Last week we told you about the winners from the primary school History and Social Studies zone eliminations, Well today the 7 finalists came together to battle it out for the title of first place, and the final winner was the most unexpected candidate: A wild card who barely made it to the finals. 7 news was there to capture the victor in his glory, and of course the other contestants that put their all into the competition.
Sahar Vasquez, reporter
"Now Darwin you came into this competition as a wild card. How did you get to win this competition? What did you do?"
Darwin Robinson, 1st Place Winner (Salvation Army School)
"I just had luck and knowledge."
"It was hard for me at first but when I knew it, it was easy."
Aneek Perdomo, 2nd Place Winner (St. Luke Methodist School)
"Every day my dad and my mom pushed me to study and it the afternoon I would study with my teachers so we were prepared."
Aritza Sosa, 3rd Place Winner (St. Joseph RC School)
"I feel proud of myself because I was studying every day. This morning I studied up to 310 and I just prayed to God. I thank him first."
The competition is organized by the House of Culture and Downtown Rejuvenation project in an effort to assist in educating students in Belize's rich history.
Aurelio Arrives To Judge Song Competition
October is coming to a close with Christmas right around the corner, but before that, we have November which is the month we celebrate the Garinagu. The festivities have already begun with a Garifuna song competition which started in September. It's coming down to the final tonight when all competing artists will come out to perform head to head.
Five lucky artists will go home with awards and an opportunity to showcase Garifuna music to the world. Darius Avila told us more about competition and he also brought along a special guest that flew in to be a part of the competition.
Darius Avila, President of the Battle of the Drums
"Well actually tonight is the night where we have the awards. We will issue the awards and we will also have a mega concert that follows so as part of the awards each finalist of the competition will be showcasing their song. They will be performing their song and after which we will be issuing out the awards."
"We received 17 entries into the song competition of those 17 12 finalists were selected and of those 12 we will be giving out 5 different prizes."
"We believe in the battle of the drums if we are able to create the forum where our musicians can think big, innovate, create, then they could produce songs with lyrics that are rich and of quality so that once again we can go on the international stage."
Aurelio Martinez, Artist/ Judge for the 2017 song competition
"I think it is going to be a special night for Garifuna music to keep alive the special tradition and to go again around the world travelling with other new artists, new generation following Andy Palacio and you know many artists our ancestors do for us so we have to keep alive and translate to a next generation."
Sahar Vasquez, reporter
"And will you be performing?"
Aurelio Martinez, Artist/Judge for the 2017 song competition
"It's going to be a surprise."
The event started tonight at 7 pm at the Birds Isle and the admission fee is $20.
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