UPDATE: 60th Festival winners announced @ closing ceremony
Among those who claimed first places were the Children’s category of Treasures of the BVI, Klassique, Fete T’Niques, Black Spinners, BVI Ultimate skydancers, BVI Senior Citizens, Althea Scatliffe Twirling Striders among others.
During the ceremony two special awards were given, one to Radio ZBVI for their years of promoting Festival via their radio service and the other to Mighty Strawn who was the guest artiste for the Calypso competition. He is a well known calypsonian being around the craft for many years.
Below is the full list of winners as released by the BVI Festival and Fairs Committee.
2014 DIAMOND JUBILEE PARADE WINNERS:
TROUPE
CHILDREN
1ST PLACE TREASURES OF THE BVI
2ND PLACE BVI ANASAZI DANCERS
ADULTS
1ST PLACE KLASSIQUE
2ND PLACE XTRAVIGANZA
3RD PLACE BVI ANASAZI DANCERS
MAJORETTE
CHILDREN
1ST PLACE FETE T’NIQUES
2ND PLACE DYNAMIC TWIRLERS
ADULTS
1ST PLACE BLACK SPINNERS
MOKO JUMBIES
CHILDREN
1ST PLACE BVI ULTIMTE SKYDANCERS
2ND PLACE BVI ELITE SKY DANCERS
ADULTS
1ST PLACE BVI UTIMATE SKYDANCERS
2ND PLACE BVI ELITE SKYDANCERS
FLOUPE
1ST PLACE BVI SENIOR CITIZENS “A GLIMPSE OF THE PAST”
2ND PLACE ROTARY CLUBS OF BVI
3RD PLACE BVI CANCER SOCIETY
SCHOOL
1ST PLACE ALTHEA SCATLIFFE TWIRLING STRIDERS
2ND PLACE KLASSIQUE KIDS – ENID SCATLIFFE PRE-PRIMARY
3RD PLACE LIVING CORAL JAMBOREE
ADULT FLOAT
1ST PLACE XTRAVIGANZA
2ND PLACE MARVIN “MB” BLYDEN’S 60YRS IN FETEVILLE
3RD PLACE HLSCC PRESENTS “THE TORTOLA SLOOP” THE ORIGINAL VIRGIN ISLAND FERRY
TRADITIONAL INDIVIDUAL
1ST PLACE LIMPING JACK FROM WAY BACK
2ND PLACE THE SAILING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
3RD PLACE KAZAK
ROAD MARCH CHAMPIONS VIBE
See previous article published on August 5, 2014:
A brilliant display of colour & energy @ the 60th Festival Parade
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Befitting the Diamond Jubilee of Festival, yesterday’s August 4, 2014 parade was nothing short of spectacular as a kaleidoscope of colours was on display to mark 60 years of Festival celebrations paying homage to the struggles of the forefathers.
Young and old, local and foreigner, abled and differently-abled all came out in full bloom to celebrate the 60th. The troupes and revelers were representative of every sector of the society ranging from primary schools to the BVI Cancer Society to the BVI Ultimate Sky Dancers to past Miss BVI queens.
They all showed their solidarity with the theme of remembrance for the 60th Festival and they put on a show that will be spoken about for many years to come.
Thousands of persons lined the sides of the road along Waterfront Drive all the way to McNamara to catch a glimpse of the troupes and floats. Many persons especially those advanced in age brought with them foldable chairs some with a shelter roof so that they could rest their legs whenever the need arose.
Some of the floats reflected a simpler time – back to basics, traditional bartering, paying homage to the time following the emancipation of slaves in the Territory as the freed slaves worked to make a life for themselves, tilling the land and engaging in a simpler economic system devoid of monetary notes.
The BVI Cancer Society as expected had a float with a purpose – to spread awareness of the dreaded disease by sharing of information flyers as a cure is continually sought and the fight far from over.
The float ‘59 Years of Royalty’ featured past Festival Queens and Miss BVIs. On that truck stood a number of past queens whose beauty shone through even though it would have been decades since some of them were crowned queens – a testament that beauty is ageless.
While the parade was scheduled to commence at 11:30 am, the Grand Marshal of the parade Mrs Beverly Hodge-Smith made her way pass the judges’ tent sometime shortly before 2:00 pm. Thus made the 60 floats along the route and pass the judges and it took a few hours for all of them to be completed.
Not only did the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force have a presence on the streets to assist in control of the traffic and the crowd, but they also had a truck and a presence in the actual festivities. Their float featured information sharing on various aspects of the work of the RVIPF such as community policing and other efforts and initiatives.
There was also food available in abundance and it was almost as if it was a food festival with the number of outlets available for the purchase of food and drinks.
It was around 9:00 pm that the final floats and troupes made their way to the judges, following which they dissipated and disintegrated.
Clean up crews were very timely in their operations, commencing their clean up exercises almost immediately after the passing of the last troupe.
Up to post time the BVI Festival and Fairs Committee had not released results of the float and troupe parade.
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