Mateo Hernandez pointed out to this new edition of the fair in Seville the prominence of the horse shows, also held in the streets of Real de la Feria, will have performances at the bullring laptop installed on the fairgrounds, as well as increase the performances of the Academy of Dance of the city, which have been from the beginning the main protagonists of the show in May.
The May Fair has been held in Torreveija from 23 years ago, assuming one of the great attractions of the City was during the event and generating a lot of activity around tourism and the commercial sector. There are thousands of people who daily visit the fair.

New this year include the Corrida de Toros Monumental to be held on Saturday May 8, with the presence of three bullfighters such as Victor Harbor, César Giménez and Joselito Adame. A spectacular bull run with the prestigious livestock Sancho Davila.

Before his inauguration on Tuesday, May 4, will be held the traditional Pescaíto Night.

On Wednesday, May 5 at 21:00 pm as usual since its first edition, we will proceed to the inauguration and turn on the May Fair by the Mayor, Pedro Hernandez Mateo, and construed hymns by Torrevejense Musical Union, led by Jaime Cantavella Belda, and the Orquesta Salinas de Torrevieja “Maestro Ricardo Lafuente” directed by Manuel Martínez Guirao. After the opening of the Fair will be a large fireworks display.

Then start the proceedings of the Academy of Dance Dance Centre Agustina Esteve and Dance School “Paya’s” and his group flamenco.

On Thursday May 6, the Fair offers its visitors the chance to enjoy an uninterrupted schedule Sevillanas dancing and eating in their booths.

At 23:00 hours will start the first big show of the May Fair with a performance of The Chicane.

Already on Friday, May 7 at 21:00 pm and proceed to the Great Night of Flamenco Dance and performances by the Dance School of María Dolores Morales, the Municipal Dance Esceual directed by Nuria Girona and gra show the guitarist Antonio Fernández “El Torero” and flamenco.

On Saturday May 8 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, at 12:00 hours, will begin the traditional Rociera Mass, sung by the choir Rociera Alba, the Association of Friends of the May Fair, and then concentrate About 400 horses and carriages at the fairgrounds, which held a parade up to the door of the Church and return back to the Fairgrounds, where you can appreciate the beauty of the horses with their riders and the various carriages up 16:00 pm)

At 23:00 pm on Saturday, will perform in the stage of the Fair La Negra.
On Sunday May 9, the last day of the Fair, at 10:00 am, will be a concentration of horses at the fairgrounds and parade through the downtown streets of Torrevieja. Throughout the day, traffic will proceed to the fairgrounds for all horses and carriages. Then will begin the Great Horse Show in the Plaza de Toros, at a price of 3 euro entry. The outlets are at the Theatre Box Office, Municipal Auditorium and the Kennel Association of the May Fair from 10:00 to 12:00.

Already on the evening of Sunday, May 9, at 21:00 pm, a performance of the School of Dance Maria del Angel.

Later proceed to the closing of the Fair by the Mayor, Pedro Hernandez Mateo, starring Alba Rociera Choir, the Association of Friends of the May Fair.

Hernández Mateo has highlighted the large deployment of security and health that has been programmed for this twenty-second edition of the May Fair, which has been held since 1989 in this location.

Permanently during the five days of celebration, the Real de la Feria have a Emergency Coordination Center (booth Civil Protection), 20 Effective cleaning, two doctors and two ats, a catch fire and ambulance.

Huge effort this year will be as security so that there is any problem or conflict, so to be up to 120 people in the security operation: 30 Civil Defence volunteers, 20 Red Cross volunteers, 50 staff 20 Police and Civil Guard troops.

Finally, as a novelty this year 2010 will install a Red Cross Field Hospital species to respond to any health emergency in and around the Fair during the five-day celebration of this great fair of Seville.

This is a document which resumes the confirmation from the Town Hall that the property is ready for habitation, and it is applied once the property is finished with the Final Works License (Certificado Final de Obra), and inscribed in the land registry with the New Building Declaration-DON (Declaración de Obra Nueva).
You need this document to obtain the permission of the Town Hall to live live in the house. Before you  get it, what you have a is a construction, but not a “house”.
 This document will be necessary to obtain the individual supply of the utilities on your name, and with “house” use.
This document is then extremely important to get the electric and water contracts on individuals name. Before the builder obtains the certificate of habitation, there could be water and electric supply in the construction, because, is normal that the builder obtains this supply to make the works (for the tolls, machinery, etc.). But the supply obtained from the builder is a supply for “works”, but not for “house”.
Sometimes, buyers or promoters are left in their properties with electric and water supply for works use for years, because the builder did not obtain the proper CH (Certificate of Habitation). They have water and electric, but in a very poor condition and more expensive than the normal supply for a house.
In order to guarantee you, as buyer or promoter, that the builder will obtain the proper CH, it will be recommendable to leave a part of the payment of the price when the CH is obtained. It will force the builder to work right and to do his best to get this document asap. You cannot legally sell a property whith out this document.
If you are living in a property at the moment that does not have a cedula, or you have lost or never received a cedula, then you can enquire about this by contacting the technical department at your local town hall. When you aplly for it, have your passport, NIE number and title deeds ready. It also does not hurt to bring your recent water and electricity bills, as well as the last SUMA bill for your property.

Up to 400,000 people gathered in the vicinity of the Plaza del Ayuntamiento de Alicante yesterday (Easter Sunday) for the traditional coming of the risen Lord and Our Lady of Joy, which culminated in thousands of onlookers celebrating the end of the Easter processions.

After the triumphant arrival in Jerusalem on the back of the donkey and a whole week of eternal passion, the throne of Jesus returned to the city centre in a day marked by intense heat and the thousands of faithful who were eager to witness the encounter between the two where the culmination of Holy Week was marked, as required by tradition, by the final Days of Passion.

The sombre mood of recent days gave way to colorful floral displays and faces of joy at the arrival of a risen Jesus. The throne started it’s journey at the gates of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas from where it was accompanied by the chairman of the Holy Week Celebrations, Manuel Ricarte and dignitaries from the civil authorities.

Scheduled to begin at 11.30, the procession eventually got underway following several minutes of delay. After being shown off through the city streets mother and son finally met up in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, which yesterday offered some of the very best spectacles of the past few years.

It’s great & helps such a lot as you couldn’t hardly walk paralel to the N-332.

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***Han abierto un recinto destinado a Paintball en San Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia) llamado IMPERIUM para todos aquellos mayores de 14 años que tienen ganas de divertirse a lo lindo.

Paramount Pictures have chosen the region of Murcia for the construction of the biggest theme park in Spain, which aims to compete directly with Disneyland in Paris.

The project will have the added value of some cinematographic studios which will be the centre of all Paramount’s productions in Europe, according to the Murcian Councillor for Culture, Pedro Alberto Cruz.
Cruz has just got back from a trip to Dubai with a letter from the executive president of Paramount, Michael Bartok, who wants to start the ball rolling just as soon as it has been proven to be economically viable.
Cruz has said that the region of Murcia will become the “Leisure Centre of Spain, with a 2.5km² complex with 15,000 beds in hotels, creating 20,000 jobs, and attracting 3 million tourists to Spain. The amount of money to be invested will be decided next month, and private investors will be offered the possibility of putting their capital into the project.
The project is estimated to be completed within 2 years.

The project will have the added value of some cinematographic studios which will be the centre of all Paramount’s productions in Europe, according to the Murcian Councillor for Culture, Pedro Alberto Cruz.
Cruz has just got back from a trip to Dubai with a letter from the executive president of Paramount, Michael Bartok, who wants to start the ball rolling just as soon as it has been proven to be economically viable.
Cruz has said that the region of Murcia will become the “Leisure Centre of Spain, with a 2.5km² complex with 15,000 beds in hotels, creating 20,000 jobs, and attracting 3 million tourists to Spain. The amount of money to be invested will be decided next month, and private investors will be offered the possibility of putting their capital into the project.
The project is estimated to be completed within 2 years.

Tickets can be bought at the Municipal Theatre of Torrevieja from 11am to 1pm
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Teatro Torrevieja, Escuela de baile “Payás” celebra el día 03/04/10 a las 21 horas
Espectáculo de baile Historia de Torrevieja

Venta de entradas en el teatro municipal de Torrevieja de 11horas a 13horas
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PALM SUNDAY, March 28

- At 10:00 a.m.: PALM BLESSING
At the church Templo Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción.
Then, traditional procession up to the church Templo del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, carrying the statues of “NUESTRO PADRE JESÚS TRIUNFANTE” and “SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA”.

- AT 8.30 p.m.: PROCESSION departing from the church Templo del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, with the participation of the Cofradías (Brotherhoods) “CONVOCATORIA” AND “NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ESPERANZA Y DE LA PAZ”.

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HOLY MONDAY, March 29

- At 10 p.m.: PROCESSION departing from the church Templo Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción, with the participation of the Cofradías (Brotherhoods) “CONVOCATORIA”, “MUJER SAMARITANA”, “NUESTRO PADRE JESUS EN LA ULTIMA Y SAGRADA CENA”, “NUESTRO PADRE JESUS EN LA ORACION DEL HUERTO DE LOS OLIVOS”,
“SANTISIMO CRISTO DE LA FLAGELACION”, “SAN PEDRO ARREPENTIDO” and
“NUESTRO PADRE JESUS CAUTIVO – EL NAZARENO”.

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HOLY TUESDAY, March 30

- At 10 p.m.: PROCESSION departing from the church Templo Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción, with the participation of the Cofradías (Brotherhoods) “CONVOCATORIA”, “CRISTO CRUCIFICADO Y MARIA SANTISIMA DEL SILENCIO” (Que procesionaria sólo la imagen de NUESTRO PADRE JESÚS DE LA SALUD), “NUESTRO PADRE JESUS DE LA CAIDA”, “SANTA MUJER VERONICA” and “NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LOS DOLORES”.

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HOLY WEDNESDAY, March 31

- At 10 p.m.: PROCESSION departing from the church Templo Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción, with the participation of the Cofradía (Brotherhood) “NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ESPERANZA Y DE LA PAZ”.

In the crossroads of María Parodi and Ramón Gallud, we will be the witness, once all participating Cofradías are arrived, of the so-called “Encuentro en la Vía Dolorosa” meeting between the statues of JESUS and his MOTHER, “THE VIRGIN”.

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HOLY THURSDAY, April 1

- At 11 p.m.: SILENCE PROCESSION departing from the church Templo Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción, with the participation of the Cofradías (Brotherhoods) “CONVOCATORIA” and “CRISTO CRUCIFICADO Y MARIA SANTISIMA DEL SILENCIO”; When the statue goes out of the same, the “Francisco Vallejos” choir will sing the songs “Señor me cansa la vida” and “Madre del Silencio”.

- At 12 midnight: THE “DESCENDIMIENTO DEL CALVARIO” PROCESSION, departing from the Plaza del Calvario, with the participation of the Cofradía “NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA PIEDAD”; When the statue goes out, the “Francisco Vallejos” choir will sing the song “La Pasión del la Tía Tortas”.

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HOLY FRIDAY, April 2

- At 7:30 p.m.: “ SANTO ENTIERRO DE CRISTO” HOLY PROCESSION departing from the church Templo Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción, with the participation of the Cofradías “CONVOCATORIA y MUJER SAMARITANA”, “NUESTRO PADRE JESUS EN LA ULTIMA Y SAGRADA CENA”, “NUESTRO PADRE JESUS EN LA ORACION DEL
HUERTO DE LOS OLIVOS”, “SANTISIMO CRISTO DE LA FLAGELACION”, “SAN PEDRO ARREPENTIDO”, “NUESTRO PADRE JESUS CAUTIVO (EL NAZARENO)”, “NUESTRO PADRE JESUS DE LA CAIDA”, “SANTA MUJER VERONICA”, “NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ESPERANZA Y DE LA PAZ”, “CRISTO CRUCIFICADO y MARIA SANTISIMA DEL SILENCIO”, “NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA PIEDAD”, “SANTO SEPULCRO (YACENTE)”, “SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA” and “NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LOS DOLORES”.

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GLORY SATURDAY, April 3

- “T A M B O R A D A” – A 10 p.m.: When the “Solemne Vigilia Pascual” mass at the church Parroquia de la Inmaculada Concepción is finished, “POPULAR TAMBORADA” (drum concert) as a general expression of exultation due to Jesus Christ Resurrection. All people waiting to participate may come with a drum.
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RESURRECTION SUNDAY, April 4

- At 7:45 a.m.: ENCOUNTER PROCESSION departing from the church Templo Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción, with the participation of the Cofradía “SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA”, the “INMACULADA CONCEPCION  (Torrevieja’s Patron Saint)” and the “SANTISIMO SACRAMENTO BAJO PALIO” statues accompanied by the music band “Unión Musical Torrevejense”.

In the crossroads of the streets Concepción and Fotógrafos Darblade, we will be the witnesses of the traditional “ENCUENTRO” (Encounter).

At the very moment of the “ENCUENTRO”, from the balconies of the houses situated at the crossroads of the Concepción and Fotógrafos Darblade streets will fall loads of petals; once back from the procession to the church, the traditional “Hallelujahs” will be sang from the balconies of the houses throughout the trajectory.

At the end of this procession, a so-called “Misa de Campaña” mass will be held at the Templo Arciprestal de la Inmaculada Concepción church’s door.

Besides, it might be possible to make specific Spanish and English courses for health-care staff.

For further information, please call the Torrevieja’s official school offices (EOI) under 96 670 02 32 (say you call on behalf of Torrevieja.com) or visit the website www.eoitorrevieja.com.