The year was 1986 and the APRA government led by Alan García Pérez, had the bright idea to organize the Latin American Cultural Week Integration (shekels), an event that brought together the best exponents of music, film, literature, painting and other arts of the great homeland. Advance publicity was conspicuous by his absence and could be heard only rumors to come, among others, Silvio Rodriguez and Pablo Milanes, which in itself, it was all a story of impact for lovers of Cuban nueva trova. The father of a friend who worked for those Petroperú days, we gave greater scope of the dates and places, well, we learned that the central themes of the presentations would be the Municipal Theatre and the Plaza de Acho.
A sunny Saturday April SICLA was opened in the courtyard of the government palace in the presence of President Garcia. That first act, stripped the disorganization that marked the development of the cultural week. Many people who attended could only watch the show from outside the square and only the authorities and party members of the star had the privilege of the yard. While the inauguration was broadcast live on state television, the people were left with a bitter, unable to see close to Silvio Rodriguez sang "Song of the chosen" and "History of the chairs" and Pablo Milanes who sang "I will trample the streets again" and "Years."
On the day we learned that the president of a shekel was Fernando Arias, husband of the then Minister of Health, Ilda Urizar (first woman minister in Peru) and a fellow known Plá Gerardo Diez, a civil engineer from the Catholic , trova lover, my great friend and partner in this venture. We knew the Siclar operations center was in the old premises of Minero Peru in the street Arequipa and that Sunday we head to in search of Fernando Gerardo Arias. We arrived at the local, full of people going from one place to another, filled with posters and programs. And we wonder Arias pointed to a type of short stature and worried face. We introduce ourselves as friends of his called and offered her a helping hand when it could, if needed. Fernando Arias, proved a warm and friendly guy who took our presence in the best way and put us in contact with the person who coordinated the theme of the musical at the base of the Hotel Crillon, surrendering his card on which we recommended "as friends who wanted to support without any compromise." Leaving the site of Minero Peru, we met a Cuban embassy car was carrying nothing more and nothing less than to Silvio Rodriguez, who responded to our greeting and said, lowering his car window with the timidity that characterizes it: "we the Crillon.
If local Minero Peru was a pandemonium, the Hotel Crillon was a giddy tower of Babel. An incalculable number of people who came and went, a chaos of screams and orders. Going round the lobby we ran into Oswaldo Guayasamin. Going up the elevator to find the coordinator, addressed on the second floor Silvio Rodriguez and Pablo Milanes. The contact lasted seconds, it was only a greeting and a joke of the great Paul, but for us was superb.
The surname responsible Collazos, was apparently an important picture of the party and an expert in organizing big events. At first measured with distrust our presence and order programs and have sent posters. After a while, we asked what we did and was more friendly. What happened in the days following, was tremendous work for our times and therefore we assume a number of logistical and technical responsibilities demanded a full time commitment, not a cent of pay and without even having the privilege of access Municipal theater performances, because, finally, we paid entries all the presentations we attend.
The surname responsible Collazos, was apparently an important picture of the party and an expert in organizing big events. At first measured with distrust our presence and order programs and have sent posters. After a while, we asked what we did and was more friendly. What happened in the days following, was tremendous work for our times and therefore we assume a number of logistical and technical responsibilities demanded a full time commitment, not a cent of pay and without even having the privilege of access Municipal theater performances, because, finally, we paid entries all the presentations we attend.
The performances in the Plaza de Acho were free and after work coordinating sound, lighting, security and even the relocation of artists on the buses, we could move because of our credentials, and share all areas closely with artists. Are unforgettable greeting urinary our urinal with León Gieco and the appearance of my friend Gerardo Acho on stage, behind Silvio Rodriguez while the teacher played Hopefully, cigar in hand and a sweater with the figure of "comrade" Mickey Mouse .
People in the organization we called "tigers", but there are those members who told us "partners", which is that without being part of the game, finished giving orders, taking people to our office and taking on many responsibilities so we were identifying with the character the story "The Badge", by Julio Ramón Ribeyro. It was so appreciated our work, the following year that organized the season (Council of Cultural Integration in Latin America), which was less bulky and more focused on music, we appointed (unpaid, of course) music and folklore coordinators responsible presentations at the Plaza de Acho and the Tavern 900 in Barranco and Satchmo in Miraflores. Our great advantage was to share time and friendship with these great artists, in their free time in their essays and those dear encerronas and guitar that were organized at the Hotel Crillon, recalling that in which the teacher and good friend Vicente Feliu, sang more than 20 songs for 4 people, a real luxury.
While for us it was an unforgettable experience, we can not forget the disruption that we saw up close and thrived officials wasted doing absolutely nothing while enjoying their stay in the Hotel Crillon dedicated to foods and beverages without control or measure. It said and I am sure that was true, Siclar that cost the country more than a million dollars.
Beyond its problems and limitations, allowed Siclar Lima, have at one time in its history, this constellation of stars of Latin American music: Silvio Rodriguez and the Orchestra Afro Cuba, Pablo Milanés, Vicente Feliu, Santiago Feliu, Lazaro Garcia, Sara González, Orchestra Project group Irakere and Gonzalo Rubalcaba from Cuba, Alberto Cortez, Raphael Amor, Mercedes Sosa, Victor Heredia, Fito Paez, Leon Gieco, Nito Mestre, MPA Chango Farias and Peteco Carabajal of Argentina, Isabel Parra, Angel Parra, Santiago del Nuevo Extremo and group Inti Illimani of Chile, Carlos Mejia Godoy Nicaragua. Were memorable presentations with Pablo Milanés Silvio Rodríguez in the UNI and Villa el Salvador and all Cuban artists in the park zone of San Luis, which is now the Videna, however, the most striking thing I remember, was the ovation standing for a period of more than 15 minutes to Silvio Rodríguez in the Municipal Theater. Anthology.
still have the autograph of Oswaldo Guayasamin, who only wrote his name in print in a crumpled paper. Nobody believes me to see him. Penetration
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