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Forthcoming Events
By Keith Nicol
QF Focus Magazine Focus on May
The Month of May begins with a Red Day, the ‘Workers’ Holiday on Friday May 1st, with many local towns having their own fiestas and special events. Leading into May, on Thursday April 30th, the small township of Abanilla outside of Orihuela, continue their Moors and Christians Fiestas with Parade of the Fiesta Queens,
Moors and Christians at 11pm from Plaza de la Lonja and finishing at the Paseo de la Ermita with festivities finishing on May 3rd. May 1st also sees the start of the Rojales Arts and Craft Festival at the Cuevas del Rodeo in Rojales until the 3rd May. Many of the Artists caves will be open for you to visit, along with circus shows and workshops, live music, exhibitions and displays, special activities for children, tapas, drinks and more to make this a fun event. Martin the artist will be encouraging children to help him paint a large 3 metre canvas and running open-air life drawing classes for adults with a model over from UK for the event. Pilar de la Horadada hosts their IV edition of their Seville Fair from the 30th April to the 3rd May 2015. The programme is packed with all sorts of great events, all of which will be free to enjoy in the Parque Raimundo Benedicto starting at 9.30pm on Thursday, with horses and carriages on Friday afternoon plus music and dance every evening. III ‘Splash In’, a celebration of Seaplanes happens this weekend as planes fly from Puerto de Pollensa, Majorca to Los Alcazares, to pay tribute to the seaplane. 17 Seaplanes are expected to land in the calm waters of the Mar Menor, Murcia where spectators can watch them fly, land and take off as well as being able to explore them in a static exhibition. Their ETA is to arrive in Los Alcazares between 12.30pm and 1.30pm on May 2nd with a static display organised for Sunday between10am to 1pm and exhibition flights taking place from 5pm. May 9th is European Day, which also coincides with the first day of the Spanish Municipal and Regional Elections. Still to be confirmed will be entertainment and a flag raising ceremony in Torrevieja’s main plaza at 11am. Well worth the drive for something a little different is the VII edition of the Night of the Museum in Cartagena on Saturday the 16th May when entry to all the city’s museums is free and they are open until 2am on Sunday morning. The programme of events and activities is very extensive and can be found on their website:
www.nochemuseoscartagena.es. As usual, Torrevieja has a host of activities, all of which can be found at:
www.torreviejacultural.com. Some of the highlights include; on May 2nd an excursion to Wine Houses in Caravaca de la Cruz and a special concert celebrating “Europe Day” with a performance of Beethoven 9th Symphony by the Orchestra of the Region of Murcia in the fabulous International Auditorium. On May 3rd, don’t forget it’s Mother’s Day in Spain and you might like to take mom to see a special Eric Clapton Tribute at the Municipal Theatre. Torrevieja’s XXVII Feria De May, the largest of its kind outside of Andalusia takes place in the Harbour Fairground with the inauguration on Wednesday May 6th at 9pm, with music, dance, food and drink every day, horses and parades on weekend afternoons and guest artists performing at 11pm each evening. On May 16th there is a tribute night to ‘Dire Straits’ in the Municipal Theatre at 8.30pm with a real Spanish superstar, David Bustamante also performing there on May 23rd at 10.30pm.
Thank you from SAT
A big thank you to everyone who attended the SAT charity event at Fairwayz bar Dolores on 28th March. Thanks to Jackie for helping me out on the night and some wonderful raffle prizes. Thanks to Sharon and Chris for the venue and supplying the
lovely food, and Ellie and Marg for working so hard behind the bar and in the kitchen. That’s Life duo were wonderful and they were playing for just expenses and donated more than half back to the charity. We raised an amazing sum of 516 Euros. Thank you once again. Sheila.
What a cracking new panto
The Rojales Pantomime group now have scripts ready for their next Pantomime to be presented in January 2016. They have decided on Humpty Dumpty. Humpty Dumpty is an unusual pantomime but just as hilarious as any other with a Dame, a Villain, comic duo, Princess, King and Queen also including other nursery rhyme characters. Auditions are being held in April and May for rehearsals to begin in September. They are on the lookout for anyone who would like to join them and would like to audition for any part in this production. Anyone interested please contact Mandy on 685 302 529 or email
mandyohagan@hotmail.com who will be pleased to give more information.
Velvetones revamp website and choose new charities for donations
Following the Velvetones AGM, they are pleased to announce their new website
www.velvetonesharmonytorrevieja.com. Rehearsals are every Wednesday at El Paraiso, behind Carrefour, Torrevieja from 10am until 12.30pm. If you would like a fun and interesting new hobby, why not join them for a coffee? Their new charities will be AFE - for Alzheimer’s and ALPE, for the rehabilitation of disabled children, and relief for parents - both based in Torrevieja. If you prefer human contact call Ena on 965 707 598, or Lorraine 663 751 773. We have a charity show on 20th May - see the website for more details.
Photo by Kristoff.
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