The St Joseph Band  has been invited by Mr Ray Bondin, a UNESCO representative to take part in the feast of St Paul at Palazzolo Acreide, Siracusa in Scicily. This traditional and popular feast is celebrated between the June 27 to 29 in a very magnificent way. Their patron is St. Paul. The Band will play marches the feast eve and a host musical program on the feast day.

The executive committee is also planning to organize a tour which will be open for the general public although details have not yet been finalized.

Palazzolo Acreide is a town where history, tradition and modern life coexist in a wonderful natural setting between gorges formed by two rivers. The town raises on hills overlooking a large part of the South-East of Sicily down to the cost. A visit to Palazzolo Acreide combines the beauty of the archeological Greek heritage with fine examples of Baroque architecture, the religious celebrations in honor of San Sebastiano e San Paolo with the colourful Carnival parade, the delicious tastes and smells of the Hiblean mountain food. It has 9204 inhabitants and is situated 670 metres above sea level.

The most exciting moment of the feast is called: “A Sciuta”, or the exit which takes place on the feast day at 1.00 pm. Here, the statue of St. Paul is removed from the main altar and arranged on the processional array, then carried out together with the relics of the saint. Outside the church the sound of bells ringing, the music of the band, the shouts of the bearers and of the faithful, the firecrackers, the throwing of thousands of pieces of paper with “Viva S. Paolo” written on and of long stripes of coloured paper, called “nzareddi”, welcome the procession. In a moment the imposing Baroque façade of the church, which has been decorated since the morning with hundreds of fire crackers and light guns to shoot the “nzareddi”, “vanishes” as it were “absorbed” by the continuous explosions, the guns firing, a huge cloud of smoke and by the thousands of “nzareddi” that fall down, wriggling like snakes, over the processional array, the bearers and the crowd of faithful.

The video below shows the highlights of the feast including the famous "A Sciuta”.