The external activities on Saturday evening started at 9.00pm when Victoria's La Stella Band played a marches from Garden Street and ending in the Main Square where they performed a musical programme. At the same time, hundreds of enthusiastic youngsters with flags and blue t-shirts started to assemble in Hamri Street to accompany the St Joseph Band and Xaghra's Victory Band for the traditional ''Marc ta' lejlet il-festa". Several fireworks display were lit off from different houses as the bands progressed to the main square.

The rain of confetti and papers thrown from private roofs in Hamri Street once again created a unique atmosphere which was only passed the chanting of the present crowd as the St. Joseph Band played the 'Viva x-Xemx'.

Celebrations continued in the main square where the young revellers danced and chanted together as several fire-planes simultaneously crossed the main square from three different locations.

The evening ended with a spectacular pyrotechnic ground-firework display accompanied by background music.

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