Although something is going on somewhere in Benalmadena from the 12th to the 18th of July the Big day (or evening) is the 16th when at 19:30 hours, the image of The Virgin will be paraded through Benalmadena Costa. Carried shoulder high the virgin will take the following route from the "MAS" church by Bonanza square, Avenida Bonanza, Flamingo, Carril del Siroco, Antonio Machado, Alay, Juan Sebastian Elcano, and finally, to the yacht club, accompanied by the Banda de Música Nuestra Señora de la Paz of Malaga (band of bugles and drums). At around 21:30, the Virgen del Carmen will be put aboard the boat "Torremolinos", Alonso Gallardo, which each year takes the procession out to sea. Dozens of boats accompany Virgen del Carmen who is also applauded by the thousands of faithful who line the shore. While the boats travel the coast from the Marina to somewhere about The Santa Ana beach, those remaining in the Marina will be presented with a glass of wine served by venenciadores, courtesy of the Delegation of Celebration, and will begin dancing with Orquesta Nuevo Día Upon its return, around 22:30 pm the Virgin is received at the Yacht Club by a soprano and a tenor accompanied by saxophone and piano. This is followed by a spectacular firework display from the beach Malapesquera beach And from midnight in the Puerta Marina there is a big band and dancing until dawn.

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For those of us living in spain unsolicited telephone calls selling all sorts services messages are a pain in the neck. As of July 1st 2009 you can subscribe to ListaRobinson.es where you can opt out of theses calls to your landline and or your mobile. You can also opt out of postal junk mail from spanish companies and email - SMS and MMS messages. Sounds like bliss I have registered and I really do hope the system works. The site is in spanish, click on Registro web under the CIUDADANOS section the click on the centre option and fill in the registration. You will receive a confirmation email and you must click the link to activate your account you can then select which services you want excluded. REMEMBER TO USE THE LINKS UNDER CIUDADANOS NOT Entidades as I did :oops:

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