The Carnival of Los Gigantes will choose its adult queen among five applicants. It will do so during the gala that will begin at 9:00 p.m. on Friday, the 3rd, in Plaza Buganvilla. Focused on the world of musicals, these parties will take place until Saturday of next week, the 11th.
They will parade across the stage Yurena Pérez Pérez, who will wear a design by Eduardo Martín and who will be sponsored by the Hotel Royal Sun; Eleonora Bevilacqua, who will wear a dress created by the designer Alfonso Baute and Ferretería Tamaimo as sponsor; Ainhoa Pérez Socas will walk the catwalk with the fantasy created by the designer Leo Martínez and sponsored by Isla de El Valle; Eliana Tejera Pérez, who will wear a design by Creaciones de La Rosa and whose sponsors are Puerto Deportivo de Los Gigantes and Excavaciones y Construcciones Montesdeoca, and, finally, the young Nayara Cubas Guerra, who will wear a fantasy by Fran Yanes, with the sponsorship of Verde’s Los Gigantes and Real State Agency.
The gala for the election of the adult queen of Carnival the world of musicals will feature performances by the Comparsa Joroperos, Laura Lou, the Epsylon ballet, the singer Miriam Reyes and Argel Campos, reserving the special performance for the singer Henry Méndez. The presentation will be in charge of Wendy Fuentes.
The oldest in the region
Emilio Navarro, mayor of Santiago del Teide, highlights the fact that “the Carnival of Los Gigantes is the longest-lived in the south of Tenerife.” The councilor maintains that this festival, “more than a celebration, is a tourist event that attracts hundreds of tourists and visitors at this time and that for the municipality is a great source of promotion and economic revitalization.” Navarro Castanedo highlights the social aspect of the Santiago Carnival: «Our people and those who visit us are eager to put on their costumes and go out, since the Los Gigantes carnival is that, familiar and safe. That is why it has the acceptance it has ».
The mayor, Emilio Navarro, defines this festival as a “tourist event” and a catalyst
Children’s and family activities, festivals, galas and parades begin tomorrow, with the queen’s election gala. On Saturday the Ludoparque Carnavalero will be enabledat 11:00 a.m., and the great children’s cross will leave at 12:00. The children’s queen election gala will begin at 5:30 p.m., with musical and choreographic performances, as well as the show baby two plus two. That night, at 10:00 p.m., it will begin the Great Night of Carnival, a festival that will be entertained by the Malibú Band, Grupo La Calle, Corinto Band and Latin Sound. Within this framework is the celebration of the costume contest with the election of the best male and female individual, in pairs and between smaller and larger groups of six components. The week will end with the big arena, scheduled for five in the afternoon on Sunday.
The programming of the Carnival of Los Gigantes will continue with the exhibition of costumes of the participating queens, to inaugurate on Monday; the Carnival for the elderly, on Tuesday; the Drag Queen gala for Diversity and Artistic Equality (9:00 p.m. on Wednesday); the wake (7:00 p.m.) and Burial of the Sardine (9:00 p.m.), on Friday, and will end on Saturday with a parade (11:00 a.m.), a fancy dress parade (12:00 p.m.) and eight performances, which will be opened by Pepe Benavente (4:00 p.m.) and which will include King Africa, DJs and orchestras.
