The Festival was organised in just six months, bringing together seven hundred participants. The bacchantes, haymakers and harvesters were still played by men, as it considered too tiring for women.<\/p>\n
The 1797 parade had concentrated on the pageant and performances on the Market Square. From then on, the Winegrowers Festival, which would grow throughout the 19th century, would retain the structure of a pageant stopping in the Square before continuing through the streets of Vevey. This halt in the Market Square is the origin of the Winegrowers Festival we know today. A director (the dancing master) capable of organising the entrance of the pageant to stop in front of the stands was needed. The Brotherhood also employed a music master who did not compose a score but selected the music and made arrangements with lyrics. Participants already had to pay for their costumes and adhere to the decisions of the commissions:<\/p>\n
The costumes were designed and made in such a way that once the official ornaments were removed, they could be worn by the participants in their everyday lives. The procession ended on the lake shore where there was a banquet:<\/p>\n
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The themes of respect of traditions and glorification of the homeland were highlighted at the 1819 Festival. It aimed at stirring up national spirit in the hearts of the Vaudois, whose canton was but recently a player in Swiss history. Hence the \u201cOld Swiss Guard\u201d protected the stands and marched at the front of the parade. The \u201cRanz des Vaches\u201d (mountain cow-herders\u2019 song) was also introduced to develop the strong attachment to their country the participants and audience should feel.<\/p>\n
Abbot-President: Louis Levade
Dancing master: David Constantin
Music: David Glady (adaptation of words to well-known musical airs)
Performance in front of the stands followed by the traditional parade through the town with dances performed at the \u201cstations\u201d.<\/p>\n
Jean-Louis Blanchoud, Jean-David Maury (16 winegrowers also received awards: rewarded in cash for the first time)<\/p>\n
A tribune was built on the lake side with a large square stage
2,000 seats<\/p>\n
Costumes: normal period costumes decorated with ribbons and winegrowers\u2019 symbols; only deities and their attendants wore theatrical costumes; certain colours were assigned to different seasons to give some unity
Spring: pipes and drums, male and female gardeners, priestess of Pales
Summer: cows driven by cowmen, mountain cow-herders, float with accoutrements from an Alpine chalet, singing of \u201cRanz des Vaches\u201d, priestess of Ceres
Autumn: leafers, tool grinders, group leading a goat to be sacrificed, High Priest of Bacchus, grape harvest float
Winter: kitchen with waffle-maker, village wedding with notary and float for the trousseau, baron re-introduced again, some Old Swiss Guard in Landsknecht costumes<\/p>\n
730 participants
2 performances
Prices of seats CHF 1.00 to 3.00.
Festival costs CHF 16,254
Deficit CHF 9,666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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