Los Joroperos won first prize for Interpretation in the 2023 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival Contest, which was held at the Tenerife International Fair and Congress Center and was attended by more than four thousand spectators.
In a statement, the City Council has informed that the second Interpretation prize went to Los Cariocas, while Tropicana was classified in third place; In addition, a second prize was awarded to Río Orinoco.
In the Presentation section for the best costume, the first prize went to the comparsa Los Rumberos, with the fantasy Britannia, by designer Santi Castro. The second was for Los Joroperos, the third for Los Cariocas and the second prize for Tabajaras.
The groups that participated in the contest were Rumberos, Río Orinoco, Tropicana, Joroperos, Cariocas, Tabajaras, Danzarines Canarios, Abenaura and Bahía Bahitiare.
The awards were presented by the Councilor for Fiestas, Alfonso Cabello, and the Councilors for Culture, Equality and Diversity and the Anaga district, Gladis de León, Purificación Dávila and Inmaculada Fuentes, as well as the Councilor for Works and Infrastructures, Dámaso Arteaga.
The jury in charge of determining the Presentation prizes for this year’s contest has been made up of Patricia Hodgson Ravina, a graduate in Fine Arts, painter and art curator; María Polín Ruiz, a graduate in Fine Arts, and Ana Juárez, creative designer of Mefaldas Tú.
Maite Marcos Muñoz, dance choreographer; Raquel Caurín Domingo, professional choreographer and dancer; Pol Soto I Martin (Pol Soto), dancer; Jose Luis Valero Barceló (Valero), dancer and choreographer; Olena Shmelona (Aliona Kvitka), international singer; María Sabrina Lemus Carmenatti (Sabrina Lemus), singing teacher, singer and choir director; Juan Carlos Malagón Hernández, musicologist and arranger, and Sergio la Guardia González (Sergio Branic), musician, composer and arranger.
The Contest of Comparsas of the present edition of the Carnival was offered in the system of offset by RTVC and the presentation of the show was carried out by the journalists María Doménech and Guillermo García.
