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The evening of June 23rd in many cities in Europe, and also in Spain, it is celebrated "La noche de San Juan". This tradition is said to be more than 2000 years old. People usually gather around the fire to celebrate the summer solstice. It has also a "magical" meaning . They first made the bonfires to attract the power of the sun and keep the days long( as they started to be shorter from that point) , and the fire and the water are also used as renovating elements. yet, many people gather pieces of wood and stuff they are not using anymore and build a "fogata" during the previous days (even the notebooks...) and that night, they burn it all. People gather around the bonfires to celebrate that the old goes and that a new beginning is there for us. In a city called Ciudadela, in the island of Menorca, they have a special celebration with horses to celebrate "La Noche de San Juan" I wanted to share with you because it is similar to your "St...

Finally we have the podcast with all the music from the play. This selection of Renaissance music has been composed and performed by artists such as Haendel, Narciso Yepes, Falla, Gaspar Sanz, Jordi Savall, Juan de la Encina. There is also a special song featured by our music teacher Bonnie Lawrence, it is our main theme. I hope you enjoy the music and find it useful to follow up the script. It is going to be great!!!