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On Friday August 12 was the last of three semi-finals of contestants competing for the Mining Lamp, refrain Mining Desplante and Philo in the categories of singing, guitar, dance and flamenco instruments, respectively.

Participants in the last of the semifinals held at 22:00 at the Cathedral of Cante, were:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2011

NATURAL / AGE / INTERPRETATION

Instr.

SERGIO MONROY GARCIA

San Fernando (Cádiz)

31

Piano

LASKSHIMI BASILE, "la Chimie"

California (USA)

29

Taranto

BEATRIZ GONZÁLEZ ROMERO

Palos de la Frontera (Huelva)

15

Taranta-mineral-Cantiñas Granaína

RAFAEL VILCHES USER "Rafael de Utrera"

Utrera (Sevilla)

41

Cartagenera-mineral-Sole-Bulerías Siguiriyas

LASKSHIMI BASILE, "la Chimie"

California (USA)

29

Joys

JOSÉ ANTONIO FERNÁNDEZ NIETO

Lucena (Córdoba)

34

Malagueña Cartagenera-mineral-Fandango de Lucena and Verdial Lucentino

ALVAREZ LUCY HOWARD "THE GEAR"

Algeciras

25

Taranto

TORRES JUAN FAJARDO "HABICHUELA NIETO"

Grenada

22

Taranta-Rondeña

VILLANUEVA ROSA MAR�A NAVARRO "THE DIVI"

Seville

29

Malagueña-Rondeña and jabegotes-Sole-Marianas

ALVAREZ LUCY HOWARD "THE GEAR"

Algeciras

25

Siguiriya

Moreover, and within the cultural agenda of the 51 ° International Festival of Cante de las Minas, where he paid tribute to Eleuterio Andreu, the king of the taranta.

First, with a conference "Eleuterio Andreu: between Mina and Taranta," given by the flamenco Francisco Paredes, and they picked up the importance of mining and singer of Taranto, who triumphed and was recognized throughout the country without leave the city of La Union.

Then came the tribute to the Institutional Act of Eleuterio Andreu by the festival in recognition of the work of this great singer in the year in which the thirtieth anniversary of his death.

The tribute he gathered his son and grandson, Eleuterio Andreu, second and third, that excited, showing the pride of lineage, based in La Union.

To close the last evening of the festival's cultural agenda unionense the Cante de las Minas also paid tribute to one of the greats of the trove of this region, D.

Angel Roca, making Trovera Marin Award for his work in conservation, promotion and dissemination of trova.

Roca, excited, summed Trovera anecdotes of his life, in which he alluded to his master in these conflicts, Jose Marin, also citing stories of the great Eleuterio Andreu.

The cultural events a year closed with the words of Mayor and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Foundation Cante de las Minas, Francisco Barnabas, who thanked the unionense support to the festival, "the world's largest and the reference of flamenco ".

In addition, young people asked, remembering "those songs with a spoon so that future generations continue to defend and propagate unionense the songs miners, and ultimately the world of flamenco".

Source: Festival del Cante de las Minas. Fotos: Rafa