On Friday night San Jose had a drag queen fiesta, and my husband took the chance to dance on stage. He’s been out in carnival with this costume and got great feedback, but this was the first time he performed on stage. So now he has a stage name, “Libelula” which is Spanish for dragonfly. The other two artists performing were “Señorita Clarita” and “Alexandra López”. I thought they were all very good.
Tazacorte is holding a sunset festival on Friday, Saturday an Sunday. All events will be held on the sea-front. UPDATE: Craft fair on the sea front Saturday: 7 pm Procession 7:45 pm Watch the sunset with LL.A.M. Street Music 8:30-11 pm Astronomical observations 9 pm Arial Dance 9:30 pm Concert: Nayaband, The Mahoney Soul Band, DJ Dadda Wanche Sunday 10-14 h Sand sculpture workshop 12:00 Puppets 13:00 Circus spectacular
This weekend they’re holding the second biggest livestock fair on the island, at San Isidro, in Breña Alta. (The biggest is San Antonio del Monte, in June). It starts off with a procession which brings the statue of the saint from the church to the fairground at 9 am on Saturday. People bring their animals, and there are prizes for the best milk cow, best bull, best goat, etc. Most…
Last night I went to La Punta in Tijarafe, to get some photos of the fiesta. It’s not a big fiesta but I’ve been going cross-eyed with the current translation, and I really, really needed a break in my routine. Besides, in 18 years of living on La Palma, I’d never been to La Punta. Since the procession was going to be quite late, I made sure I had the…