Cultural & Folk Festival · Europe
Cante de las Minas in Spain: flamenco singing grouped by palo, alongside guitar, dance and instrumental competitions.
Sets up a flamenco contest in the style of the mining-song festival of La Union, Spain: six cante groups by palo, guitar, dance, an instrumentalist class and a young singers’ category, with the real prize names already in place.
This template builds a flamenco competition in the style of the long-running mining-song festival held each summer in La Union, in the Murcia region of Spain. A coordinator opens an event that already holds the real disciplines, the age groups and the prize titles, instead of starting from a blank catalogue. It suits any flamenco contest where singers are judged against the traditional song families rather than in one open class.
The template carries ten competition items across four disciplines. Cante is split the way the rules split it: Grupo I covers the mining cantes (Cartageneras, Tarantas, and Murcianas and other mining cantes), Grupo II covers the fandango-derived cantes of Malaga, Granada, Cordoba and Huelva, and Grupo III is divided into A (tonas, siguiriyas, soleares, bulerias por solea, canas, polos, livianas, serranas) and B (bulerias, cantinas, tangos, tientos, peteneras, farrucas, personal fandangos). Alongside them sit Guitarra Flamenca, Baile Flamenco, Instrumentista Flamenco and a Cantaores Jovenes category for singers under 30. Guitarra Flamenca also appears in a second group for ages 16 to 30, used for a youth guitar prize.
Every item is for individual performers aged 16 or over, open to both genders and performed in Spanish. The 10-minute clock and the mark out of 100 are working defaults, because the published rules do not give a point rubric the software could copy; adjust them to your own rules. Six titles are set up as ranks: the Lampara Minera for the top cante prize, the Bordon Minero for guitar, El Desplante for dance, El Filon for the instrumentalist, a special jury prize and the youth guitar prize. Bonus values are record-keeping weights, not part of the festival’s rules.
In the real contest, entry is by photo, CV and video, minimum age is 16 and past top-trophy winners are barred, with a video screening, regional selection rounds, semi-finals and a final. Those stages happen before an event like this one: use the Registration Page to collect entries and videos, set up the judges, and run the final evening’s scoring in the software. The route to the top cante prize, which needs a mining cante plus further cantes drawn from the other groups, is not modelled and is left to your own regulations.
Where this event is run
Spain, where flamenco contests are run by town festivals, peñas and cultural associations, and any organiser running a flamenco or folk-song competition in which singers are judged within song families. It is a poor fit for a general talent show, because every item is a flamenco discipline.
- Spain (La Union, Murcia region)
- Flamenco competitions across Andalusia and the wider Spanish-speaking world
Key facts
- 10 items: six cante groups, guitar, dance, instrumentalist and a young singers’ category, plus a second guitar class
- Cante groups follow the real rules: mining cantes, fandango-derived cantes, and two bands of other palos
- All items are individual, open to both genders, minimum age 16 and performed in Spanish
- Cantaores Jovenes is for singers aged 16 to 29; the youth guitar prize class is for ages 16 to 30
- 10-minute limit and a mark out of 100 are working defaults, not published rubric values
- Six titles are set up: Lampara Minera, Bordon Minero, El Desplante, El Filon, a special jury prize and a youth guitar prize
- Age groups
- 3
- Competition items
- 10
- Competitions
- 11
- Grade bands
- 0
- Rank awards
- 6
Age groups
Every candidate is placed into one of these groups by age, and competitions are run per group.
Open (16+)
Candidates aged 16 to 99 compete in this group
Cant. Jovenes
Candidates aged 16 to 29 compete in this group
Premio Conde
Candidates aged 16 to 30 compete in this group
Competition items
The events themselves — each with the category it belongs to and how judges score it.
Cante - Grupo I: Cartageneras
Cante - Grupo I: Tarantas
Cante - Grupo I: Murcianas y otros cantes mineros
Cante - Grupo II: Fandangos (Malaga, Granada, Cordoba, Huelva)
Cante - Grupo III A: Tonas, Siguiriyas, Soleares, Bulerias por Solea, Canas, Polos, Livianas, Serranas
Cante - Grupo III B: Bulerias, Cantinas, Tangos, Tientos, Peteneras, Farrucas, Fandangos personales
Guitarra Flamenca
Baile Flamenco
Instrumentista Flamenco
Cante - Cantaores Jovenes
Competitions by group
The full schedule matrix, sectioned by age group then category — which item runs for whom, and for how long.
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open (16+) | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Cante - Grupo I: Cartageneras | Individual | — | Spanish | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Cante - Grupo I: Tarantas | Individual | — | Spanish | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Cante - Grupo I: Murcianas y otros cantes mineros | Individual | — | Spanish | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Cante - Grupo II: Fandangos (Malaga, Granada, Cordoba, Huelva) | Individual | — | Spanish | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Cante - Grupo III A: Tonas, Siguiriyas, Soleares, Bulerias por Solea, Canas, Polos, Livianas, Serranas | Individual | — | Spanish | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Cante - Grupo III B: Bulerias, Cantinas, Tangos, Tientos, Peteneras, Farrucas, Fandangos personales | Individual | — | Spanish | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Guitarra Flamenca | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Baile Flamenco | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Instrumentista Flamenco | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Cant. Jovenes | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Cante - Cantaores Jovenes | Individual | — | Spanish | 100 | 10m 10s |
| Premio Conde | |||||
| On Stage | |||||
| Item | Type | Gender | Language | Max score | Time limit |
| Guitarra Flamenca | Individual | — | — | 100 | 10m 10s |
Grades and ranks
How scores turn into grade bands, and how many points each placing is worth.
| Rank | For | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Lampara Minera | 12 | |
| Bordon Minero | 10 | |
| El Desplante | 10 | |
| El Filon | 10 | |
| Premio especial del Jurado | 5 | |
| Premio Guitarra Mariano Conde | 5 |
Frequently asked questions
Can I change this template after installing it?
Yes — installing it creates a fully configured, live event, not a locked package. Every age group, competition item, rule and scoring setting can be edited afterwards to match exactly what your event actually needs.
Do I need technical knowledge to set this up?
No. Installing a template does the setup work for you; you only need to review the details (dates, unit or house names) and open registration.
Want the fuller picture first? See our guide to judge scoring and tabulation software.
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