I was up bright and early on Tuesday morning as at 8-00am the fireworks go off to start the Santa Ana Festival; the Chi Chi Pom Band then wake the village up as they parade around all the streets in the village playing loud! As they passed our house it was a good version of ‘Tequila’ which we joined in with. Later in the morning it was the Children’s Games which take place in Calle Mar, the noise is unbelievable especially when the Tug of War is taking place! As the day goes on the village starts to fill up as all the family’s come out in all their finest Flamenco costumes to ‘Parade ’along Calle Mar on their way down to the Mass at Santa Ana Church; the atmosphere builds up as the moment comes to carry out the Santa Ana Tableau to join the procession up Calle Iglesia with the Municipal Brass Band led by Fernando marches up to Calle Mar playing very evocative music. The Town Council led by the Mayor, Antonia and Padre Manolo are in front of the Tableau followed by the entire village in their finest. All the Bars are doing a roaring business as well as the stalls including the BBQ Octopus stall! As it is dusk by then the Festival lights come on as the procession goes up and down Calle Mar; it stops every five minutes to give the Tableau bearers a rest. We had claimed our table outside Bar Rojas under the Sonbrajo for the evening; Lumy looked after us as she made especially for us the Gallo Frito for Brenda and her special large Hamburger with everything on with Frits for me! We were joined by some local friends, Gillian and her daughter who are English,Lilli who is Swedish and Antonio who is Spanish and the father of our local shopkeeper, he is a bit of a character and never stops chatting away; As the night goes on the place starts to rock as the Samba Band ‘ Kalima ’plays into the wee small hours. The pictures below will give you a small taste of the Festival .
DAVID AND JANE’S WEDDING
Yesterday afternoon the happy couple tied the knot over on the Wirral, the pictures came via Facebook ten minutes after the ceremony ! David and Jane then went to a very nice Restaurant over on the beach front at West Kirby for the Wedding Breakfast; we called them later at the restaurant and spoke to Jane to wish them all the very best for a happy life together, Jane then put her dear Mum,Nan,on to speak to us, it was her 91st birthday, the reason for the wedding taking place on the 26th ! She has been our dear friend for over forty years and still sounds the same now as she did when we first met her at the Bridge Inn in Port Sunlight all those years ago. Congratulations to David and Jane.
Thought for the Day;
We are each responsible for our own life, no other person is or even can be.
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