Santa Cruz in Carnivalperformed by Anaé, began to play outside the Auditorium while images of New York were being projected to warm up those who attended the opening gala of Carnival 2023 perfectly dressed for the occasion.
As if it were a New York red carpet, the stairs of the Adán Martín Tenerife Auditorium became the entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York itself to receive the guests of the most carnival-like MET Gala.
The warm-up to a carnival rhythm gave way to Vogue de Madonna, which served as background music for a limousine to appear on the scene from which the outgoing Queen of the Elderly, María del Carmen Ramos, and the still current children’s queen, Vera García, got out. who accompanied the dancers who interpreted the well-known choreography of the queen of pop that became popular in the 90s, while all kinds of extravagant designs paraded down the red carpet.
Jadel arrived from a second limousine, who brought back the carnival rhythm with the official song of Carnival 2023, Suave, of which she is an interpreter. To her performance, which got the public on its feet, the comparsas joined with their characteristic color and joy, and as a climax to the introduction, fireworks were glimpsed in the sky and the batucada began to sound, which served to make way for Emilia González , the host.
The journalist, dressed in an elegant Marco&Maria design and surrounded by the New York skyline as a decorative element of the stage, welcomed the 2023 Carnival, highlighting that “our party is still more alive than ever.”
After reviewing some of the most important events on the carnival agenda, Joel Arias, director of the Redoblones children’s murga and one of the presenters of the Children’s Queen Gala, joined the scene, who, in turn, announced who was They will accompany you in the presentation work on February 5th.
Once all the presenters were on stage, they gave way to the 13 candidates for children’s queen, who, through a raffle, were learning their participation position in the gala.
Following the order established last night, the little girls Saray León Clemente, Violeta Pérez Camacho, Delioma Martín Méndez, Carla López Alonso, Ione Díaz Serna, Teodora Pérez Bencomo, Nayara Plasencia Mesa, Paola Bello Navarro, Noa will parade at the Fairgrounds. León Pérez, Aroa Martín Rodríguez, Chloe Rodríguez Herranz, Iraya Hernández Pérez and Lucía González García.
After the official photo with José Manuel Bermúdez, mayor of Santa Cruzand Alfonso Cabello, Councilor for Fiestas, continued the gala by welcoming the eight candidates for queen of the elderly, who were taking the statuettes that contained the number in which they will appear on February 8.
In order, you can see María Soraya García Toste, María Julia Bello García, Josefa Herrera Hernández, María del Pilar Martín García, Sabina Coromoto Mendoza de Ortuño, Asunción María Reyes González, María Josefa Pérez González and América González González at the Fairgrounds. .
Without performances or distractions between the different draws, 10:10 p.m. were fulfilled in the Auditorium, at which time Alexis Hernández and Laura Afonso, official presenters of the Queen’s Gala, appeared on stage to present the 15 candidates for Queen of the Carnival 2023 to the rhythm of Diamonds, by Rihanna.
After the traditional raffle, in which the public was able to enjoy watching the candidates parade with perfect dresses and makeup only surpassed by their smiles and enthusiasm, it was time to meet with the candidates for Queen of the Elderly and Children for the photo. final.
With “the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2023 begins” and the batucada of the comparsas in the background, confetti and fireworks, the finishing touch was put on an act that the director of the Carnival galas, Enrique Camacho, managed to It was entertaining, funny and elegant in equal measure.
Rhythm, rhythm and more rhythm to open Carnival 2023
A hectic gala welcomed the Carnival of Santa Cruz 2023. The rhythm imposed by Enrique Camacho ensured that there was not a single minute to stop to think about what was happening on stage, where presenters, candidates and even the mayor and the mayor of Fiestas followed the instructions without straying one iota from their role.
Only the stumble of one of the candidates on the dreaded stairs of the Auditorium managed to alter the script a bit. In just 50 minutes, in an act broadcast on Tele Canaria, Camacho achieved a dynamic that, as he himself admits, he would like to print at the Queen’s Gala, yes, with suits weighing almost 800 kilos.
