From the hospital parking lot it went steeply uphill into the vineyards. A first breather was taken at the european pavilion. Shortly before dark, each of the seven- to eleven-year-olds was able to look for his or her hometown from a bird’s-eye view.
During a game in the forest, the children were allowed to feel like a squirrel, hide food and then find it again. Then it was off to the campfire at the ADAC site. There was children’s punch, bread, baked apples and sausages on the fire to warm up. The mies-bahr family had made the location in front of their nedershaus available to the children. This was also necessary in the icy temperatures. "Our son raphael enthusiastically attends the courses of kapriolen. We also wanted to participate" explained conny mies.
As a surprise came three fire jugglers from "funkensprung" and showed their show. The group has been in existence since 2007. She usually performs at weddings, birthdays and company parties. The performance in minus temperatures and wind was a real challenge.
With burning clubs, ropes and torches the acrobats enchanted their audience. The first act in front of the snowy backdrop immediately captivated the spectators. Dressed all in black with a female-black face mask, stefan fery flashed respect at the children. Sybille wagner danced hula-hup with a burning tire and laid herself limberly on the snow while swinging burning ropes. Especially in threes, the artists created fascinating images from fire circles.
"It was really a great idea to invite the firemen", finn was pleased. The artists of funkensprung were also enthusiastic about the ambience and the idea. "Except for the freezing, but that will pass", as sybille wagner said. Because the fire jugglers were only lightly dressed with their T-shirts. The performance was followed by a torchlight hike through the bright, snowy vineyards back to the parents’ house.