In youth, many live in the expectation that the world will be bright and welcoming. That dreams come true. Let not immediately, but the obstacles are easily overcome. The Scarlet Sails holiday in St. Petersburg is dedicated to this bright, pure and unique - one of a kind, the only such celebration of graduates in the whole world.
history of the holiday
The first colorful celebration of the end of the school year was proposed in the Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren of Leningrad in 1968. Own forces for a couple of months, enthusiasts built a stage, designed. The idea was the fact that all graduates of schools on the day of the last call, which is celebrated throughout the country, walk along the beautiful embankments of the city on the Neva, admire beautiful white nights. Just a little bit added color and light to dreams. They helped at least for a few hours to believe that miracles happen, as it was in the book "Scarlet Sails" by Alexander Green.
But it was in Leningrad in 1923 that the author created the images of this most beautiful story of love and faith in a beautiful dream.
Unfortunately, in 1979, fearing the consequences of a large gathering of young people during the celebration of "Scarlet Sails", the head of the CPSU Regional Committee of Leningrad Grigory Romanov ordered to stop the celebration. But when did the bans stop? It's just that the celebration has become unofficial.
The resumption of the holiday "Scarlet Sails" in St. Petersburg occurred in 2005. “Russia is a country of opportunities” - this slogan still remains the leitmotif of the holiday.
Modernity
Day, or rather, the night of the holiday is quite easy to calculate - this is the nearest Saturday to the day of the summer solstice, that is, to June 21. In 2017, it was the night of June 23-24.
Such an event as “Scarlet Sails” in St. Petersburg is unique, it is not for nothing that it was recommended by the register of world events for visiting in 20 countries of the European Union. And none of those who visited him, or at least saw and heard from afar, did not regret it. So magnificent symbolic entry into life of new generations of graduates.
The action of “Scarlet Sails” in St. Petersburg begins at 22-00 with the construction on Palace Square, then everything goes to Strelka Vasilievsky Island. But the most bewitching performance begins after midnight. Across the wide water area of the Neva passes a sailboat, beautiful as a dream, with red sails. On it is Assol and Gray.
The main event of the show is the passage of the dream ship with red sails along the embankments, which in turn symbolizes a bright future, the fulfillment of desires. This is an image that gives hope.
Over the years, the TreKonor brig has become a symbol. The ship, which symbolizes the holiday, has a length of 46 meters, it has 16 sails and excellent maneuverability.
Then the program is continued by performances by popular artists and groups on a specially equipped stage on Palace Square. There are a lot of people who want to dance, sing along to idols, and then stroll through the beautiful city on white nights. For those who are tired, who, having enjoyed the sight, want to take away the impressions and photos of “Scarlet Sails” in St. Petersburg, the metro works until 05:00 in the morning.
Popular trend
This symbol has become so popular that it is actively circulated throughout the country. For example, the Scarlet Sails hostel in St. Petersburg at Kronverksky Prospekt, 23, box. 9 is quite popular, judging by the reviews. It is very well located - in the city center, 500 meters from the station. Gorkovskaya metro station, 700 meters from the Neva and the Peter and Paul Fortress, which is located on Zayachy Island, from which North Palmyra began
Not so far - in the Nevsky district, at a distance of 5 km to the nearest Rybatskoye metro station - the Alye Sails residential complex is being built in St. Petersburg. According to the external bright color scheme and arrangement of houses designed by architects, the name “Scarlet Sails” was coined. Home for modern Assol and Gray, who have all their dreams come true.
The beautiful attracts
Years will pass, and current graduates will bring their children to the celebration of white nights and the bright opportunities. A wonderful holiday that will celebrate a half-century anniversary in the summer of 2018, let it be passed on from generation to generation with new photos and a beautiful memory.
A bewitching giant ship under red sails, let it float across the beautiful Neva and give hope, so often it is not enough to fulfill our dreams and aspirations.