You could say that there is no carnival without one of the groups making reference, in one way or another, to the traditional pique between Cadiz and Sevillians. And the Official Competition of Carnival Groups (COAC) this year was not going to be less. He choir ‘The illuminated’, which has gone from phase to phase until it is at the top of the ranking one day before the semi-final ends, has taken advantage of this historic scuffle between neighbors to refer to the farmers protests that are cutting roads in different parts of the country. Of course, with a lot of sarcasm.
After some references to Sergio Ramos, currently a Sevilla player. “Sshh… Actually, a little thing. I support the farmers’ strike and the tractor drivers’ strike “that here today has not been in vain… because thanks to the strike there are fewer Sevillians here today.” It was only a phrase in the middle of the repertoire, but it managed to provoke laughter from all those present at the Gran Teatro Falla, where The COAC has been taking place since the beginning of January.
Although until the end of the phase The COAC does not make the points public that each group receives, the alternative and unofficial juries of the different regional media go giving their scores to chirigotas, troupes, choirs and quartets to, at the end of each phase, discard those who do not reach enough and give way to the next phase to those who do. On this occasion, the 30 remaining groups are playing for a place in the final, and although Alternative juries have little or nothing to do with official juriesserve as a thermometer to see where the shots can go.
On this occasion, ‘The illuminated’, a choir from Cádiz with lyrics by David Fernández Romero and Raúl Rodríguez Martínez, has been placed number one in the rankings of the main unofficial juries. If their way of scoring is even the least bit similar to that of the official juries, this choir would practically be guaranteed a place in the semi-finals, since there is only one last session left before giving way to the grand final.
Source: Lasexta
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