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La Chirigota de Beniaján performed this past Thursday, January 11 at the Gran Teatro Falla de Cádiz, within the framework of the COAC (Contest of Carnival Groups).
For the fifth year in its long history, since 2001. After passing through the COAC in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2017, the Chirigota went to the Cadiz contest, the Chirigota and Comparsas de Carnaval Contest par excellence, in the section of Chirigota , then it is contested in Chirigotas, Comparsas, Choirs and Cuartetos, under the name of THE CIRCUS OF THE SHADOW, a circus installed in the courtyard of the prison, and full of famous people who have passed through it or, in some cases, who can to be about to do it, all with a repertoire very to the type, well sung and very well tuned, which has not gone unnoticed for the media of the capital of Cadiz.
The Circus of the Shadow left a very good taste in the mouth of the audience that filled the Falla Grand Theater, in the third session of this COAC 2018, in which they performed in second place.
They started with a presentation in which they show all the cast of celebrities who are in the shade, in the courtyard of their prison, among which are Junqueras, Urdangarin, Ortega Cano, Farruquito, Carme Forcadell, José María del Nido, a Puigdemont who claims to be only visiting, etc.
Then they presented a Pasodoble in which they compare their Circus with our Spain, where they say phrases like "... the worker going hungry, and so the tamer fills the box of some compadre ...".
Segundo Pasodoble, first dedication to the great Chiquito de la Calzada in this COAC 2018, which will not be the last one, for sure.
It was the turn of the Cuplés, and in the first, these twelve prisoners talk to us about a "fat guard" they have bribed and who, in turn, ends up playing the hype in the Chirigota.
With the second cuplé, they hit the nail on the head, dedicated to the recently finalized Copa del Rey elimination between Sevilla and Cádiz, whose match ended a couple of minutes before raising the Falla curtain, taking advantage of the opportunity to inform of the result to the assistants to the theater.
Finally, the Potpourri, with a lot of rhythm and many quatrains to the type of prisoners and celebrities, that at some point in their repertoire indicate that "that was not a prison, it was the set of Sálvame Deluxe", that he liked a lot and started clapping applause at times.
The characters of Junqueras, Puigdemont, and a more than comical Dioni were very applauded, for the outstanding and outstanding work of make-up, costumes and scenography.
Circo de la Sombra turned out to be a surprise at this COAC 2018, demonstrating a quality leap with respect to his previous appearances on the Falla tables, which he had
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its reflection in the repeated ovations that they received during their performance, and even the audience with the Chirigota repeated the refrain in the second cuplé: "This year we come to Falla from Murcia with joy and confidence;
because without bail I would not have crossed the Carranza Bridge ".
A refrain that has liked and has been very underlined.
Chorus short and foot, which would say in the football jargon.
The repercussion obtained by the Chirigota de Beniaján in Cádiz has been unusual, having fired the piropos and the surprise among the most carnivalesque and purist gaditanos, and is followed by a lot of noise among the specialized critics.
Criticism that has been disgraced in praise for our Murcia Chirigota, who step by step and year after year has earned the respect of carnival universe par excellence.
For the grace of his lyrics, the humorous blows, the tuning, how well sung everything is and the "chirigotero" that is his repertoire, these are some of the things that the media of the Chirigota de Beniaján have said:
The Digital Voice
"... The joke of Beniaján is slowly encouraging the cotarro as they present the various famous prisoners who inhabit this Cirque de la Sombra, very well characterized by certain ... Well composed the beginning of the pasodoble, which the people of Murcia sing with enough pleasure ... the music approves with a note.
The second letter, an endearing tribute to the great Chiquito de la Calzada ... the general feeling is that they have done a good job and showed great respect to this party and this theater.
So, yes ... "
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The vanguard
"... With a daring and good level in their compositions, the Murcian group, repeated this year in the contest, and does so with one of the star themes of today in this past year: the Catalan independence process and the incarceration of their leading political leaders, which has joined with other familiar faces of the prison.
The group has raised the applause of the public on several occasions of their performance, in which they have offered a varied repertoire that has gone beyond the Catalan theme, as a pasodoble dedicated to the humorist from Málaga Chiquito de la Calzada, who died at the end of 2017 ... "
The Voice of the Carnival (The Digital Voice)
"... Impacts at first sight 'The circus of the shadows', the joke of Beniaján (Murcia).
Famous prisoners such as Pantoja, Puigdemont, El Dioni, Del Nido, Ortega Cano ... The first pasodoble in memory of Chiquito de la Calzada heard in El Falla.
They bring these Murcian chirigoteros with the music of Geni Cheza ... Incredible.
Of rigorous topicality.
The chirigota 'The Circus of the Shadow' has just been singing to the elimination of Cádiz.
They have even said in the cuple that the game has been 2-1.
More than one will have heard about it ... Good performance of the chirigota 'The Circus of the Shadow', who has bought some newsletter to get into the quarterfinals.
It's difficult, but ... "
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"... La Chirigota de Beniaján pleased, and the hand of Geni Cheza became latent in a very Cadiz pasodoble music.
Very worked and tuned, which the public thanked ... "
La Chirigota de Beniaján, therefore, returns from Cadiz with a good taste in the mouth and with the satisfaction of having done it, having left the pavilion high and having defended a repertoire with a note, the fruit of long and hard months of work.
The COAC preliminaries go from January 9 to 27, so on the 27th they will know the qualifications of the jury and the passage to the quarterfinals, which will be followed by the semifinal and the final, for the 9th of February.
Now follows the Carnival for the Chirigota de Beniaján, which begins its carousel of performances in the region and beyond, highlighting the VI National Contest of Chirigotas City of Murcia, on February 24, at the Romea Theater in Murcia, Contest this , which is organized by Chirigota de Beniaján itself, and in which each year they have two top-level groups from Cadiz to accompany them on the tables of our Romea Theater.
Source: Chirigota de Beniaján
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