The Hotel group Magic Costa Blanca has incorporated a type of entertainment for its hotel guests. This new offer is dance classes for its clients. The hotel chain and the Friends of dance Association of Valencia have joined forces to create the “Magic Dance Academy”, a dance school that allows clients of the hotel group to learn different dance disciplines.This academy gives different variety of dance classes such as, ballroom dance, latin dance, or line dancing. This lessons are given in all the hotel chains one day a week at the hands of professionals.

As something new thanks to an agreement between Magic Costa Blanca has realized with teh association we could start to see tango dancing everywhere, the hotel will also leave its doors open to welcome all the dance lovers of Benidorm to join in the fun with he dance professionals of the Valencian community.

The friends dance association of Valencia will be present the Hotel Cristal Park in Benidorm during the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of February realizing exhibition and classes for the clients of the Magic group and all those interested in the dance world.

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Sailing Lovers have something to smile about this weekend because the Yacht Club will host the XXXIV Benidorm Christmas infant Water Sailing Trophy , something not to be missed Valencian Community and the rankings Roga Cuca 2007-2008.

It will also be the first test for the 2008 infant sailing , they are eager to hoist the sails. The A, B Optimist class Laser 4.7 , will meet to demonstrate their nautical skills.

During this weekend, more than 150 sailors will arrive with their bay sails from Benidorm, which will again become a veritable sailing feast for the small ones.

Activities will begin in the early hours of Saturday, with the arrival of the teams and the presentation of the latest requirements. Subsequently, small boats will arrive, the Committee will get off to the and join in the race and if weather conditions are suitable, the competition will begin.

Sunday the regatas will beging at mid morning. Once the tests are completed there will be a trophey ceremony.

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The other day I rea dan interesting article about the work of landscape architect Angel Palomar. His passion for plants and his canvas are the facades of the Mediterranean Costa Blanca.This artist has been working on his profession for 35 years and his main works are the bioclimatic houses, in order words small havens where housing is part of the landscape and plants and trees provide optimal conditions for achieving a microclimate with excellent environments cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

Their houses are marked because the roofs are replaced by tapestries covered herbs, native vegetation and palmaceas. The goal is to create a human and natural habitat.

Another feature is the flat roofs that are up to a meter high. They are  covered by geotextile, and are filled with compost and volcanic lava  base are made for plantations.

These covered gardens are what give the shelter a microclimatic condition that are very suitable, since the vegetation takes advantage of the shadow areas that create and a perfect home situation. Most of his projects are in Xàbia, Altea and Moraira.

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Fans of this Disney musical and parents that don´t know where to take their children for entertainment are in luck. The Main Theater of Alicante will host the first performances in Spain of the musical ‘High School Musical’ and Fire of Anatolia’‘, as well as the Argentine ballet ‘Tango Fire’, within the programs scheduled  for the new season of the hall for the first half of 2008.

The seaon will open with the representation of the police thriller “Carnaval”, a play written by Jordi Galcerán and which stars Nuria González and Víctor Clavijo

The humon will come with the comedy “Salir del armario” (”Come out of the closet”) by José Luis Gil and Paco Casares, and the performance of the catalan group ‘Tricicle’, that wil pay tribute to English actor David Garrick.

The 27th of March will mark the day of the World Theatre Day with the representation of ‘One night with the sorcerer’, a play performed by Rafael Alvarez which is a journey through the traditions of the culture of Andalusia.

‘Miguel Molina, copla creek’ will recall the life and work of this artist, which marks the centenary of his birth, and will feature performances by Miguel Angel Ruiz and Palenzuela.

The programming also includes the theatrical works of Tirso de Molina ‘Don Gil de las calzas green’; ‘Gatas’, starring Silvia Abascal and Rosario Pardo, a mixture of drama and mime’ Pagagnini ‘,’ The turtle Darwin, ‘ Carmen Machi; ‘We must purge Totó’, which is represented for the first time in Spanish, and the comedy ‘The case of women asesinadita’, among others.

Also, there will be a  performance by ‘Tao. The martial art of percussion ‘and a concert by singer Luz Casal, who will present her new album’ Vida tóxica’.

The ballet will be represented by the Argentine company Estampas Porteñas, acting for the first time in Spain with the show ‘Tango Fire’.

This section will also highlight the performance of the ose Martinez company nd the dancers of the Paris Opera, which will close thetheatre programming next June 7.

The International Opera Company Concerlirica will interpret the works’ Nabucco ‘and’ La Traviata ‘, both by Giuseppe Verdi.

Moreover, the tenor Jose Luis Alicante Luri will offer a concert accompanied by the lyrical pianist Florencio Saez.

Lastly, the theater will host the childrens musical  ‘Heidi’ ra epresentation with which marks the thirtieth anniversary of this cartoon series. 
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With 2007 finalized, the touristic balance of Benidorm has been very positve. The tourist capital of the Costa blanca has maintained its promise to be the best bet for the sun and beach, and has lead the Costa Blanca in tourist percentages.

In 2007 Benidorm registered an occupation médium of 82 percent, according to data provided by the hotel patron Hosbec. UIT a médium anual 82 percent, the Benidorm hotels registerd an occupation of two points supererios to to those of 2006, when they had only reached 79.6%.

Although, the margin in Elche has also increased since last year, the other cities did not seem to increase they points, leaving Benidorm to head the group once again.

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I think we could say goodbye to the holiday season, but we are off to a good start with the new cultural proposals. The first of the year is “Being Bette Davis, a bitter victory”, an encounter with projections and tales about the actress on this celebration of her hundred celebration of her birth.

The symposium Hill being today at the hand of journalist Javier Toletino, the director of the program called “El Septimo vicio” (“The seventh habit”), from Radio 3, who will pronounce the conference titled “El significance of Bette Davis for the history of film”. The date will take place in the Cultural hall of the CAM in Alicante.

Following will be the psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Olga Correas Suarez, film specialist that will talk about Bette Davis, the woman behind the character, meanwhile the actress Marta Beláustegui will talk about the professional aspects filmmaking.

After the talks the movie “the letter” directed by William Wyler will be projected, and aside from the earlier speakers Esther Rambal, Bette Davis´s personal assistant in her last visit to Spain will also speak.

The film projections will continue on the 8^th, 10^th, 16^th and 17^th of January with her most famous movies. The event will end on January 24^th .

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Only four large cities in the Costa Blanca were saved last year from a demographic decline in the Valencia region, specifically Benidorm, Denia, Elda and Alcoy, according to final data from the Municipal census offered by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

In order of growth are Denia and Benidorm, which in 2006 won a 2.7 and a 2.1% population growth-compared to 2.4 and 0.2% from a year earlier, in addition to Elda and Alcoy that maintained their population they only grew by 0.3 and 0.2% - but they didn’t lose population as they did in 2005.

The population growth in the Valencia region during 2006, which was 1.6% (one third lower than in the previous year) mainly benefited the middle-sized cities-or population between 20,000 and 30,000.

Nine of the 12 municipalities that more populated during 2006, among the 58  which have more than 20,000 neighbors in the Comunitat are of average size. Among these dozen, only Gandia, which grew by 3.5%, Sant Vicent de Raspeig (3.4%) and Orihuela (3.2%) are big cities.

Onda, with a rate of 7.2%, was the town that grew most among the  58 most populated of the Valencian Community. Other cities who also enjoyed growth were Santa Pola, Mutxamel, Almassora and Calpe.

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Most of Christmas has passed, but in the Costa Blanca Christmas is not over until the Three Kings parade runs through our streets.

The town of Alcoy Alicante lives these dates as any. Their Three Kings parade besides being declared Fiesta of National Tourist Interest, it is also the oldest in Spain, with over one hundred years of history.

The first act of the trilogy alcoyana of the Three Kings took place last Sunday with ‘Les Pastoretes’. Tomorrow, January 4, they will celebrate pregón, also known as the Ban. The royal ambassador is responsible for announcing the arrival of their Majesties to the city.

After the announcement, the children turn n their cards to the messenger who will deliver them to the Kings that night.

On the 5^th of January, their Majesties arrive to the city with hundreds of gifts, accompanied by a large entourage and wrapped in a fascinating magical halo . The so-called negres, are then responsible for the long climb up stairs of balconies to deliver the gifts to children.

A very special and beloved spectacle, where intense emotions are lived and that you can not miss. Experience the Three Kings Parade and see how dreams can come true.

Source Valencia

Photo captured in Flickr by Colin Angun Mackay

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I know, it is January 2^nd already but I wanted to take this opportunity to wish all of our readers a very Happy New Year 2008!! From all of us here in Costa Blanca Magic. We hope that this year you will all be here to share everything with us..Thank you for being here!!!

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Remember the bright young singer we talked about last summer called Estefania Gralla, well she is back with a new Christmas Charity Concert that will help needy children of the area. The concert will be held January 4^th at the Gran Teatro de Elche. The theme of the concert is “Share the Spirit of Christmas”, a gala that promises to be a night of entertainment for the entire family.

The show will consist of a mix of Christmas songs as well as pop tunes, with special guest artists, ten musicians and many surprises. Santa Claus will be there and there will be treats for the little ones.

To make the night more special the organizers of the show are asking the public to bring a gift for the needy children. The objective is for all the needy kids of the area of Elche to receive a gift for Christmas so they too can feel the spirit of the Holidays. The event will start at 9 pm. See everyone there.

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