With the participation of a large audience despite the rainy day in the afternoon yesterday, Friday, Reinosa real chupinazo announcer launched the start of their big parties. The Literary Fair, held in a solemn at the Teatro Principal, opened the new edition of the fairs and festivals of San Mateo’2009, to be held in the city until next Sunday, the 27th, with the traditional ‘Campoo Day’ , day declared of National Tourist Interest. A gala dinner at the Hotel Vejo was the culmination of the brilliant opening day of the holidays Mateas.

Prior to the literary act, the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports, Government of Cantabria, Francisco Javier López Marcano, read the proclamation hall from one of the balconies of city hall as the expectation of hundreds of people gathered in the grounds of the Plaza Spain. In his speech, Lopez Marcano spoke of the city of reinosanos Mateas and holidays, of folklore, of the rounds of boys and called for a pact for snow, they live more than two hundred people. He invited citizens to participate in and enjoy the holidays with joy Mateas and moderation. The proclamation was followed by the actual firing of the pump, by Manny Lopez.
The literary ceremony, presented and directed by the announcer of Radio Tres Mares, Mon Fernandez, began with the inauguration, by the mayor, Jose Miguel District, the queen of the festivities, Andrea Serna, and the bridesmaids: Aurora Garcia, Belen Maquivar, and Beatriz Elena Ruiz Ortiz.

Reading of the winners
After the inauguration ceremony involved the winners of the contest: the poet Valladolid Mar Sancho, reading the poem called ‘Siberian Loas’, for which he received the ‘natural Flower’ from the hands of the queen of the festivities, Andrea Serna, and a cash prize of 2,500 euros.
Reading also gave his work the other winners: Maria Jesus Gonzalez Fernandez, a native of Mazandrero, winner of the local stage with the poem “Notes on natural history ‘. Huesca writer Oscar Sipan, national award winning story ‘Jose Calderon Climbing’, awarded 2,500 euros, read his story ‘Theorem of unmade beds’.
The literary act ended with the intervention of the maintainer, by journalist and writer Luis del Val.

Information obtained from www.eldiariomontanes.es