After a very long day on Wednesday, we woke up Thursday morning filled with excitement for our first day. We met Marivi and Theresa from TJT in the morning. They explained to us how to use the bus and trams and told us about the designers we would be working with. It's a long journey to our workplaces, about 40-50 mins altogether. We have to get a tram first and then a bus to the outskirts of Santa Cruz.
We met up with two Swedish girls, Emma and Hanna before going to work. They are also out in Tenerife on placement but for 5 weeks. They have been here 2 weeks already, so they were able to help us out a lot.
We had a great first day working with Santi Castro. We were showed all the fabulous designs for the Carnival. Santi is working on several costumes for the Carnival - the Queen (which is for older women, around 50 years of age or older), the Children's Queen and the Festival Queen (which is the main event of the Carnival). Santi has also designed costumes for the companeros which are dancing competitions. Santi Castro has been involved in the festival for over 35 years, so he knows what he's talking about. The amazing thing is, is that he isn't a full time designer. The rest of year he works in a tax office. The designs for the costumes are kept a tight secret until the Gala election. Each workplace is situated well outside the city in warehouses and the door is kept locked at all times. If you want to enter you have to knock and wait for someone to open the door for you.
We met up with two Swedish girls, Emma and Hanna before going to work. They are also out in Tenerife on placement but for 5 weeks. They have been here 2 weeks already, so they were able to help us out a lot.
We had a great first day working with Santi Castro. We were showed all the fabulous designs for the Carnival. Santi is working on several costumes for the Carnival - the Queen (which is for older women, around 50 years of age or older), the Children's Queen and the Festival Queen (which is the main event of the Carnival). Santi has also designed costumes for the companeros which are dancing competitions. Santi Castro has been involved in the festival for over 35 years, so he knows what he's talking about. The amazing thing is, is that he isn't a full time designer. The rest of year he works in a tax office. The designs for the costumes are kept a tight secret until the Gala election. Each workplace is situated well outside the city in warehouses and the door is kept locked at all times. If you want to enter you have to knock and wait for someone to open the door for you.