EUROGAMES INFORMATION AND CULTURAL PROGRAM

The EUROGAMES BARCELONA 2008 is a festival of the culture and the diversity, we want to invite to all to participate and that invite all your friends to all the activities of the EUROGAMES BARCELONA 2008, is a very extensive program that want diffuse through this mail to all yours known.
Inauguration Ceremony activities; international conference; festival of the Woman; Sports; souvenirs, clocks, undershirts to promote and to invite to all and all to participate of the festival, for that we have two information centers . We invite you and we ask that report you of the activities in:

-PLAÇA CATALONIA
TOURIST INFORMATION BUREAU
UNDER PLAÇA CATALONIA STAND 1, 2, 3, 4
(HERE ATENCION TO THE VOLUNTEER TOO)
09,00 TO 21,00 HOURS
LENGUAGE CENTER


-PLAÇA UNIVERSITAT
ON THE SAME PLAÇA UNIVERSITAT
09,00 TO 21,00 HOURS

Tickets for the Opening Ceremony and Parties

Buy your tickets to live a great show: the Opening Ceremony of the EuroGames, that will be celebrated on Thursday July 24th at 21:00 in the Palau Sant Jordi, the Oplympic Pavilion. It will be a ceremony of light, music and emotions to say a big welcome to the 5000 athletes who will be part of the 12th. edition of the EuroGames.

With the TV presenter Àngel Llàcer, the Gospel Choir of Barcelona with more than 150 singers, the big sing show of Gema Castaño, and the finalists of the 2008 edition of the famous TV program Operación Triunfo (Spanish version of the Star Academy) and much more. In addition, like in many other sport ceremonies, we will applase all the participants while they parade around the stadium. Be part of the Ceremony! Be part of the EuroGames! Everybody will be welcome. Buy your tickets now!

Come to the GAY PRIDE at Madrid, Saturday 5th of July at 18h! Participate shining with your EuroGames 08 T-Shirt and having fun. As many we are more visible we will be!

The GAY PRIDE parade starts at Independencia square (known as Puerta de Alcala) and ends at España square. The volunteers will meet at 18h at the independencia square, in front of the gate of the Parque del Retiro. Do not get lost; there will be a lot of people!

Bring your friends, family, pets… everybody! Bring your rainbow flag, those sensual shorts and… come to have fun with us!

E-MAIL FOR VOLUNTEERS

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Eurogames Barcelona 08 Volunteers Team

Number one worry: security checks

Badge, name, photo, introductions, orange juice and the rain got us started on the third training day for volunteers.

The newbies had a hard time….you probably know what we mean, yeah, you’ve been there too! Racking your brain to create an ad, a carafe-filling race, skiing on pebbles… Pep Escartin, member of the Honour Committee, conducted the session in the afternoon.

With his usual original and humourous touch, he introduced the different coordinators of volunteers, who told about what it meant for them to be part of this project.

The session came to an end with Joan Miró, the EuroGames president, who welcomed the 40 new just-trained volunteers.

Hi dear volunteers!

As many of you already know, the Names Project organised the HIVvictims’ memorial at the Cathedral on Saturday 17th May. This event started the AIDS International Week of action. No doubt it was a day for reflection for the LGTB group in the fight against HIV.

Many associations from all over Spain got together in the event in order to advertise themselves and support the cause and we also just had to be there: EuroGames Barcelona 08 does have a stand in the venue.

Despite the threat of a dull rainy day, nobody wanted to miss the event, including the passers-by who were taking a Saturday morning stroll. Voices from Andalusia, Galicia, Madrid could be heard in the various stands run by the different associations in the venue.

A huge tapestry was made out of patches that read the names of some of the victims of this pandemic and a symbolic act was set up, with the readings of some of the victims’ names by some famous personalities (politicians, health officials from both state and local governement institutions) and by LGTB representatives. A EuroGames Barcelona 08 volunteer also took part in the event.

The morning event came to an end with the presentation of the slogan for the “Shout it out loud: stop AIDS” campaign and with a deafening whistling. What began as seeming chaos turned into a joyful samba, which was proof of the hope fostered by all those who fight against this evil every single day-

Without a doubt, this was a chance to make ourselves known to citizens, rather than to gain new volunteers. Still we managed to attract a few people from the various associations present who are interested in volunteering and do not want to miss this summer’s great event in Barcelona.

EuroGames Barcelona 08 Volunteer Team

The Volunteers EuroGames 2008 Barcelona were in Operation Triumph 2008

Hi volunteers:

On May 13, a large group of volunteers, perhaps the most ever together,
attended the live presentation of Operación Triunfo 2008 and to see the
all the contestants of the academy, the hot Jesús Vázquez, the
not-so-mean Risto, the attractive Alejandro Fernández and of course the
always fabulous Mónica Naranjo.

After waiting in a long line, we were able to leave some gifts for the
contestants so they would always remember us, although we’ll never know
if they really received them, and then we entered the Gestmusic complex.
The gave us all instructions that photos are prohibited, cell phones are
prohibited, explaining the image rights of the contestants...if you take
photos you are stealing their image and they will discretely throw you
out of the event, etc etc...

Then a sandwich, french fries and a small bottle of water as a snack
taken on the grass. It was like a picnic but with 1000 other people and
a line to get the bathrooms that makes you laugh and think of the days of
food rationing.

Too excited to complain, finally we entered the studio and the magic
began. It was unreal. Despite the number of times you see it on
television, when you are there you still can’t believe it. Everyone
enjoyed it a great deal, booing, applauding, listening to the contestants
sing, who by the way, don’t sing out of tune as much as they say.

And at the thrilling end, the nominations and the best comments by Risto.

The EuroGames Barcelona 2008 Volunteer Team