An exhibition with materials that had never so far seen the light recalls how the foundations of what is now the Benidorm Fest were placed thanks to the Celebration in 1959 of the First Festival Musical that led to Gala the name of this Alicante city.
Open to the public in the Spain of the City Council until next Sunday, collects documents as curious as the act that verifies the distribution of awards of the winners of that historic first edition, The telegramwith 100,000 pesetas for the authors, Gregorio and Alfredo García Seguraand 50,000 for the interpreter, Monna Bell.
Created in the image and likeness of the San Remo song festival, the exhibition confirms how In its premiere it was still called Madrid Voice Festivalby the station that promoted him in search of new talents of what was then began to coined as “light music.”
The collaboration between the team of the Benidormense Consistory and the RNE archive, digitized by RTVE, has allowed to expose for the first time materials such as A book of acts of censorshipwith observations on the retired contents.
Articles related to the contest signed by distinguished figures such as Joan Fuster, discs, brochures and even A replica of the mermaid trophy which originally delivered the winners also are among their funds.
“There are documents that also show the Visionary mentality of those who preceded us In municipal responsibilities, because they had a lot of capacity to bring that festival to see that it could be necessary for the city and anticipate a festival in Barcelona, ”he said EFE The mayor of the city, Toni Pérez, during his visit with the press this Wednesday.
As confirmed, the intention is to take advantage of the framework of Benidorm Fest for Continue organizing more future exhibitions than deploying curiosities over other editions of that festival in which figures such as Julio Iglesias or Raphael were announced.
As a wink precisely to the format that has inherited the headquarters and spirit of that tradition, the aforementioned Benidorm Fest that celebrates their fourth edition these days, in the exhibition the original locker rooms that the winners of their three previous editions, Chanel, Blanca, Blanca, are also exhibited Paloma and Nebulsa.
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