Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 |
Following on from my long ago post on the Easter festivities here in Fuengirola and the Costa del Sol Semana Santa (Holy Week), this is a brighter post about one of the year’s popular ferias to be held in Fuengirols and thats the feria de los pueblos.
Originally it was for the local pueblos to hold a stall or area to sell their local produce and play local music etc. But this has grown considerably into an international fair where many different countries as well as Spanish regions have individual areas to display their loacl food, drinks paly music and generally to have a good time.
This year ahs seen a bit of a worrying inclusion as they have decided to put up an Israeli stall next to a Palestinian stall. There have been jokes made that they should put a wall between the two, but so far things have gone as they are supposed to with everyone getting with each other and having a good time.
Which is what a fair, or feria should be all about. The feria, or fairground has been very busy with thousands of revellers enjoying the fun and entertainment that the local and international areas have put on for their visitors. All good fun
Terry Didcott
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Monday, January 21st, 2008 |
PS: Costa Del Sol has just hear that the teen idol of the fifties and sixties, Paul Anka to perform live in Malaga. His schedule is to include at two venues in Spain this year.
The first will be at the Auditori Barcelona on the 13th of April. The second will be at the Cervantes Theatre in Malaga on the 15th of April.
These concerts are to promote his new CD, Classic Songs. He is also rumoured to be performing many of his hits from his 50 year old career, such as his own compositions, Diana, Puppy Love, and Put Your Head on My Shoulder.
Paul Anka recorded his first single, I Confess, at the tender young age of 14. In 1957 he travelled to New York City. There, he auditioned for Don Costa at ABC, singing a lovestruck verse he’d written to a former babysitter. The song called Diana brought instant stardom for the young Paul Anka as it shot to number one in the charts. Interestingly, Diana is one of the best selling 45s in music history.
He followed Diana up with four songs that all made it into the Top 20 in 1958. This made Anka, at just 17, one of the biggest teen idols of that time.
He later toured Britain and then, with Buddy Holly toured Australia. Paul Anka became a prolific hit writer, creating the Holly’s massive hit “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore” as well as the well known theme for “The Tonight Show” starring Johnny Carson. He went on to write Tom Jones’ big hit record, “She’s A Lady”, and the English lyrics to My Way, made so popular by Frank Sinatra and becoming his signature song.
The Costa Del Sol is in for a rare treat by the coming of Paul Anka and the lucky residents of Malaga will have him right on their doorstep!
At PS: Costa Del Sol, we’ll keep you posted as to further information on the coming concert.
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