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POPULAR FESTIVITIES IN LA PINEDA, COSTA DORADA |
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MAIN
WINTER FESTIVAL St. Anthony, 17 January
Different celebrations
are held throughout the year in Vila-seca, but the
festival of St. Anthony, around 17 January, is the
main winter fiesta. This is when the traditional horse
galloping and trotting races are held. They take place
in the future Torre d'en Dolça urban park,
the site of the municipal hippodrome.
A lot of effort has been put into creating and promoting
this new area, with advertising in the local press,
radio broadcasts, and many events run parallel to
the main fiestas. A mini-train service to the racecourse
is provided for visitors and complementary activities
to the horse races including free hot chocolate, a
country music concert, a pony roundabout for children,
and a caricaturist.
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Different parts of the town are
also the scene for street theatre performances,
shows and workshops for children (circus, imaginary
games, music, theatre, dance, horses, etc.).
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STREET MUSIC FESTIVAL Vila-seca,
May
Vila-seca opens up its streets and
squares to a selection of the best live musicians
willing to try and win a place in the hearts of
the public and looking to put their feet on the
first rung of the ladder of success.
Competition grows from year to year to sign up to
perform in the festival and it goes without saying
that the quality of the artistes and diversity of
styles is greater with each new edition. For this
reason it has quickly gained the attention of talent
scouts.
Musicians are selected according to their formal
and artistic characteristics, and the choice is
aimed at being of the greatest interest, both to
talent scouts who visit the festival and the public
who come to enjoy the different styles of music
Visitors to the festival will find a wide range
of street artists and itinerant groups (percussion,
jazz, etc.). All this is designed to bring the music
closer to the audience. Each musical style is placed
in a different setting ? to provide the most suitable
ambience for the genre. Thus, for example, classical
musicians perform in more secluded and intimate
places, both for the musicians and their audiences.
One surprise has been the quantity and quality of
groups from music schools, so much so that the organisers
of the Street Music Festival have created a special
category to this effect.
Another notable aspect is the pleasant atmosphere
in which all the concerts take place, enhanced by
the welcome provided by Vila-seca and its townspeople.
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MAIN SUMMER
FESTIVALS
La Pineda, St. James, 23-27 July
Vila-seca, St. Stephen, 1-3 August
Various festive events in the town's squares: street
parties and dances, shows for children, concerts,
firework displays, "giants and pipers",
horse exhibitions, open-air cinema, etc.
SAND NATIVITY SCENE La
Pineda, December
First created in the year 2001, the sand nativity
scene received a lot of interest from the press
and media and attracted a large number of visitors
to the Beach of La Pineda at Christmas, during the
resort's low season.
This success encouraged us to promote this event
as much as possible, with more advertising and by
organising parallel activities.
Ten sculptors from different parts of the world
are commissioned to carry out this unusual work
of art. The initial structure is made on wooden,
pyramid-shaped moulds. These are then removed, leaving
a block of sand, which is modelled to achieve the
final sculpture.
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