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you may even find your name in the next printed guide for your area.Fiesta 2008
All The Fun Of The Fiesta
Well it’s been a year in the making, but our
fiesta patronale is well and truly ready.
Collectively we’ve fund raised, bingo’d (I
know it’s not a proper word!), made dinner for 300 people, taken photos,
dressed up as kings, waitered, cleaned, planned, argued, laughed, shouted,
tasted, listened, decided and eventually we’re ready to party!
If last year is anything to go by then you’ll
be a fool to miss our fiesta and I know you’re no fools! So come along and
enjoy. Here’s the provisional calendar of events, look out on www.lamurta.com for the final
details.
Saturday 19th
April – the week
before the fiesta really gets going we have a Caliche contest. Caliche (in our
4 inch thick Collins mega-dictionary) means ‘saltpetre’, or echar un caliche
means something really quite surprising, and I’m not going to reproduce the
translation here. Take my word for it, it’s a game played by men all over the
Levante region, there are leagues and trophies, it’s very important and all
above board.
Saturday 26th
April – the first
“proper” day and we have a dinner for the older people. Followed by a band. The
band is due to start around 11pm, so don’t get here too soon, but do plan on
staying late. We’re providing hot chocolate and cake at midnight to give you
some strength to keep going!
Sunday 27th
April – a day for
the boys really. We start off with a display of antique motorbikes and a
shotgun shoot. There are loads of prizes for shooting participants, so it’s worth
coming along. At lunchtime we have a giant paella, which is free for everyone
who turns up. Bring a picnic table and some drinks if you want to make a meal
of it. In the evening we have a DJ (one of our local guys who’s very funny!)
and more caliche (the ladies are allowed to play this time) and games.
Wednesday 30th
April – this is the
night before the May Day bank holiday, so no excuses, I expect to see you here.
We have yet another band and it’s our dressing up day – so bring your children
along in their princess and pirate costumes, there’s lots of prizes to be won.
We’ll keep your energy up by serving local bread and olive oil.
Thursday 1st
May – this is our
children’s day. We’ll have lots of theatre and games for the children. In the
afternoon there’s a bingo with great prizes and all the women from the village
will be bringing food to share. I’ve no idea what I’ll be making, maybe curry!
Friday 2nd May – I’m really looking
forward to this night, our local drummer is playing with the rest of his band.
Last year they were superb, a great mixture of Spanish and English songs.
Saturday 3rd
May – this is the
actual fiesta patronale day – día de Santa Cruz. This is a religious day with a
mass, processions and storytelling. In the evening we have a huge group
playing, they are really well respected in this area, they’re called Orquesta
Roma. They will be loud and bright if their marketing material is anything to
go by with 24000 watts of lights and sound!
Sunday 4th May – the last day of the
fiesta. If you like horses come on over and enjoy the Rociero. We’ll have
dancing horses, horses and carts, small horses, big horses, donkeys, mules, the
whole lot. We have a mass in the morning, a barbecue at lunchtime and then to
top it all you can try and catch a greased pig. Then at midnight we have our
fireworks.
So, I would love to see you there. I’ll be
the short blonde one, wearing a fiesta t-shirt and looking tired! Come and say
hello, enjoy the hospitality of a small village who always punches above its
weight in the fiesta arena. If you’re not sure what to do just find me. I’ll
point you in the right direction. This really is Spain at its best, so partake,
you won’t be disappointed!
La Murta is a village near Corvera, where the
new airport is being built. We’re about 5km outside of Corvera and we’re
signposted. If you’re coming pop me an email at debs@lamurta.com
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Murcia, South East Spain. The village has a population of about 100 and is set in the
foothills of the Carrascoy mountain range.
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