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Swing Ball: A night of elegance & generosity
Photo: Marbella City Council
‘Juerga Fest’
An alternative cultural festival.
ON Saturday November 25, the Plaza de la Ermita del Calvario in Marbella will host ‘Juerga Fest’, an alter native cultural festival with performers who have gone viral on social networks for their versions of wellknown artists. Admission is free. Marbella councillor, Ale jandro González, gave de tails of the performances which include: local singer Ana Soto, who will open the event, as well as Luis Romero, Javi Fute, the Cadiz group Salistre, and a Juerga Flamenca Callejera, “all of them Andalucian,” he said. The event will begin at 2pm with a paella and a bar, which will be run by a youth association, with perfor mances beginning at
3.30pm with Ana Soto. “Just last week she partici pated in the ‘Latin Grammy Awards’ which were held in Sevilla.” She will be followed by the rest of the artists leading up to the Juerga Flamenca, with Juanlu de Castro, Rocío Cazalla, Ana Valme, Luis Romero, Mario Ossorio and Javi Fute. The councillor explained that, “both in this festival and in others organised by the Youth Department, cups designed by the Youth De partment will be distributed, with positive messages, at a price of just €1 each. “The proceeds will be do nated to a social group, which will be announced soon.”
PRESENTED by Talk Radio Eu rope and Rotary Club Marbella Guadalmina, the Swing Ball at Puente Romano featured the timeless allure of live swing music and generous philanthropy. The red carpet, that led the at tendees to their Champagne re ception, was full of sparkles and flashing camera lights, and as guests mingled in the entrance room, luxu rious canapes were offered and many different languages could be heard. Euro Weekly directors Michel and Steven Euesden were delighted to be guests, especially for such a superb cause. As everyone was led into the main hall, a pic ture of elegance awaited them. The attention to detail in event planning was evident in every aspect, from the dramatic candle holders on each table to the delectable dishes served that complemented this sophisticated atmosphere. A smooth Jazz singer named Campbell Bass, who guest Gita Kalantar commented reminded her of Frank Sinatra, eased the audience into the theme of the night with his sultry renditions of some timeless classics. He even moved around the tables, serenading the lady guests. The main cause of the night was not lost in the excitement however, as Chairman of Talk Radio Europe and a Rotarian member of Ro tary Club Marbella Guadalmina, Martin Nathan, took to the stage to reflect on why this fabulous event was taking place. First he gave thanks to the sponsors of the evening, Sam and Simon from Aaura Dental, Blevins Franks and Spence Clarke, before explaining that “the tag line on the event poster ‘hang on to life’ was CHRISTMAS is coming to Manilva, De cember, the most magical month of the year brings Christmas to the town with different events taking place throughout the month. December 1: Christmas dessert exhibition and tasting at 5.30pm, with the Love to Sing Choir, in Camping La Bella Vista. On December 2 there will be a Christmas Market again, at La Bella Vista Campsite, organised by the St George’s Association. From December 7 to 10 Saborea Manilva will be held in the Plaza de la Vendimia. Saborea Manilva (Taste Manilva ) is a gastronomic fair, which in cludes tasting and sale of traditional prod ucts, culinary delights, competitions and a variety of performances.
Glamorous girls Gita Kalantar and Zoe Cowl. Aaura Dentist Simon Mark, Gerrard Steinbruck and Rimvy.
prompted by the number of suicides each year in Spain and other Euro pean countries. Each year in Spain around 3,600 lives are lost to suicide, more than to can cer.” He went on to say that the aim of the evening was “to raise what we hope will be a significant amount of money” from both the raffle and an auction to support mental health on the Costa Del Sol. As a live Andalucian swing band played and brought the theme of the evening to life, many guests dressed in suits and sparkles graced the dancefloor to show off their swing skills! Happy in the knowledge that this good time was all in donation to an incredibly worthy cause. The Swing Ball managed to seamlessly blend the glitz and glamour of a bygone era with the noble cause of supporting mental health.
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Restaurant Week SOME 20 establishments will join together in the eighth San Pedro Restaurant Week, to be held until November 26, to promote local gastronomy. The councillor of Sampe dra, Javier García, who launched the event together with the president of the group, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, and the owners of Arai Restaurante and Atípico, Laura Alonso and Luismo García, encouraged the public to enjoy the, ‘variety and culinary quality’ of this event, in which the partici pating businesses will offer a discount or special dishes in spired by autumn. Jiménez invited all the es tablishments to join the initia tive, “to boost consumption in the runup to Christmas,” while saying that gastronomy, “is one of the most powerful sectors in San Pedro Alcán tara.” “Every year more and more people participate in this event,” said Alonso, who will include a recipe made with mushrooms on the menu of the Arai Restaurant. Finally, the owner of Atípico, who will also offer a dish with mushrooms as a base togeth er with another dish featuring artichokes, said that, “it is a great opportunity to be able to show customers our histo ry and what we do.”
Manilva in December
wine. All of this is home made with the best raw ma terials from the surrounding land. On December 13 there is a trip to the lights of Malaga leaving from from Manilva at 4.30pm; Castillo at 4.45pm; and Sabinillas at 5pm, return ing at 11pm. December 26 features the Photo: Manilva Town Hall traditional Boxing Day Swim, at 12.30pm, at Sabinillas MANILVA: It’s all happening this December. Beach, organised by the St Visitors can enjoy local Manilva dishes George’s Association. such as caldereta or sopa campera, as Desserts and Christmas market, Taste well as vegan dishes and food from other Manilva and the switching on of the nationalities, not forgetting Manilva lights, it’s all happening this December.