Mayors Position

For some time now our current Mayor Luis Diaz has been considering his future. 

An extraordinary Pleno meeting has been called for this evening when the councillors will discuss this matter and I will post tomorrow the outcome of the meeting and the planned way forward. 

Fire Application

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The 1st of June sees the official start of the high risk season, for wild/forest fires. Sadly they have been seen all through the winter also.

If you havent already installed the app then do so. It has proved to be worth its weight in gold over the last year. Tell your friends! Help keep them safe too.

These are the links:

Android: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.wildfirewatch&fbclid=IwAR1Uh8SYWQ9V248KwWYAIlyowp3DvwO5wxcJGbxDtgr3AZxqpQFzL_UtQhQ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.wildfirewatch&fbclid=IwAR2oU0GG7V_ldwq-MuKuBIhEreLtHJxENlrqkB1JdjZ81CnOvKCuWt3dbNA)

Apple: [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wildfire-watch-andalusia/id1571612202?fbclid=IwAR0LAskF80Xf9OacF9zMJz2D1OrT32zpA6xw1qjCbs2BI8tom12ef_q_fzc](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wildfire-watch-andalusia/id1571612202?fbclid=IwAR3snzh_gPe7XUGMGZVbXtjvYRCGsfLqSOqh_1wy2WBmwnweNWspPe6G7Mg)

Sorry everyone but NO post requests will be allowed. We only use the app. Fire notifications on here are only as a prompt for you to consult the app for details.

Avenida Jardines del Almanzora Road Closure & Living Zurgena Application & Palaces Fiesta Road Closure

This morning the restoration works of the Avd. Jardines del Almanzora have begun, due to the past rains there was a landslide and as a consequence a part of the street collapsed.  It is estimated that it will be closed to traffic for approximately one week.

The road up past the Guardia Civil (Calle Sierra de Cazorla) will be the alternative route.

We are going to cancel the Living Zurgena mobile phone application. I apologise for this but the reason is that the company who made the app and were supposed to maintain it did not do so with the consequent result that we lost a lot of the functionality of  it. We will look at other options going forward.

This weekend sees the Palaces fiesta with the events as shown in the previously posted programme. 

The only impact locally is the closure of the main road through Palaces on Saturday for the giant Paella from 1200 until 1700. I am advised that access to the village can still be made by using the road that runs behind the main road. I am waiting on confirmation, that that will be the only alternate route, but the councillor responsible is in a meeting when he confirms I will update if any change.

Palaces Fiesta

 Programme for Palaces Fiesta 

Reopening of the Municipal Gym

The Reopening of the Municipal Gym of Zurgena!!🤸🏋️‍♂️👟

You can now attend the different classes that have been scheduled in the morning and afternoon for free until the start of the next School Year (2022/2023), except Yoga.

Municipal sports activities will begin next Monday. I have attached the itinerary for the information of anyone interested in going. If you want to take part just call into the Town Hall in advance of the class you are interested in and register.

Almanzora Walking Football Donation

 The Town Hall of Zurgena is very grateful to the players and supporters of the Almanzora Walking Football Club for their donation of food, clothing and sanitary products for use by the Ukrainian families now living in our muncipality. 

New 5G and 4G Signal

The new generation 4G and 5G on the 700 and 800 MHz frequency bands of

major mobile operators will be available in your area soon.

The provision of mobile services in these frequency bands can

lead to certain impacts and affects  in the reception of the signal of

DTT of users in our locality. This is due to the fact that they were previously used for

the television service.

For these purposes, we inform you that the free service number for

citizens if you are affected by any issues is as follows:

900 833 999

And the website with all the information about it is:

www.llega700.es

Flamenco Experience18th June

As many of you know we are fortunate to have been able to attract to our town performances of the best tradition and quality of Flamenco performers through our contact with Francesca Girone. I am delighted to be able to inform you that we have agreed to host another night of Flamenco in the theatre in Zurgena own Saturday 18th June at 2000

For those of you who are unaware of the theatre it is a beautiful 100 seat theatre, which was built some 18 years ago. From the outside it is not recognisable as a theatre and there are no signs but once inside it is a lovely place with great facilities for performers. It is situated on Calle Pinar and is shown on Google Maps as Teatro Municipal de Zurgena. 

I have appended below the poster for the event and an article recently written for the press about Flamenco. Having attended the previous shows I can highly recommend them. 

VIVENCIA FLAMENCA

VIVENCIA FLAMENCA Article by Francesca Girone " La Gitana Inglesa " In this month's article I am going to examine what we call in Flamenco a ' Vivencia'. Whilst this word translates literally as ' experience ', the context in relation to flamenco is not quite as standard. Vivencias in flamenco are experiences, not of how many times you have performed a show or such like; the term relates to what you have actually " lived " in terms of genuine flamenco experiences. Obviously performing in front of an audience is an experience, but it is not the same as spending valuable time with older and wiser flamenco artists who carry generations of flamenco experiences with them. Their vivencia is what they have learnt from sitting around their elders in family reunions with cante ( song), guitarra ( guitar) , palmas ( clapping beats and ryhthms), bailes por fiesta ( dancing to the festive Palos of flamenco such as Bulerías and Tangos). Their vivencia is what they have imbibed from birth, quite often on the breast whilst their mother sings ( there is a lot of black and white footage of this). We have, in the past, offered theatre performances highlighting the immense talents of young gypsy performers, with young dancers ( such as the beautiful young Estela, who has performed in the theatres of Mojácar and Zurgena) and most recently, young Manuel who, at only 5 years old, played the gypsy " cajon" ( percussion box) and the guitar in our Grand Christmas Flamenco Gala. Manuel is a perfect example of the outcome of his vivencia; his incredible talent and ear for music at only 5 years old is the result of him imbibing the music of his talented family from birth. He comes from a family from Seville of singers, dancers and guitarists and obviously he has inherited the family genes. VIVENCIAS... SATURDAY JUNE 18TH at 8.00pm. Zurgena Theatre. With this is mind, we are delighted to offer our brand new project named VIVENCIA. This will be a stunning showcase of young taw talent combined with the experience of more mature artists. Those who have attended our recent events in the Cortijo in Mojácar know our superb guitarist Pedro El Funde. We are now going to present his nephew El Niño del Funde, who at only 12 years old has already performed on Spanish National television. To see his video please take a look at our Facebook page "Flamenco in Mojácar " /Flamenco Forum for English Speakers", where I have shared the video. He is tipped to become a leading talent in the future of flamenco and has already been taken under the wing of José Mercé, one of Flamenco's veteran singers from Jerez. We know that he is going to wow our audience. If that wasn't enough we are also going to show the passionate dance form of the beautiful young Estela, who is a firm favourite of our theatre audience. She comes from a family of dancers and has been performing since she was extremely young. We also have the privilege of seeing her tiny sister perform in our " fin de fiesta". Again, this tiny little girl is learning from her family and from her elders. The show will, as always be full of surprises as we do not believe in heavy rehearsals and highly choreographed perfection. We offer the raw, pure, spontaneous gypsy art form. Our ever popular José Tomás will be appearing, a fine example of a self taught professional dancer, imbibing and inventing his art form from a very young age (again from his family and friends in neighborhood get togethers). Our superb singer is Rafael El Cable is from Seville. Rafael started his professional career aged 14, touring around the world with the legendary Juana del Revuelo; again his talents have come from his family who are all professional flamenco artists. His cousin José Maya is one of Spain's current leading dancers, his aunt was the legendary Fernanda Romero ( considered as great as La Singla and Carmen Amaya). Rafael's mother ( seen in out Christmas Flamenco Gala in Mojácar, where she brought the house down) was the beautiful singer and dancer in the Western Films of the 1960's( after being spotted by the director, whilst working in the famous flamenco Tablao Los Gallos in Seville). Más vivencia no se puede tener!! ( He couldn't have more flamenco vivencia than he has!). Our main guitarist is Pedro El Funde, a veteran of the guitar who will proudly performing alongside his young nephew. We have more artists lined up too, keep informed via our Facebook page FLAMENCO IN MOJÁCAR and FLAMENCO FORM FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS or via WhatsApp mailing list on 0034687480694. This exciting production will take place in the Theatre of Zurgena at 8pm. Price 20 EUR to see a huge line up of fantastic artists, male and female dancers of all different ages, two superb guitarists, top singers. A huge flamenco Showcase!!! Ticket point of Sale: Cats Office Get Outlook for Android Get Outlook for Android Get Outlook for Android

Article by Francesca Girone " La Gitana Inglesa "

In this month's article I am going to examine what we call in Flamenco a ' Vivencia'. Whilst this word translates literally as ' experience ', the context in relation to flamenco is not quite as standard. Vivencias in flamenco are  experiences, not of how many times you have performed a show or such like; the term relates to what you have actually " lived " in terms of genuine flamenco experiences. Obviously performing in front of an audience is an experience, but it is not the same as spending valuable time with older and wiser flamenco artists who carry generations of flamenco experiences with them. Their vivencia is what they have learnt from sitting around their elders in family reunions with cante ( song), guitarra ( guitar) , palmas ( clapping beats and ryhthms), bailes por fiesta ( dancing to the festive Palos of flamenco such as Bulerías and Tangos). Their vivencia is what they have imbibed from birth, quite often on the breast whilst their mother sings ( there is a lot of black and white footage of this). 

We have, in the past, offered theatre performances highlighting the immense talents of young gypsy performers, with young dancers ( such as the beautiful young Estela, who has performed in the theatres of Mojácar and Zurgena) and most recently, young Manuel who, at only 5 years old, played the gypsy " cajon" ( percussion box) and the guitar in our Grand Christmas Flamenco Gala. Manuel is a perfect example of the outcome of his vivencia; his incredible talent and ear for music at only 5 years old is the result of him imbibing the music of his talented family from birth. He comes from a family from Seville of singers, dancers and guitarists and obviously he has inherited the family genes.

VIVENCIAS... SATURDAY JUNE 18TH at 8.00pm. Zurgena Theatre.

With this is mind, we are delighted to offer our brand new project named VIVENCIA. This will be a stunning showcase of young taw talent combined with the experience of more mature artists. Those who have attended our recent events in the Cortijo in Mojácar know our superb guitarist Pedro El Funde. We are now going to present his nephew El Niño del Funde, who at only 12 years old has already performed on Spanish National television. To see his video please take a look at our Facebook page "Flamenco in Mojácar " /Flamenco Forum for English Speakers", where I have shared the video. He is tipped to become a leading talent in the future of flamenco and has already been taken under the wing of José Mercé, one of Flamenco's veteran singers from Jerez. We know that he is going to wow our audience.

 If that wasn't enough we are also going to show the passionate dance form of the beautiful young Estela, who is a firm favourite of our theatre audience. She comes from a family of dancers and has been performing since she was extremely young. We also have the privilege of seeing her tiny sister perform in our " fin de fiesta". Again, this tiny little girl is learning from her family and from her elders. 

The show will, as always be full of surprises as we do not believe in heavy rehearsals and highly choreographed perfection. We offer the raw, pure, spontaneous gypsy art form. Our ever popular José Tomás will be appearing, a fine example of a self taught professional dancer, imbibing and inventing his art form from a very young age (again from his family and friends in neighborhood get togethers). Our superb singer is Rafael El Cable is from Seville. Rafael started his professional career aged 14, touring around the world with the legendary Juana del Revuelo;  again his talents have come from his family who are all professional flamenco artists. His cousin José Maya is one of Spain's current leading dancers, his aunt was the legendary Fernanda Romero ( considered as great as La Singla and Carmen Amaya). Rafael's mother ( seen in out Christmas Flamenco Gala in Mojácar, where she brought the house down) was the beautiful singer and dancer in the Western Films of the 1960's( after being spotted by the director, whilst working in the famous flamenco Tablao Los Gallos in Seville). Más vivencia no se puede tener!! ( He couldn't have more flamenco vivencia than he has!). Our main guitarist is Pedro El Funde, a veteran of the guitar who will proudly performing alongside his young nephew. 

We have more artists lined up too, keep informed via our Facebook page FLAMENCO IN MOJÁCAR and FLAMENCO FORM FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS or via WhatsApp mailing list on 0034687480694. 

This exciting production will take place in the Theatre of Zurgena at 8pm. Price 20 EUR to see a huge line up of fantastic artists, male and female dancers of all different ages, two superb guitarists, top singers. A huge flamenco Showcase!!!

Ticket point of Sale: Cats Office. ( Could you please add address and opening hours )

Shelagh Murdoch Copeland, Friends of Almanzora, email Shelaghmurdoch@hotmail.co.uk

Francesca Girone 687480694 ( WhatsApp) for Mojácar and surrounding area.

Any Property to Rent & Charity Exhibition

I am trying to find a suitable property which is available to rent in the next few months. There is a lovely couple who currently and for the past many years have rented in the Cucador area but their landlord now wants to sell the property and they have 3 months to try and find something.

They are exceptionally good tenants who maintain their rented properties very well. They are trustworthy and reliable. I would have no hesitation in recommending them. They currently rent a 3 bedroom 2 reception room detached bungalow on a good sized plot with a pool and would be looking for something similar for a long term rent. If you know of any please contact me by email on jimszurgena@gmail.com or phone 610194260 or UK phone +44 7368 990809.

On Saturday 7th May at 1400 in the Town Hall of Arboleas there is a charity event in support of cancer charities. One of stands is occupied by a English girl whose mother is a translator at the hospital. She is Rebecca Angelina, an artist whose work will be on sale with 50% of the selling price of all items going to Cancer charities.