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taking place outside the USA, but organized or
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2009
BLOODLESS BULLFIGHTING SEASON IN LA GLORIA, TEXAS, USA
The
2009 Bullfighting Season is about to begin at the Santa Maria Bullring in La
Gloria, Texas, USA.
This year promises to be quite special with
appearances by some of Mexico's finest matadors. The series of world-class
bloodless bullfights begins on Sunday January 11th with the Innaugural Corrida
featuring Matadors Enrique Delgado (Monterrey), Longinos Mendoza
(Mex/Houston), and sobresaliente Jorge
Luis Valcárcel (Matanzas, Cuba).
Other dates include Sunday January 25th, Februrary
8th, and February 22nd. Featured matadors include Enrique Espinosa "El
Cuate", Hilda Tenorio, Lupita Lopez, Cesar Castaneda, Alfredo Martinez,
Paco Rocha, Gerardo Rodriquez "El Giro", and David Renk.
The season concludes on March 8th with the IATA
International Association of Taurine Afficionados annual Convention. The bulls
for all these corridas are pure bred Spanish bulls from the ganaderias of Don
Rafael Mendoza and Don Fred Renk. For more information visit www.fredrenk.com
or call 956.481.3300.
“EL FANDI” COMPETED AND FINISHED THE NEW YORK
MARATHON-2008 (M.C.)
On Sunday November 2
Spanish matador David Fandila “El Fandi”
participated in and completed the well-known New York City Marathon.
This marathon is one of the
world's great road races and it , that attracts many world-class professional
athletes as well as amateur runners who compete not only for more than $600,000
in prize money, but for the personal thrill of crossing the 
finish line in
Central Park before the eyes of millions of television viewers. “El Fandi” gave
yet another proof of his athletic skill by finishing the race in 5 hours, 13
minutes and 24 seconds. This should not be a surprise to any aficionado who has
seen the man from Granada running in font of the bulls when placing banderillas
in the ring. The matador was accompanied in the race by his brother Juan Alvaro and by sword handler Rufo Delgado. The three runners wore t-shirts saying "El Fandi: 111 corridas & 1 maratón".
“El
Fandi” was in New York for the presentation and promotion of the documentary
film THE MATADOR,
in which he starts. The film is directed by
Stephen Higgins.
THE FILM “MANOLETE” TO DEBUT IN SPAIN IN
FEBRUARY (M.C.)
According to Canal TCM and after numerous problems before,
during and after shooting, the opening night of ‘Manolete’ with Adrian Brody
and Penelope Cruz will finally take place in february 2009. The film which cost
20 million euros can be seen in Spanish cinemas one year and six months after
the original date which was to coincide with the 60 anniversary of the death of
the torero in Linares. It was cancelled four times for different reasons.
After solving post-production problems of scenes that needed digital editing –
like the scenes involving bulls - Lolafilms, the production- company ran into
serious financial trouble because of judicial proceedings about the solving of
debts.
Once these are solved and if all goes well, the film should open in the first
trimester of 2009.
Manolete played by Brody tells the life-story of the torero and his love for
Lupe Simó, played by Penelope Cruz. Directed by Menno Meyes, the film was
privately shown at the festival of Toronto last September.
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