On Saturday, December 6 at 8:30 p.m., STVR will broadcast the charity gala evening Noc nadějí on Jednotkawhich is the result of long-term cooperation of Slovak Television and Radio with the Kvapka nadeje Foundation. Again this year, the Night of Hope will bring to the audience emotional stories of families whose children have undergone difficult treatment, and by introducing successfully cured patients, it will remind the power of solidarity, donation and modern medicine.
The gala evening will be accompanied by presenters this year Karin Majtánová, Hana Rapantová, Ľubomír Bajaník and Michal Slanička. The studio in Mlynská dolina will welcome families of child patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation, together with bone marrow donors from different parts of the world.
As part of the gala evening, a rich musical program is prepared for the audience. They will present themselves in original musical performances, for example No Name, Mirka Partlová, Peter Bič Project, Nela Pocisková, Tomáš Klus, Helena Vondráčková, Štefan Štec and Fajta, Smola and Hrušky, vocal group For You with Veronika Hatala, quartet of 4 tenorsas well as other musical guests with a Christmas-themed repertoire. All performers will support the charitable purpose of the evening without entitlement to a fee.
Moderator Hana Rapantová spoke about a difficult topic – about how people who were home alone on Christmas called the TV on Christmas Eve. She herself has several traditional customs in her family, nothing changes at dinner. It’s always a wafer, cabbage, fish and homemade salad.
“Actually, since I was 19 years old, when I entered the television space, I have always done Christmas. And Christmas is basically associated with work. Now I don’t want it to sound like a workaholic, but somehow I also understood from my older colleagues that not everyone is lucky enough to be with their loved ones on Christmas Day. And many people are alone,” explained the moderator.
“And at the time when female announcers, of which I was a part, still appeared on the screens, you could call the television and there were normal people who called us to broadcast – Thank you for making this evening pleasant for me, because I am alone, I am alone, you are my only companions and you speak to me from the screen. I always think of this on Christmas Day.” she added emotionally. What does hope mean to her? Find out in the video above.
