This Saturday morning, the most participatory edition of the project that the Castellers de Vilafranca started in 2010 will be held at Cal Figarot

 

 

 

7 educational centers and a thousand boys and girls from Alt Penedès: this is the expected participation in the new edition of JOVErd, the castells competition between schools and institutes in the region. The project, which is coming to its end this year sixth edition, has become an appointment marked on the calendar by the young man from Alt Penedès.

 

From a castells workshop, each center has made its own team involving students from other years. At the press conference to present the sixth edition of JOVErd, teachers from schools and institutes evaluated the initiative very positively, since, although many hours are needed to be able to properly rehearse the structures , the effort is worth it and the values that are transmitted in the castells also improve day to day in the classrooms.

This Saturday, April 25, a thousand students will flood the yard and the ship of Cal Figarot to raise their structures. The castells will be assessed by a jury made up of members of Castellers de Vilafranca, in addition to being supervised by castellers and castelleras in order to guarantee good safety. This year, alongside the prize for the winning group, a new one is added, the Oriol Rossell trophy for the group in which the jury values the most effort in the work done.

The contest will start at 10 am and will last until noon. The participating centers are the centers of Vilafranca IES Alt Penedès, IES Eugeni d'Ors, IES Milà and Fontanals and the schools Sant Josep, Sant Elies and El Montagut school; And the IES El Foix de Santa Margarida and the Monks.

On Monday, April 20, the draw was held for the order of action during JOVErd, which has been framed as follows:

1st Castellers del Foix

2nd Vailets de Sant Josep

3rd Castellers del Milan

4th Mountain climbers of Montagut

5th Tiralongues del Pou de l'Eugeni d'Ors

6th Bordegassos of the Alt Penedès

7th Colla Joves de Sant Elias

 

Last year nearly 900 students from 10 different educational centers participated in JOVErd. This year, 7 centers will participate, but the number of students will reach a thousand.