The Vallenata Legend Festival Foundation informs that registration for the different contests of the 56th version of the Vallenata Legend Festival in tribute to the minstrel Luis Enrique Martínez, ‘El Pollo Vallenato’, will be open until Wednesday April 5, 2023. 6:00 in the afternoon.
Registrations are received in person at the offices of the Vallenata Legend Festival Foundation located at Carrera 19 No. 6N-39 in Valledupar, also through certified mail or by email: inscriptionsfesvallenato@gmail.com
After the registration closes, changes of cashiers, guacharaqueros or accompanying singers of the accordion players can only be made from April 10 to 14.
Likewise, the contestants in all the accordion categories will not be able to repeat any song from the four airs in their order (Paseo, Merengue, Son and Puya) in the different rounds or in the semifinal. In addition, as the event is in tribute to King Vallenato Luis Enrique Martínez, a song of his authorship must be performed in any of the airs.
To give greater dynamics and breadth to the contestants’ repertoire, in the final of the professional accordion contest of the 56th Vallenata Legend Festival and as a tribute to Vallenato King Luis Enrique Martínez, a mandatory song must be performed that will be output by the system ballot, recorded by the minstrel independently of its author. In the air of puja, three songs were chosen that were not his own and he did not record them either, since he only composed two. At the time of registration, each professional accordion player will be given the audios of the 20 songs.
The competitions that will take place in this contest are: Professional Accordion, Major Accordion, Unpublished Vallenata Song, Major Piqueria, Amateur Accordion, Youth Accordion, Children’s Accordion, Minor Accordion, Children’s Piqueria and Major, Youth and Children’s Piloneras.
Finally, the registration forms, requirements and regulations of the different contests are available on the website: www.festivalvallenato.com
POSITIVE BALANCE
The President of the Vallenata Legend Festival Foundation, Rodolfo Molina Araújo, pointed out. “The registrations for the different contests are going in the best way, and we can see the interest in exalting the traditional vallenato that has been defended since the creation of the Vallenata Legend Festival in 1968. This year is also the opportunity to remember and highlight the immense musical feat of the minstrel Luis Enrique Martínez.”
Valledupar is ready for this great folkloric and musical event that each year has a story enclosed in four musical airs that sounds through an accordion, a snare drum, a guacharaca, a song and a verse that is sung with a soul smeared with happiness.
