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Skål !: Lèpoka and the beer and folk festival at the Alicia forum

Las primeras veces jamás se olvidan dicen, y estamos seguros este viejo adagio se cumplirá para la presentación de Lèpoka en el Foro Alicia. Y es que de verdad la comunión y entrega de la banda al escenario y de regreso fue tal, que ambas partes seguro atesoraran la experiencia por siempre.

Since the performance of national bands Velvet Darkness and La Cattrina with everything and her great makeup, people were on fire and inside the forum applauding and wanting to party. While the star band was accommodating the scream of Skål and Ukon Laulo on the part of the people asking for these 2 subjects it resounded in all the width of the place. Already dressed in his monk robes and ready for action, Lèpoka it starts with the melodic  "Simon Barrel", so that later the steel dragon-handled bagpipe of the good Zarach take us by the hand of the Goliardos. Wrapped in a huge Mexican flag that people have given him, Dani Nogues He expresses that it is very difficult to describe what is the most important night in the band's career, here in what is now his first home; before inviting us for a drink in "The Tavern of the Trolls". It is surprising the communion that people have with the band and how they sing and know all the songs, and this is how they all sing "The Cauldron of Dreams".

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“We have been dreaming about this day for almost a year that the show was announced; and today we are truly living the dream ” comments a visibly excited Dani Nogues before playing one of his most famous hymns: "Beerserkers ”; a pun on beer and the famous Viking mercenaries. Then Lèpoka would touch Robin Booze, And it is here where the group reaches out to shake the hand of some fans who stretch their arms raised on the shoulders of their romantic Vikings. The band then asks who is drinking beer, and with the shout of "Skål! ” toast with all the attendees who do crazy jumping and fists up on this topic. "We invite you to accompany us to the place where the gods live and everything is happiness" comments Dani Nogues and so we ride up "Villabirra". The mood does not drop for a second, and at the cry of "many clothes" After the musicians' comment that the robes are suffocating them from the heat, the people and the band have a fun time.

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"This is a song by a band that we love very much because they have always been there with us, and we also know that people in Mexico adore" announces Lèpoka, and people go crazy on the edge because they know that the topic in question is "Vodka & Roll" of Wizard of Oz. The emotion is so great that on one side you hear men yelling at the Spanish the classic "make me a son" while further down a girl on the shoulders of a guy has already removed his shirt and shakes it over his head, with the pure bra covering his torso. Because the cry of Ukon Laulo On the part of the fans, the band announces that although they do not have it ready, they will improvise a fragment and do so. The turn comes for the doors of the kingdom of the deceased to open, and with our hands towards the sky and from one side to another we can listen Samhain" Lèpoka He begins to say goodbye saying that if they were in his hands they would like to play 24 hours in a row, but since it is not possible you have to keep dancing; and then with "Yab dabadaba dai" euphoria breaks out even with a small circle of slam in the back of the venue. "With this we are leaving but before that, we want to take a shot with you" the Spaniards announce to the microphone, and "Shot", the last ode of the night to alcohol is performed. That is how Lèpoka says goodbye although he promises to return soon and it is no wonder: the night was truly magical and unforgettable for them and their fans.

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