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The Councilor for the Elderly, Disability and Development Cooperation, Paqui Pérez, together with representatives of about thirty social entities of the municipality, today presented the program for the second Solidarity Day and the IX Christmas Rock.
The event, organized to commemorate the second Solidarity Day, will take place this Saturday, December 14, with the assembly of the solidarity market that will be installed in the Circular Square, from 11 am to 2 pm and from 5 pm to 8 pm, and which will meet about thirty entities of disability and development cooperation.
Specifically, the following entities will be present: Covide-Amve, Fade Foundation, Aid to Children Association of Bolivia, Abandoned Jesus, Manos Unidas, Makua NGO, Murcia Acoge Association, Sed (Solidarity, Education and Development), Smile Saharaui Region of Murcia, Red Cross, Blue in Action, Association of Solidarity Responses, Federation of African Associations of Murcia, Fepamur, Dacemur, Fundawn, Fadis-Asparros, Astrapace, Ceom, Aspanpal, Mental Health Federation, Afes, Afacmur, Lupus, Amupheb, Ainara Soldiers , Armai-TLP Foundation, Astrade and Adaner.
"With this event we want to thank you for your solidarity and show Murcia the enormous work that these social entities develop, both at the municipal level and in those developing countries where some of these organizations operate," said the mayor responsible Paqui Pérez.
IX Christmas Rock
On the other hand, the Department of Elders, Disability and Development Cooperation has organized the IX Christmas Rock to be held on Friday, December 20, in the Plaza del Cardenal Belluga, at 7.30 pm.
Nine editions and six voices will show a repertoire of Christmas songs to the rhythm of pop, rock and roll and soul, along with the veteran Christmas Rock Band, formed by musicians of renowned career as José Antonio Herrera on guitar, Marcos Justo Romero on bass , Miguel Ángel Gómez on drums and Joaquín Lucas García on the keyboard.
Six luxury voices
This year, and under the baton of José Antonio Herrera, the following voices will meet on the stage of Cardinal Belluga Square:
Carmen Alarcón: Murcian singer, with a very personal voice range, from the band AA Mama that, at present, is presenting 'Llama when you arrive', a fantastic EP of five songs.
She was the winner, along with Pablo García, of CreaMurcia 2015, in the section of 'author song'.
Fernando Rubio: Founder of Ferroblues and Malaventura, he is one of the great names of rhythm and blues and soul in Spain.
He currently presents his second solo album 'Cheap Chinese Guitar'.
Jesús Cobarro: Composer, singer and producer.
It is premiere with 'Here, s That Bliss You Left Behind', an LP that will be released this Friday, December 13.
José Luis Manzareno: He led the group Eighth Passenger.
In 2020 he will present a new solidarity album called 'La vida Iluminada'.
He will be at Christmas Rock presenting a preview of his new work, 'Hay Luz', a song linked to Christmas traditions.
Laura Uve: Artistic name of Laura Vidal who, after years
compiling his own songs, he has decided to undertake a project on the occasion of the CreaMurcia 2018 contest, where he was winner in the category of 'author song'.
María de Juan: Singer of Cartagena descent who will present in February his first work, '24 / 7 ', produced by Manuel Cabezalí, in which the singer and keyboardist Víctor Cabezuelo, leader of the band Rufus T. Firefly participated.
Donation of toys
Another of the solidarity actions proposed in this year's Christmas Festival Program is that the Circular Plaza Tree will have, starting tomorrow afternoon in workshop hours and until the end of the holidays, with a Solidarity Point of Paje Real.
There, children who wish may donate their toys for the enjoyment of other children in the municipality.
In return, they will receive chocolate doubloons (more than 50,000).
In past editions more than 3,000 toys were collected that were donated to charities that delivered them to disadvantaged children such as the Red Cross, Caritas, Bridges of Encounter (in the Rosales neighborhood of El Palmar) and the Educational Association (in the neighborhood of the Spirit Santo de Espinardo).
The Councilor for Social and Family Rights, Pilar Torres, has indicated that with this activity "children show their solidarity and support to the most disadvantaged families, learn that there are others who do not have toys and make more responsible consumption."
For his part, the Councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jesus Pacheco, stressed that "all these activities give the Christmas Party Program organized by the City Council one of its main characteristics is solidarity. Therefore, we encourage Murcia to once again demonstrate the generosity that characterizes us so much. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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