Blaze Arraiá

Saturday, 6 pm. The flags are up, the Garcias have arrived with the pamonha, and someone is already asking when the sack race starts. Blaze knows: it's at 7:15, right after the quadrilha. Blaze is a small flame in a straw hat, and Blaze Arraiá is his notebook. It plans a Festa Junina from the first message to the last medal, and it runs the party itself when the day comes. THE DAY Press Start party and the plan becomes a sequence: what's happening now, what's next, the whole programme with ticks as you go. When it's time for a game, one tap opens it with the teams already set. THE GAMES Eight ready to go — sack race, egg and spoon, three-legged race, wheelbarrow race, relay, tug of war, mini football and a penalty shootout — each with its goal, step-by-step rules and a list of what you need. Add your own. Inside the party, split everyone into teams, time the heats with the stopwatch,…