Programa de Actividades: Delegacion de Playas-Medio Ambiente Marbella

Para participar es imprescindible realizar la inscripción

en la Delegación de Medio ambiente o el 95 276 57 24.

Antonio Espada Duran
http://www.marbella.es/imagen/v/medioambiente/

Luna Mora Festival in Guaro

Luna Mora Festival in Guaro, (near Monda) is one of the nicest festivals in Marbella.
It only happens once a year in September, so please check their website for all the updates.

There are usually more than 20,000 candles lit in the village, artisans stands, live music, food and drinks... and it truly looks and feels very special.

The village of Guaro is very beautiful also during the day, with narrow Spanish streets and lots of flowers... There are numerous food and bevarage stalls, artisans selling different things, from home made cakes, jams to pillow cases, paintings to candle holders and special, unique gifts.

The whole village is participating, it is a lot of fun and definitely worth going.

To read more about the festival, please click here:
http://www.lunamora.org/morlun09/indexb.php

How to get there:
http://www.lunamora.org/morlun09/llegaraguaro.php
http://www.sol.com/en/guaro-sierradelasnieves.htm

Useful information: Consulates in Malaga

This is the list of all Consulates in Malaga:
Please dial (+ 34) before the local number...

Austria
Alameda de Colón, 26
C.P.: 29001-
Málaga
95 260 02 67
95 222 90 89

Belgium
C/ Compositor Lehmberg Ruiz, 5
C.P.: 29007- Málaga
95 239 99 07
95 261 11 98

Bolivia
C/ Las acacias nº 42
C.P.: 29640 – Fuengirola - Málaga
95 247 25 69

Brazil
Plaza de la Malagueta, 2. Edif. Horizonte
C.P.: 29016 - Málaga
95 222 5141
95 221 10 69

Canada
Plaza de la Malagueta, 2. Edif. Horizonte
C.P.: 29016 - Málaga
95 222 33 46
95 222 40 23

Chile
C/ Las Palmeras del Limonar, 17
C.P.: 29016 - Málaga
95 222 44 26

Colombia
Paseo del Limonar, 28
C.P.: 29016 - Málaga
95 221 91 81
95 221 91 81

Costa Rica
Pso. Maritimo Príncipe de España. Edif. Mª- del Carmen
C.P.: 29640 - Fuengirola - Málaga
95 247 36 99

Denmark
C/ Blasco de Garay, 7
C.P.: 29001 - Málaga
95 222 63 71
95 222 58 16

Ecuador
Avda. Príes, 7
C.P.: 29016 - Málaga
95 221 81 37

Germany
Pso. del Limonar, 28
C.P.: 29016 -
Málaga
95 221 24 42
95 230 97 00

Finland
C/ Blasco de Garay, 7
C.P.: 29001 - Málaga
95 221 24 35
95 221 24 23

France
C/ Duquesa de Parcent, 8
C.P.: 29001 - Málaga
95 222 65 90
95 222 72 65

Greece
C/ Salitre, 26
C.P.: 29002 - Málaga
95 231 18 47
95 231 35 91

Haiti
C/ Monte Miramar, 10
C.P.: 29016 - Málaga
95 221 23 39

Hungary
Avenida de Andalucía,
2629007 Málaga
952 30 83 93
952 30 08 26

Ireland
Avda. de los Boliches, 15
C.P.: 29640 - Fuengirola - Málaga
95 247 51 08
95 246 67 83

Iceland
Pso. Marítimo, 91. Edif. Ronda
C.P.: 29640 - Fuengirola - Málaga
95 266 12 00
95 266 13 11

Italy
C/ Palestina, 3
C.P.: 29007 - Málaga
95 230 61 50
95 230 61 54

Liberia
Pso. del Limonar, 15 y 17
C.P.: 29016 - Málaga
95 221 32 84
95 222 60 96

Luxembourg
C/Artur Rubistein nº 6 Bl. C
Marbella - Málaga
95 285 71 97

Monaco
C/ Puerta del Mar, 15
C.P.: 29005 - Málaga
95 221 5144
95 221 51 43

Norway
C/ Blasco de Garay, 7
C.P.; 29001 - Málaga
95 221 03 31
95 221 59 39

Netherlands
C/ Linaje, 3
C.P.: 29001 - Málaga
95 260 02 60
95 260 02 61

Panama
Pso. Miramar, 35
C.P.: 29016 - Málaga
95 221 33 97

Philipines
C/ Marqués de Larios, 4
C.P.: 29005 -
Málaga
95 222 27 57
95 222 27 57

United Kingdom
C/ Duquesa de Parcent, 8
C.P.: 29001 - Málaga
95 221 75 71
95 222 11 30

United States
Centro Comercial Las Rampas, Fase 2
C.P.: 29640 - Fuengirola -
Málaga
95 247 48 91
95 246 51 89

Saudi Arabia
C/ Compositor Lehmberg Ruiz, 5
C.P.: 29007-
Málaga
95 227 74 50
95 239 76 16

Sweden
C/ San Antonio, 7
C.P.: 29640 - Fuengirola - Málaga
95 246 71 95
95 246 71 64

Switzerland
C/ San Lorenzo, 4
C.P.: 29001 - Málaga
95 221 72 66
95 222 67 36

Ronda: Tourist Attractions

For more information about Ronda, please visit:
www.turismoderonda.es/fiestas/eng/fiestas.htm

Tourist Office of Ronda
Paseo de Blas Infante s/n.
Tel.: (+34) 952 18 71 19
E-mail: informacion@turismoderonda.es

Tourist Office of the Regional Government of Andalusia
Plaza de España s/n.
Tel.: (+34) 952 87 12 72
E-mail: otronda@andalucia.org

Miguel de Cervantes Theatre

The Teatro Miguel de Cervantes stands out among public spaces for the density and diverse nature of the activities that take place inside its doors.

The spectacles programmed at Teatro Cervantes are divided up according to the classical and common order of theatrical genres: opera, music, theatre and dance, all of which are divided up into a multitude of varieties which many times come together and mix different combinations to obtain results which are difficult to describe with the labels of standard categories.

For more information, please visit: http://www.teatrocervantes.com/

Culture Festival in Malaga

El Festival de Málaga nació en 1998 y en cada una de sus ediciones ha mantenido un objetivo: favorecer la difusión y promoción de la cinematografía española. Año tras año, viene reuniendo a los diferentes sectores de esta industria, creando foros, debates y encuentros con el fin de analizar los avances y las necesidades de nuestro cine y sirviendo de escaparate para el trabajo de los profesionales del sector audiovisual.

El Festival de Málaga abarca el cine español inédito en largometrajes, cortometrajes y documentales. Además, a lo largo de las diferentes ediciones ha ido creciendo con eventos tan importantes como Mercadoc, Mercado del Documental Español e Iberoamericano; Málaga Screenings, Mercado del Largometraje Español; TV Market, Mercado de la ficción y animación españolas para televisión; ZONAZINE, largometrajes, cortometrajes y ciclos para el público joven.

Festival de Malaga
C/ Cárcer , nº 6,

29012 Málaga

Tlf: 952 22 82 42

Fax: 952 22 77 60
Información General y Contenidos:

info@festivaldemalaga.com
Mercados: mercadoc@festivaldemalaga.com

catalogomercadoc@festivaldemalaga.com
Prensa: http://www.festivaldemalaga.com/2008/prensa@festivaldemalaga.com
http://www.festivaldemalaga.com/2008/index.php

Semana Santa in Malaga

Guide for the Holy Week in Malaga 2009, Spain. All relevant information about processions, societies, routes and maps of the Holy Week of Malaga 2009. Time Schedule of the Holy Week of Malaga 2009.

The Holy Week will start on the 5 of April (Palm Sunday) and will end on the 12 of April 2009 (Easter Sunday).

For more information, please visit:
http://www.semana-santa-malaga.com/english/holy-week-in-malaga-2009.html

Marbella´s Song: Campaign for Marbella

Courtesy: Photographer: Diana Sutton

Dario Poli and his campaign to win Marbella´s reputation back

Artist, author and musician Dario Poli is the initiator of the campaign to promote and defend the name of Marbella and the Costa del Sol with his music “Marbella, Marbella”. Dario Poli has penned a song about the area in response to a disparaging CNN article, with widespread appeal across all of Spain and beyond, receiving media coverage such as radio play and television appearances.

Dario Poli´s message:

It’s completely understandable why thousands of people each year would want to move to Spain. It truly is a wonderful life on the Costa Del Sol. We work to live rather than live to work. It’s therefore disappointing, to say the least, when the press abroad report only the negative and never print all the wonderful and positive points of living on the Costa Del Sol. Marbella, especially, has been the target for bad press and one-sided information, damaging its reputation which effects all of us.

My story began in April 2007 in Malmo Sweden, when I saw a CNN documentary on Marbella and the Costa del Sol, which depicted Marbella in a negative light. Furious by the one-sided content, without delay, I wrote the music for a song which I titled "Marbella, Marbella" expressing my affection for the town and the Costa del Sol. When I returned to Spain I added the lyrics with Alan Ward and the song was arranged and produced by David Mairs. The song has been registered with S.G.A.E. in Malaga. Scotland’s Samantha Mairs has recorded the song and it is now playing in many popular radio stations.

I realized that the music "Marbella, Marbella", though very important, would not alone suffice to galvanize public opinion and challenge the derogatory propaganda. So I began my campaign with the help of David and Linda Mairs to promote and defend the good name of Marbella against malicious attacks from sources in the European and American media.

Our idea is to promote Marbella through music, which is international and has no boundaries. Through the media, raise public awareness, especially amongst the Spanish people. With the support of the Marbella Town Hall and using their good offices, we can respond to any future negative propaganda emanating from international media sources.

To help, we have established a Webpage http://marbellamarbella.es/ Its aim is to improve the balance with a fair voice from the people that live here and is created to promote and defend the good name of the Costa del Sol and Marbella. We have appeared on TV and radio programs to bolster our initiative. Our campaign is growing. More people, including many eminent persons such as Princesa Marie Louise de Prusia, are offering their support.

We believe that the song with its positive lyrics (also in Spanish), promoted here and abroad, is advantageous publicity for Marbella, and along with the admirable work achieved at the Marbella Town Hall, will help revitalize tourism, the construction industry and by-products thereof to flourish again. However with an international financial recession, we have no time to lose and we believe some bold steps are required urgently. Now is the time to act.

So I conclude with the astute words of Eric Holzhauer of Radio Sun Fm who wrote. "Hi Dario let’s make your song the official song of Marbella." This would be a positive international press story for the media.

Yours sincerely,

Dario Poli

dario.poli@live.co.uk
http://marbellamarbella.es/campaign/

The Sur in English article published March 7th to 13th 2008 No 1231.

Ode to Marbella

Many who have already made the move are outraged by the one-sided propaganda peddled by some foreign media. Dario Poli wrote his own musical tribute to the town. Dario Poli and David Mairs who have owned homes on the coast for 15 years have taken up the challenge to redress the offensive propaganda by positive action. The fight to defend the reputation of the Costa del Sol began in Sweden in April 2007, when Scottish composer, author, and painter Dario Poll, saw a CCN TV documentary on Marbella and the Costa del Sol, which painted a very negative image of his adored Marbella. Outraged by the one-sided depiction, he decided to do something about it, so he wrote the music for a song which he titled “Marbella, Marbella” expressing his affection for the town and the Costa del Sol. Returning to Mijas Costa, he added the lyrics with singer Alan De Ward and registered the song, with S.G.A.E in Malaga. Following a meeting with musical arranger and producer Davis Mairs, Alan recorded the song in David’s studio in Fuengirola.

Poli wrote the song as a way of redressing the balance by positive action
It is hoped that “Marbella, Marbella” will be played all over Europe
Radio airplay

The catchy tune began to take off and since that CCN programme; what began as Dario’s one-man fight for Marbella, has intensified and the song is now played on most major radio stations, on the Costa del Sol such as Onda Cero FM, REM FM, Central FM, and Global FM just to mention a few, including interviews by Radio Solymar FM in Swedish and Danish and both Dario and David have also made television appearances.

Colette Hall of Coastline Radio Fm wrote; “I think it’s one of those songs that holiday- makers will remember, like ‘Viva España.” I look forward to the album,” and supporter Eric Holzhauer of Radio Sun FM wrote. “Hi Dario, Let’s make your song the official song of Marbella!”

The song was presented by Laura Stanbridge, the organiser of the BCCS & CIT Symposiun held in November 2007, which was attended by the Mayoress of Marbella, Angeles Muñoz; the Councillor for Tourism of Marbella José Luis Hernández; publicist Max Clifford, and other heads of the business community.

Samantha Mairs, a dynamic Scottish singer recorded the song and on Tuesday 19 February presented it on Radio Clyde FM during an interview about her support for the Costa del Sol initiative, which featured her in the Scottish “Sunday Post” and “CSN” the German weekly has published the story. “Marbella, Marbella, has even been played in Thailand.

Dario, David and supporters are working with the media to have the song played all over Europe with the hope of spreading the good news about the Costa del Sol in an endeavour to bring property buyers and tourists flocking to this glorious area.

Dario is working to have the song "Marbella, Marbella played all over Europe spreading the good news about the town and is working with others in the media to bring the tourists and property buyers back to this glorious area. To speed up the process he is looking for a major record company to take the song and hopes that Marbella will adopt it.

En Español:

El compositor, artista, y autor Darío Poli, mientras estaba en Suecia en abril de este año, vio una difusión de un programa de la CNN en la TV que le dio una enorme sacudida y perturbó profundamente por su contenido negativo y falto de elogios sobre Marbella y la costa del Sol en general.

Furioso, Darío se decidió allí y entonces a luchar y hacer lo que él pudiera para reparar la mala propaganda. Al volver a España escribió la melodía de una canción que tituló “Marbella, Marbella” que expresaba su cariño por la ciudad. Las líricas (la música) fueron agregadas luego y la canción fue registrada más adelante con S.G.A.E en Málaga, después fue cantada por el cantante Alan de Ward y producida por David Mairs en su estudio de Fuengirola.

Desde ese fatídico programa de la CNN , Darío un hombre que lucha por Marbella, su lucha se ha intensificado mientras que la canción se ha tocado en la mayoría de los programas de radio principales tales como Onda Cero FM, el show de Maria Harboe de REM, Radio Mijas , Global Fm y Central Fm, por mencionar algunas, así como la televisión. Fue utilizada como canción promocional para “BLADERUN” Marbella a Ibiza en septiembre de 2007 y un periodista italiano bien conocido está preparando un artículo para España e Italia.

La canción fue presentada por Laura Stanbridge, el organizador del reciente simposio BCCS & CIT llevado a cabo en noviembre que fue asistido por Mayoress Angeles Muñoz, el concejal de turismo de Marbella Jose Luis Hernández, el periodista Clifford Max, el presentador de radio principal Maurice Boland de REM y otros representantes .

Darío está trabajando para tener la canción “Marbella, Marbella “ tocada en toda Europa esparciendo buenas noticias sobre la ciudad y está trabajando en los medios de comunicación para traer a los turistas y a los compradores de nuevo a esta gloriosa área. Para acelerar el proceso, él está buscando una compañía discográfica más grande para la canción y espera que Marbella la adopte.

“Marbella Marbella” goes Jazz”
Dario Poli’s campaign to promote Marbella and the Costa del Sol with his new ideas continues. Jazz maestro Louis Fiers, has offered his support to Marbella and the Costa del Sol, in the campaign begun by composer, artist Dario Poli and supported by music producer David Mairs and many others.

When Dario Poli the composer of the music “Marbella Marbella,” heard his music played in a new Jazz format, created by the famous jazz musician Louis Fiers, he was gob-smacked by Fiers’s amazing arrangement and his virtuoso playing, as his hands effortlessly flowed across the keys of his new piano.

He performed the catchy tune as if playing two pianos at the same time without losing style and elegance. Like a butterfly the notes of “Marbella, Marbella,” danced and flitted in and around the melody with effortless precision, in a dazzling display of melodious variations, musically handling the new song like an impassioned lover effortlessly seducing his captive audience. For Dario it was a real tour de Force.

The idea for a Jazz variation began after Dario played Louis the song recorded by Scottish singer Samantha Mairs and produced by David Mairs in his Fuengirola studio. Inspired by the flowing melody, her fine singing and professional presentation, after one hearing and without music, he improvised the song on the spot.

Louis Fiers from Ghent in Belgium was considered to be one of the best exponents of Jazz in Europe and his CV is a who’s who, of Jazz legends he has worked with, including Count Basie, Catarina Valente, Sidney Bechet, Toots Theilemans, Jack Say, along with Bill Haley and one of the world’s greatest Jazz musicians Bill Coleman who worked with Louis in Paris and the great Spanish bass player Francisco Pose. He also had the great pleasure of performing for the Belgian Royal Family at a command performance.

His father, Fiers senior, was acclaimed to be the best accordion player in the world performing at the London Palladium in England, the famous Winter Gardens in Berlin and the Medrano in Paris just to mention a few, so its hardly surprising that his talent rubbed off on his son Louis.

Louis Fiers is indeed a musical supremo. He and his musicians will be starting their shows by performing a Jazz concert at the delightful Hotel Tamisa Golf on Saturday the 25th of October 2008 and will be playing the new Jazz version of “Marbella, Marbella.” Lately, Dario joined forces with the brilliant internationally acclaimed record producer and musical arranger Roberto Danova, who has re-produced their new version, of “Nostradamus” a powerful musical experience about the 16th Century prophet, whose spectacular visions of the future of mankind, contain warnings that are relevant to modern-day events. The music was co-written by Dario and Roberto and the fantastic new music of “NOSTRADAMUS” was released on the PLAZA LABEL in the UK and across Europe. The music was recently presented in Berlin and features the voice of the great international singing and recording star Engelbert Humperdinck in a message of love and peace and the incredible guitar skills of Steve Zed as “ZGuitarz” incorporating rhythm and rock as a tribute to the wonderful instrument that has allowed millions of men and women to of all ages to express themselves in the universal language of music.

New supporter of the Marbella Marbella campaign is the great European Jazz legend Louis Fiers from Belgium who worked with the likes of the great Count Basie, Bill Coleman and Caterina Valente said “We must all do what we can to support the campaign against negative and harmful media propaganda against the Costa del Sol.” For his fans “Nostradamus” is on general release from 13 October 2008 and can also be purchased on the Internet.

Please also have a look at:
http://thebestofmarbella.blogspot.com/2009/08/dario-poli-plaga.html
http://thebestofmarbella.blogspot.com/2009/05/marbella-marbella-song-in-da-bruno.html
http://thebestofmarbella.blogspot.com/2009/11/blue-sky-formula-1-promotional-event.html http://www.wibspain.com/enewsletter/2008-february/pdfs/dario-euroweek-0108.jpg

Video produced by Smithwood Productions