SOCIEDAD FILARMÓNICA NIVARIA

The effects of emigration were noted in the 'Nivaria ', because in February 1921 it was invited by the City Council of Santa Cruz to participate in a band contest organized on the occasion of the conquest of the island by the Castilians, but I did not go because u201 Due to the absence of most of the individuals that formed the Band of this town for the Island of Cuba, it is not possible that I can attend the celebrations that are celebrated in that Capital in the next month May the referred band u2026 '.

Throughout this period, the shortage and shortage of funds urged the group, so they asked the City Council in 1923 for help in the purchase of instruments, granting them a subsidy of fifty pesetas. Even three years later, President Luis Marrero Romero addressed an instance to the Council of Ministers requesting a bonus for society.

But I don't know what the economic problems were at 'Nivaria '. In 1924, he suffered a major crisis when a certain number of physicians were discharged who did not compromise with certain attitudes of the people who ruled the destinies of the same, as well as with the prevailing administrative lack of control. These men will then form the Musical Artistic Group 'La Candelaria '. However, the band continued with a tight program of departures in the summer of that year, such as those that took place at the fiestas of Our Lady of Light in Arico, Our Lady of Mercy in the Por de Abona and of the Vir ...

In 1926 they requested from the City Council the right to play exclusively in the new kiosk of the square: 'Act followed by Sr. Garc Siliuto that as Director of the Music Band 'Nivaria ' of this town and in the name and presentation of said Company, proposes that the Corporation be granted for the term of ten years the upper part of the kiosk that It is located in the mall of the Plaza de San Juan with the condition that the aforementioned Band alleviate the passes that during the summer season are verified in said mall on Sunday, except for the days that the Band has to leave check touches to other towns u2026 '

The consistory, headed by Antonio Torres Campos, future president of the band, granted the privilege of using the upper part of the band for ten years, ' on the condition that from this site he entertained with his touches free of charge the walks that in the aforementioned mall, on Sundays belonging to the summer season during the concession years of the repeated kiosk, the conservation and repair of the upper part of the reference kiosk are also verified, being void and without effect this agreement provided that the Band without just cause ceases to comply with the provisions '.

In 1931, the 'Nivaria ' renounced all the rights that over the use of the upper part of the kiosk correspond to, through an official letter dated August 24 that Garc addressed Siliuto to the mayor: 'Ante l ...

With the beginning of the thirties, the end of Belisario Garc was approaching the front of the band, which was not an impediment for them to go to Santa Cruz at their parties in May 1930, publishing an article in the period The Press, in which the former directors were cited, as well as that their components do not receive remuneration: u201 The truly prodigious thing is to consider how the band 'Nivaria ' has lived during all these years. Without remuneration of any kind, neither the director nor the physicians that compose it (..) arriving at his attention and desinter s at times, to have to contribute voluntarily with his economic contribution, for the payment of uniforms and to cover other precise attentions ( u2026) The only income of this band are those that produce the touches that are requested u037E very modest income, given the scarcity of the chances of achieving them that are presented to them u2026 '. The self-taught character of these was also reflected:

Interesting detail is also that none of the physicians who have passed through the direction of the band have left the town to study, being at the expense of many efforts, the precise musical knowledge for the performance of such a task by themselves. alone u2026 '. He dedicates some sentences to Belisario Garc to Siliuto: ' u2026 that has been leading the band for 32 years, is an enthusiastic element to which the boom reached in recent years by the group is due. In a tenacious struggle, overcoming innumerable difficulties, Mr. Garc a Siliuto has managed, not only to keep the band organized, without interruption, during all this time, without ...

Until 1955 they rehearsed in a room owned by Jos Garc a Siliuto on General Franco Street. Precisely, the fact that the test room of the 'Nivaria ' was located at a point higher than that of 'La Candelaria ', made it popularly known as the band of 'upiba ' and this as band 'own '. That year there was the transfer of the premises from the aforementioned property to the main hall of the first floor of the Town Hall. The Corporation made it clear that all the expenses caused by the conditioning and cleaning work were borne by the band funds, emphasizing that this assignment has only provisional character, because as soon as the City Council needs to make use of the installation, it must be evicted in 24 hours, without having the right to receive any compensation.

The 'Nivaria ' celebrated the centenary of its foundation on January 10, 1960, with a tight program that began at nine in the morning when parading through the streets of Arafo, then a religious function was celebrated and blessed the new flag of the company, to then go to the halls of the Casino 'Uni ny Progreso '. The director Mario Marrero, the poet Emeterio Guti rrez Albelo and the lawyer Andr s Orozco Maffiotte spoke. In addition to the band, which interpreted the pasodoble 'Puenteareas ' and the overture 'One night of est o ', the rondalla of the Youth Front played the 'Serenata ' of Schubert and the prelude of ' of the Iron ring Mar20 s. After the event, a wine of honor was offered to all ...

In 2000, who was its director for 47 years, Mario Marrero Fari a, left the direction of the band in the hands of Jos Andr s Sabina Fari and the deputy director in charge of Roberto Garc to Curbelo. For this reason, on December 2 of that year he was paid a well-deserved tribute in the Auditorium ' Juan Carlos I ', to which the City Council and various cultural and musical institutions of the Villa joined, acting as the maintainer of the director of the peri The day and day, Jos Rodr Guez Ram rez. Previously, the Board of the Philharmonic Society 'Nivaria ' agreed to grant Mario Marrero the title of Honorary Director.

In 2002, the band recorded a compact disc in the Juan Carlos I auditorium of the Villa de Arafo.

On August 8, 2004, the Nivaria Philharmonic Society inaugurated its New Headquarters. With this inauguration an old dream of many generations came true as it was to have a headquarters in property that responded to all the needs of the band.

ARAFO and, in particular, the centenarian Banda de M sica 'Nivaria ', one of the two owned by the municipality, paid a tribute to P Sermo, a writer, Favorite Son and Official Chronicler of Arafo.

On February 25, 2006, at 7:00 p.m., coinciding with the commemorative date of the 1st Centenary of the foundation of the Casino 'Uni and Progreso ', this company delivered the distinctions of Partners of ...

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