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Tuesday, 24th - 30th October 2017
Pride of Spain Awards 2017 On Friday, 20th October, the Casa de Cultura in Benijofar was awash with glamour as the 2017 Costa Blanca People Pride of Spain Awards took place. Hosted by Stevie Spit and Aoife Leddy, the awards took place in front of an audience of finalists and honoured guests for the eleventh year in a row. Supported, as always, by main sponsor Moneycorp, the awards also raised funds for the Tasha Appeal in the hope of getting Tasha to the US for Mitochondrial treatment to help prolong her life.
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his year, there were eight categories of award winners which honoured individuals, businesses and local groups in the running for an award. The awards themselves were sponsored by a number of local businesses, with representatives of each of the sponsors presenting the prizes to each category winner. Half time entertainment was provided by the
dulcet tones of Kylie Burgazzi with songs by Adele and Pavarotti. The audience were treated to a feast of wonderful tapas by Restaurant Catorce with a delightful array of hot and cold snacks. Cake Magic supplied a wonderful celebration cake, which was sliced up and offered alongside a ‘donation tin’, adding a few more much needed euros to the Tasha Appeal. The evening was brought to a close with a raffle of a €500 holiday
L-R: Janet Campbell of Spanish Solutions/Comaskey Properties, who donated a €500 holiday voucher to the Tasha Appeal, Donna Lowman (winner of the voucher) and Claire Richards, MD of the Costa Blanca People
voucher, donated to the Tasha Appeal by Comaskey Properties and Spanish Solutions. The raffle was won by Donna Lowman who was there on the evening to accept her prize. Once again the evening proved how popular and successful the Costa Blanca People‘Pride of Span Awards’ are as a way of recognising those who do so much to
help the community and act as shining examples to the rest of us. The full programme of events from the evening is available on the Costa Blanca People website, detailing more about each finalist and their wonderful achievements. Continued on page 3
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