PROGRAMME
OF
EVENTS FOR THE
20th CAVA WEEK
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| Sunday,
23 September |
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20.00: Exhibition of Wines and Cavas
from Catalonia in Barcelona's Maremagnum, plus the presentation
of the poster for the 20th Cava Week by the artist Philip Stanton.
Followed by a performance by the group
Falcons País del Cava and a glass of cava for everyone.
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| Friday,
28 September |
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20.00: Presentation of the 20th Cava
Week in the foyer of the Liceu Opera House for guild members
and the media. Followed by a cocktail-lunch for those attending
the event.
With the collaboration of: Telefónica.
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| Thursday,
4 October |
21.00: Presentation of awards for Sant
Sadurní Shopkeeper's Union Window Display Competition in
the Cava Guild.
Organised by: Shopkeeper's Union.
With the collaboration of: Sant Sadurní Cava Guild. |
| Saturday,
6 October |
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10.00: 8th Exhibition of Cava Plaques
in the Penedès Wine grower's co-operative, (Covides de
Sant Sadurní).
Organised by: Cava Plaque Collectors' society.
With the collaboration of: Covides.
19.00: Inaugural act for the exhibition
of works presented for the 20th Cava Country Painting Competition
in the Sala de l'lndex and the Chapel of the old hospital.
Sponsored by: Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona "La
Caixa".
Organised by: Sant Sadurní Cava Guild.
19.30: Procession around the town with
Comediants' show "Cava stars", with the participation
of Barcelona's Municipal Mounted Police Force, traditional antique
cars carrying the Cava Queen and her Maids of Honour, the Sant
Sadurní Giants and the Penya Riverenya d'Ascó
marching band, children from the schools in Sant Sadurní
bearing grapes and the Lira Ampostina band.
20.30: The procession will arrive at
the town square, where the Consell Capitular of the Cava Guild
will receive the Queen and her Maids of Honour. The Master of
Ceremonies will welcome everyone and will then make way for
the Mayor, Mr. Joan Amat. The Comediants will give their speech
and perform "Cava Stars" (A magical vision of the
history of cava)". At the high point of the show, Miss
Helen Lindes, the current Queen, will crown Miss Mar Saura Cava
Queen for 2001. Finally the chairman of the Sant Sadurní
Cava Guild, Mr. Joan Juvé Santacana, will declare the
20th Cava Week open. In l'Era d'en Guineu everyone is invited
to eat "coca" (traditional Catalan cake) and drink
cava whilst the Lira Ampostina band perform.
HITE is sponsoring the Comedia firework display
The procession, the show, the speech ceremony and the coronation
can be viewed on a giant TV screen in l'Era d'en Guineu.
Sponsored by: Caixa Penedès.
22.00: A dinner will be held in honour
of the Cava Queen, Miss Mar Saura, and her Maids of Honour,
accompanied by the dignitaries in the Sant Sadurní Cava
Guild in Torre Ramona. During the dinner Mr. Joan Font, director
of Comediants will be invested as a Guild member with Merit,
and the prizes for the Painting Competition will be awarded.
Sponsored by: ANFEVI and Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona
"La Caixa".
24.00: The Cava Youth Night, in the Ateneu
pavilion, will begin with performances by the bands La Tribu
de Santi Arisa and l'Orquestra Cimarrón. Free cava and
"coca" for everyone.
With the collaboration of: Caixa de Catalunya.
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| Sunday,
7 October |
19.00: A concert by the Barcelona's Roquetes
- Nou Barris Symphonic Band in the Ateneu, Sant Sadurní
d'Anoia.
Entrance is free of charge.
Sponsored by: Caixa de Terrassa. |
| Monday,
8 October |
21.00: Gastronomic Dinner in the Rúccula
restaurant in Barcelona's World Trade Center, prepared by the
master chef and restauranteur Joan Piqué and his team,
guild member with gastronomic merit and holder of one Michelin
star. During the gala dinner, the Guild Members with journalistic
merit will be invested, and the Magician Ferran and the Ultramar
habaneras (sea shanties) group will perform.
With the collaboration of: Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona
"La Caixa".
To make it easier for guild members to get to Barcelona, buses
will be provided leaving plaça Pau Casals at 19.00. Tickets
cost 1,000 pesetas.
Reservations: The Cava Guild - Mrs. Josefa Rovira Tel. 93 891
28 03 - Fax. 93 818 30 12
Note: All events will begin punctually. Strict dress code. Dinner
jackets for gentlemen. |
| Tuesday,
9 October |
9.30: Congress
on New Technologies in the Sant Sadurní Cava Guild.
At 13.40 h, the Congress will be closed by the Honourable Mr.
Francesc Homs, the Catalan regional government's councillor for
Economy and Finance. All participants at the congress are invited
to lunch at the Sol i Vi restaurant, presided over by the Honourable
Councillor, immediately after the event closes.
Organised by: Pimec-Sefes and Sant Sadurní Cava Guild.
Please see special programme.
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| Wednesday,
10 October |
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8.30: 19th International
Cava Congress organised by the Cava Guild of Sant Sadurní
with papers presented by national and international specialists.
Organised by: Sant Sadurní Cava Guild.
With the collaboration of: Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Industry
and Navigation.
Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona "La Caixa"
Please see special programme.
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| Thursday
11 October |
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20.00: Beginning of events organised
for the 4th regional rally of giants from the Penedès
and Garraf areas, in the town square.
Organised by: Geganters de Sant Sadurní.
With the collaboration of: Sant Sadurní Cava Guild.
21.00: Autumn Investiture of Young Guild
members, in the Casa del Cava, in which a new Honourable Young
Guild member, new Guild members with Merit and new Young Guild
Members will be invested.
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| Sunday,
23 September |
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20.00: The official poster of the 20th
Cava Week by the artist Philip Stanton will be presented at
the Exhibition of Wines and Cavas from Catalonia in Barcelona's
Maremagnum.
Following this the band Falcons País
del Cava will perform and there will be a free glass of cava
for everyone.
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| Friday,
12 October |
9.00: 7th Cava Week Petanque Tournament,
in the playground of the Balmes school in Sant Sadurní.
Organised by: Sant Sadurní Petanque Club.
With the collaboration of: Sant Sadurní Cava Guild.
9.00: the 16th Special Train to Cava
Country will leave Sants station in Barcelona for Sant Sadurní.
The Penya Riberenya d'Ascó and Batucada Tubarao del Brasil
bands will play for everyone's enjoyment, with a free glass
of cava for everyone. The Poble Sec, Angles and Sant Sadurní
d'Anoia Geganters and Grallers (traditional flautists), and
the Penya Riberenya d'Ascó band will be at the station
in Sant Sadurní to greet everyone.
Sponsored by: Caixa Penedès.
The train ticket and the ticket for dinner can be obtained from
any Caixa Penedès office for 3,900 pesetas.
Open day at all the vineyards in Cava Country from 10.00 to
14.00.
14.30: Cava lunch for all the passengers
on the Cava Train in the Ateneu pavilion. Entertainment will
be provided by L'orquestra Els Àngels band.
18.00: the train will leave Sant Sadurní
station on the return trip to Sants station.
Sponsored by: Caixa Penedès.
18.30: Parade by the 4th rally of giants
from the Penedès and Garraf regions, leaving from the
Castellblanch vineyards.
Organised by: Geganters de Sant Sadurní.
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| Saturday,
13 October |
21.00: Aperitif to welcome the Guild member
of Honour, Guild members with Merit and new Guild members to be
invested and all the other Guild members in the Casa del Cava
in Torre Ramona. Following this, in the square at Torre Ramona
there will be the 20th Autumn Investiture in which Mr. Joan Manuel
Serrat will be invested as an Honourable Guild member, in the
presence of the dignitaries, members of the Guild, the Cava Queen
and the Maids of Honour. This will be followed by a gala dinner.
Note: All events will commence punctually. Strict dress code,
dinner jackets for gentlemen. |
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| Sunday,
14 October |
12.00: the 20th Cava Week Popular Race.
Organised by: Young Guild members.
Location: Town square.
Distance: Approximately 10 kilometres.
Registration: 500 pesetas.
From 11.00 in the Sant Sadurní town council or beforehand
by calling 93 891 28 03 or by fax on 93 818 30 12 (from 18.00
to 21.00). |
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ORGANISED BY
Confraria del
Cava Sant Sadurní
WITH THE COLLABORATION OF
- Ajuntament de Barcelona
- Ajuntament de Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
- ANFEVI
- Banc de Bilbao-Vizcaya, Argentaria, S.A.
- Banc de Sabadell
- Banco Central Hispano
- Caixa de Catalunya
- Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona
"La Caixa"
- Caixa de Terrassa
- Caixa del Penedès
- Cambra de Comerç, Indústria
i Navegació de Barcelona
- Cavistes
- Concessionari Central - Import Audi-Wolskvagen
- Consell Regulador del Cava
- COPCA
- El Periódico de Catalunya
- Generalitat de Catalunya-Departament d'Agricultura,
Ramaderia i Pesca
- HITE, S.A.
- INCAVI
- Institut Català de la Cuina
- Institut Català del Suro
- Institut del Cava
- PIMEC-SEFES
- Pirotència Igual
- Pronovias
- Proveïdors del sector del Cava
- Telefónica
- Unió de Botiguers de Sant Sadurní
- VSS Seguretat
Official 20th Cava Week vehicle: Audi A8
Guild Secretary
Casa del Cava
Sra. Josefa Rovira
Tel. 93 891 28 03 / Fax 93 818 30 12
www.troc.es/confrariacava
e-mail:confrariacava@troc.es
Apartat 79 - 08770 Sant Sadurní d'Anoia
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