Pimpinela closed on Sunday the second evening of the Longest Night National Party which takes place in the city of Ushuaia, with a celebrated two-hour show that was added to the celebratory presentations of the fortieth anniversary of the creation of the popular romantic duo.
Lucia and Joaquin Galan went up to the imposing stage of the “Cochocho Vargas” Municipal Sports Center in the capital of Tierra del Fuego after 11:30 p.m., when the facilities were complete, there were more than 3,500 people inside and hundreds of others had to settle for seeing the artistic duo for giant screen outside, in the middle of the climatic conditions of the Fuegian winter.
The show From the first minute, it showed a display worthy of any staging staged in big cities: a central screen and two lateral ones reviewed in images the most representative songs of the duo throughout their career, while special greetings were interspersed from artists such as Gloria Stefan, Julio Iglesias , Ricardo Montaner, Luciano Pereyra and Lali Espositoamong others.
With the chords of the song “Morning”Lucía and Joaquín entered the scene to give rise to the interpretation of a continuous barrage of hits from all eras, which made fans of the most diverse ages present at the End of the World delirious.
“What a pleasure to be here celebrating our 40th anniversary. What a place we were missing”said Joaquín in one of the few pauses in the first part of the recital, alluding to the fact that it was his first time in Ushuaia.
“How many knew us through their parents?”he then asked an enthusiastic audience, which responded with hundreds of hands up.
The recital continued with a series of songs made up of “Love cannot be forgotten” dedicated to the parents of the singers and “the people who are no longer there” and “Hermanos” full of allusions to the bond between the two.
for the theme “The family” A table was set up on the stage, with a tablecloth, food and drinks, and the four dancers who participated in other passages of the show, the choirs and the musicians joined in one of the best performances of the night.
With a list of stainless classics in which the super hit was not lacking “Forget it and turn around”, the presentation left the attendees filled with music and songs that went through time.
The party that offers 11 days, ten musical genres and more than a thousand artists on stage, will continue tonight with kapangathe band from Quilmes led by Martin “Monkey” Fabio and with The monkeythe trio of which they are part Gaspar Benegas and Ramiro Lopez Naguilmusicians from Los Fundamentalistas del Aire Acondicionado, the band that accompanies Indio Solari.
This Monday there was an evening dedicated to humor with a performance by Officer Gordillo (the Tucuman Miguel Martin) and childhood with the presentation of the musical group from Santa Fe Canticle.
For the closing of the festival, the performance of the national icon of quartet music, Juan Carlos “La Mona” Jimenezon Monday June 20 and the legendary rock band dividedon Tuesday 21, coinciding with the beginning of winter.
The Fuegian festival alludes to the time of the year when the day has less sunlight, which in Tierra del Fuego (due to its geographical location) translates into days where it dawns around 10 in the morning and gets dark shortly after 5:00 p.m.
June 21, considered the shortest day of the year, and therefore the “Longest Night”, celebrates the arrival of the winter season and also the consequent lengthening of the hours of sunlight from then on.
