Another all-nighter at the Teatro Gran Falla in Cádiz, to drop off to laugh. The quarterfinal phase of the Official Contest of Carnival Groups continues (coac) from Cádiz, the first ‘normal’ edition since the pandemic broke out. In the fifth session of this phase There are nine groups that bring out their repertoires to get the highest number of points possible. The session starts at 8:30 p.m., although the first group does not begin to sing until after 9:00 p.m., surely: from then on, each chirigota, comparsa, choir and quartet has half an hour (in addition, this Friday they participate in the least one from each category) to sing their pasodobles, their cuplés and all their repertoires. The Betanzos brothers’ choir, which did not participate in the previous edition of the COAC, is in charge of opening the night.
COAC 2023: order of performance on Friday, February 10
- 21:00 – The bubble (choir)
- 21:40 – The slaves (comparsa)
- 22:20 – The viñanos (chirigota)
- 23:00 – The independent canton (long live the women of Cádiz) (comparsa)
- 23:40 – The watchmen of La Laja (quartet)
- 00:20 – The beast (chorus)
- 01:00 – Fariña of my eyes (chirigota)
- 01:40 – Now or never (comparda)
- 02:20 – This year we come with hope (chirigota)
The day of Friday opens it The bubble, the mixed choir by the Betanzos brothers, with lyrics by Victoriano Cano Pérez, which will be followed by a troupe by Argüez and Raúl Cabrera, Los esclavos, who in 2022 won third prize under the name Los renacidos. It is followed, shortly before 10:30 p.m. (predictably) by the Chirigota Los Viñanos, by José Manuel Sánchez Reyes, Carlos Pérez Pérez and Manuel Santander Grosso. The latter, Manolín, is the son of the famous chirigotero Manolo Santander, creator of the unofficial anthem of Cádiz, who died in 2019 from cancer.
Manolito Santander is also behind the music and lyrics of the troupe directed by Palmira Santander Grosso, which premiered in 2022 at the Gran Falla with La predicadora. Is troupe, feminine, by the way, it reaches the quarterfinals this year under the name of El cantón independiente (long live the women of Cádiz). After them, it will be the turn of the young people: the The vigilantes of the flagstone quartetwith lyrics by Manuel Peinado and Joshua Peinado Payán, better known as the rascalis the one that picks up the baton in the adult category of the quartet that won the first prize of its modality in the COAC youth final.
Another one that returns to the COAC this year is the choir The beast, by Sergio Molina Franco, which in 2022 did not participate in the COAC. The chirigota of santoña It will be the one that sees the stage of the theater around 1:00 in the morning, which is climbed after three years (in addition to the 2021 edition, which did not take place, the one in Santoña did not participate in 2022 or 2020 ). José Javier Puerto’s comparsa, Ahora o nunca, will be the penultimate to show their repertoire, while the last group will be Pepe Fierro’s chirigota, This year we come with hopeafter reaching the semifinal at the 2022 COAC.
Follow the COAC quarterfinals live?
Until this Saturday the quarterfinal phase of the contest takes place and although the tickets have been more than sold out for a long time, the COAC can also enjoy it from home. Although it will take some time: from 8:30 p.m., when the session begins until it ends, around six hours can pass, so that each and every one of the groups has their half-hour on stage.
Onda Cadiz Carnival broadcast live all the sessions of this phase, as well as those of the semifinal, which will take place next week, also at the Teatro Gran Falla in Cádiz.
Source: Lasexta
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