Edelweiss resides in Tenerife and traveled to Gran Canaria in the company of his parents and his sister, Xiomara, 17 years old. They traveled to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria together with two other families from Tenerife, a total of twelve people, to attend the two sessions of the Granca Live Fest and they never imagined the surprise that was to come.
Edelweiss’s father bought the tickets for his wife and two daughters three months ago, says Sonia, and they were counting down the days for the date to arrive.
“Going to Camilo’s concert was my sister’s dream. You know all his songs, ”says Xiomara.
“It was very exciting because i was singing the song Scissor hand to pure lung and that he realized it moved me. He was very nice”, says Edelweiss, recalling the beautiful experience he had this summer and that he will never forget.
The singer told her that “he had loved” hearing her sing and asked for her name. She thanked him for coming to the concert. Both sang the theme along with the rest of the stadium. “It was all very fast. The hug was the best gift he gave me”, emphasizes the girl, who next year will study sixth grade of Primary. edelweiss she is a good student and has the makings of an artist: she sings, dances and plays the piano.
“It was very exciting because I was singing the song ‘Hands of Scissors’ at the top of my lungs”
His friends and family tell him that he was “very lucky” to have met Camilo in the first person. He likes her “since he released his first album. At school he only talked about that, that when he went to the concert he wanted to meet him, at least one hello”. However, Edelweiss gets a big hug from his favorite singer.
When Edelweiss saw the images of the concert, she was surprised: “I didn’t know I was crying like that.” Her mother moved closer to the front row to get closer to the stage as her daughter “was getting more and more excited. By the time I realized it, she had it a meter away from me,” recalls Edelweiss. He is clear that she will go “to all the Camilo concerts that she can”. Scissor hand It’s your favorite subject.
Sonia affirms, almost without a voice after two days of concert, that the first thing that struck her was that “people made room for her to come on stage and ask her to sing with him”. She adds that “many people have contacted me to send me the videos. It was all very emotional.”
“I know that inside your heart moves”, prays the song Scissor hand of Camilo. A letter that comes as a glove to describe the great moment that was experienced on Saturday at the Gran Canaria Stadium and that has been sealed forever with a great unforgettable hug.
Camilo’s hug to Edelweiss was not the only surprise moment of the night. A couple from Gran Canaria got engaged on stage after a boy proposed to his girlfriend.
