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The House of Folklore of the Folklore Group City of Cartagena in La Palma, was filled last Friday 10 and Saturday 11 February, to witness the semifinals of the National Contest of Saetas 2017 Cartagena in which singers from Cartagena, Andalusia and Extremadura, Dazzled the public with their interpretations.

The audience, among which was the councilman of Culture, David Martinez, enjoyed the high level of the interpreters to which this cooking is already accustomed.

The jury will announce in the coming weeks the participants who will sing in the final.

In the first gala of the semifinals, which was held on Friday, Maria Dolores Díaz, from Cartagena;

Miriam Cantero, from Cáceres;

María José Flores, from Seville;

Monserrat Pérez, from Almería;

Francisco Campos, of Cartagena;

Araceli Campillos, from Córdoba;

And Triana de los Ángeles Pérez, of Seville.

On the other hand, on Saturday, it was the turn of the interpretations of Juan Francisco Berrocal, of Cadiz;

José Manuel González, from Chiclana;

Pepi Mantas, from Córdoba;

Manuela Pérez, from Huelva;

Sebastián Navas, from Fuengirola;

Nazareth Marcos, from Granada;

Isabel Fatima Guerrero, from Seville;

Joaquín Muñoz, from Córdoba;

And María del Rosario Serrano, from Seville.

The selected ones will go to the final, which will take place on March 25 in the Church of Santa Maria de Gracia, where the winner of this edition of the competition will be decided, which will receive an economic endowment and an original sculpture, created for the occasion by The Carthaginian sculptor Fernando Sáenz Elorrieta.

The previous editions were for cantaores Juan Fariña, from Huelva, who won in 2014;

Miguel Ángel Lara Solano 'El Canario', from El Saucejo (Seville), in 2015;

And Ana García Caro, from Huelva, in 2016.

The competition is organized by the Association of Portapasos de la Piedad and the Marraja Brotherhood, with the collaboration of the City Council of Cartagena, the Ministry of Culture, the folkloric group 'Ciudad de Cartagena' La Palma, UCAM and Our Father Jesus Groups Nazarene, Virgen de la Piedad, Portapasos of the Dolorosa and Veronica

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena