No 1045 Monday 14th - Sunday 20th October 2024
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W
e might not have had the pomp and ceremony seen earlier in the day in Madrid but, unlike the capital, where it ‘poured on the parade’, we did have the weather for the very first National Day celebration, held specifically for the People of Orihuela Costa.
NATIONAL DAY ON THE ORIHUELA COSTA
The initiative of the Councillor for the Coast, Manuel Mestre, the former Air Force Lt General is to be congratulated on having the enterprise to put the event together. It was held during Saturday, early evening, outside the Playa Flamenca Town Hall, where, following a parade by the band, which started at La Zenia Boulevard and which was joined by many residents, the evening continued with the playing of the Spanish National Anthem, ‘La Marcha Real.’ This was followed by the raising of ‘la Rojigualda’ by Snr Mestre and the Commandant of the Teniente Morejon Military Detachment, after which we had a 40-minute musical recital from the orchestra ‘Quodlibet’.
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