanna, oh! Don’t you cry for me, I’ve come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee. Chorus:................... Chorus:................ Chorus:...............

18. Announcer2 : That’s the end of the entertainment, Ladies and Gentlemen. The bar is still open.

So, have a good time.

THIS WONDERFUL WORLD OF FAIRY TALES.

Part I. Characters:

1) Story-teller;

2)   Big Ears;

3)   Big Eyes;

4)   Big Head + Tribe ( 2 people);

5)   Little Brain + Tribe ( 2 people) ;

6)   2 children

Scene 1.

1)   Story-teller: Once upon a time there was a country called The World of Fairy Tales. The people of this country loved fairy tales very much and they were proud of their country because a lot of strange and mysterious things happened in it.

2)   Big Ears: I’m a caveman and my name is Big Ears. This is my wife, Big Eyes. We’re from Big Tribe. My wife can cook dinosaur soup; I enjoy it very much.

3)   Big Eyes: Achoo!..... This is the chief of the Big Tribe. His name is Chief Big Head. Today he’s talking to his cave people about the Little Tribe. The Little Tribe live in caves in the forest. The two tribes re not friends.

4)   ( Big Head comes on stage and other cave people gather around him)

Big Head: This is a picture of a Little Tribe cavemen.

5)   Big Tribe: Boo! Boo!

6)   Big Head: No, when you meet a Little Tribe cavemen, you say, Hi!

7)   Big Tribe: Hi! Hi! Hi!

8)   Big Head: Then you hit him on the head!

9)   Big Tribe: Ow! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Scene 2.

1)   Big Ears: Now we’re in the forest. Here’s the chief of the Little Tribe. His name is Chief Little Brain. He doesn’t like Chief Big Head and he has a plan.

2)   Little Brain: Chief Big head’s children play in this forest. We must catch them.

3)   Little Tribe: OK, Chief.

(Little Brain leaves and the two cavemen hide behind the trees)

13) Big Ears: Here come Chief Big Head’s children. They’re playing and looking at dinosaurs and dino-birds....But look! The trees are moving!

(The little Tribe cavemen jump from the trees and catch the children)

14) Boy/girl: Ow! Help! Where are we going?

Scene 3.

15) Big Eyes: In the Big Tribe camp, Chief Big Head is reading a letter form Chief Little Brain. All the cave people are crying.

16) Big Head: (reading) I have your children. Send me 3 dinosaurs bones, 5 animal skins, 6 dinosaurs eggs, 11 pizzas, one bicycle and 2 umbrellas. Then you can have your children.

17) Big Tribe: Boo hoo! Boo hoo!

18) Big Head: Oh no! I can’t give him my bicycle - and I only have one umbrella.

19) Big Ears: Don’t worry! We can find your children for you - and you can keep all your things.

20) Big Eyes: Big Ears and his friends went to the forest to look for the Little Tribe. Oh! Big Ears and his friends are behind the trees. They can see Chief Big Head’s children.

21) Big Ears: Look, there they are.

22) Friend 1: They can’t move. They’re tied to the dinosaurs bones. Poor children! How can we help them?

23) Big Ears: Don’t worry! I have a plan. (discussing aplan)

24) Friend 1/Friend 2: Whoo! Whaa! (They are putting on the masks and animal skins)

25) Big Eyes: We see poor children and two Little Tribe cavemen.

26) Friend 1: Whaa! Whoo! I’m the monster of the forest. I am angry. Listen to me. Eeeh! Ahhh!

27) Friend 2: Whaa! Whoo! I’m the second monster of the forest and I’m hungry. Take the children back to Chief Big Head. Be friends with the Big Tribe.

28) Little Tribe cavemen: 1) Help! help! This is the monster of the forest and he is angry.

2)Help! Help! This is the monster of the forest and he’s hungry. Quick, run!

29) Little Brain: You stay and guard the children! (All the Little Tribe run off stage and Big Ears and his friends follow them)

30) Big Eyes: The next morning, Chief Little Brain and his Little Tribe go back to their camp.

31) L. T. cavemen: 1) Let’s take the children back to the Big Tribe.

2) No, we want our pizzas and dinosaurs eggs. Are we giving the children back and taking nothing?

32) Little Brain: I don’t know. I want my bicycle - but the monsters of the forest are angry and hungry.

Scene 4.

33) Big Eyes: Now we’re in the Big Tribe’s camp. The two chiefs meet.

34) Little Brain: Here are your chilren.

35) Big Head: Thank you. Now you can have my bicycle and me umbrella and....

36) Little Brain: No! Thank you. Keep all your things. Let’s be friends.

37) Big Head: Oh, yes! And the two tribes can live together.

38) Two Tribe: Hooray! (They begin dancing)

39) Big Eyes: So now the Big and Little Tribes live together. And every night the cave people sing and dance.

A Song

Big Head’s children

Are in the forest one day.

The Little Tribe cavemen

Take them away.

Here comes Big Ears,

The monsters shout «Whooo!»

Big Head and Little Brain

Are now a happy two!

40) Story-teller: Now we’re going to show you another tale called ‘The Swineherd’. Many years ago there lived a prince who wanted to marry the King’s daughter.

41) Prince: (comes in with a rose and a bird’s cage in his hand). These are presents for the King’s daughter. I’ve heard that she’s pretty and I think I’ll marry her. Why not? (Looks at the rose) This rose is so beautiful. And if you smell it, you’ll forget all your sorrows. (Smells it and looks at the cage).And this nightingale is the best singer in the world. I’ll send them both to the princess. (Goes out)

Enter the King, the Princess with her ladies-in-waiting. The Prince’s knight comes in with the

presents in two boxes.

42) Knight: My Prince sends some presents to the most beautiful Princess in the world. He wishes to pat her a visit.

43) Princess: Ah, I think, these must be lovely presents! Perhaps it is a little pussy cat. (The 1st lady opens one of the boxes).

44) 1st Lady-in - waiting: Oh, it is a rose!

45) 2nd Lady-in - waiting: A very fine rose!

46) 3rd Lady-in-waiting: And it smells so sweet!

47) King: Indeed, the rose is not bad.

48) Princess: Fie, papa, it is a real one!

49) Ladies -in-waiting: Fie, it is a real one! A real one! (The Knight takes away the rose)

50) King: Let’s see another present! (The Knight hands the second box to the 1st Lady-in-waiting. She opens it.)

51) 1st Lady-in-waiting: Oh, it’s a nightingale! What a beautiful bird!

52) 2nd Lady-in-waiting: It can sing such sweet song!

53) 3rd Lady-in-waiting: Such a nice little bird!

54) Princess: Is it a real one?

55) Knight: Yes, it is a real one.

56) Princess: No, No. I don’t want a real bird. Let it fly away! The prince must not come. I don’t like his presents. (to the Ladies-in-waiting): Let’s go and play.

57) Story-teller: Then the prince painted his face black, put an old cap on and knocked at the door.

58) King: Come in!

59) Prince: Good morning, Your Majesty! Can I get some work at the palace?

60) King: Well, well,.....Let me see. (Thinks) I have a lot of pigs. You can look after them. Go now. You can begin your work at once. (The King goes out, the Prince follows him).

61) Story-teller: So, the Prince became a swineherd and looked after the King’s pigs. One day he got some clay and made a small pot.

62) Prince: Now it is ready! ( sings a song) (The Princess comes in with her ladies-in-waiting)

63) Princess: Oh, do you hear the song, ladies? Is it beautiful?

64) Prince: Good evening, my beautiful ladies. Have a look at my pot! It is a magic pot. If you hold your finger above it you can see what all the people in your town are cooking for their dinner.

65) Ladies and Princess: How fine! How nice! What a beautiful little pot!

66) Princess: I want to have this pot. I’d like to know what my people have for dinner. Go and ask him what he wants for his pot.

67) 1st Lady-in-waiting: Hmm,....hmm..... listen, young man! How much do you want for the pot?

68) Prince: Ten kisses from the Princess. I won’t take less.

69) 1st Lady-in-waiting: Good heavens!

70) Prince: Ten kisses from the Princess. I won’t take less. (The 1st lady goes back to the princess)

71) Princess: Well, what does he say?

72) 1st Lady-in-waiting: I can’t tell you. It’s shocking.

73) Princess: Then you can whisper it! (The lady whispers). He is a fool! Let’s go away! (They turn to go away, but hear a song again)

74) Princess: Go and ask him if he’ll take ten kisses from the ladies-in-waiting?

75) 1st Lady-in-waiting: He said «Ten kisses from the Princess».

76) Princess: Oh, what a wicked boy! Then you’ll have to stand round me, so that no one may see. Tell him to come

77) 2nd Lady: Come here, please!(The ladies stand round the princess and spread their skirts while the Swineherd gets his ten kisses)

78) Prince: Now you may have your pot. Good bye!

79) Princess: I’m so happy. Now we’ll know everything about dinners in our town. (All clap their hands)

80) 2nd Lady: We’ll know who has cabbage soup for dinner and pancakes with jam.

81) 3rd Lady: How interesting. The pot is very useful.

82) Princess: Yes. But don’t tell Papa. Don’t tell anybody. Don’t forget that I’m the King’s daughter!

83) Story-teller: Then the prince made a musical box. It can play different music and when people hear it, they begin to dance.

84) Princess: How lovely! What fine music! ( to the 3rd Lady): Go and ask him what he wants for his box, but no more kisses.

85) 3rd Lady: Good afternoon, sir. What will you have for your musical box?

86) Prince: I want 100 kisses from the Princess and no less.

87) 3rd Lady: A hundred kisses? (Returns to the Princess). He says he wants a hundred kisses from the Princess and no less.

88) Princess: He must be mad! Let’s go away and play. (They hear music and stop) . Tell him he can have 10 kisses from me like yesterday, and he can have the other kisses from the ladies-in-waiting.

89) Ladies: But we don’t like that at all.

90) Princess: Nonsense! If I can kiss him, you can do it too. And don’t forget you are my servants. Go to the Swineherd at once! (The 3rd lady goes to the Swineherd)

91) 3rd Lady: Good afternoon, sir. May we have your musical box for 10 kisses from the Princess and the other kisses from the ladies-in-waiting?

92) Prince: 100 kisses from the Princess and no less.

93) 3rd Lady: Oh, my Princess! He wants 100 kisses from you and no less.

94) Princess: Oh, what a nasty Swineherd! Well then, let him come. And you’ll stand round, like yesterday, so that nobody can see us when I kiss him. And you must count the kisses! No more than 100 kisses!

95) Ladies: One, two.....

96) King: What is that I see? (Rubs his eyes and puts on his spectacles ) .Why , there are ladies-in-waiting! Is that a new game? I must go and see! What’s all this? What’s all this? (He takes off his slipper and hits the Prince and the Princess) Get out! Get out of my Kingdom!

97) Princess: Oh, what shall I do? I’m so unhappy! Where is the Prince now?

98) Prince: (The Swineherd goes out and comes in again as the Prince). I am here. And I want to say a few words before I go. I thought you were pretty and kind, but now I know you are not. You didn’t want to have the most beautiful rose in the world. You didn’t want to listen to nightingale’s songs, but you kissed the Swineherd because you wanted to have a dirty pot and a musical box that plays silly music. Now I see what you are. I don’t want to marry you. Good bye.

99) Princess: Oh, I’m so unhappy! (She’s crying)

Halloween (poems)

1) Hey, hey, for Halloween!

Then the witches shall be seen,

Some in black, and some in green,

Hey, hey for Halloween!

2) Trick or treat, trick or treat,

Give us something good to eat.

Give us candy, give us cake,

Give us something sweet to take.

Give us cookies, fruit and gum,

Hurry up and give us some.

You had better do it quick

Or we’ll surely play a trick.

3)   Trick or treat,

Smell our feet.

We want something

Good to eat.

4)   One little, two little, three little witches,

Four little, five little, six little witches,

Seven little, eight little, nine little witches,

Ten little witches in the sky!

Ten little, nine little, eight little witches,

Seven little, six little, five little witches,

Four little, three little, two little witches,

One little witch,

Bye-bye!

5)   Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate

The first one said «Oh my, it’s getting late».

The second one said «There are witches in the air»

The third one said «But we don’t care!»

The fourth one said «Let’s run and run and run!»

The fifth one said «I’m ready for some fun

 

Literary-Music Composition «MY HEART’S IN SCOTLAND»

CHARACTERS:

Three witches -

Three famous Scots-

Robert Burns-

Announcer-

Two Scottish poets and two Russian poets -

Dancing group-

Singing group -

Scene I. (Introduction: the three witches, the announcer)

A very large cauldron is seen in the centre of the stage. Some horrible tune is heard. The three witches come in running and stop in the middle of the stage by the cauldron. The three witches are cooking the witches’ brew.

1)   1st witch: Thrice the brindled cat hath mewed!

2)   2nd witch: Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined!

3)   3rd witch: Harpies cries, it’s time, it’s time!

All witches: Double, double, toil and trouble!

Fire, burn and cauldron bubble! (They are cooking the witches’ brew)

4) 1st witch: Out of mixture of this extraordinary array of people - Druids, Celts, Britons, Irish, Scots,

Angels, Saxons, Jutes, Romans, Norwegians, Normans and French-

emerged the Scottish nation.

5) 2nd witch: Out of melting pot of pirates and conquerors, bishops and buffoons, kings and queens,

tortures and traitors - appeared the Scottish people.

6) 3rd witch: In a maelstrom of pillage, murder, witch-hunting, dictatorship, civil war - emerged a

golden age of philosophers and poets, scientists and admirals, inventors and chemists,

economists and doctors, novelists and narrators.

All witches: Scots whose activities changed the world!

Scene 2. (Introduction and Warming-up contest: the Announcer and the teams)

7) Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen! Glad to meet you at our school party-contest «My Heart’s in

Scotland» ! Today the best experts are going to compete and find out which team is the

strongest.

Let me introduce the jury:..........................

Now, I’d like to introduce our teams to you: ..................

The first stage of our contest is WARMING UP.

 

Nomination 1: Do You Know Scotland?

8)   Announcer: When you hear the word ‘Scotland’, what do you imagine? ...... People first set foot

on the land now called Scotland more than 9000 years ago.

9) 1st witch: What is the ancient name of Scotland? Who gave it to Scotland?

Today this name is used in the titles of some hotels, clubs, etc.

Do you know any other names given to Scotland?

10) 2nd witch: Who’s the patron-saint of Scotland? What do you know about him?

11) 3rd witch: What is the national emblem of Scotland?

12) 1st witch: Do you know the capital of Scotland? Is it the largest city in Scotland?

13) 2nd witch: Many Scots have names beginning Mac or Mc. Originally this meant......

Do you know the most popular Scottish names?

14) 3rd witch: What does the word ‘clan’ mean in the Gaelic language?

15) 1st witch: The teams are given the maps of Great Britain. There are some mistakes on them.

Can you find and correct all the mistakes?

16) 2nd witch: Can you identify the flag of Scotland?

17) 3rd witch: What does the Scottish national costume include?

Scene 3. (Scottish poetry: the announcer and 4 poets: 2 Scottish and 2 Russian)

18) Announcer: Scottish people are famous for their love of freedom and hatred of any kind of

oppression. Many Scottish poets were great masters of lyrical verse, warm patriots of

their country.

19) Poem 1: a Scottish Poet Poem 1: a Russian poet

O SCOTIA! My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health and peace and sweet content! And O may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury’s contagion, weak and vile! Then howe’er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire, around their much-lov’d ISLE. Poem 2. O Caledonia! Stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires! What mortal hand Can e’er (=ever) untie the filial band, That knits me to thy(=your) rugged strand! Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath(=has) been, Seems as, to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremely of ill.

Шотландия! Родной, любимый край! За сыновей твоих мои моленья! Здоровый дух, довольство, мир - пускай Всегда хранят их мирные селенья! Да не коснется их зараза тленья, Яд роскоши, пороков гнусных гной. Пусть мир тогда торгует без стесненья Коронами, но остров свой родной Народ весь окружит, как пламенной стеной! Poem 2. О Каледония, твой лик Порою строг, порою дик! Страна могучих кряжей горных, Страна потоков непокорных, Лесов и вересков страна, Моя душа всегда верна Сыновней верностью великой Твоей красе угрюмо-дикой. Увы, я думаю порой, Чем прежде был мой край родной! Одна природа величаво Хранит его былую славу, Но в запустенье скорбных дней Мне милый край еще милей.

20) Announcer: One of the items of your homework is reciting a poem written by Scottish poets.

The team...... begins.

Nomination 2: Scottish poetry.

Scene 4. (Famous people of Scotland: the announcer and three famous Scots)

21) Announcer: Scotland is also a land of many famous people, writers and poets, scientists and

philosophers.

 

Nomination 3: Famous Scots.

22) Adam Smith: (reading a book «Евгений Онегин» А. Пушкин)

....... Высокой страсти не имея, Для звуков жизни не щадить, Не мог он ямба от хорея, Как мы не бились, отличить.

Бранил Гомера, Феокрита, Зато читал Адама Смита И был глубокий эконом. ( «Евгений Онегин»

Oh, it seems to be written about me! Glad to introduce myself, ladies and gentlemen.

-The member of the Royal Philosophical society of Edinburgh, «Ivory tower professor», as I was called in Oxford, vice-rector of Edinburgh University. May be you’ve read some of my books on economy, «Wealth of Nations», for example, haven’t you? They were very popular in the 19th century.

·  Can you say my name?

Now I’d like to meet my dear friend James.

23) James Watt: ( carrying a large kettle)

It is said that I developed my idea for the steam engine by watching a boiling kettle in my mother’s kitchen and seeing how the steam pushed things out.

My interest in the steam engine turned it into one of the most powerful and important machines in the Industrial Revolution.

·  Do you know my name?

24) Robert Louis Stevenson: ( holding some books)

Good morning, gentlemen! It’s definitely great choice! «Kidnapped» or «Treasure Island»- exciting adventure novels written by me. Have you read them?

·  Who am I? Can you guess my name?

25) Announcer: The important part of our tournament is the contest «Do you know famous Scots?»

Circle the right answer.

(The witches give cards to each team with questions. The teams writes the answers)

1)   Name the inventor who is closely associated with the invention of the telephone? 2)   For which discovery was Sir Alexander Fleming awarded the Nobel Prize in 1945? 3)   Who was the most famous Scottish outlaw? 4)   Who invented the television? 5)   Who was the water-proof coat invented by? 6)   He was one of the Scottish national heroes(), King of Scotland, who fought heroically for his country’s independence. 7)   Who wrote a famous book «The Adventures of Sherlock Homes»? 8)   Do you know a Scottish writer whose name sounds like the word used for the inhabitants of Scotland? 9)   Who wrote the famous Scottish song «Auld Lang Syne»? 10) Who was a pioneer in the use of chloroform?

* Alexander Graham Bell * Charles MacIntosh * James Watt * Aspirin * Penicillin * Chewing gum *Rob Roy *Robin Hood * James Bond *James Watt * John Dunlop * John Logie Baird *Henry Bell * Charles MacIntosh * Adam Smith * Robert Bruce *Prince Charlie *Mary Stuart *Robert Burns * Sir Walter Scott *Sir Arthur Conan Doyle *Walter Scott * John Whisky * Nessie * Robert Burns *McDonald *George Byron *James Maxwell * James Simpson *Alexander Fleming

Scene 5. (Robert Burns, a famous Scottish poet: Robert Burns, the announcer, the three witches)

26) Announcer: But in fact if you really want to understand Scottish soul, read poems and ballads written by Robert Burns. Do you know that the 25th of January is a national holiday in Great Britain?

That day English and non-English speaking people all over the world gather together to celebrate in poetry songs and entertainment the life and works of Robert Burns - the great Scottish poet!

Robert Burns is the pride and glory of Scotland. His poetry is loved and enjoyed by all his countrymen. They love Burns for generosity and kindness of his nature, for his patriotism. Let me introduce Robert Burns.

27) Robert Burns: My father believed passionately in education. He and our neighbouring families hired a young school teacher John Murdock. He taught us grammar, History, Latin, English, prose and poetry. He made us read Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, and other most important writers of the 17th-18th centuries. When Murdock left, my father taught us arithmetic and other subjects. At the age of 13, I began to work on the family farm.

28) Announcer: Burns studied nature closely and following the plough, he whistled and sang of what he saw, of the woods and the fields, of the hare and of the small field mouse.

29) Robert Burns: I wrote my first poem at the age of 14 for a girl who worked with me in the field. My «Handsome Nell» became the most popular song in the neighbourhood.

Once I loved my bonny lass

And, Oh, I love her still

She dresses eye, so clean and neat

Both decent and genteel

And there is something in her gait

Makes any dress look weel.

Nomination 4: Robert Burns and his poetry.

30) 1st witch: When and why do Scottish people celebrate «Burns’ Night»? How is it organised?

31) 2nd witch: How many children were there in Burns’ family? Was Robert the eldest? How did Robert help his family? What university did Robert Burns graduate from?

32) 3rd witch: When did Robert begin writing poems? Do you know a Russian poet and writer

whose wonderful translations of Burns’ verses are known all over the world? Can

you recite any of Burns’ poems?

33) Announcer:

We admire Robert Burns’ songs. He wrote: «There is certainly some connection between

Love, Music and Poetry» Robert Burns travelled a lot about Scotland collecting songs.

He discovered long forgotten songs and wrote his own verses. One of the most popular

songs is «My Bonnie». (The singing group and the teams are singing one part)

The song «My Bonnie lies over the ocean» seems to be sung in every language school in

St. Petersburg. There are also certain English teachers who go pale every time they hear

it. Let’s give them a break, let’s have a joke. We’ll sing a new song «Skin» written by

Matt Mc Ginn, also a Scotsman. The tune is the same.

The cat has a lovely fur jacket,

The cow has a leather jerkin,

The sheep has a thick woolen jumper,

But we have got nothing but skin.

Chorus: Skin, skin, skin, skin,

Nothing but skinny, skin, skin, skin, skin.

Skin, skin, skin, skin,

Nothing but skinny, skin, skin.

34) Announcer: Burns sang the beauty and the glory of his native land. He glorified true love and

friendship. His poems are still spoken and his songs are still sung. Millions of people all

over the world highly estimate and love Robert Burns. Whenever we speak of Scotland,

the name of Scotland’s great poet Robert Burns is always there, as the never-dying

symbol of this country.

Scene 6. ( Scottish Customs and Traditions: announcer, the three witches)

Nomination 5: Scottish festivals

35) Announcer: Scotland is rich in holidays and festivals.

36) 1st witch: At midnight on 31st December throughout Great Britain people celebrate the coming of

the New Year. New Year’s Eve is a more important festival in Scotland than it is in

England, and it even has a special name. *What is it?

37) 2nd witch: *What song do people usually sing at midnight on the 31st of December? Who wrote

it? What does the name of this song mean?

38) 3rd witch: The 25th of January is known as Burns’ Night. Scotsmen have a special meal on that

day. It is their traditional food, that is made of meat, onions, flour, salt and pepper.

Then they boil it in the skin from a sheep’s stomach. *What is the name of this dish?

39) 1st witch: Scotland is famous for the Highland Games. Some of the sports at the Games are

international: running and jumping. But other sports are typically Scottish, they happen

only at the Highland games. *Can you name some of them?

40) 2nd witch: In spring and in summer many towns in Scotland hold cultural festivals. The best

known one is the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama. Scotsmen are

fond of dancing. * What is the name of a quick and cheerful Scottish folk dance?

*What are men wearing? * Can you name some other Scottish popular dances?

*What is the most popular Scottish national musical instrument?

41) 3rd witch: All teams are given a puzzle. If you do this puzzles, you’ll read another important word

associated with Scotland.