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The traditional flamenco festival La Union celebrates one of the selective tests of its 2011 edition in Puerto Lumbreras on Friday July 8th at 9:30 p.m. to coincide with the completion of the auditorium of the walled Castle Nogalte.
The Mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, accompanied by members of the government team has visited the stretch of the audience Castle will host the event Nogalte flamenco.
Wednesday July 6, 2011.
The town of Puerto Lumbreras will host on Friday July 8 of the 51 tests of the edition of Cante de las Minas de La Unión.
Thus, the event will take place from 21.30h in the vicinity of Castle Nogalte, coinciding with the recent completion of the auditorium of the walled enclosure of the Castle.
The Mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, accompanied by members of the government team has visited the Castle in the environment that are finalizing preparations to celebrate the screening test del Cante de las Minas establishing as the first cultural event held in the surroundings of the castle which is now in the final stretch of their comprehensive rehabilitation.
In this sense, the selective testing of the 51 edition of Cante de las Minas Puerto Lumbreras take you to a varied and careful performance of young singers, dancers, flamenco guitarists and musicians, no doubt, will delight all attendees in a frame exceptional as is the open-air auditorium located in the Castle Nogalte.
Thus, among the participating singers include Maria Rosa Morales' Rose of Mary "of Cordoba, Seville Molina Jose Manzano, Francisco Borrego Díaz de Cordoba, Cordoba and Joaquín Garrido Mendes also.
Guitarist will also perform Burguillos Carmona Cordoba Roman and Ana Ojeda Ale dance 'Ana de Utrera' and Fernando Rodriguez Lopez, known as' Fernando Parra. "
So, the Mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, explained that "this initiative all lumbrerenses and all those who visit us from other municipalities, will witness one of most acclaimed flamenco festivals nationwide, but also serve to offer all visitors to our Castle that is already in its final stretch with an outdoor environment where we offer various tourist routes, cultural and museum. "
The Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas de La Union holds four competitions in the categories of song, dance, guitar and flamenco instruments, and last year had nearly 200 artists registered to participate in them, so the organization had to make a total of 14 qualifying test basis throughout Spain.
These 14 sessions allowed to choose the 36 finalists who came to participate in the Union during the month of August, which then would leave the 12 contestants in the final.
Are common sites of these major test of the size of Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Granada, Cáceres, Murcia, Valladolid and Salamanca, as well as other major cities like Sagunto or Getafe, which now joins the Puerto Lumbreras.
Puerto Lumbreras, 'VIEWPOINT OF HISTORY'
Castle Nogalte Puerto Lumbreras was built between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and it is regarded as the resort of Puerto Lumbreras emblem with a completely renovated offering over a hundred houses cave may be visited through a route tourism and culture.
The rehabilitation of the Castle and its environment has been developed through the Plan to Promote Tourism Product 'Medina Nogalte', with an investment of 3.3 million euros.
The new tourism product is presented as "Puerto Lumbreras, Viewpoint of History 'and is expected to house various cultural events and festivals as some of the evidence d the Cante de las Minas de La Union.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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