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10.9.2015 – 24.9.2015 ISLAND CONNECTIONS 754 27 HOLIDAY GUIDE SPIN NEWS October is a month of fies- tas in Adeje and amongst the many wonderful activities is the yearly concert organised especially for the festivities. This year is no exception to the great names that have taken to the stage, with Spanish pop- rock group Fito y Fitipaldis pro- viding this year’s great music. Heading the band of musi- cians, Fito, whose real name is Adolfo Cabrales, was born in 1966 in the Bilbao neighbour- hood of Zabala. With a love for rock music which began in his childhood, in 1989 he hooked up with three others to form a group called Platero y Tú. Their first disc, called Voy a acabar borracho was released in 1991. They were inspired by groups such as the Rolling Stones, Status Quo, AC/DC and John Fogerty, and their lyrics spoke of bars, love, drugs, and rock and roll - and throughout the 1990s the band became one of the most popular rock groups singing in Spanish. However, by 1999 Fito was composing songs that didn’t fit well with the original group so he created his own band, calling it Fito y Fitipaldis, and unleashed his passion for rockabilly, rhythm and blues, swing, jazz and the sounds of the south. By 2001 they had released two albums, one of which, called Poesía Básica, with lyrics by the poet Manolo Chinato, became a gold disc. In 2006 the now extremely pop- ular group released the album for which they are perhaps the most famous, Por la boca vive el pez - which became a double platinum disc within 15 days and topped the Spanish charts for several weeks. At the same time, Fito was awarded for the best song and rock album, and within a very short period the disc hit triple platinum. Several awards, many concerts and ten years later, Fito y Fiti- paldis will be presenting their latest and sixth studio album, Huyendo conmigo de mí, at a concert at the Adeje Foot- ball Ground on October 10 at 10pm. And for double the fun, singer songwriter Pedro Pas- tor will start the night with his own set at 9pm. Tickets, priced from €32, are avail- able from www.ticketmaster. es, El Corte Inglés and other usual outlets. Fito y Fitipaldis consists of Fito Cabrales on vocals and electric guitar; Carlos Raya on acoustic, electric and steel guitars, harmonies and pro- duction; Alejandro Climet on bass; Daniel Griffin on drums; and Joserra Senperena on the Hammond organ, piano and harmonies. n FITO Y FITIPALDIS Adeje rocks to pop This year, the Delirium Theatre group celebrates 20 years on stage, and they are going to do it the best way they know how. They’ve chosen a very special play by an illustrious author - La Casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca. This is like a song of freedom, a work about women in which some of the great injustices, which sadly still affect many, are shown. The play mixes intolerance, violence, sex and death at a rhythm which approaches that of a suspense story or a thriller. In this sense, Lorca’s work was considered prodigious, and very close to today’s situation where peo- ple have become accustomed to seeing such real, everyday inequalities reflected in all kinds of media. Delirium Teatro’s staging of the play seeks to surprise with a crude and intense treatment which expresses all the vio- lence which history contains. It also highlights how a dramatic game traps the younger mem- bers of society who are bom- barded with negative images. The aim is that no-one in the audience is left feeling indiffer- ent and it achieves its goal. Bernarda is an authoritarian mother with strict moral val- ues. After her husband died, she made her daughters mourn him for eight years, forcing them to suppress their desire for love and freedom. Trapped within the four walls of the house, main- taining a hypocritical pretense of harmony, they are seen to be perturbed by the presence of a man, Pepe El Romano, for whom they are prepared to die and kill. The house becomes a prison where the hellish repres- sive atmosphere evolves into a type of madhouse. Finally, this extreme repression ends in trag- edy. La Casa de Bernarda Alba is a hymn to human freedom. You can see this moving play at the Teatro Guimerá in Santa Cruz on October 3 at 8.30pm. Tickets cost €12 to €18 and are available from the box office or www.tomaticket.es. See www. teatroguimera.es. n GüíMAR Open Fotosub Tenerife 2015 This year’s Open Fotosub Tenerife Güímar will take place between October 23 and November 8. For the important annual event for underwater photogra- phers from all over Spain and Europe, images must be taken during dives in the municipality between the dates of the competition. There are four categories in the contest: professional pho- tography; beginners; video; and a new section for this year’s contest, Actioncam, for which the company Magix will provide a special editing programme for this type of camera, solely for taking part in Fotosub. Güímar is known as one of the best places in the Canary Islands for diving, and the aim of the contest has always been to create interest in Tenerife as a key destination for the sport on both a national and international level. The competition, which has as main sponsors MARES and Scuba Schools International, also has the collabora- tion of the Tenerife Cabildo and the German Federation of Sub-Aquatic Activities (VDST). It is open to all submarine photographers with diving qualifications. Organised dives will take place between October 23 and November 8 and the magnificent locations will be El Puertito de Güímar, Punta Prieta de La Caleta, La Caleta (Playa Chica), Los Barrancos and El Tablado. The jury will meet on November 11, and prizes will be presented on November 14. With the theme Güímar bajo el agua (Güímar under the water), the event is organised by the Ecological Divers Club and School led by Frank Pocze. The registration period for the event is now open and those interested have until Octo- ber 21 to sign up. For full registration information see: www.fotosub-guimar.com. n BERNARDA ALBA A hymn to human freedom
