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The official start of the holidays in Cartagena will be held on December 17 with the opening of the Bethlehem Municipal Plaza San Francisco at 7 pm and the lighting of the Christmas lighting, an act that will be wrapped musical performance by children from the Conservatory of Music in Cartagena, accompanied by the band Santa Cecilia.
In addition, will also be the carousel, the chestnut and the house of Storytelling, activities that will be free during the first day.
For the kids were dressed to be distributed CDs surprises and Carols.
As the news of the birth this year, focus on the setting, lighting and arrangement of the decoration, while retaining the number of figures, around 500, and Almansa Griñán work.
In addition, this time have helped the young students of the Workshop School Hostel in the installation of Bethlehem, which has enabled us to optimize resources.
This is the start of the program that has introduced the Celebrations of the City Councillor of Cartagena, Florentina Garcia Vargas, and where there is space for playgrounds to be installed as of December 23 in Los Juncos and John XXIII, with inflatables, workshops and games for children, and the parades and entertainment shows on the street, with cartoon characters (Snow White, Pinocchio, SpongeBob, Pocoyo) walking and playing on the center city.
It will not miss a special program of performances at the Teatro Circo, children (musical and à ‰ Cantabaila Once upon a time) and large, highlighting the New Year's concert, by the Orquesta Sinfónica Ciudad de Elche, which will take place on 3 January at 21.00 hours.
And the highlight, as every year, the Three Kings.
Their Majesties landed at the Port of Cartagena on January 5 at 11 am and children receive in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
In the afternoon, starting at 18.00 hours, start the parade with 13 floats (five fewer than last year), inspired mainly on Disney characters, who roam the streets of the city handing out 7,000 kilos of sweets and 20,000 teddy bears and gifts.
According to the councilor, had to cut the budget somewhere, and we decided to sacrifice five floats, but the ride will not lose a bit of quality.
Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar count this year with the invaluable help of the council of the municipal corporation Camarzana Isaiah, José Vicente Albaladejo and Nicholas Angel Bernal, respectively.
MOUNTAINS OF TOYS FOR THE NEEDY MÃ S
Along with the Christmas program, there has been yet another of these dates on their own initiative to coordinate efforts in the departments of Celebration and Social Care and the Youth Council.
Mountains to the illusion is a campaign to collect toys that begins on December 13 and will run until the 30th of this month, consists of making a mountain of toys that may be deposited in the courtyard of the administrative building Calle San Miguel, with the aim of helping the Kings to get to every house in Cartagena, including the poorest, and we can all contribute to the toys that will be forming this mountain, said Councilman Social Care, Antonio Calderón .
To facilitate the collection, it will enable other collection points in neighborhood groups, youth associations and associates, who have their small mountains that will later form part of the largest.
Also be enabled for this task the house Storytelling San Francisco Square.
Anyone can bring their toys to these places, where they will deposit them unwrapped, then facilitate their classification by age.
The chairman of the Youth Council, Manuel Soler, claimed that the youth of the city will not stop mobilizing for any potential to reach those most in need, as is the case with the campaign before us today.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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