THE FAIR OF UTRERA

by Elisa Lobato (2nd Bachillerato C Night)


After the Fair of April, the Fair in Utrera gets closer. It will overcome other villages of Seville.
It starts at the beginning of September. It makes numerous utreranos fromm all over Spain return to their town in order to see the Virgin of Consolación, Mistress of Utrera.
In the Fair of Utrera the casetas are open for everybody, not just for utreranos.
The Fair lasts approximately 5 days but before the Fair, a lot of singers come to the town.
Though it changes a little bit year after year to modernize the Fair, it will never fully change. It will continue being the one that was many years ago. On September 8th, the Virgin will never remain alone, she will be surrounded by many utreranos.

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Sherlock Holmes is a character from books written by Arthur Conan Doyle that appeared for the first time in 1887. His most famous story was "The Hound of Baskervilles". Many of the movies were made into movies and TV dramas. He is a detective famous for his skills and for solving mysteries. He has a sharp mind and is able to solve even the most hard and stange cases. Holmes plays the violin and smokes a pipe. Even though he is a fiction character, there is a monument in London dedicated to him.

Do you know the name of his inseparable companion?
Have you ever read one of Sherlock Holmes' books?

BEYONCE - IF I WERE A BOY

by Inmaculada Muñoz (2nd Bachillerato A Night)

Her name is Beyonce Giselle Knowles. She was born on 4th September 1981 in Houston, Texas. She celebrated her wedding anniversary on 4th April 2009 with her husband Jay Z. Beyonce won fame in the late 90s as the lead singer of the group "Destiny's Child". Her first album was "Dangerous in Love", released in June 2003. Her second album was "Live at Wembley" (2004) and her third album was "B' Day" (2006). Her last CD is "I am... Sasha Fierce". Here we can find the song "If I Were a Boy".



This song is about a girl in the body of a man. She talks about her experience with her husband. She sees life as a man with a woman's body. This song is for many girls that are in her situation.

Do you like this song? What do you think about this?

HOLY WEEK SWEETS

by Antonio J. Valle and J. Antonio Romero (2nd Bachillerato C Night)

In the Holy Week there are some typical sweets that are only elaborated in these dates. The majority of them are elaborated with the basic ingredients of any sweet: eggs, flour, lard and sugar.
In this country there are different traditional types of sweets, as "monas de Pascua", "torrijas", fried milk, "pestiños", rice with milk, "bollos de semana santa", "frangollo", "hornazos"... The majority of these sweets come from the medieval convents.
Two of the most popular sweets of the Spanish cuisine are:
"Torrijas" (original of Andalusia): They are slices of bread dipped in milk or in wine, which are fried in abundant oil, wet in well-trodden egg. Once fried they are dusted with sugar and cinnamon, or they can be bathed with honey.

"Pestiños" (proceeding from Castilla): They are elaborated by a mass of fried flour and it is sweetened with a lot of honey.