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The countdown to the start of the 2013 Cartagena Carnival on Saturday February 2. Ten days when the city takes to the streets and music color and shine more than ever.
But there are days, pun intended, in haste, to give the last stitches in that suit that wants to be a winner, to rehearse the choreography or tune up your vocal cords to get the right tone.
This year, during carnival are packed with new features. As evidence of a button, and never better, will be holding the XI edition of the Regional Contest in the auditorium Chirigotas Batel.
Tradition and modernity fuse in this new environment, where they will perform eleven jokes, being the semifinal in a single pass, on Thursday, February 7, and the final, in two passes, on Friday, February 8.
The groups that will take the stage on 7 February in the new edition of the Carnival are: The Salivillas, Chirigota Beniaján, Los Jopys, Pijo Acho, The Missing, The Robinsons Island, The Chochonis, Los Singuangos , not to classics by fact, those who always turn green and Chirigota of Cabezo de Torres.
The nerves of the performance will be wrapped in an atmosphere of euphoria, accompanied by the playfulness of lyrics that try to pull a smile to the listening public.
Carnival is a passion for those who live it, and an example is found in the joke cartagenera of Los Singuangos , which this year celebrates its silver anniversary.
The year was 1989 when a group of friends, almost all of the neighborhood José María de Lapuerta, we decided to launch this project, following chirigotas see a contest last year, says Jero, a veteran of the joke.
25 years later, around thirty people are part of this group, although only fifteen will take the stage of The Batel.
They have since added about 14 first prizes to those who join others in different categories. Recent were achieved in the 2012 edition, when, thanks to two candles, took the first prize and the award for best lyrics.
It's ten o'clock at night, and as usual since September, these chirigoteros prepare to heat their voices to unleash these recent trials.
An average of two hours a day, says Cristian, while preparing for the rehearsal of the Urbanization La Vaguada. Tried squaring times because some people have shifts, concludes.
The irony is the thread of some letters that as the Spaniard Sergio says, are the perfect disguise. Croquettes, evictions, cuts in health, the wedding of the Duchess of Alba, the latest scandals of the Royal Family or song of the year, Gangnam Style, will be the stars of this year's issues in Iran these silly chirigoteros Capullo, in tribute to those five decades of existence.
In addition, to commemorate this anniversary has prepared a photographic exhibition and a book published in deluxe edition that will open on Friday 1 February at 21.00 hours in the exhibition hall of the Faculty of Sciences of the Company (formerly CIM.) In the words of Alfonso, head of the organization of this show, this ambitious project is dedicated to the public, the people of Cartagena that follows its trajectory.
The book contains 25 photographs taken by Julian Contreras Cartagena. Costumes recreate the years. Each image is a joke, and the aim is to start them a smile in these times, says Alfonso.
Once the curtain falls on 8 February, the joke of Los Singuangos and starán in San Javier, Cotillas Towers and also act in Murcia, in the Teatro Romea alongside a troupe of Cadiz and three jokes over the region. At these outlets, bowling bind commonly performed in the spring and summer, and presented as one of the funding streams, along with prizes, raffles and lotteries own fee paid by members clustering.
Tickets for the eleventh edition Chirigotas Regional Contest are now on sale at the box office of Teatro Nuevo Circo and The Batel and online.
In the following link you can see all the programming Cartagena Carnival 2013.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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