Romanza Festivale 2020 is BACK ON!
FREE Online “Home Stream”!
The live stream video portal will open here on Friday, May 15
St. Augustine’s Romanza Festivale of Music & The Arts will be streamed to you at home..
Over two dozen of the original performers and groups previously scheduled for in-person shows in Romanza Festivale, now online, plus bands from the St. Augustine Celtic Music & Heritage Festival.
Schedule Summary
- May 15 Fri 7:30 PM “Shell Shock”– Award-winning “dramedy” from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, starring Tim Marriott from the UK
- May 16 Sat 10:00 AM STREAMING all day and overnight – more than two dozen concerts, plays, dance showcases, poetry readings, and more
- May 17 Sun 10:00 AM STREAMING all day and overnight – seven of the international bands from Romanza’s Celtic Festival
Schedule Detail
Friday May 15 Opening Night Special Performance 7:30 pm
- “Shell Shock” – Award-winning play written and performed by Tim Marriott, TV star from the UK, with comments by Mr. Marriott and Fen Marriott, licensed therapist.
Presented by Compassionate St. Augustine and Romanza
Saturday May 16 “Home Streaming” begins at 10 am…
and continues all weekend, including overnight
(All times are approximate and Eastern US time zone.)
ACT 1: 10 am, and repeating at 10 pm
- Augustine Community Chorus and
The St. Augustine Youth Chorus - SJCCA Dance Collective at St. Augustine High School
Kaila Schippani, Director - Astralis Chamber Ensemble
ACT 2: 11:15 am, and repeating at 11:15 pm
- RareSong Early Music Ensemble
- Island Duet
- SJCCA Dance Collective, St. Augustine High School
Kaila Schippani, Director - David Fussell, Florida Storytelling Troupe
“Cousins Visit St. Augustine, 1892”
ACT 3: 12:35 pm, and repeating at 12:35 am
- Augustine Concert Band
- Margaret Kaler, Florida Storytelling Troupe
“Tourist Trap” - Blue Lotus World Dance
“Double Sword Dance” – Gina Marie and Sandra - Matanzas Tap
“Blues in the Night” - Ray McDonald
Demonstration and Recital on the Aeolian Skinner Organ
Memorial Presbyterian Church
ACT 4: 1:50 pm, and repeating at 1:50 am
- First Coast Opera Highlights
- Ancient City Poets
Chris Bodor, Kimmy Van Kooten, Robert Waldner and Sam Pacetti on guitar - David Fussell – Florida Storytelling Troupe
“Country Love” - North Florida Women’s Chorale
Kerry Fradley, Director
ACT 5: 3:20 pm, and repeating at 3:20 am
- Rhythm Theory Tap Ensemble
- Deux Saisons: Keri Lee Pierson and Christopher Schoelen
Concert of Spanish and American Music: Soprano and Guitar - Margaret Kaler – Florida Storytelling Troupe
Story: Sea Witch - Astralis Chamber Ensemble
“Concertino” by Dorff
ACT 6: 4:35 pm, and repeating at 4:35 am
- Honey Burton – dancing the tango
- Kathy Kniery – Florida Storytelling Troupe
Stories: “The Trial of the Pine Tree Stump”
“The Legend of the Moss” - Sposi Cantanti: Singing Spouses
with Leila Warren, violin - A Classic Theatre – Harolyn Sharpe Monologue
with music by Dennis Fermin
ACT 7: 6:20 pm, and repeating at 6:20 am
- Sam Pacetti, Guitar
- Dennis Fermin, Spanish Guitar
- Mama Blue
Sunday May 17 is Celtic Day
10:00 AM Jamison, from Philadelphia, repeating at 4:50 pm and 11:36 pm
10:56 AM Dublin City Ramblers, from Ireland, repeating at 5:42 pm and 12:28 am
12:25 PM Steel City Rovers, from Hamilton Ontario, repeating at 7:11 pm and1:57 am
1:03 PM Emish, from New York, repeating at 7:49 pm and 2:35 am
2:03 PM SYR, from South Carolina, repeating at 8:48 pm and 3:35 am
2:22 PM Seven Nations, from California, Toronto, & Florida, repeating at 9:08 pm and 3:54 am
3:59 PM Albannach, Scotland, repeating at 10:45 pm and 5:31 am
STREAMING all weekend at RomanzaFestivale.com FREE
Romanza believes in supporting the arts and our local artists. Romanza Festivale has been able to operate at a level of increasing support to our community artists and musicians through paid performances, stipends, sponsorships, Awards, scholarships, and significant promotion.
Romanza Festivale and the Celtic Festival, as well as the St. Patrick Parade are produced by Romanza-St. Augustine, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Romanza Festivale 2020 “Home-Stream – Online” is funded in part by the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council, by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural, Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and by Visit Florida.