OFFICIAL PROGRAMME

THURSDAY 4TH MAY

10.00

Reveille

11.00

Opening of the 'Gran Regata 2000' Theme Park. Welcome ceremony.

12.00/ 20.00

Ships open for viewing

12.00

Release of messenger pigeons

12.00/ 14.00

Entertainment in the harbour. Children's workshops

18.00/ 20.00

Entertainment in the harbour

18.00/ 20.00

Live Music in the Fishing Harbour

18.00

Opening of exhibitions

18.30

Official Reception for Captains of participating ships.

20.45

City harbour: Live Performance by "Los Cucas" musical group.

21.30

Festive Lighting Ceremony

21.45

City harbour: Dialíssimo 2000

00.30

Firework Display

FRIDAY 5TH MAY

11.00

'Gran Regata 2000' Theme Park opens. Sporting activities. Guided tours around Cadiz. Children´s workshops.

12.00/ 20.00

Ships open for viewing

12.00/ 14.00

Entertainment in the harbour

13.00

Reception in the Provincial Government Building

17.30

Crew parade

18.30

Plaza de San Juan de Dios. Prize-giving Ceremony

19.00/ 21.00

Fishing harbour: Live music

19.30

Plaza de San Juan de Dios. Concert by the Regimental Band 'RI Inmemorial del Rey'

20.30

Young people's marquee: Trainee and crew party

21.30

City harbour: Concert "Maita Vende Cá", "Azúcar Moreno", and "Ketama"

00.30

Plaza de los Artesanos. Carnival evening

SATURDAY 6TH MAY

10.00

Meeting of Captains and Commanders. Conference Centre. Conference Room No. 1

10.30

Urban fun run

11.00

'Gran Regata 2000' Theme Park opens. Guided tours of the City.

12.00/ 20.00

Visits to ships

12.00

Entertainment in the harbour. Choral singing

13.00

Marqués de Comillas quayside. Performance by the Royal Andalousian School of Equestrian Arts 'Andalousian Dancing Horses'

17.00

Plaza de los Artesanos. Children's Party

18.00/ 20.00

Entertainment in the harbour

19.30

Gran Teatro Falla (Falla Theatre). Concert given by the Regimental Band 'RI Inmemorial del Rey'

20.30

Plaza de los Artesanos. Live music

21.00

Captains' Dinner

21.30

Fishing harbour: Live music

23.00

City harbour: Concert given by Rocío Jurado

01.00

Firework Display

01.15

Plaza de los Artesanos: Flamenco Evening

SUNDAY 7TH MAY

08.00

Reveille

09.00

Parade of Sail

10.00

'Gran Regata 2000' Theme Park opens. Fleet Farewell. Final Salute Firework Display.

14.00

Closure of 'Gran Regata 2000' Theme Park.

TALL SHIPS 2000 CADIZ

PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES

Exhibitions and Cultural Activities

Conference Centre
4^th , 5^th , 6^th and 7^th May (10.00 – 14.00 and 17.00 – 20.00)

Central Lechera Theatre
4^th, 5^th and 6^th May (21.00)

Performances by University Theatre Groups:

Centro Cultural El Palillero (Cultural Centre "El Palillero")
4^th , 5^th , 6^th and 7^th May (10.00 – 14.00 and 17.00 – 20.00)

Exhibition: Interactive Science

Baluarte de la Candelaria (Candelaria Ramparts)
4^th, 5^th May (11.00 – 14.00 and 18.00 – 21.00)
6^th, and 7^th May (11.00 – 14.00)

Photographic Exhibition by Robert Freeman

Museo Municipal Las Cortes (´Las Cortes Municipal Museum)
4^th, 5^th and 6^th May (9.00 – 13.00 and 16.00 – 19.00)
7^th May (9.00 – 13.00)

Exhibition: Cadiz, The Predestined Port

Plaza de San Antonio
4^th and 5^th May (11-00 – 14.00 and 18.00 – 21.00)6^th and 7^th May (11.00 – 14.00 and 17.00 – 21.00)

Provincial Government Building
4^th, 5^th, 6^th and 7^th May (10.00 – 21.00)

Sala Rivadavia (Rivadavia Art Gallery)
4^th and 5^th May (10.00 – 14.00 and 17.30 – 20.30)
6^th May (11.0 – 14.00)

Exhibition by the painter Carmen Bustamante "aMAR"