Music in many facets on opening day

The program items on Saturday evening at the Warnemünder Woche It couldn't have been more perfect – gospel music in the church and a live podcast on the beach. Both events were well received by the audience and well attended.

At the opening concert with the St. Afra Gospel Choir from Meißen in the Warnemünde church, the audience didn't just listen: Instead, they were actively involved, clapping along to the beat and joining in the choir's antiphonal chants. The result was a diverse, powerful, exhilarating, and joyful concert evening. With its music, full of energy and joie de vivre, the choir brought a special timbre to the concert program – gospel music that goes straight to the heart.

On behalf of the Rostock & Warnemünde Tourism Office, Ulrike Döring, head of the office Warnemünder Woche, the visitors of the festive opening concert of the 87th Warnemünder Woche"It's wonderful that we're gathering here—at this special place in the heart of Warnemünde—for a musical kickoff. This concert marks the beginning of a week that, for decades, has stood for regional traditions, but also for cosmopolitanism and diversity. In addition to top sporting performances on the water and the festive atmosphere on land, music also plays a key role. It is a bridge and ambassador—across language barriers, between nations, between past and present."

Döring was pleased that the President of the Rostock Parliament, Dr. Heinrich Prophet, the Chairman of the Alliance 90/The Greens.Volt parliamentary group, Dr. Felix Winter, and the President of the German Sailing Association, Mona Küppers, attended the concert.

She thanked the more than 300 volunteers who also participated in this year’s Warnemünder Woche are back in action, as well as those who volunteer throughout the year to prepare the event: "This commitment cannot be appreciated enough. Without you and your teams, none of this would be possible. Thank you so much!" She also thanked the partners and sponsors of the Warnemünder Woche“Our partners are making a decisive contribution to ensuring that Warnemünder Woche can continue to exist and develop as a significant maritime event on the Baltic coast. Thank you for this commitment!" said Döring.

Completely different musical styles than those at the opening concert were the subject of last night's live podcast "Weil's immer brennt" (Weil's always burning) in the WAL Bar with Monchi, singer of the punk band "Feine Sahne Fischfilet" from Western Pomerania, and his guest Gabriel Kelly, who performed with "The Kelly Family" in his younger years and has now devoted himself to rap and rock music.

The musicians, who both live in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, recently met on an NDR talk show. Gabriel Kelly has close ties to Warnemünde in several ways. His parents met there when the Kelly Family performed in Warnemünde in 1991 and were reassigned to a new venue by then-mayor Detlev Harms because of their excessively loud music. Ten years later, the mayor's daughter became Gabriel Kelly's mother. He himself has performed as a street musician in Warnemünde, feels at home in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and records his music in Rostock.

In the podcast, the musicians and podcasters discussed songs for their own family members, new music projects, absurd public mismatches, life as a member of the Kelly Family, and the problems that arise as a public figure. Finally, the audience learned what the toast "Ex or Kelly fan," a common one in a Warnemünde pub, means, before the well-known Kelly Family song "An Angel" was sung at the end.

Tomorrow, visitors can expect a varied program of dance and music in the Kurhaus garden. From 17 to 18 p.m., members of the ARThus youth dance studio will perform, and from 19 to 21.30:XNUMX p.m., the Rostock band Irish Coffee will present folk and rock.