THE GREATEST MEIGA, EMMA CABEZAS, PROTAGONIST OF THE XLIX FIESTA DEL AQUELARRE POÉTICO

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The Rosalía Castro Municipal Theater was the framework in which the forty-eighth edition of the Feast of the Poetic Coven was celebrated, an act of exaltation of the Meiga Mayor, an honor that this year corresponds to Emma Cabezas Álvarez. During the meeting, the San Juan 2019 Awards were presented. Likewise, José Eugenio Fernández Barallobre read this year’s proclamation of the Bonfires of San Juan, a Festival of International Tourist Interest. The event also included the performances of the Music Unit of the General Headquarters of the Operational Logistics Force (FLO) and the Choir of the Sporting Club Casino.

In this act, the Meiga Mayor, was accompanied by his Megales de Honor: Eva González Fernández, Karla Morandeira Rodríguez, Ana Mañas Hernández, Mª Light Pose Reinoso, Mª Sol Pose Reinoso , Belén Pose Reinoso, Alba Rodríguez Santos and Alexandra Tomás Fernández.

50 Meiga Mayor with the “San Juan-2018” Awards [/ caption]

José Eugenio Fernández Barallobre, one of the founders of the Promoting Committee of the Bonfires of San Juan, was in charge of reading the proclamation of the HOGUERAS-2019, the one of the year of the 50 Meigas in history, in the course of the XLIX Feast of the Poetic Coven, an act of exaltation of the 50 Meiga Mayor and its Megales de Honor.

The Music Unit of the General Headquarters of the Operational Logistic Force and the Choir of the Sporting Club Casino of La Coruña were in charge of starting the gala. The performance of the Music Unit had the direction of Captain Music Iván Rodríguez Armán and offered a concert. Subsequently the Coral of the Sporting Club Casino interpreted several pieces.

Concluded the Meigas parade of honor, the Meiga Mayor, Emma Cabezas, was in charge of delivering the six “San Juan-2019” Awards. Every year the Association of Meigas de las Hogueras de San Juan distinguishes with these awards institutions, entities and individuals who have stood out for their work in benefit of La Coruña. This year Belén Mª Do Campo Piñeiro, was responsible for presiding over the Jury of the 2019 San Juan Awards, which after extensive deliberation ruled in favor of the following entities and individuals:

 
• Award “King Alfonso IX” to the institutional work of Francisco Gómez Cobas, Director of the Military Historical Museum of La Coruña.
  
   
  • “María Pita” Prize for citizen values ​​at 40 years of women in the Spanish Police.
    
     
    • “Lieutenant General Fernández Vallespín” Award for artistic culture and values ​​at Nonito Pereira Revuelta.
      
       
      • “Meiga Mayor” prize for sport at Desirée Vila Bargiela.
        
         
        • “Marineda” Award to Coruña, to the Tramways Company of La Coruña.
          
           
          • “Inés De Ben” Award for entrepreneurial initiative and innovative effort to Mr. Manuel Santiago Arenas Roca.
            

            Immediately afterwards, different Associations and Associations from La Coruña, paid a tribute of affection to the figure of the Mayor Meiga that embodies the image of San Juan of our city and the values ​​and traditions that envelop this millennial feast. The Lady of San Juan and the Meigas made the traditional floral tribute to the city of La Coruña and its coat of arms.

            Delivery of Thistles

            Likewise, the Organizing Committee of the HOGUERAS-2019, granted, in recognition of its work to safeguard the essences and traditions of the night of San Juan in our city, “Cardo de Gold “in its modality of individual to Ignacio Rivera Quintana, CEO of the Star of Galicia, and” Cardo de Plata “, in the same modality, to the Colonel of Marine Infantry, Juan Ruesta Botella, Commander of the Third North; Salvador Gascón Serra, director of the Coral Santo Ángel; Jesús García, director of the Theater Group of Tanxedoira and Abelardo López Ramos, President of the Tuna Veterans.

            Regarding the group modality, “Cardo de Oro” at the Sporting Club Casino and the Social Center of the Sagrada Familia; “Cardo de Plata” to the Coral of the Casa del Mar and “Cardo de Bronce” to the Coral Voces Veteranas de Culleredo.
             

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