Thursday, January 24, 2008
Be a magician! It's easier than you think!
The other bit of big news this week is that Carnaval organizers in Tenerife's capital, Santa Cruz - the theme this year is magic - have done some real magic and pulled a couple last minute, prestigious "rabbits out of the hat."
Negotiations were finalized late on Tuesday, report ABC and EFE, via sources at Santa Cruz town hall, with Italian actress, Sophia Loren and French actor Gérard Depardieu for both stars to be part of the jury to decide on the Carnaval Queen 2008, in the Grand Gala to be televised next Wednesday, January 30th from the city's César Manrique Maritime Park.
(We don't know if Depardieu has been to the Canary Islands before or not, but his character, Christopher Columbus, in the 1992 film, 1492: Conquest of Paradise, was certainly known to drop in from time to time.)
This news, of course, leaves us with a couple of questions though:
If Ms Loren and Mr Depardieu are to be "the center of attention" (we are sure that the candidates in their costumes had hopes there ...), what does that say about previous reports (here, here and here) that British actor, magician Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, was to have been part of that jury? Is that report relegated to the ranks of mere rumour, as suggested in this article?
It certainly looks like another one of Tenerife's "mysteries", because Un vistazo a Santa Cruz de Tenerife blog list numerous other members of the jury (I won't list them, because, if you're from outside Spain, I'm sure you'll have never heard of them) and, in any case, Radcliffe is definitely not amongst the names.
Perhaps David Copperfield already made him disappear? (It was also reported earlier that illusionist David Copperfield is to be on hand to make last year's Carnaval Queen, Elizabeth García, disappear, costume included.)
Magic could come in handy, because Canarias Bruta report in Chiquito carnaval scenery builders have screwed up and the 17 contestants will not be able to access the stage via the central door, because their costumes won't fit.
Otherwise, Madrid magician, Jorge Blass and virtually unknown radio "personality", Iván Bonales (he, at least, comes from Santa Cruz), will present the Gala. Xiomara Laugart, who is currently playing the late Cuban singer, Celia Cruz, in a new Off Broadway musical and Cuban hip-hop band, Orishas - who have also written this year's official Carnaval song that you can download here - are reported to be performing at next Wednesday's Gala in Tenerife.
Image of vintage ad, via: DivineCaroline
Labels: Carnaval 2008, Orishas in Tenerife
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