Applause, emotions and laughter yesterday at the Cante de las Minas Festival. It was not during any performance, but during one more tribute to cantaor miguel poveda, Recipient of the Gold Medal of La Unión.
For Poveda, talking about the Festival del Cante speaks of victory, home and memories. For this reason On the 30th anniversary of winning the Mine Lamp, The municipality, which received the highest award for the cante at the festival, decided to give him this commendation, “with gratitude for having this land in his heart,” as City Hall explains. And so, during an emotional conversation filled with memories of 1993, when he received the Mine Lamp, he came to know. “I speak proudly of this land,” he assured her ever since and always.
poveda remembered many anecdotes This edition of the competition, which was welcomed by those attending the event at Casa del Piñón. After making it to the finals, it’s nerves to hear his name over and over as he collects different awards for different songs and above all when he hears that he deserves Lámpara Minera.
The organization has announced that it will be responsible for announcing the next edition of the Cante festival.
“Then it all came, it all seemed like a dream until I realized it was serious,” said Kantaor, who later discovered that different artistic disciplines, different music would “make it grow” and that he had to do it. first of all, “leave Flemish in a good place”as it has done so far.
And, ever since she came to the cante competition with her family and saw it, she’s always been with La Unión. “The love people gave us filled your heart with compassion”he assured, a feeling he had even before he won.
An award that also thanks Francisco Bernabé, who was the mayor of La Unión at the time. “She made my father buy the best present,” she said in a breathless voice, and applauding an emotional singer.
Poveda asked institutions to give importance to the arts and to maintain their social commitment to culture. “The only reason for this festival is, musicif it disappears, the ground becomes poorer”and so he thanked the bet for the Mine Lamp to continue to shine.
The Medal of the City was added to the ‘Castillete de Oro’ he received in 2008. a street named after him a plaque in the town and on Avenida del Flamenco.
the big day is coming
Miguel Poveda passed through La Unión the day before the grand finale. at Cante Cathedral todayafter the performances of the semi-finalists at the three galas that ended yesterday.