Salou celebrates 20 years of independence.

The 30th October sees the start of the Festa Major in Salou celebrating 20 years since Salou achieved independence as a municipality.

That is why the program of events starting this Sunday is dedicated to all salouenses and wants to remember and commemorate this historic event for Salou because, as the mayor pointed out, Pere Granados, "if today is the fact that there is through the efforts of all. " Therefore, "we must recognize the effort and work has been done in Salou during these 20 years and has enabled local processing. However Granados recalled that the holding of these two decades as such will not happen until January, the month in which segregation was achieved, but "la Festa Major is the starting point.

Instruments for all

This is the third year the festival is celebrated October 30 as Festa Major in Salou, which has the unanimity of all political groups. In the preparation of acts of this year has been allocated € 68,000 to be used for everyone, young and old alike, enjoy and enjoy to the maximum of each activity from Sunday until Nov. 1.

The festival will open the second pedaling and popular walking II, two acts that concentrate hundreds of people that travel (walking and cycling) every street of Salou to meet in the ears of Moll and dating to the Plaça de la Pau where drinks will be offered to all participants.

Following these preliminary actions, the fun takes a break on Monday to grab and pull forces sharply on Tuesday with the holiday proclamation by the presenter of TV3, Jordi Gil. The fireworks on the seafront 30 d'octubre signal will definitively announcing that the Festa Major has already begun.

While Wednesday will be the turn of the awards to the creativity of children and youth, on Thursday 29th and celebrate with good pace the arrival of 'big' day, the group of The Boys Choir will give a concert at the Teatre Auditori (TAS).

Almost no time to rest, and on Friday 30 October, the church Santa Maria del Mar welcome the wreath at 10.30 am. Once completed, the appointment is in the Parc de les Archaeological Remains of the Roman Vila Barenys, to be opened to the public for the first time in this opening ceremony. The morning will close, how could it be otherwise, with the massive popular paellada Park City Council whose nominal price (2 Euro) will be devoted entirely to Caritas.

The rockets, the mascletà, the concert (by the orchestra Meravella), the October 30 dinner and dance with the same set musical acts closed the big day to make way for 31: action castellera, cercavila and Halloween (with a disk of terror included) say party, fun and entertainment for those who want.

Catalunya Bans Happy Hour

The Catalunyan governement yesterday passed a new law banning Happy Hours and 2 for 1 drinks. In an attempt to prevent the increase in teenage drinking, we think its not the offers that the bars put on that promote this growing trend but a lack of supervision and discipline from parents.

Sebastien Loeb Leads Catalunya Rally

SALOU, Spain — Five-time world champion Sebastien Loeb surged to the lead in the Rally of Catalunya on Saturday.

The French driver finished the day 1.5sec ahead of Citroen teammate and overnight leader Dani Sordo with Mikko Hirvonen, in a Ford, third at 48.5sec.

The race, which finishes Sunday, is the penultimate leg of the 2009 championship race, in which Finnish ace Hirvonen currently leads Loeb by only five points in the standings.

"I'm in the lead, but not by a lot," said Loeb. "The stage was difficult, but the main thing is we got through the day okay and with no punctures.

"I'm very happy to be in the lead but there's a long day still to come tomorrow. We'll see how we do."

Hirvonen admitted to feeling the pressure after Sordo and Loeb dominated from early in the day, and the Ford Focus driver could only lament losing time at key points on the course.

"Against Citroens on tarmac it looks like third is the only place I can take," joked Hirvonen.

"It's been a good day. But it's a bit like history repeating itself; on Friday in Spain we lose a lot, on Saturday we get closer. I couldn't do much more and there's still more to do for next year - both from me and the car. We're closer though - and that's good news."

The 2009 world championship concludes with the Rally of Britain, in Wales, in three weeks' time.