The first of what will be many more meetings of
the Costa Maya Festival Committee was held last Wednesday to commence
preliminary planning of this spectacular event. This annual festival has become
one of the most anticipated throughout the country, thus the committee's
ambition to make it better every year. A new idea has been
raised by the committee to shorten the festivities to only four days instead of
six, August 16th -
19th. The committee feels
that the six-day event, tends to exhaust members and participants, and the idea
of eliminating two days would solve this problem. Although the festival will be
shortened, it is hoped that the cultural presentations of the Munda Maya
Countries will still be represented. By dedicating their time to only four days
worth of events, the committee assures the public the show will be of a greater
quality than ever before. Already the search is on for an international
performer as well as the solicitation of sponsorship. This year it is
expected that the pageant will be held on Thursday with the remainder of the
weekend still in the planning stages. Suggestions for the festival and
interested members are welcomed by the committee. Anyone needing additional
information may contact Mr. Gach Guerrero at Amigo Travel in San Pedro by
calling 026-2180. The San Pedro Sun will
provide you more details of the Costa Maya Festival as they become
available.
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