Santa Cruz De Tenerife (EFE).- Los Joroperos has won the first prize for Interpretation in the Comparsas Contest of the Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2023, which was held at the International Center for Fairs and Congresses of Tenerife with the presence of more than 4,000 spectators.
The second prize for Interpretation was obtained by Los Cariocas, while Tropicana was classified in third place and a second prize was awarded to Río Orinoco, the Santa Cruz de Tenerife City Council reported this Sunday in a statement.
In the Presentation section for the best costume, the first prize went to the comparsa Los Rumberos, with the fantasy “Britania”, by the designer Santi Castro, the second went to Los Joroperos, and Los Cariocas received the third, while Tabajaras received a second prize.
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.
On this occasion, the groups that participated in the contest were Rumberos, Río Orinoco, Tropicana, Joroperos, Cariocas, Tabajaras, Danzarines Canarios, Abenaura and Bahía Bahitiare.
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 Comparsas Contest of the current edition of the Carnival was offered by RTVC and the presentation of the show was carried out by the journalists María Doménech and Guillermo García. EFE