the joy of life. Customs. Glad sense. Outside of almost all-night sessions, these three terms are like probably never been in such a clustering, as in the case of this press conference in Mainz’s city house. But the occasion was thus: the Lord mayor Michael Ebling (SPD) wanted to, together with various foolish sizes to send out a Signal: “The campaign of 2021 will take place.” Corona, and Virus ago. And no, the days of no “Vision foolhardy men on a hot summer”, but “we see it as our common mission, to maintain customs and traditions and to donate Frohsinn”.

the Form In which the capital city will celebrate its four-color colorful Festival in the next year, of course, stands still in the stars. Because today, no one could say how the pandemic was developing, and what regulatory framework will apply in January and February. “With safety, be still distance and hygiene rules apply,” said the mayor, in this respect, it is clear that Corona is going to change the almost night. Unrestrained mass events will not give it certainly, at least no legal. “But at the beginning of the will, and is very large,” said Ebling.

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Andreas Schmitt, the TV meeting to test President of the “Mainz Mainz remains as it sings and laughs,” added: “In the city of the joy of life to live the joy, but you don’t live irresponsibly”. You get the set in the form of a rhyme then translated, the Motto of the campaign in the Corona could be times.

TV sitting in front of a half-empty room

Schmitt campaigned vehemently for the mother of all TV-to align almost all-night sessions, regardless of the restrictions. “We can give millions of take eight with the heart and political depth,” he said and pointed to the year 1962, as the TV was to cancel the Transfer because of the storm flood in Hamburg – countless letters from citizens would have prevented this, however. “This is one of the moments, for the day is the thought: cheerfulness to spread in difficult times,” assisted Dirk Loomans, President of the right Bank of the Rhine Karneval-club Kastel (KCK). And Ebling pointed to the global advertising effect of the Live Broadcasts from the elector’s castle: “This is not pay for with money.”

The idea, Andreas Schmitt could rant in his role as the “upper measuring servant” loud and breathless in an empty room, seems strange. You don’t, or what the popular hand-made speaker wishes. “We are all Amateurs, we need the Feedback of the audience,” he said. “We rely on a small, selected audience”, 300 to 400 people instead of the usual 900, “to bear together, our message to the outside world”.

this A step further, and this is so far the only project that has come over the Status of a yet to discuss the idea, the Gonsenheimer Carneval-Verein. The chamber game on the occasion of the Campaign starts on 11.11. will take place without spectators, but will be broadcast live on the Internet, announced President Martin Krawietz. In this year, was asked instead of or in addition to the Tradition of Innovation, the GCV accept the challenge. “Don’t Bend and Break, as we must, but because we want to.”