8.00 –
10.00 Arrival of the potato-roasting teams and stand sellers
9.55 Deputy
Mayor Andrej Berginc – a greeting and a welcome to the roasting teams and other
guests
10.00 Accordion
group of the Vili Marinšek Music School
10.30
Folklore group “Borjač” Sežana
11.00 –
12.00 Folklore group Vipava
Ceremonial part
12.00 –
12.30 Postojna brass band “Postojnska godba 1808”
12.30 Grand
opening of the 19th World Roast Potato Festival in Postojna
- Performance
of the wooden brass instrument ensemble “Leseni rogisti”
- Mayor
of the Municipality Postojna Igor Marentič's speech
- President
of DPK (The Society for the Recognition of Roasted Potatoes as a Distinct Dish)
Stane Menard’s speech
- DPK’s
anthem (performed by “Postojnska godba 1808”)
- Performance
of the wooden brass instrument ensemble “Leseni rogisti”
- Official
opening of the 19th World Roast Potato Festival
13.00 “Postojnska
godba 1808”
13.00 –
16.00 Children's corner: hand making of Postojna municipal flags and face
painting
13.30
Folklore group “Torbarji” from Postojna
14.00
Saxophone ensemble conducted by Tomaž Nedoh
14.30 –
16.00 Entertaining programme with “Ansambel Fumani”
16.00 Official closing ceremony of the festival
- Lowering
of the flag
- Handover
of the flag to the Mayor
- Mayor
of the Municipality Postojna Igor Marentič's closing speech
- Handover
of the flag to the Mayor of the Municipality Sevnica (next year's host of the
Rost Potato Festival)
17.00 –
18.30 Continuation of the entertaining programme with “Ansambel Furmani”
18.30
Closing of the event