August Monday Parade Delivers Epic Victors: Treasures of the BVI Triumphs and “Lean” by Raul Sprauve Reigns as Road March Champion

The official results for the August Monday Parade for a total of twenty-five festival entries have been released with Treasures of the British Virgin Islands taking the top position for the Adult Troupe category.

An August 10 press statement from the Parade Sub-committee of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee confirmed that more than 1,000 revellers participated in the Monday, August 7 one-and-a-half-mile parade in Road Town, Tortola.

Category winners will receive up to $5,000 in cash prizes. The vibrant parade was led by the esteemed Reverend Yvonne Nibbs-Flores, who was bestowed with this honour to commemorate her remarkable 50 years of involvement in the Virgin Islands Festival.

A panel of judges meticulously evaluated the entries, taking into account factors such as procession, costuming, performance, and overall impression to determine the scores.

“Judges considered procession (first impression upon arrival), costuming, performance, overall impression, among other things to give scores to the entries. Entrants were required to perform for the judges at the intersection of Administration Drive and Waterfront Drive, as well as at the Sir Olva Georges’ Plaza and parallel to Clover’s,” the statement moted.

WInners

Individual Entry: Kazak

Musical Entry: Friends in Steel

Floats:

1st Place – Beyond the Reef

2nd Place – Rotary Family

Children’s Troupe:

1st Place – Dance Ensemble of Nouveau Royale

2nd Place – BVI Dance School

3rd Place – Dingolay

Adult’s Troupe:

1st Place – Treasures of the BVI

2nd Place – xtraVIganza

Floupe:

1st Place – The Way We Were

2nd Place – One Mart

Majorettes/Cheerleaders:

1st Place – Dance Ensemble of Nouveau Royale

2nd Place – BVI Dance School

3rd Place – Dingolay

Mocko Jumbies:

1st Place – BVI Optimum Sky Dancers

2nd Place – xtraVIganza

3rd Place – The Way We Were

Road March: “Lean” by Raul Sprauve

This year’s Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival kicked off on July 22 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Africans in 1834 in the British colonies.

August Festival was launched in 1954 to celebrate the territory’s freedom from colonialism and rich cultural history.

The August Monday Parade is a flagship event of the Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival.

This year’s winners will be presented with their well-deserved prizes during the Festival’s Last Lap which is scheduled for Saturday, August 12 at the Irene Penn-O’Neal Festiville.