The Rio Branco week began on Saturday with the choice of the queen
The 4th edition of Rio Branco Week will continue with all its pre -established program.
During the business days, educational and cultural activities will be accentuated and everything linked to the artistic and sports will be resumed next weekend.
The climatic situation on Sunday 5 led to reprogram part of the proposals.
Last Saturday, with excellent public frame, the choice of the queen of the week was made. The responsibility fell to the young Verónica López. Gabriela Silva and Sofía Silva as they were crowned as 1st and 2nd princess respectively.
In the opening ceremony, the departmental mayor of Cerro Largo and the mayor of the municipality of Rio Branco made the floor.
In your words of welcome, Federico López He congratulated all the participants in the queen’s choice. “In all these days that have been working and rehearsing, the existing companionship was noticed. This represents a great learning not only for which it is elected but for all others” said.
“I want to congratulate and thank the mayor Christian Morel that we knew was going to be accompanying us on this first day. We are also sure that we will be accompanying us other days because in the personal that I have been integrating as a councilor the municipality of Río Branco since 2015, it was the one who opened the doors of the Municipality of Cerro Largo to advertise the week” The head of local government recognized.
“Advertising the party, at the week of Rio Branco, the most important for us throughout the department, to do so in the capital of the department is fundamental” López highlighted.
The mayor especially thanked the more than 30 municipal officials who were part of the organization of the party. “Yes, I am the one who gets the stage to speak, there is a team that has been working for more than 2 months, which is in every detail, so that this show comes out with the brightness that you should have” held.
“We made a modification, we introduced a change, today the stage is in the central square. We were a little anxious and played to see how it would look, but this is really merit of those officials who left everything so that the scenario is up to the activity of the activity” highlighted.
Federico López had words of recognition to the public entities that are collaborating, but fundamentally to the shops of the city of Rio Branco that contributed to the party. “We are in this way fulfilling this year’s slogan that is that at the week of Río Branco we do it among all. Without their support it would be impossible to achieve this beautiful party for all of you” The mayor of the municipality of Rio Branco said.
Pride of the week
“For me it is an immense taste to be here. Last year when we did the week of Río Branco, and now Federico (López) He stressed that the intention for the first time opened the doors to the municipality to present the activity, believe me to have done that in Melo for me was something very exciting ” express Christian Morel.
“I never imagined that one day I was going to be the mayor of this department, but I never imagined that this department was really going to be one. Today, obviously I had to be in this place where the 4th week of Rio Branco is being done,” said.
“For me this has a very large entruns of feelings because when I saw each of these 16 beautiful girls parading and saying that they were representing certain places of the city, expressing that they felt pride of the mouth of the tiger, of the pool, of the equestrian town, of the children’s soccer stadium, every time they said it I was excited” said. “How am I not going to get excited yes in 4 years this city can say that it is the only one in the department that has those things and these beautiful girls who paraded can say things that perhaps 5 years ago when we did the 1st week of Rio Branco we did not come out of highlighting the beautiful maua bridge?. We stayed in that. Christian Morel stressed.
