Tuna San Bartolomé of the ULS will celebrate its 25th anniversary with two great artistic galas

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The presentations will take place at the Paihuano Municipal Stadium and in front of the Regional Municipality in La Serena.

La Tuna San Bartolomé of the University of La Serena will celebrate its 25 years of life with two great events. The first of them will be held on Thursday, December 10 in the commune of Paihuano, in coordination with the municipality, and in which the Tuna Femenina Azahares of the ULS, the Tuna San Bartolomé and as special guests the Tuna Trovadores will be presented. from the University of La Frontera of Temuco. The Paihuano Municipal Stadium will be filled with this music, joy and tradition from medieval times, which reached our continent and country, expanding and lasting for almost a century.

tuna sb2This celebration culminates on Saturday, December 12, with a great main show in front of the Regional Municipality, in the city of La Serena, where the Estudiantentina Grail de Trova de Coquimbo joins these aforementioned groups. The main anniversary gala has the support of the Illustrious Municipality of La Serena.

The director of the musical group, Mauricio Cortés González, and its members, invited all the public who love these ancient traditions “to enjoy this free show on December 10 at 20:30 p.m. at the Estadio Techado de Paihuano and the Saturday the 12th at 20:30 p.m. in front of the Regional Administration.”

The Tuna San Bartolomé of the ULS, whose founder is the remembered professor Sixto Cortés Alcayaga, was created in 1990, thus becoming the first University Tuna in the Coquimbo Region. Since then she has toured the country and has been invited abroad to show his art. The group belongs to the Department of Extracurricular Activities, a unit dependent on the General Directorate of Student Affairs (DGAE) of the state campus.