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Interview with Carmen Gil González, Carnival Queen 2012, Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Posted on February 23, 2012June 27, 2017
byAndy Montgomery

“At first when I put my costume on backstage I was really cold but once I had the full costume on I forgot about the cold, and the emotion took over,” she says. “I have bruising here and here.” Carmen points to her hips…

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Sunshine and Crowds at the 2012 Santa Cruz Carnival Closing Parade

Posted on February 22, 2012June 27, 2017
byAndy Montgomery

The Tenerife weather Gods smiled upon Santa Cruz Carnaval 2012 once again as the Tuesday Coso parade marked the beginning of the end of carnival.

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Carnaval Game Has Circus Feel But CD Tenerife Make It Four Straight Wins

Posted on February 20, 2012March 13, 2012
byColin Kirby

Not even a dodgy referee could crush the Carnaval spirit as CD Tenerife set the terraces dancing with a 1-0 win over Getafe B in Santa Cruz.

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Gala Election Santa Cruz 2012, a Carnaval Queen is Born

Posted on February 19, 2012June 27, 2017
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byAndy Montgomery

We’re all waiting. Audience, designers, families, cameras, laptop screens and TV viewers ““ all waiting for the moment when presenter EloÃsa González announces the name of the new Carnaval Queen 2012.

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Santa Cruz Carnival Gets off to a Glittering Start

Posted on February 18, 2012June 27, 2017
byAndy Montgomery

Bucking the trend of carnival weather and defying the threatened rain which was forecast to hit the city last night, Santa Cruz staged a glamorous and glittering opening to its 2012 Carnaval in a dry and balmy 18ºC.

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Carmen Gil González is Tenerife Carnaval Queen 2012

Posted on February 16, 2012June 27, 2017
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byAndy Montgomery

In the early hours of 16th February 2012, after three and a half hours of glitter and feather filled extravaganza, Carmen Gil González was crowned Carnaval Queen 2012 at the Gala Election in Santa Cruz’ Recinto Ferial.

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Tenerife Carnival Scene, Las Burras de GÃ¼Ãmar

Posted on February 2, 2012February 2, 2012
byJack Montgomery

Each year GÃ¼Ãmar produces one of the most stylish and sexy carnival posters on Tenerife and 2012 is no exception.

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Making Hay While The Sun Shines at DÃa de la Trilla

Posted on July 31, 2011June 27, 2017
byAndy Montgomery

Sunshine and hay are two commodities they’re not short of in the hills of El Tanque where they’ve always been an integral part of community life, made all the more precious when one of those commodities was taken away from them for over 200 years.

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The Corpus Christi Red Carpet on Tenerife

It’s June 1936. Francisco Franco is Governor General of the Canary Islands and is in La Orotava watching the Corpus Christi procession as it passes over the floral works of art. Well known as a dissenter, Franco has been posted to the furthest and quietest outreach of Spanish governance…

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Feel The Passion In Adeje On Good Friday

No flash mob can match its impact, no computer game can outdo its intensity and no history book can deliver its raw emotional power. The Passion tells the harrowing story of the betrayal and crucifixion of Jesus […]

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