On the day before the Grand Final, on Friday August 9, the Festival will Rojo Award Alpargatero, Marin Trovero Award Gold Carbides and
The Union, August 8. - The Sing Cathedral prepares to receive the latest batch of semifinalists on Friday August 9th at 22:00 pm.
They conclude the contests of song, guitar, Flamenco dancing and instrumentalist where eight artists will perform tomorrow with an eye to the Final on Saturday, hoping to find a place.
A final and complete the capacity to see live the new winners of the Mining Lamp, Miner Bordon, Desplante and Philo.
Earlier, at 20:00 h.
delivery will be the Awards "Gold Carbide Festival" award that honors the work of support, advocacy and promotion carried out in connection with the International Festival Cante de las Minas.
This recognition will receive the Professor and researcher of history of flamenco, Gelardo Jose Navarro, Juan Francisco Perez Aviles, a lawyer and expert in flamenco, Francisco José Ródenas Rozas, geographer and official chronicler of the Union, and mining lamp twice at the Festival International Cante de las Minas, Encarnación Fernández Fernández.
Also coincide with the centenary of the Most Holy.
Christ of the Miners, Valencian sculptor José Gerique Chus and carved in 1913, was awarded the "Golden Castillete", the highest recognition of the festival, the Christ of the Miners Union City.
Prize "The Alpargatero Red" will receive the Peña Flamenca La Silverware and The Prize "Trovero Marin" go for literary gathering "Mesa-Café" La Union.
And in the morning, at 12:30 h., Conclude the "Flemish Literary Mornings" with the presentation of the book-album "The correspondence of Sabicas" by the Flemish shaker José Manuel Gamboa, formal ceremony in the Hall of Proceedings of the House of the pinion.
Please find attached table semifinalists will compete on Thursday, August 8 in order of performance:
METHOD
CONTESTANT
INTERPRETATION
Instrumentalist
VILLEGAS DIEGO GOMEZ, 26 (Cadiz)
Harmonic - Taranto and Joys
Sing
MANUEL GARCIA JESUS ​​HURTADO
"Ginés Child", 21 (Sevilla)
Taranto, Levantica and abandolaos
Sing
JEROME SAFE WALLS
"Jeromo Segura", 34 (Huelva)
Mining Cartagenera, Murcia, Levantica, Solea and Cantiñas
Dance
GUERRERO JOSE EDUARDO GONZALEZ
"Edu Warrior", 30 (Cadiz)
Taranto
Sing
SEBASTIAN CRUZ MARQUEZ, 35 (Huelva)
Mining Cartagenera, Malaga, Siguiriya, Solea and Cantiñas
Dance
GUERRERO JOSE EDUARDO GONZALEZ
"Edu Warrior" (Cádiz)
Cane
Guitar
THOMAS JOSEPH JIMENEZ VILLALTA, 25 (Cordoba)
Taranta and bulerías Solea
Dance
CARMEN GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, 22 (Málaga)
Taranto
Sing
BEATRIZ GONZALEZ ROMERO, 17 (Huelva)
Mining Cartagenera, Taranta, Granaína half granaína and Petenera
Dance
GONZALEZ CARMEN RODRIGUEZ (Malaga)
Solea
Source: Festival del Cante de las Minas