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The Belize Garifuna Song Competition Awards

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The Belize Garifuna Song Competition Awards

October 31, 2022
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The third Belize Garifuna Song Competition culminated on Friday, October 28, 2022, with an Awards Concert held at Bird’s Isle in Belize City, where the winners of the Competition were announced as follows:

  1. The song of the Year Award went to Elroy “Elstar” Martinez for his song Aba Meme Mutu (The same people)
  2. The single Genre Song of the Year Award went to Sheldon Petillo for his song, Namule (My younger brother)
  3. Budding Artist of the Year went to Chantal Williams for her song, Panta Wama Lau (Let’s be proud of it)
    Song of the Year Winner Elroy "Elstar Martinez"
    Single Genre Song of the Year Winner
    Sheldon Petillo
    Budding Artist of the Year Winner
    Chantel Williams

    The song entries were judged on originality, melody, composition, and lyrics and each song entry had to be in the Garifuna Language. The judges were Lucio Enriquez, Aurelio Martinez and James Lovell. The Song of the year award won a total of $7,000 in tangible and intangible prizes; while the Single Genre award received $4,400 in tangible and intangible prizes and the Budding Artist award received $3,900 in tangible and intangible prizes. The Judges also recognized Henry Miguel and Rodney “Bam Bam” Avila for their songs in their respective categories. The Belize Garifuna Song Competition is part of the Garifuna cultural retrieval and preservation initiative of the Battle of the Drums Secretariat of Punta Gorda Town. The objectives of the Competition are:

    1. To motivate musicians to produce quality Garifuna music that will be of world music standards;
    2. To provide a forum that allows musicians to showcase their Garifuna music and possibly jump-start their careers;
    3. To encourage Garifuna musicians to continue to produce songs in all genres of Garifuna music, thereby contributing to the library of Garifuna music across many genres;
    4. To assist musicians in acquiring the skills and equipment; connecting them with professionals in the music industry and assisting them to secure their intellectual property and market their music;
    5. To contribute to cultural tourism by attracting international musical enthusiasts to a competition and related events where the music of the world-class category is being promoted. 

     

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