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The managed Beniaján Chirigota rise late on Friday with the first prize in Cartagena Chirigotas Contest held in double session, semifinals on Thursday and end on Friday, at the Auditorium The city Batel department, thereby moving its celebration, for the first time since the Circus Theatre, which has been the venue for this contest veteran and previous editions.

On Thursday night, in the semifinals, the joke of Beniaján, which this year appears in this new carnival under the name of "Stand ye", and that there are tools in a workshop, all stops today, it won awards for best music and best original lyrics, besides devoting a paso doble to the joke cartagenera The Singuangos, that in these carnivals celebrated its 25th anniversary.

The authorship of letter corresponds, once again, the director of the joke, Javier Sanchez, author and music to Cadiz, author several years of music Chirigota Beniaján, Miguel Angel Garcia Cossio.

In the semifinal involving 11 jokes, of which only five, as usual in the competition, went to the end, namely, the Robinsons Island, The Chochonis, Los Achopijo, Los Singuangos and Beniaján Chirigota.

The final was held on Friday evening, which began in two passes, one at 20.00 and the second at 23:30.

During his performance on both passes, the joke of Beniaján enfervorecidos up the respectable applause, which presaged that was before a big night.

And so it was.

At about 3:00 am, Contest presenters read the jury's verdict that gave the fifth Achopijo, the fourth with Chochonis, third place for The Singuangos, second place for the Robinsons Island and First Place for the joke of Beniaján, "The Stand ye."

Once the contest Chirigotas of Cartagena, the joke of Beniaján continue its usual carnival carousel, with performances in Molina de Segura, again in Cartagena, in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Algezares, Disco Theatre (Murcia), Eagles, in the Plaza de las Flores de Murcia in Andalusia Day celebration, sponsored by The Cathedral of Tapeo, Andalusian Parliament, Cabezo de Torres, not to mention before the upcoming celebration of National Competition Chirigotas city of Murcia, which will take place on next day on February 23 at the Teatro Romea of ​​Murcia, organized itself Beniaján Chirigota in collaboration and coordination with the Quartet The Beniaján Destrío for which feature the Quartet itself "The Destrío" Beniaján with "joked with boobs, "the joke" The Singuangos "Cartagena with" Fools cocoon ", the joke of Aledo with" transposed to "the day", the very Chirigota Beniaján with "Stand ye," and, as a finishing touch The Krewe of Kike Swirl and José Manuel Cardoso de Cadiz, "The Valid", Second Prize in the COAC Comparsas 2013 (Group Competition Carnival of Cadiz) award through which rose the night of Friday, February 8 Gran Teatro Falla in Cadiz, while the joke of Beniaján stood with the First Prize in Cartagena.

Source: Chirigota de Beniaján