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Belize National Song Competition 2014

by tacogirl 17/08/2014
written by tacogirl 17/08/2014
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With The September celebrations just around the corner, Belizeans have been preparing for a colorful month of parades and dancing. One of the most important activities leading up to the seemingly endless festivities is the National Song Competition put on by the National Institute of Culture History, Atlantic International Bank and National Celebrations Commission. It sets the stage for the coming month, this year’s celebrations were themed “Industrious Hands, Intelligent Minds together for Belize.”

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Theme for this years Song competition and September Celebrations

This year’s “Intelligent Minds” showed great creativity and patriotism in their song lyrics and many had red white and blue costumes and were proudly waving Belize flags. On Saturday, August 9th, singers countrywide came out to express their love for Belize through song and dance. They presented original compositions and competed in three categories. Junior and senior Belize song and Carnival.

The evening was filled with loads of family friendly fun and great entertainment celebrating our beautiful Belize.This was the sixth year and the party was packed with Belizeans from near and far, as many fans came from other districts to cheer on their favorite talent. Memorial Park in Belize City quickly came alive as eighteen performers wowed the crowd and the judges. We saw performances by four juniors, eight in the Belize Song category, and six in the Carnival Song Category. The Gillharry 7, also known as the G7 band from Corozal and MC Dillon Jones of Universal Radio in Orange walk were also a continuous and enjoyable part of the evening’s entertainment.

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Big crowd at the Belize National Song Competition 2014
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Fans were out on numbers and some handcrafted signs to cheer for their favorite singers, as was the case with Roxana Alcoser from Orange Walk District.

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A few of the many Roxy fans in the crowd

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Dillon interviewing Roxana Alcoser

As I walked around the park it was clear the kids were having a blast. With a strong focus on youth at the San Pedro Red Cross, I have a new appreciation for events like the song competition. The second picture below is a good example of how these events can provide kids with future direction. When I saw the girl in the blue dress thoughtfully studying Carnival Queen Ernestine Carballo and working on her dance moves, I knew she had the potential for a creative future. Long live September Celebrations and love seeing the youth take an interest in preserving history and culture through song, music, and dance.

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Future Carnival Queen dancing to Current Belize Carnival Queen Ernestine Carballo

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Onto the performers, there were so many talented Belizean artists and several great costumes. Below are some performer pictures I took throughout 3h the event. I really enjoyed having all access at the competition, it was fun being back stage and capturing the excitement as the performers headed out for their big moment. Big shout out to the night’s performers. Everyone did a fantastic job.

See more great pictures of the evening’s events by Will Moreno Photography on Talented Belizean Artists took to the stage at the 2014 Belize National Song Competition blog post.

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Lots of chicken for sale

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After a quick read of the menu I knew this was my snack spot

Just as I was finishing up my food Dillon started announcing the winners, the moment we had all been waiting for. I quickly finished up and headed back to the press area at the front of the stage for pictures.

The winners received fabulous cash prizes and trophies. The big first place prize was- $6000, a trophy, a music video, and an opportunity to represent Belize in the Region. Second place winner took home $3000 and a trophy. Juniors first place winner got $1,500 and a trophy, second place $1000 and a trophy. The People’s choice and Breakout Artist of the year received $500 each.

Official National Institute of Culture and History Belize National Song competition 2014 winners:

Belize Song Junior category:
1. Cecil Jenkins Jr. Pocono Bouy
2. Tara Gill- Carnival Brukdong gory

Belize Song Sr. Category
1. Kernelle Nello Player Parks – Real Belizean.
2. Ernestine Carballo – Celebration Again.

Carnival Song Sr.
1. Ivan “TR Shine” Burgess – Borderline
2. Ernestine Carballo – Carnival di Come.

This year, two New categories were added The People’s Choice for the song with the most votes online and the Breakout Artist of the year, which was selected by the judges as an artist with great potential.

People’s Choice
1. People’s Choice Belize Song – Nello Player
2. People’s Choice Carnival – TR Shine

Break Out Star
Break Out Star Belize Song – Shameeka Moir and Earlyn  Hutchinson –  Not My Day
Break Out Star Carnival- Leslie “Mr. Bastic” Jenkins – Big Truck

You can read more about the winners on ctv3belizenews.com, Winners For The National Song Competition Selected post.

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Laure Norton grew up dyslexic and was very challenged by the school. She never dreamed she would move to Belize and become a writer. A year after her move to Ambergris Caye, Laurie became an entrepreneur and professional writer starting tacogirl blog in 2007. Since then she has helped many people plan their vacations or move. She also has been published in Great Destinations Belize Guidebook, Moon Guide to Living in Belize, Insight Guides, Island Magazine several times and USA Today. Currently Laurie resides in downtown San Pedro and enjoys being a "city girl" on a tropical island.

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