The festivities of San Javier begin this weekend with the election of juvenile and children's queens and an Huerta day that includes an old-fashioned massacre in the Plaza de España.
The title of young queen will fall this year among the candidates Alba Castejón of the rock "Los Escandalosos", Inmaculada García, "La Jarana", María Marín, "Siglo XXI", Olga Martínez "Dejando huella" and Asun Núñez de "Ad".
The election will take place at a gala to be held tomorrow, Saturday, September 19, at 10:30 pm in the municipal tent with the performances of dance groups of the municipal workshop of Danza, local artists, Dora Helena, Javi, Jesus and Victor, and The singer of OT, Hugo Salazar.
The jury in charge of choosing the Queen of the festivities will be formed by the rest of rocks that do not present candidate.
On Sunday afternoon from 7:00 pm a children's party will begin, with the performance of "La Banda de Mireia", to choose, by lottery, the queen among the girls Iziar Gracia, from the rock "Siglo XXI" , Marta Griñán from "El Anuncio", Natalia Martínez from "La Jarana", Miriam Martínez from "Dejando huella" and Paula Montes from "Los Escandalosos".
The first weekend of parties, which opens this evening with the proclamation from the balcony of the City Council, by the lieutenant general, director of the Center for Defense Studies, Rafael Sánchez Ortega, includes a day Huertan Sunday morning Which will begin at 08:00 with a pig slaughter, which eludes the public sacrifice of the animal, in which you can see the process of manual processing of sausages and the use and cooking of meat.
The public can taste with popular prices a lunch from 10:00, as well as the food that will be served at 14:00.
The day, with which San Javier joins the huertan tradition of the Region of Murcia, with strong roots also among our neighbors, explained the Councilor of Festejos, Pedro López, includes an Huertan Mass in the Plaza of Spain sung by the Group Of Choirs and Danzas Mar Menor, of San Javier, which will attend the president of the Federation of Peñas Huertanas and the Queen of the Orchard.
Once finished the religious celebration will begin a huertano parade in which will participate two floats of the Bando de la Huerta, of Murcia, and a cart guided by two giant oxen.
The parade will leave from the Plaza of Spain and will go to the Museum until Plaza Chica to go down the avenue Calderón de la Barca and return by the street Andrés Baquero to the square of Spain where the food prepared with the slaughter will be prepared, which Is expected to taste hundreds of people.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier