This blog comments news about environmental and cultural affaires, festivals, music, musical instruments and history related to the chilean cityport of Valparaiso.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Cinzano celebrated Carmen Corena
Tonight the Cinzano celebrated with singing and toastings Carmen Corena's life. Today around noon a few attended her private funeral in a Jehova's witness chapel and later at the cemetery in Concon. Many people there said we had to celebrate her at the Cinzano in the night and so it was. So in between singing her songs people stood up to tell testimonies about her. Certainly, we will miss her...
Geologist trained as paleontologist, naturalist, & musician/organiser of folk festivals in Chile. Teaching geology, organising folk music venues, playing church, celtic and traditional folk music as member of Celtamericana, Sarmientos del Señor Choir, and Remembranzas de Galicia pipeband. More could be found at the following URL: http://profiles.yahoo.com/luchai1.
Our current main working projects are: -Festival Internacional de Música Inmigrante de Valparaiso -Banda celtamericana -Clan celta -Shanties and plectrum instruments -Adoquin and urban geology
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