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Gymnasia №1
The leader: Today we celebrate one of the best holidays, which young and old people love. It is St. Valentine’s Day.
St. Valentine’s Day is a religious holiday, which is celebrated in Great Britain, in the USA and in many European countries. St. Valentine’s Day has roots in several legends. It is very interesting to know more about this day. Who wants to tell us something interesting?
Pupil №1: One of the earliest popular symbols of the day is Cupid, the Roman God of love, who is represented by the image of a young boy with bow and arrow.
The Romans used to celebrate the return of spring at the beginning of February with the feast of Lupercalia, in honour of the gods Pan and Juno. Boys used to draw lots for the names of unmarried girls. They also used to run through the streets whipping any pretty girl that they passed. Lupercalia was, by all accounts, a lively occasion.
Pupil №2: When the Romans settled in Britain, they brought these traditions with them. But when Christianity arrived, it was through best to put a stop to Lupercalia. The Christians always cleverly replaced Pegan festivals with Christian ones, and February 14th was named as the saint’s day of Valentine. Valentine was a Christian priest.
Three hundred years after the death of Jesus Christ, the Roman emperors still demanded that everyone believe in the Roman gods.
Valentine, a Christian priest had been thrown in prison for his teachings. On February 14th, Valentine was beheaded. The night before he was executed, he wrote the jailer’s daughter a farewell letter, signing it «From Your Valentine».
Pupil №3: Another legend tells us that Valentine, well loved by all, wrote notes from his jail cell to children and friends who missed him.
Another Valentine was an Italian bishop who lived at about the same time. He was imprisoned because he secretly married couples, contrary to the laws of the Roman emperor. Some legends say he was burned at the stake.
Pupil №4: In medieval England the 14th of February was believed as the day when birds chose their mates. It became a tradition for hopeful lovers to send each other gifts. Partly the idea was that young ladies could send cards to young gentlemen hinting that a proposal of marriage might not be unsuccessful. This, of course, was at a time when no woman would ever dare propose to a man.
But of course, men also sent Valentine cards, and the fact that they were anonymous made rejection more bearable.
Pupil №5: However in the early nineteenth century things took a darker term. There was a fashion for comic Valentine cards, and people took advantage of their anonymity to poke fun at and even insult one another. Men sent cards to women insulting them for having large noses, loud voices or simply being single.
Only imagine that you’ve had such Valentine card: «Please don’t be my Valentine – you look just like a clown. Your feet are pointing backwards, and your head’s on upside down».
Women sent cards to men accusing them of lying, playing around with girls or playing dishonestly with women’s emotions.
The song «I’m sending back your roses»
Sending them back to die.
What good for me are roses
Now when you told me a lie.
I’m sending back your roses
Now that we’ve had to part
Even a field of roses
Can’t mend my broken heart.
towards politer ways.
But in Britain, at least, the Valentine card died out at the beginning of the twentieth
century. Victorian sentimentality was out of fashion. However, Valentine’s Day had
always been big in America, and in the 1920s it was reimported into Britain. Over
the years it has become a multi-million pound industry, and is now celebrated all
over the world.
Pupil №6: St. Valentine’s Day is now a day for sweethearts. It is the day that you show your
friend or loved one that you care. You can send candy to someone you think is
special. Or you can send roses, the flowers of love. Most people send
«Valentines». They can be sentimental, romantic and heartfelt. They can be funny
and friendly. If the sender is shy, valentines can be anonymous. You can write a
short rhyme inside the valentine:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet
And so are you!
You can also show your «sweetheart» that you care by singing a romantic song!
(We can hear the song: «Love story»).
Americans of all ages love to send and receive valentines. Schoolchildren make
valentines for their classmates and put them into a large decorated box, similar to a
mailbox.
The leader: Now, I invite you to take part (or participate) in our competitions between our best
couples. But before the beginning of our party I suggest you to choose our best couples.
Write down the first and the last name of a girl and a boy whom you decided to choose for the competitions and put your notices into the box. Then our respectable judges will think a little and give us the result.
(during the interval the play with spectators)
The leader: I invite you to play with me. Only three pupils come up to me. I want to give you some small hearts and I want you to make funny faces. It may be a cat or a dog; a boy or a girl, or Father the Frost or a maiden…
Who will be the first, will be the winner.
( For the information)
He (she) is the winner – take this counter (жетон). Who’ll take the greatest number of counters will be the winner. At the end of our competitions we’ll give him (her) a price.
The results of our judges.
Our couples are:…
Come up to me. Let’s greet them.
First competition: The task is: to recite the best poem about love or friendship.
E.G: I want to be near you all the time,
And never say good-bye.
Please, my darling, say you’re mine,
I’ll love you until I die.
Wake up on this special day,
And read these words from me.
It’s not a dream. My love is true.
Look in my heart and see.
Second competition: Use your felt-tip-pens and sheet of papers. Your task is to make postcards to your friends or lovers. Whose postcards will be the nice, will be the winner.
(the play with our spectators)
at that time I suggest our fans this crossword.
Third competition: The next competition is the competition of compliments. The task: a boy and a girl stand opposite each other at a distance of 2 meters. They make a step towards each other saying a compliment.
E.G: you are as beautiful as a rose…
you are as nice as a violet…
you are as wonderful as a bird…
Fourth competition: I want to give you 6 cut into small pieces hearts. Your task is to put all pieces together to make the whole heart. Who will be the first will be the winner.
(the play with our spectators)
Explain the meaning of these words:
a compliment
a gift (present)
a heart
a postcard
a love
Fifth competition: The task is to draw a large tree on the blackboard. On each branch of the tree write down an adjective expressing boy’s or girl’s character. Right side is the boy’s side; left side is the girl’s side.
Our spectators can help our couples.
Sixth competition: The task is to make the newspaper, put it on the floor, stand on it and begin to dance. Then fold the newspaper up dance on a small piece of paper.
Find the way how to dance on a small piece of paper.
Seventh competition: Your last task is to take a sheet of paper with a situation on it. Show this situation without any words.
Address to our judges:
Our respectable judges, tell us please, where is our best couple? Let us give the gift and this medal to our most beautiful winners. They are the best for today. And among fans. Who has the greatest number of counters come up to us? Let’s greet them.
Our final words:
We’ve have talked quite a lot about St. Valentine’s Day today. It’s very pleasant to see that all of you like it and know something about it. Today you’ve learnt more about this holiday. I think that all of you enjoyed the party?
Now let’s sing our song all together.
( American Folk Song)
You ought to see my Cindy,
She lives way down south,
She’s so sweet the honeybees
Swarm around her mouth.
The first I seen my Cindy
She was standing in the door,
Her shoes and stockings in her hand,
Her feet all over the floor.
Chorus:
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy,
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy,
Get along home, Cindy, Cindy.
I’ll marry you some day.
Situations:
1. You decided to buy a gift to your girl friend. There was a very beautiful and rare vase. You’ve bought it, but when you went out of the shop, you broke it to pieces.
2. Suddenly your girl friend found somebody’s lipstick on the collar of your shirt.
3. You are to meet with your friend at the entrance of the park. But you’ve missed the last bus.
4. Suddenly you’ve found a ribbon in your pocket and you decided to take it off. It was so long that you couldn’t find the end of the ribbon.
5. You have found a nice cat. You decided to take this pet with you but your mother doesn’t allow you to have a pet.
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The leader: I invite you to play with me. Only three pupils come up to me. I want to give you some small hearts and I want you to make funny faces. It may be a cat or a dog; a boy or a girl, or Father the Frost or a maiden…
Who will be the first, will be the winner.
( For the information)
He (she) is the winner – take this counter (жетон). Who’ll take the greatest number of counters will be the winner. At the end of our competitions we’ll give him (her) a price.
The results of our judges.
Our couples are:…
Come up to me. Let’s greet them.
First competition: The task is: to recite the best poem about love or friendship.
E.G: I want to be near you all the time,
And never say good-bye.
Please, my darling, say you’re mine,
I’ll love you until I die.
Wake up on this special day,
And read these words from me.
It’s not a dream. My love is true.
Look in my heart and see.
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