Many members of the Italian community enjoyed refreshments before the program was presented by Mr Remo Cher of the Comitato Italiano di Coordinamento (CIC).
In the previous edition of Il Globo, we published important points of the program, and today, we provide some more details on the various events that will take place.
Saturday, May 27
10:00 am: Small Olympics
12:00 pm: Celebrations in rural areas begin
1:00 pm: Visits to hospitals in Melbourne
6:00 pm: Cocktail party – Official opening of the Settimana Italiana
Sunday, May 28
10:00 am: Small Olympics, last day
10:30 am: Victorian Bocce Championship – Doubles
1:00 pm: Visits to hospitals in Melbourne
2:00 pm: Soccer meeting – Juventus-Hellas
Monday, May 29
10:30 am: Inauguration of painting exhibition with Leonard French
12:00 pm: Visit to the mayor by CIC president (M. Galli)
12:00 pm: Parade of old cars
12:00 pm: Parade of girls in regional costumes handing out flyers
9:00 pm: Televised boxing match
Tuesday, May 30
10:00 am: Wine-tasting
10:00 am: ‘Coppa Italia’ golf tournament
12:30 pm: Women’s breakfast with a speech by former Australian Ambassador to Italy, Mr Sterling
Wednesday, May 31
10:00 am: Pizza-making demonstration and tasting
11:30 am: Cooking demonstration
6:30 pm: Reconstruction of a trial by university students
Thursday, June 1
8:00 pm: Conference
Friday June 2
12:00 pm: Balloons released from Melbourne’s square to celebrate Republic Day
8:00 pm: Gala ball
Saturday, June 3
3:00 pm: Coffee-tasting and fashion parade
8:00 pm: Performance of The Fan
8:00 pm: Dante Alighieri Society symposium
9:00 pm: Trotto
Sunday, June 4
11:00 am: Solemn mass and procession
1:30 pm: Lunch with participants of the campaign
3:00 pm: Concert
8:00 pm: Performance of The Fan
Permanent displays during the week:
Photographic exhibition by Bruno Benini
Italian painting and sculpture exhibition
Italian book exhibition (in Italian language or by Italian authors)
Galileo exhibition at State Library
Visit to the kindergarten of the Pastorelle Sisters
