Monday 4th September 2017
REI EN JAUME 2017 FESTIVITIES: GIANTS ENCOUNTER AND PRESENTATION OF BANNERS
The XVIII Giants' Encounter that is celebrated in the framework of the Rei En Jaume 2017 Festivities, this year has had as protagonists the 2 new giants that have been presented: the king Abú Yahyà and Fàtima, that add to the 2 Calvià giants, King Jaume I and Queen Violant d'Hongria.
All the groups, the Municipal Music Band of Calvià and the Cavallers of Calvià participated in the presentation of banners and presentation of the kings of the festivities (Jaume I and Abú Yahyá) event. After the event, the concert 'La Joia en el Sí de la Mar' was held, which tells the story of the events that took place during the conquest of Mallorca in 1229. The Municipal Music Band of Calvià, directed by Josep Oliver Rubio, performs the work created especially for the festivities, with text by Bartomeu Ignasi Oliver i Vidal, and music by Mario Herrera. The narrator is Gaspar Servera, and the soloist Joana Oliver Rubio.