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The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar has chaired from the balcony of City Hall the traditional civil-religious act by which since the late eighteenth century, on the eve of Corpus Christi, at 12 noon the Touch of Councils and the anthem plays minstrels from Chapter Houses of the Church of San Patricio and balconies of City Hall, an act to which the procession will take place on Sunday June 7 starting at 7 pm, departing convenes in Church of San Mateo.
It remembers that musicians and minstrels were in Lorca at the service of the Council since the sixteenth century, which had as its main function to attend on behalf of the City for religious ceremonies or other public events, playing the music for incoming and dismiss the Corporation .
The instruments that were part of minstrels was three oboes and sackbut.
The Council also had to clarineros, salaried musicians who were part of courtship representative of the City when it came to ceremonial as Corpus, Easter, Virgen del Rosario Virgen del Alcazar, Virgen de las Huertas, etc.With occasion of the Feast Corpus, in the town of Lorca have traditionally held various acts, most notably that develops with clarineros occupying the central balcony of City Hall and the minstrels, opposite, on the balconies of the Chapter Houses of San Patricio.
The event has started at 12 am with the touch of minstrels and Heralds then replied with his music, repeating this ceremony three times.
The music played includes the Touch of Councils of clarineros Council and the March of Ministriles, dating from the last third of the eighteenth century.
These pieces form the official anthem of the City of Lorca since February 23, 1994 was approved by the City Council Full Council of Lorca.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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