this year’s celebration of graduates, in St. Petersburg, “Scarlet Sails” was held in the TV mode. Concert and show with a trip of the brig “Russia” under crimson sails moved into the Gulf of Finland, and graduates to advise to watch the live broadcast. But is the youth to stop.
Usually the brig is from the Trinity bridge across the river, past the Peter and Paul fortress, there on the bridge and in the middle of the Neva – set pyrotechnics. Scene – near the Rostral columns and Palace. If a holiday is always spent in the city centre, still it would be a lot of people – despite any fences. Last year, the “Sails” looked live in the city center over a million people. This year, even the tenth part of the usual hype should be avoided.
In General, is the Trinity bridge was a huge cable-stayed bridge, ZSD, and the concert was on the roof of one of houses on Vasilevsky island – to avoid the influx of onlookers. In advance almost completely blocked the Krestovskiy island, the Park of the 300th anniversary, part of the alluvial territories of Vasilevsky island. The concert began at 22:30, by this time people were caught up alluvium on Vasilevsky island. “And that’s where have been?” – rained questions. “Probably Yes, just we can’t see the stars, they say, somewhere on the roof.” Sitting on the grass and the concrete, the citizens smotreli the stream on smartphones. Waiting for the fireworks which as always was supposed to start at 00:30 – in the twilight during the summer white nights. Many were indignant: “At once, good weather “Scarlet Sails”, a warm night and a bummer!” The night really warm, I can only imagine what would have happened if the holiday was left in the waters of the Neva.
To 22.30 crowd has not been, generally there were less people than I thought. Indeed, although the island is the best place to view unusual Sails 2020, the closing of the metro, blocking roads and bridges has not been canceled – here it is not easy to get there by night to those who do not live in the area. To get out – even more so. Flimsy metal fence separates the exit on a beach. Behind the fence is a rare cordon of Regardie. One of the guys started talking with us in anticipation of salute: “As I understand it, put a fence because of the coronavirus, that was not crowded. But you see… I’m a draftee, I’ve just put, I stand. We have a commander that it is pointless to ask questions. All of part the second time only left”. The audience, angered by the fence, sarcastically shouted: “All the people”, “You tell us, you with the people or with them?”
thus, if you normally Sail – the celebration of graduates, this time there were more families with children. There were those who came to watch the occasion from Moscow. Almost no one wore a mask – only companies Chinese students. Between arguments about the country and the fences were wondering where theymilitary will salute. “All are waiting, but in the end no one will see!” “Here water-carriers, are blocked… There is also the water-carriers? Well, let’s go there.” In the end, ignorance of the exact locations are saved from is really a dense crowd – the people stretched along the long fence, places enough for all, someone lay down on the grass. It was possible to come to the beginning of the fireworks, and wouldn’t have much to push. This is usually an expensive luxury – place on the Neva embankment and bridges is within four hours prior to the show, and the crowd is such that not only sit, but to move the arm impossible.
In 2020 the best of all settled residents of the houses on the island, which overlook the Bay. They hung out on the balcony, playing music, talking to families between floors: “There is krevetka, conapesca get caught? And champagne is, it may just come to us?” When finally the show started (on time) and finally figured out where the fireworks are pulled back tight flow. Don’t know how it looked on the broadcast, but I’m sure that the organizers were interested to come up with “Sails-2020”: the luxurious the bridge, and “Gazprom-arena”, and skyscraper, and a much larger water surface. Was not the usual backdrop of the historic St. Petersburg, but perhaps it is even more interesting.
the Glowing, multi-colored spray volleys – even when you see this? In General, the TV was probably unusual and beautiful. Fences had many restless and unhappy that apparently not all the fireworks. Resguardar stared all twenty-five minutes of the show. In the center on the Palace embankment, is also gathered an impressive crowd – many thought that the festival will be held, as always, there. In any case, further festivities moved into spontaneous partying and dancing in the streets – until I got home, around often screaming somehow “happy New year”.
