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Morón City Filled with Boleros Again |
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Written by José Aurelio Paz, with photo of the author |
Saturday, 23 June 2012 11:43
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 Once more Morón, the so-called Rooster City, falls in love with a genre it never let down, for which reason the 24th Boleros de Oro Festival will be held in that city from Friday to Sunday in the San Carlos cinema.
This time the event is dedicated to the 90th birthday of composer and musician Cesar Portillo de la Luz, a great exponent of feeling, a Cuban peculiar way to sing boleros arising in the 50's of the last century.
The Festival will also be dedicated to the countries of the Caribbean that promote the genre as part of their musical heritage.
José Nilo Marín, in his capacity as chairman of the organizing committee of the Festival, expressed to INVASOR that the festival, despite taking place every two years at the national level, has been held annually in that city, with the support of the Municipal Culture Directorate. That entity is engaged in not letting die a genre that, in its own right, is inserted in the best traditions of Moron city.
Years ago, there was a powerful movement of bolero clubs that is now lost.
Among the guest bolero players will be Maureen García, Santiago Iglesias, Leopoldo Lastre and Edilberto Cabrera, while representing the city and in defense of the genre will be Lucy Safonte, Nelson Mora, Yolanda Fernández, Otto Duniel and Luis Elisondo, among others, all of them accompanied by the "Golden Orchestra" organized by Master Pedro Pardo for each festival.
Once the shows at the San Carlos cinema are over every night, the participants will exchange songs in the Paul Bernal Troubadour House, as is usual in the festival not to abandon the bolero nights. In that very institution, yesterday at 9:00 am, a theoretical session took place with a panel of guests who approached topics related to bolero as a music genre.
The festival will also be the occasion to pay honor to Mireya Macías, for the sustained activity of her Franklin CañizaresClub and Eneida Blanco, a worker of cinema where the festival is held, for her outstanding work as an activist.
Marin told INVASOR that Morón is inconceivable without bolero, so that, despite the material difficulties of the moment, every effort possible is made To keep the tradition alive and cultivate a genre that is essential for the spiritual expression and enjoyment of Moron citizens, since the inception of the festival back in 1995.
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