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Festival of Arts 2020

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The 2020 Festival of Arts has a digital theme this year: Creative Resilience - Social Media is My Stage.  There's more information on their page, and a video taken a few years ago from the FoA here in Cayo.  You can request an entry form by sending an email to nfoabelize@gmail.com.

 

"Festival of Arts 2020..."Creative Resilience - Social Media is My Stage". Call for Entries! Open to children and youths ages 3 to 21!"

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Benque Marimba Academy at Festival of Arts

The Benque Marimba Academy represented Cayo at the launch of the 2014 Festival of Arts, which was held at Bird's Isle.  The Angelus Press, one of the sponsors, got some good pictures of the event.  The BMA has been everywhere lately, including SHJC's graduation, and Open Your Eyes.  Great musicians!


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Galen Eagles Band at CWC

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The Galen Eagles Band will be performing at the Cayo Welcome Center tomorrow night at 7:00pm.  They'll be heading over to Suriname soon to represent Belize in the Caribbean Festival of Arts.  Go show your support, and hear some great music at the same time.

 

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June Cayo Event Calendar

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The Cayo Event Calendar for June is up.  Graduation dances, reunions, veterinary clinics, the Festival of Arts, a box kart race, concerts, the Succotz festival, and much more is happening in June.  If you know of any events that need to be added, just let us know. 

 

https://www.facebook.com/bestofcayo

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Youth Artist Award Nominations

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The National Institute of Culture and History is accepting nominations for the Youth Artist Award.  The winner will receive a $1000 grant to be used towards education.  Nominees must be between 10 and 24, and be engaged in an artisitc discipline.  NICH's Institute of Creative Arts is getting ready for the Festival of Arts.

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Cayo Wins Festival of Arts Competition

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It's Children's Month, and to celebrate, the Festival of Arts kicked off this week.  Cayo was represented well...very well.  Congratulations!

 

"Congratulations to the Cayo District for bringing in the Championship... Yaaah!  You go girls."

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Children’s Festival of Arts

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The Festival of Arts was held at Santa Elena Primary School this week.


"St. Hilda Anglican School of Georgeville has won two gold certificates in the Children’s Festival of Arts which was held at the Santa Elena Primary School on Wednesday.  The winning entrants for St. Hilda were a poem entitled 'The Rights of A Child' and a dance by the Standard 5 students entitled: 'No Worries, Kukere.'  In addition to the two gold certificates, St. Hilda Anglican also received a silver certificate for their rendition of the Black Eye Peas song 'Where is the Love.'”


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Old Timers Folk Concert

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The Festival of Arts is ending this weekend, and it's going to go out with a bang.  They are having the Old Timers Folk Concerts all around Belize, and at the Cayo Welcome Center here.  Obando's Band will be performing, for free, tomorrow night, starting at 7:00pm.  The Benque Marimba Academy will also be performing.

 

"A night of good old Belizean Folk Music! The National Festival of Arts and San Ignacio Town Board Presents..."Old Timers Folk Concert". Sat. June 22nd, Welcome Center, San Ignacio!"

 

Anna & Lexi 's curator insight, October 3, 2013 11:22 AM

I chose this scoop to represent the intellectual/arts section because it is talking about a folks concert. It has to do with music, so it relates to this topic. TOPIC: Intellectual/arts

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NICH Informational Video

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The National Institute for Culture and History has a creative promotional video out explaining what they are all about.  NICH is comprised of the Institute for Social and Cultural Research, the various Houses of Culture, the Museums of Belize, the Institute of Archaeology, and the Institute of Creative Arts.  You'll see fliers for all of the events happening this month for the Festival of Arts, which started on the 3rd, and runs through the 22nd.  It also features Tanya Carter and Melonie Gillett singing 'Low,' so it's definitely worth a watch.

 

In related news, the Belize Archaeology and Anthropology Symposium is July 2nd through the 5th, and it'll be at the San Ignacio Resort Hotel.  The Belize Film Festival will be from July 11th through the 15th.

 

http://www.nichbelize.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NICHBZ

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Festival of Arts in Belmopan

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Some talent was displayed in Belmopan yesterday.

 

"Festival of Arts has become an important part of Belize’s educational curriculum. Keeping the Arts alive, the Festival of arts got on the way in Belmopan yesterday. This event marks the beginning of Festival of Arts for this year and today primary schools such as United Evergreen, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Garden City and Shepherds Academy among others participated in presentations. Plus news spoke with Margarita Martinez Vice Principal of Our Lady Primary School and coordinator for this year’s festival in the City of Belmopan."

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