Aragonese of the Year reaches its 26th edition tonight

After the hangover of the 25th anniversary, the Aragonese of the Year reaches its twenty-sixth edition today, becoming the oldest awards in the autonomous community. The Zaragoza Conference Center, located on the Expo 2008 site, hosts this award that recognizes the work of personalities, groups and entities that, with their daily work in different fields, always with social significance, contribute to the progress and development of the region. Thus, at 20.00:XNUMX p.m., the doors of this magnificent stage will reopen to begin a gala in which the name of the winners will be revealed, who are not previously known, with the exception of the Aragonese of Honor.

As tradition marks, the sculptures that the winners will receive, the work of the master sculptor from Zaragoza, José Antonio Barrios, will symbolize the recognition and gratitude to those who, with their efforts, contribute to making Aragon a prosperous land, full of opportunities and thriving. in areas as different and at the same time as transcendental as the economy, society, science, culture or sport. The Aragonese Awards of the Year are divided into five categories: Business, Human Values, Science and Technology, Sports and Culture. Each of them has four candidates preselected by the newspaper and exposed to the public so that the readers with their votes in the previous weeks are the ones who choose the winners in each of the sections.

In addition to the winners in the different disciplines, the candidate who receives the most votes obtains the Aragonese of the Year award. Víctor Fernández, the Zaragoza Auditorium, the Servet Cardiology Service, Pikolín, La Seo, La Zaragozana, Walqa, the Cariñena Designation of Origin, the Tarazona cathedral or the recently awarded in the 25th anniversary of the contest, the researcher and oncologist Alberto Jiménez Schuhmacher, have been some of the names that have earned this distinction for their contribution to the improvement of Aragonese society since, in Jiménez's own words, they work to make Aragón "a magnet for talent."

SOME EMOTIONAL AWARDS

Another of the most emotional moments of the gala, which has been repeated 23 times, since it did not occur in the first two editions, is the presentation of the Aragonese Honor Award. The distinction recognizes those people or groups who have earned merits for their artistic, personal and professional careers. In this case, it is EL PERIÓDICO DE ARAGÓN who designates the winner. This year, the Aragonese of Honor goes to the 8-M Assembly of Zaragoza in recognition of all their work in the battle for women's equality. Previously, figures such as Ildefonso Manuel Gil, Antonio Saura, José Beulas, Manuel Giménez Abad, posthumously, Antón García Abril, the Zaragoza Expo 2008 and José Antonio Labordeta were also awarded.

As tradition also marks, the gala will be hosted by Adriana Oliveros. The popular Aragonese journalist has been portraying Aragonese society for more than a decade through this newspaper in her section of People. Director of the Zeta Audiovisual production company and journalist of this house, her extensive experience as master of ceremonies makes her knowledgeable about all the secrets that this ceremony hides. More than a thousand guests will gather in this luxury setting to follow a gala with a certain feminine tone that will have as its common thread the milestones that have marked the current news of the last year.

Through short video fragments, the achievements obtained by each of the candidates in the different categories will be reviewed. This delivery of statuettes will be accompanied by a performance by the Zaragoza dance company LaMov. After captivating the 2017 attendees by performing contemporary dance pieces from his show Seven deadly sins, in this edition, they will pay tribute to Michel Vallés, editor of this newspaper who recently died. They will offer the piece Earthly, based on the journalist's cancer disease process. The ceremony will be closed by the duo Daniel and Marta with a musical performance. During the course of the ceremony, the names of the winners of the five two-night half-board stays for two people at the Barceló Monasterio de Boltaña Spa hotel will also be announced. In this way, the hotel stay, together with the sponsors of the event, Telefónica and Banco Sabadell, in addition to having the support of the Government of Aragon and the Zaragoza City Council, show their commitment to an evening in which human warmth and the impetus to place Aragonese society in a privileged position have a reward. The finishing touch will be a post-gala lunch, which will be held at the Hiberus hotel, adjacent to the palace.