National Flamenco Festival Callosa de Segura, in its first edition, has awarded International Singing Festival Mines with its highest award, the "Flamenco Cabal" award, given the exemplary career and contribution made for the dissemination and promotion of flamenco by our competition.
Our Deputy Mayor and Director of the International Festival del Cante de las Minas, Julio Garcia, who collected the award at the gala held yesterday at the House of Culture "Reina Sofía" Callosa de Segura, stressed the great importance of this recognition, because it comes from the land where "The Red Alpargatero" undisputed patriarch of mining songs and figure without which it would be impossible to understand the universal dimension that has now reached our flamenco event, which undoubtedly is a great pride born and satisfaction for all unionenses in particular and flamenco lovers in general.
Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión