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Visitors to Santa Cruz over the past few months may have noticed the slightly bizarre sight of an increased number of peo-ple whizzing around town on electronic tricycles, bikes and scooters.The capital has seen a clever initiative quickly take off and scores of people light-heartedly rolling along the streets has given the city a much-needed quirky boost.ecoDrive canarias, an estab-lished electronic vehicle shop

in Santa cruz, has recently opened a marquee just 300 metres from the port, directly in front of the passenger ter-minal, where they offer their services directly to passengers, tourists and passers-by. This plum positioning has attracted huge attention and is proving to be both colourful and highly successful.as well as a novel and practical way of nipping around town and avoiding Santa cruz’s frequently chaotic traffic problems, it is

also, of course, enormous fun; and can be enjoyed with friends or alone with just your to-do list to keep you company! you can choose to rent an automated or peddle-powered vehicle and freely cruise around at your own pace, or you can take one of ecoDrive canarias’ organised city tours. They offer personal-ised excursions along the sea-front where you can visit local attractions such as the Botan-ical garden (palm trees) and Parque Marítimo (swimming pools complex). Other services include entrance and guided tour of the auditorium, bus sightseeing excursions around the city, and personalised routes for private occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, etc.The vehicles available to rent include: electronic tricycles, electronic bikes, rural bikes, electric scooters and mobil-ity scooters; so if you’re big or small, energetic or lazy, they have something for everyone

– baskets optional! Prices are very reasonable, with rates start-ing at €30 for the whole day or €15 for three hours.as well as their marquee stand,

ecoDrive’s shop can be found at edificio San francisco on the Paseo Milicias de garachico, just across the road from the port, near to Plaza españa. They

also have a website containing further information and pricing. you can find them at: www.eco-drivecanarias.com, or call on: 922 198 219.

PROMOTIONS

Anticipation for the forthcom-ing Earth, Wind & Fire Expe-rience featuring Al McKay concert is riding high follow-ing a press conference at the Athelia Iberostar hotel in Costa Adeje.With the showcase taking place at the Magma centro de arte y congresos in Playa de las américas on november 4 at 9pm, tickets are selling quickly as funk fans await the arrival of the new-look earth, Wind & fire experience line-up to the

island – their only Spanish date on their current tour.Magma centre director, Pepe chiyah, Tenerife concerts manager, fredy Vespremi, and sub-director of the athe-lia hotel, Manuel Bocane-gra, all eagerly promoted the event and finished with a pri-vate video message from band leader, al McKay.McKay, from new Orleans, was a pivotal member of earth, Wind & fire during their hey-day, and co-wrote/co-produced

such classics as September, Saturday Nite and Boogie Wonderland. in 2010 McKay was inducted into the Song-writer’s Hall of fame, along with former members from eWf’s golden era, Maurice White, Phillip Bailey and Ver-dine White. He has also played and recorded with such greats as The Temptations and Tina Turner, and now performs with the earth, Wind & fire expe-rience and The al McKay all-stars, touring the major jazz

festivals in the world with his 14-piece ensemble. inter-estingly, McKay has that rare attribute of being a left-handed guitarist.So if it has been a while since you last got a chance to hand-clap along to some sweet soul music then why not dust off those flared trousers and plat-form shoes, and boogie down to the Magma centre for some unadulterated, disco-soaked funk? groovy!

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Concert organisers at press conference

EcoDrive’s happy team

An electronic tricycle – great for nipping around town!

EcoDrive’s vehicles available to rent at the port’s passenger terminal