| Tomorrow, Friday, December 5, the lights will be turned on, without a popular act, in a program marked by the strong measures of its anti-COVID protocol | Christmas in Las Torres de Cotillas is here.
A festive period that this year adapts to the coronavirus pandemic and whose program of municipal activities was presented yesterday, Wednesday, December 2.
"For security reasons we cannot hold activities that involve crowds of people, so we have had to forget such traditional proposals as the act of lighting the lights and everything programmed has an anti-COVID protocol with limited capacity and strong security measures.
security ", explains Torreño mayor, Joaquín Vela Fernández, who presided over the event accompanied by his councilors for Culture, Antonio Contreras Martínez, and for Celebrations, Francisco José Caravaca Bravo. The highlight of Christmas Torreñas will be the second edition of the living nativity scene in the neighborhood of La Florida, which will take place on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 December.
With hours from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
and from 4 p.m.
to 8 p.m., it will take place in Parque de La Florida and its various activities include a craft market.
"I want to thank the involvement of the Florida festival committee, which is doing a great job to carry out this project with all the enthusiasm in the world," says the mayor. The mayor of Festejos points out that "the festive lighting has spread to more streets to try to bring the joy that we all need especially during these dates." It also informs that in addition to the large Christmas ball of light and the large tree that will be placed in the Plaza Adolfo Suárez, a nativity scene of light will be installed at the doors of the church of Nuestra Señora de la Salceda. Various activities Without a popular act, the lights will be turned on tomorrow, Friday, December 4, and the municipal nativity scene will open on December 12, carried out by the local artisan Paco Romero and installed in the Plaza Adolfo Suárez.
The program also includes two contests, the bases of which can be found at www.lastorresdecotillas.es: one of nativity scenes to participate as a family and another of Christmas photographs in stores. There will also be theater, with Double K Theater, which will propose "Married Farewell" (December 5) and the Tejuba group that will premiere "Art" (December 19), both at 7.30 pm at the Casa de la Cultura; music with the School of Music (December 20 at 12 noon in the municipal auditorium), with the Cotijazz association (December 27 at 12 noon in the Parque de la Constitución); And the Kings will arrive And the little ones will enjoy in the municipal auditorium of the "CantaRincón" of the local rock "Rincón Pulpitero" (December 6, 12:30 pm) and the storyteller "The wonderful world of Jules Verne", by Doble K Teatro (13 of December, 12 noon).
"All the performances will have free admission and limited capacity for security reasons, so it will be necessary to reserve the entrance by calling 968.626.511", advances the Councilor for Culture. And there will be an appointment with the Three Wise Men on Tuesday, January 5, after a tour of the streets of the town for the little ones to see, they will receive their letters at 5:00 p.m.
in Adolfo Suárez Square.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas