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Los Llanos Carnival Program for the weekend

FRIDAY, February 20Festival of Comparsas (Comparsas perform musical dance numbers)> 8 p.m. Carnival Stage SATURDAY, February 21Comparsas performance> 11.30 a.m. Plaza de España Big Talcum-Powder throwing party (NB, there’s a really good talc-throwing party in Santa Cruz on Monday)Music and Dancing with La Retranca, Libertad and Salsaludando orchestras> 1 p.m. Carnival stage More Music and Dancingwith the orchestras: Bolero, Libertad and Ricaband> 10 p.m. Carnival Scene SUNDAY, February 22 THIRD…

February 18, 2009
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An Unusual Christmas Tree

The Christmas decorations are up in Santa Cruz, and most of the villages too. I particularly liked this Christmas “tree” outside a shop on the main street in Santa Cruz. It’s made from the dead flower stalk of an agarve plant.

December 16, 2008
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Constitution Day

Today is a national holiday – Constiution Day, which is something like July4th for Americans, only with a lot less pazazz. We’ll be meeting the extended family at the bodega for a meal. But you know, I think the constitution is something to celebrate. I don’t want to sound pompous here, but real democracy makes such a huge difference – just ask a Zimbabwean. It’s so nice to say what…

December 6, 2008
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35th Isla Bonita Car Rally

  The annual car rally is today, with 59 cars going along the route three times. This is quite a big event in the national rally calendar, because racing along La Palma’s twisty roads is not at all like racing round a track. Today’s route goes through the Breñas and Mazo. The road will be shut at 11:10, 14:14, and 18:10. It opens again when all the cars have gone…

October 11, 2008
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Asteroid strike

A small asteroid, some 3 metres in diameter, came screaming in at 12 km /s (27,000 mph) and exploded over northern Sudan at 2:45 am on Tuesday October 7th. They don’t think any of the bits would have been big enough to hit the ground. This is the first time an asteroid has been spotted and tracked before impact. And the reason it’s on this blog is that the William…

October 8, 2008
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Ruido Fiesta 7

Casiano Melian Friday night was the fiesta for issue 7 of Fanzine Ruido, held in bar Jon y Jor, inthe same building as the Millenium cinema in Los Llanos It was a great night out. €3 paid for entrance to the gig, a copy of the magazine, and a free beer. (I was driving, so it was the only alcohol I had all night.) The bands were Casiano Melian and…

October 5, 2008
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