Lovers of the musical traditions of our land enjoyed this Tuesday the 15th a varied concert with different groups, who contributed the best of their works, the result of hours and days of rehearsal in their respective locations. The event was in the Islas Canarias park, thanks to the initiative of the festival organization, which has decided this year to recover this emblematic place of the city, which for so many years was the place chosen for festive gatherings.
The weather also accompanied this event, as a warm summer night contributed to more Lanzarote residents deciding to attend the event, in which not a single chair was empty, and the public also filled the areas surrounding the concert stage.
The first to take the stage were Antonio Corujo and family, who were also accompanied by Gopar, a young musician from Lanzarote, and by Dionisio, a professor from the national orchestra, who accompanied the Corujo family with the violin and also the viola. Corujo surprised those present by taking a tour of the traditional Canarian songbook from the isa, passing through folia, malagueña, polka and reciting some verse from the master of Salinas Victor Fernández Gopar.
A very prominent voice was that of his daughter-in-law Julia, with impressive skills, which earned her the applause of the public. Once her performance was over, the Charco San Ginés Cultural and Recreational Association took to the stage, a formation with 18 veteran members in these festive events, with very well-cared-for voices distributed among men and women, in addition to their musical accompaniment. They all give their all when they take to the stage, and began their performance with a Sorondongo dedicated to the fighters, and then continued with folia, malagueña, bolero and habanera, among others.
Also, at one point in the performance, it stopped for a few minutes to give way to the young timple player Samuel, who was accompanied on guitar by the young professor Gabi Cuba. Afterwards, this formation finished its performance with an isa parrandera, and immediately afterwards the guests to this recital were presented, the Cantadores del Barranquillo de Teror Group, who came from Gran Canaria. The 15 members of the group arrived in Lanzarote very excited, since for them it was the first time they had left their island to participate in a meeting of these characteristics.
This formation, made up of men and women, has been dedicated to singing to our land for three years. Cheerful and festive, the truth is that they knew how to win over the public gathered there, who at all times hummed and applauded their songs, very tendereteros themes where the famous song of Los Buches "La Batea del Gofio" was also present.
It was at that precise moment when the Councilor for Festivities of Arrecife, Encarna Páez, took to the stage and all the participating groups presented her with a marine figure for her collaboration in this Traditional Music Recital, ending the event with an isa parrandera where the three formations that during the night filled the new facilities of the Islas Canarias park with their songs participated, which has been recovered with great success for the San Ginés festivities.