BELIZE DISTRICT FESTIVAL OF ARTS OPENS TOMORROW - 05/10/05 12:24 AM
BELIZE DISTRICT FESTIVAL OF ARTS OPENS TOMORROW:
The Belize District Festival of Arts opens tomorrow morning at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts in Belize City. Leroy Green from the Institute of Creative Arts feels this year s event will be grander than previous years with much more inclusion and participation:
Green:
So far we have 365 entries from 48 institutions and why I say institution is because its not only school that will enter this year, we have some private organizations like the Mahogany Masqueraders Carnival Band, Express Designs and quite a few others along with private music schools and private dance schools. There are entries involved with different aspects of the festival so it s going to be a lot of fun, a lot of creativity a lot of originality on stage. We are also starting it at 6:30 every evening to mitigate our children being on the streets late at night.
Marion:
Has art advance in Belize as far as our children are concern?
Green:
I believe so. If you come to the opening ceremonies you ll definitely see something new in sense that the opening prayer will not just be just a stand up prayer, it will be done by Ebenezer School and it will be a prayer done by song, dance and something like a rap. Apart from that we have a group here at the Bliss The Feenis Performing Company who has just been in existence for a month and a half. They ll be doing a special item dedicated to mothers at the opening of the Festival and apart from that I know quite a few schools who came up with some really innovative ideas this year for the festival so there will be quite a lot of new things to see part from just the ordinary poetry and so on.
Green tells us what the prizes are:
Green:
We ll be giving away 21 special prizes of $150 worth of book supplies each. Apart from that we also have 2 tickets to give away the special teacher who participated in the festival, one from Continental Airlines one from American Airlines. This year Bowen and Bowen have also paid for the billboard and they are giving some of the special prizes. This year we have a new company Mona Lisa who has come as one of our sponsors and I must say that the business people are showing a lot of interest in the festival this year.
The Performing Arts segment of the festival will continue every evening, except on May 13th, 16th, 23rd. The last night will be June 2nd. The golden showcase, featuring all the districts, will take place at 9:30 on the morning of June 5th. The Arts and Craft display also opens tomorrow morning and closes this coming Friday at the Bliss. The theme for this year s festival is Our Youth Feelings of Belizean Art, Belizean Culture, Belizean Identity .
The Belize District Festival of Arts opens tomorrow morning at the Bliss Center for the Performing Arts in Belize City. Leroy Green from the Institute of Creative Arts feels this year s event will be grander than previous years with much more inclusion and participation:
Green:
So far we have 365 entries from 48 institutions and why I say institution is because its not only school that will enter this year, we have some private organizations like the Mahogany Masqueraders Carnival Band, Express Designs and quite a few others along with private music schools and private dance schools. There are entries involved with different aspects of the festival so it s going to be a lot of fun, a lot of creativity a lot of originality on stage. We are also starting it at 6:30 every evening to mitigate our children being on the streets late at night.
Marion:
Has art advance in Belize as far as our children are concern?
Green:
I believe so. If you come to the opening ceremonies you ll definitely see something new in sense that the opening prayer will not just be just a stand up prayer, it will be done by Ebenezer School and it will be a prayer done by song, dance and something like a rap. Apart from that we have a group here at the Bliss The Feenis Performing Company who has just been in existence for a month and a half. They ll be doing a special item dedicated to mothers at the opening of the Festival and apart from that I know quite a few schools who came up with some really innovative ideas this year for the festival so there will be quite a lot of new things to see part from just the ordinary poetry and so on.
Green tells us what the prizes are:
Green:
We ll be giving away 21 special prizes of $150 worth of book supplies each. Apart from that we also have 2 tickets to give away the special teacher who participated in the festival, one from Continental Airlines one from American Airlines. This year Bowen and Bowen have also paid for the billboard and they are giving some of the special prizes. This year we have a new company Mona Lisa who has come as one of our sponsors and I must say that the business people are showing a lot of interest in the festival this year.
The Performing Arts segment of the festival will continue every evening, except on May 13th, 16th, 23rd. The last night will be June 2nd. The golden showcase, featuring all the districts, will take place at 9:30 on the morning of June 5th. The Arts and Craft display also opens tomorrow morning and closes this coming Friday at the Bliss. The theme for this year s festival is Our Youth Feelings of Belizean Art, Belizean Culture, Belizean Identity .