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Pueblos Blancos
Jill Carrott will be holding an exhibition of her work entitled Pueblos Blancos at the Tourist office in Torrox Costa this institution ' s manager , Luis Díaz . The president of the Foundation has underlined that it is the second year that the program " goes to the annexed gardens of the Cave , a space that has been improved in recent months to host two performances . Here is the program :
The American soprano Barbara Hendricks will open the festival on June 16 at the Caves with her show ' The road to freedom '.
month . It will run from June 15 to June 30 and be open from 9am to 2pm and 4.30pm to 8pm Monday to Friday . And 9am to 12 noon on Saturdays . The opening will be from 6-8pm on June 15 . For more information visit www . virtue . es .
Entertaining school
It all started in 2017 when José Manuel Cabezas Cabello , the lecturer in English at the Instituto de Educación Secundaria ( IES ) Sierra Almijara de Nerja , attended a function in Torrox Campo . It was there that he met Margaret Batt and her partner Julien Glazer . José Manuel asked them if they would come and talk about their lives to his final year English students before the latter went off to university . “ We will do better than that , we will entertain them as well ,” replied Julien . Margaret had learnt to recite ‘ The
Highwayman ’ by Alfred Noyes at a very early age , standing in the kitchen of their house in Dublin , listening to her mother who had a great love of poetry . Julien had learnt to do party pieces from his time with the Nerja Serenaders choir when , at their annual dinner , everybody was expected to entertain . So he sang his own version of ‘ The Sons of the Desert ’.
Julien and Margaret were invited back again this year , this time to a double class and José Manuel asked them to include more audience participation . So , aided by Julien ’ s daughter , Nicola , to encourage the students , the ‘ Bubble Car Song ’ was added and the students called out ‘ Beep-Beep-Beep ’ at the appropriate moments . They also primed the students to learn the words of Hoyt Axton ’ s ‘ Della and the Dealer ’ so that they could join in the refrain , which they did , with gusto . Over 40 students gathered together in the large hall supervised by José Manuel . They had a good grasp of English and were able to engage in conversation with the three “ Extranjeros ” after the photoshot . Everybody was impressed and had a great time .
Welcome back
Some of our readers may remember a very popular Indian restaurant in Los Romanes near Lake Viñuela by the name of Chez Spice . Considered by many as one of the best Indian restaurants in the region , it ’ s owner Piyush decide to give up on the restaurant business to go travelling .
Good news though for curry lovers as Piyush is now back and has opened a new Indian restaurant here in Nerja . Called Indialucia , the restaurant is on Calle Primula , Urb Almijara II next to the Tuesday and Sunday market site .
Open every day from 7.00pm for dinner , they will also open on Tuesday and Sunday mornings from 8.00am offering Full English Breakfasts , etc . to market goers . With plenty of free dedicated parking next to it and a superb large terrace , Indialucia is an ideal place to relax and enjoy a lovely welcome from one of the best hosts on the Costa del Sol . For more information , see their advertisement on page 31 .
59th International Caves Festival
Last month , The Cueva de Nerja Foundation presented the official poster of the 59th International Music and Dance Festival , which this year runs from June 16 to July 19 . Rosa Arrabal , mayor of Nerja and first vice president of the Foundation , chaired the ceremony with the president of the Foundation and sub-delegate of the Government in Malaga , Miguel Briones ; and the
On Friday , June 29 , it will be the turn of the flamenco company Manuel Liñán , who will present his " Nómada " production in the Cave gardens .
On Thursday , July 5 the Provincial Symphony Orchestra of Malaga will perform works by Beethoven and Dvorák in Plaza España , Nerja .
On Friday July 13 a concert in the Cave gardens in which Paquito D ' Rivera celebrates 70 years of magical music accompanied by Pepe Rivero Trio .
The renowned pianist Javier Perianes will be in charge of putting the finishing touch to the festival on July 19 inside the caves , where he will perform themes of Debussy and Falla .
Don ’ t be Board !
Try a Board game instead ! The Haveli are opening a Board Game-room on their ground floor . Expected to open by June 15 , it will be the first board gameroom Bar in Spain ( 100 % dedicated to board games ) and will be the first Board Game-room Bar in an Indian restaurant in the world ! They will have Scrabble , Chess , Backgammon , Trivial Pursuit , Checkers , Cluedo , Monopoly , Go , Risk and more ! For more information see their advertisement on page 25 .
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