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Friday, November 09, 2007
Tenerife: Something for the weekend 9/11 - 11/11
This weekend's what's on in Tenerife is a little late owing to a "technical incident". We're not exactly sure what a "technical incident" is, nor how this differs from a normal type incident, but apparently, our countrified internet connection suffered from one and, as a consequence was broken for ages, so the recorded message on the not-so-live help line told us. We often wonder what it must be like to live in the "civilized world" where stuff works, but we don't think we'd like the culture or the scenery. :)
It's a quiet weekend - if you can call a pop concert and a rally "quiet" ... 
Concert: Tenerife 40 Pop
On Saturday, November 10th at 10 p.m. is the Tenerife 40 Pop concert at the Centro Internacional de Ferias y Congresos (International Fairs and Congress Center) in Santa Cruz, organized by "top of the pops" radio station, 40 Principales.
Among the acts performing is Andrea Corr of Irish folk-rock and pop rock group, The Corrs, but otherwise the most interesting news about the concert is that it's in aid of a good cause. Part of the profits are to go towards the reforestation of the mountains on the island that were destroyed in the fire this summer.
The Turn of the Screw
The Tenerife Opera 2007 season at the Auditorio de Tenerife draws to a close on Saturday, November 10th with the second performance of an opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten, with libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on the novel of the same name by Henry James. Set in England in the mid nineteenth century, it tells the story of a young governess who comes to Bly, an English country house. The Turn of the Screw.
Isle of Tenerife Rally
Saturday, November 10th is the big day of the Rally Isla Tenerife (Isle of Tenerife Rally), which starts and finishes in Santa Cruz.
From 8 a.m., says the official web site, 145 teams will be starting from the ramp at the Parque Marítimo, alongside the Auditorio de Tenerife.
"There are five sections to the rally: Los Loros (12,75 km), Arico (8,56 km), Icor (10,95 km), Fasnia (6,4 km) and Candelaria (5,15 km). After completing a total of ten sections and more than 400 kilometers, it's estimated that it will finish at around 9 p.m.", says this report. We realize this doesn't seem to add up, but we imagine the rally will cause chaos on the roads that are closed for the event, so if you're anywhere in those areas, you may as well "enjoy" it. :)
Meanwhile, this video offers you some photos from last year's 32nd edition of the Isle of Tenerife Rally, set to suitably thumping music.
Other than that, this weekend is the first weekend in which we haven't found any traditional fiestas taking place on the island. Actually, we're sure there probably is a small one happening in some village somewhere, but there are none big enough to have been mentioned online. 
More events, exhibitions and what's on, in our calendar.
Labels: Something for the weekend
