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The saying was fulfilled this Friday in the Auditorium El Batel, and the last to act were the first.
After winning the prizes for best costume and best staging, the Chochonis convinced the public and the jury and won the first place in the XV edition of the Regional Competition Chirigotas Cartagena.
First time this chirigota, and twenty-year-old, with the first prize of the contest, they got started as a motorcycle to the rhythm of Highway to hell in an auditorium El Batel that was filled to listen the two passes of the night.
The podium of this edition was completed by the "divine" chirigota of the Singuangos, which came second, and the third place was for the Robinsons of the Island dressed as very newborn venus very peculiar.
The Almerians of the chiqugota del Soto, with their problems of parents first and abandoned by their ladies, achieved a fourth very meritorious considering that it was their first participation in this contest.
Completed the record of this edition the chirigota of the Pico Esquina, with an introduction and a very showy staging and disguises of 'the 90' ​​... years old.
The good atmosphere was the protagonist behind the scenes, where the chirigotas prepared with some nerves but already happy to have reached the final.
Words of encouragement and some joke ensued while some disguised themselves and others warmed the vocal cords in the rehearsal room.
"The important thing is the good vibes we have," a first-time father from the Soto told an old man from the Pico Esquina almost at the end of the first pass.
In the patio of armchairs and the two amphitheatres, the public enjoyed the almost three hours of pasodobles and coplillas to which he responded with continuous laughter and applause.
The success of this event is already habitual, leaving only some loose locality in the second amphitheater.
On Saturday and Sunday at noon, all those who were in the streets of the historic center of Cartagena were able to enjoy the performances of all groups, and near the stages arranged in the squares of San Francisco, San Sebastián and Icue, or from The terraces of the nearby bars.
For those who did not have the opportunity to listen to the chirigotas of this year or those who want to revive them, the first full pass can be visualized on the Youtube channel of the City Hall.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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