The singer-songwriter of Los Cristianos Ramón Domínguez was responsible for raising awareness last night during the official opening of the patron saint festivities of Los Cristianos (Arona) 2023, in honor of the Virgin of Carmen.
In an event held in the central patio of the Cultural Center of the beach town, the town crier welcomed the attendees to ask them, if they were from this nucleus, not to go to other parts in search of economic benefit. , all in an environment very marked by vacation rentals.
“For Los Cristianos to survive,” he said, “it is essential that beachgoers continue living here. That we do not go to the middle areas for economic benefit, but that we stay and live in the same streets in which we grew up,” he said in the most vindictive part of his intervention.
Grandson and great-grandson of bay fishermen
Ramón Domínguez was the protagonist of the event as a crier of the festivities, which was presented by Olga González and during which the documentary “Canciones de la Bahía”, by Jorge Bello, was screened, in which the emergence of pop rock is narrated. who lived in this area of southern Tenerife from the sixties with groups formed by the neighbors themselves.
Domínguez reviewed his family background, including his great-grandfather and grandfather, “fishermen from this bay” and how they tried to instill in his father “all the seafaring tricks, although they were not able to achieve it, although he did learn to love His town”. The crier of the festivities is the son of the renowned photographer Ramón Domínguez Kemes.
“My father instilled in me – he added – how to recognize the seabed of Los Cristianos and I have it as much in mind as the streets of the town, which made me feel like an especially aquatic being.” “I fell in love with the seabed, which is very reflected in my artistic work and I do my best to instill it in my children,” he added.
The preacher of the festivities in honor of the Virgin of Carmen explained how that child – himself – is growing and “could be the worst player in the history of Marino”, the team with which he trained on the beach, in addition to narrating different anecdotes and stories of their experiences on the streets of Los Cristianos in the eighties.
The first time he was paid as a musician, within his band, Pibe Domínguez y Adyacentes, was, precisely, “at the Los Cristianos parties, as the opening act for Carmen de Mairena. They did it with tickets to the crazy cochitos and the House of Fear.”
Learning at the Marine Parranda
He also referred to the Parranda Marinera, which was formed “by the elders of the town, who sang there and taught us many things,” said the crier of a festival whose first activities began on August 28 and will end on August 4. September.
Precisely today, at 9:00 p.m., a variety festival is scheduled to take place with the intervention of Pibe Domínguez y los Adyacentes.
Also presented by Olga González, it will be the first weekend of the festivities and will take place in the Plaza del Pescador (the outer esplanade of the Los Cristianos cultural center).
According to the program, the last day, Monday, September 4, The Boat Ring will be held.
