Apr 11 - Minister Linares Launches 2013 Spring Festival

Written by YGTV Team on 11 April 2013.

Minister for Culture, Steven Linares officially launched the annual Gibraltar Spring festival this afternoon. He noted that the programme included a number of events organised by the Ministry for Culture, and others that were privately set up. The programme includes a Henry 8^th puppet show, a day dedicated to cycling for charity, and a spring art exhibition.

 Minister Linares also revealed the winner of the spring festival logo competition. The winning entry was designed by Joelle Ferrar of Westside School. 10 of the submitted entries were granted as highly commended and each participant received a £20 voucher.

Commenting on how she came up with her winning design, Joelle noted that her class at school was asked to design a logo, by her teacher, and once she got into the drawing process, she just came up with the design.

Commenting on the event, Minister Linares explained that regardless of the method of inception and production, all of the events planned for the Festival share one common purpose; the desire to quench the thirst for Culture.

The Spring Festival will commence on Wednesday 1^st May with the Gibraltar May Day Celebrations. The end date for the event is Saturday 22^nd June which is the date set for the exorbitantly popular gastronomy festival ‘ Calentita’.