Santa Cruz de Tenerife today celebrates the 528th anniversary of its Foundation with a complete program of activities that will begin at 9:00 a.m. with the celebration of the Crossing Contest Made with Natural Flowers. On this occasion, the contest has the participation of 14 creations that represent different neighborhood and cultural associations of the capital, which will be valued by a jury made up of the Crafts technician of the Island Council of Tenerife and a maker of flower crosses, Juan Carlos Camacho Gonzalez; the senior technician in Applied Arts, window dresser and expert in floral art, Moisés Norberto Pérez Carrillo, and the designer and artist linked to the Fiestas de Mayo, Francisco Javier Romero Martín.
Likewise, the Rambla de Santa Cruz will host 17 flower crosses, made by different entities of Santa Cruz. This space will also host the XIV School Crosses Contest, which in this edition has 24 crosses made by 18 educational centers in the municipality with recycled materials. The specialists in charge of awarding the prizes are the Bachelor of Fine Arts, illustrator and designer, Evelyn Reiriz Vieira; the graduate in Applied Arts, Cristina Rodríguez Mijares, and the graduate in Fine Arts and graphic designer, Esther Rufino García.
The events scheduled for the big day of the founding festivities include the religious function officiated by the bishop of the Nivariense Diocese, Bernardo Álvarez, sung by the Choir of Grave Voices of the El Cabo Artistic Union, which commemorates the 528th anniversary of the city, and that will take place in the Matriz de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción parish, at 7:00 p.m.
Once the religious act is over, the procession will begin with the Holy Cross, which will be attended by representatives of the Royal House, the Canarian president, Ángel Víctor Torres, as well as civil and military authorities, touring the streets of Santo Domingo, Calzada La Noria and Father Moore.
In addition, today concludes, in the García Sanabria park, the XLV Regional Exhibition of Flowers, Plants and Traditional Canarian Crafts, with a program that includes a double function of Gorgoritos, at 12:00 and 18:00. Likewise, the award ceremony for the competitions will take place at 1:00 p.m.
