{"id":108110,"date":"2023-03-24T12:02:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T11:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaridigital.urv.cat\/?p=108110"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:12:30","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T10:12:30","slug":"success-first-urv-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaridigital.urv.cat\/en\/success-first-urv-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The first URV Festival: a great success"},"content":{"rendered":"

The URV Festival came to an end last Thursday, 23 March, after all the activities had enjoyed huge success. The event was held in the gardens of the Camp de Mart in Tarragona, where a dozen activities were organised for the university community. Hundreds of people enjoyed an open mic show, an electronic aperitif and paella. The festival began with the arrival of students and staff from all the University campuses on Conc\u00f2rdia Square, where they were entertained by a charanga<\/em>, and it culminated with the performances of Figa Flawas, JazzWoman and DJ Ceba at night.<\/p>\n

From Tarragona, Tortosa, Vila-Seca, Reus, El Vendrell and Vilafranca, members of the URV community converged on the Catalunya Campus (Tarragona) in the middle of the morning, from where they paraded up to the gardens of the Camp de Mart accompanied by the music of Pujats de To. The festival had begun, and the students showed their involvement by wearing T-shirts that proclaimed the degree programme they were studying. The Pataquers, the University’s human-tower building team, joined in the fun by constructing a pillar and, immediately, DJ Trapella’s music got the electronic aperitif under way.24<\/p>\n

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The party began with the Xaranga Pujats de To, which led the participants from the Catalunya Campus to the Camp de Mart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The former students and influencers Aida Roca (La Fil\u00f2loga de Guardia) and Albert Pag\u00e0 (Berti) were entrusted with introducing the festival, which was led by three presenters \u2013 Mohamed Boulaich, Meritxell Garc\u00eda and Toni P\u00e9rez-Portabella \u2013 representing the students, the administrative staff, and the teaching and research staff, respectively. La Fil\u00f2loga de Gu\u00e0rdia and Berti looked back on their years at the URV, and were rewarded with the applause of students from all disciplines when they mentioned each of the degree programmes. They also spoke out in favour of the dialectal varieties of Catalan and reminded the audience that they all came together in the URV.<\/p>\n

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Berti and la Fil\u00f2loga de gu\u00e0rdia, the first act.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They both agreed: \u201cWe have to make this festival our own.\u201d Likewise, Pau Ricom\u00e0, the mayor of Tarragona, and Josep Pallar\u00e8s, rector of the URV, encouraged everyone to \u201clet their hair down\u201d and enjoy the party, which hoped to bring the whole university community together.<\/p>\n

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Pau Ricom\u00e0, mayor of Tarragona, and Josep Pallar\u00e8s, rector of the URV, were on the main stage with the presenters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Some days before the festival, it was quite clear that the students, the administration and services staff, and the teaching and research staff were in the mood for getting together and celebrating, because the thousand tickets that were put on sale for the big open-air lunch of paella and the special Festival glass soon sold out.<\/p>\n

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A thousand plates of paella were served.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After lunch, it was time for the fair and games. Student associations, Tarragona Jove, the Tarragona Chess Club and university services such as the International Center and URV Languages were given the chance to make themselves known to the community. The Language Service had a Paraul\u00f2gic contest, and the International Center and the European Aurora University Alliance, of which the URV is part, organised a paper-plane competition. Throughout the day, the lilac point (a support and information point for women) was active. At the same time, the Alma Mater student group played bingo.<\/p>\n

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Fair for games and associations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the afternoon, students with a more artistic bent showed their musical, dance and theatrical skills at the Open Mic contest. The jury and a popular vote awarded the first, second and third place to Perla Seguro, a student of Advertising and Public Relations, Saray Queralt, a student of Catalan Philology, and Jenny Stephanie Castillo, a student on the Master\u2019s Degree in Strategic Communication. They all won a hamper of URV merchandise products.<\/p>\n

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Laia Mart\u00ed L\u00f3pez, a student at ETSA, was one of the participants in the Open Mic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the festival neared its end, the duo Figa Flawas, from Valls, took the stage. They were warmly received by the audience with songs such as \u201cXuculatina\u201d and \u201cQue no s’acabi\u201d, and a combination of styles ranging from pop to urban and Latin-American genres.<\/p>\n

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Performance by Figa Flawas, one of the headliners at the URV Festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next on after the Figa Flawas was the Valencian singer JazzWoman, whose hip-hop style raised spirits even more, until former student Joel Reche, DJ Ceba, took the stage to bring to an end a festival that will go down in history.<\/p>\n

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JazzWoman, in her performance on the URV Festival\u2019s main stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The URV Festival was jointly organised by the Tarragona City Council, the Anima\u2019t Cultural Association and the student group Alma Mater, with the support of Estrella Damm. Anyone wishing to contribute ideas and suggestions for improvement for the next edition can do so at the email of the Festival Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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