Creole Belizean
The word creole has an interesting root. The word is taken from the Spanish word criollo which means any individual indigenous in territory held as a Spanish Colony. When the word indigenous is understood to mean innate or inherent...Creole can be "properly" applied to Native American Indians, Aztecs, Inca, and Mayan cultures in the Western Hemisphere.
why is Marion Jones famous?
Champion sprinter Marion Jones rewrote the record books at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia when she became the first woman to win five medals in track events within the same Olympic Games.
Marion Jones claimed the title of "Fastest Woman in the World" after her unprecedented five-medal win in Sydney, the crowning glory of a spectacular career as an exceptional athlete that began in her youth. As a child, Marion Jones was inspired by women such as track star Florence Griffith-Joyner, and vowed to win Olympic gold herself one day.
She's since become an inspiration to thousands of young girls who dream of athletic triumph, and has created a foundation to help them achieve those very goals.
Marion Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is a former American athlete of Belizean descent. She was the winner of five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia
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Over the years, the Brokdong genre has experienced a lull in its popularity among the youth. The same cannot be said for the over-forty crowd, which still jams to catchy beats of the King of Brokdong, Mr. Wilfred Peters and Punta Gorda native Ms. Leela Venon. This is especially true around the Christmas season and in rural Belize District where the two-day holiday is synonymous with the Bram.
LISA TUCKER, American Idol (Belizean American)
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Belizean hottest and No. 1 Vocalist in Belize
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This week three kick-ass Creole-inspired CDs were released: "Sambai Tyme" by the Maroon Kriols Band that hails from Gales Point, the second is "Neck & Back" by Wilfred Peters, a re-mix of the undisputed Godfather of Brukdong's greatest hits and the third is "Balahu" by the Queen of Buru Brukdong Leela Vernon. Taken as an entity the three CD set gives the listener oblique data on a few of the intricacies of Creole life. For the astute ear, those CDs are miniature history lessons on certain aspects of the Creole zeitgeist; at least from "A" to "D" and back again. Just the song titles give a clue to the odd topics covered by those artists. "Neck and Back" (fussy, compulsive eating habits), Crooked Tree & Burrel Boom" (competition between the two villages) and Uncle Snuffy" (infidelity) by Peters; "Fatal Wedding" (a crack-head marriage) and "Nothing Fi Wi" (inequitable distribution of wealth) by Leela; "Mi Plantation" (rigors and joys of' rural life), "Painabelly" (unwanted pregnancy) by the Maroons.
From a cultural-anthropological perspective the lyrics are the key since virtually all songs done in the Brukdong style are slice of life narratives; mini-vignettes. The stories deal with the trials and tribulations of the poorer classes. The folks that eke out a meager living hustling day to day. The inexplicable dichotomy in Brukdong music is that in spite of its impoverished, catch-n-kill imagery the attitude is emphatically up-heat. There is an unabashed joy of life that is stamped into the musical arrangements. The tales might entail the broke, but in Brukdong-land everybody is having too good a time savoring what little they have to cop a sullen attitude. The re-occurring mood is: "let's party”. Conversely the re-occurring theme in the internationally popular Dance Hall and Gangsta Rap music is their flaunting of consumerism. The songs deal with money, money and more money and all the sex, drugs and guns money can buy. The life depicted in Rap is opulence to the max-, the singers live a king-like life of luxury with dozens of scantily clad babes writhing around in the background. Materialism gone wild. Still the general mood of Rap is aggravation, irritation with the world. It's the exact opposite of Brukdong; the Rap singer has material things up the yin yang but is one angry dude. You figure.
Not to come off too pessimistic, but the future for Brukdong looks kinda bleak; it might die out in the next couple of decades. Two weeks of cultural tokenism wrapped in nostalgia isn't enough to sustain the musicians or the music. Languishing in the dustbin of historical artifacts for eleven-and a half months before being taken out, dusted off, and polished up just doesn't cut it. It would be a damn shame if that aspect of Belizean culture withers and dies due to public apathy. We need more history, not less.
To end this critique on a less cynical note there is a possible way to save Brukdong music from a slow death. It's called education. From the pre-school to the primary school to the college level make Brukdong an integral part of the curriculum. Every pre-school, primary school and college should have an up-to-date collection of Belizean music, especially Brukdong. It should be played and savored and lessons taught on familiarizing the students with it on a thrice weekly basis. Promote Belizean stuff, not foreign. Under that radical education imperative two problems would be a long ways toward solving: ( I) the Belizean artists would sell well over a couple thousand CDs each, which would put bread on the table and (2) Belizean students would be exposed to their local vibes weekly thus possibly countering the stranglehold of BST's materialism and nihilism.
A good start would be for the Education Department to purchase Peters' "Neck & Back", Leela's "Balahu" and Maroon Kriols' "Sambai Tyme" CDs for all the schools this 2005-6 school year. Start the academic term off on the right foot. Then, maybe, just maybe, Brukdong and Creole cultural history would have a fighting chance. Go for it!
Editor's Note: Sambai Tyme is produced by Tribal Productions, (Bredda David's studio in Dangriga) along with NICH's Cultural Retrieval Project and Neck & Back and Balahu are produced by Seabreeze Records and Caye Records headquartered in Los Angeles.
EVAN BELIZE
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Belizean Creole Rhythms
EVAN BELIZE comes from the heart of the Caribbean.Compare him to PETER TOSH, LORD RHABURN, WILFRED PETERS,HARRY BELAFONTE,NELSON DIAMOND, ALBERT GILL... and find him new and different.
Evan describes himself as a Musical Farmer. I plant my music in the brain/Cultivate it in the mind, body & soul/ ... You will find in his work elements of many styles from Brukdon to Calypso to Soca to Reggae to Country to Classic and more. (His rhythms can be funky at times.)
Altogether, this music will make you want to dance and not stop dancing. Evan's honest heartfelt lyrics are not quite like anything you've heard before. His seemingly endless variety of rhythms is pure pleasure to feel in your body and will resonate in your dreams. This is a music that will captivate you. You will want to hear it again and again and again.
Evan X Hyde
Evan X Hyde is a literary legend. A vast array of his writings have been published in both the Amandala newspaper, which he owns, and the Belizean Writers Series, which includes poetry, short stories and plays, published by Cubola Productions.
Evan Anthony Hyde (who later became Evan X Hyde) was born on April 30, 1947, at the Belize City Hospital in the colony then known as British Honduras. His ancestry is African, European, and Indian.
Evan Hyde became radicalized in his socio-political thinking during his years as Dartmouth University, USA, (1965-1968). He found on his return home, in the mid-1968, that British Honduras was relatively ignorant of what was happening in the United States and the rest of the world. His attempt to alert British Honduras to the realities of their history, ancestry and regional situation, ran afoul of entrenched political interests in Belize.
X Hyde’s poetry did not get the recognition it should have in earlier days, but the indelible power of his writings has forced modern day thinkers to take a step back and assess that which they have ignored for too long.
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Belizean Poets Society
Lyrically inspiring Belize
Sir Colville N. Young, G.C.M.G., M.B.E., Ph.D.
Born in Belize City in November 1932, Sir Colville came to us through a musical family and has continued to keep the musical and cultural traditions of Belize alive.
He is one of Belize’s most acclaimed creative writers. His published works include the popular collection of folk wisdom and Kriol wit: Creole Proverbs of Belize; two volumes of verse, and Pataki Full: a collection of his short stories published by Cubola Productions. His collection of poetry is titled: From One Caribbean Corner, published in 1983 and now out of print.
Sir Colville is best known for his musical contributions: the cantata “Ode to Independence” and “Misa Caribeña.”
He is also a steel pan player and the founder and former conductor/arranger of the University College of Belize Steel Bank (now the Pantempters Steel Band). He collects and arranges Belizean folks-songs.
Apart from pioneering the Kriol language and his musical work, he is a noted educated who taught for many years and served as president of the former University College of Belize.
Sir Colville represents the Head of State of Belize, the Queen of England. He was appointed Governor-General of Belize on November 17, 1973, and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on her royal visit to Belize in 1994.
George Gabb
78 year-old George Seymour Gabb is a symbol of a culturally creative Belize.
A premier boat builder, musician, playwright, director, producer, poet, sportsman, coach, storyteller, restaurateur, musician, sculptor, teacher, philosopher, inventor, George Gabb is a visionary and a true renaissance man.
For George, all the arts are connected, and, although he's best known as a sculptor, this versatile Belizean icon considers the most powerful artistic medium to be the WORD. For George, the power of words to communicate what the senses feel is the ultimate triumph of the human being. Recently, his poem "The Sculptured Sculptor" from his book Naked Eye received top international recognition over some 4,000 other poetic entries. Naked Eye, first published in 1996, is a priceless collection of modern Kriol proverbs entitled, “Paynt Pahn Oal Boad” and Gabb’s philosophy; this segment of the book, entitled “Naked” contains the soul-searching, deeply provocative poem “One Blank Page.”
George is once again at the altar of the WORD, often thinking about writing the life story of his struggle to rise - to reach - to be - as he too continues to listen to "a haunting voice beyond existence” which echoes to his heart to “take shape, make shape, there is no time.” (excerpt from Gabb’s poem “The Sculptured Sculptor.”)
He was born on February 28, 1928, the sixteenth and youngest child of his parents, Mabel Susan Gibson Gabb and Egbert Clinton Gabb. He is married to Sarita Paiz Gabb and they've been blessed with six children.
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John Alexander Watler
John Alexander Watler is a novelist, playwright, poet and dramatist. He is best known for his animated stage performances that bring to life stories with strong Belizean themes.
Originally from Monkey River, Stann Creek, Walter has returned to live in his birthplace, which he says needs to be protected and preserved for future generations. Likewise he aspires for the preservation of Belize’s literary tradition, and as a creative writer and dramatist, Watler’s most recent contribution towards this end is a CD compilation of his poems under the title, The Story of Belize City. Included also in that production is, While They Fight I Write –a poem that takes readers back to the turbulent times of 1981, when the Heads of Agreement sparked national controversy.
Watler writes both fiction and non-fiction with imagery that compels us to read or…or listen on! At 68 years old, he continues to create.
Thomas Vincent Ramos – the poet
Thomas Vincent Ramos is reputed as the founder of Garifuna Settlement Day, but as the book, Thomas Vincent Ramos – the Man and His Writings, evidences, he was also a skilled lyricist who wrote poems and songs.
Some of Ramos’s poetry - on the face – appears to be far removed from his own experience, but a historian by his own right, he speaks both historically and allegorically in his artistic writings and he challenges the reader to find the relevant meaning in what he writes.
He recognizes the supremacy of God, the Father, realizing himself as “Nought” - as his poem says - before his own Creator
Mr. Thomas Vincent Ramos, the son of Mr. Cecilio Ramos of Honduras and Miss Santurlina Rhys of this country, was born in Puerto Cortez, Honduras, on Saturday 17th September 1887.
He was educated at Wesleyan Methodist Primary Schools in Stann Creek Town and Belize City. As his mother was a native of this country, most of his life was spent in Belize.
He got married to Miss Eliza Marian Fuentes of Stann Creek Town on Monday 16th February 1914.
One of their sons, Abraham Ramos, followed in his footsteps to become a poet, songwriter, historian and journalist.
Abraham Ramos is the father of Adele Ramos-Daly, one of six founders of the Belizean Poets Society—and herself a poet, songwriter and journalist.
2006 Contest Finalists
1. Ansel West is the vice president of the Belizean Poets Society. He penned his first poem in 2005 when he was “frustration-ally inspired,” as he puts it. Out of that frustration comes the poem, A Dream, which he entered in last year’s contest and which can be found in the recently released Belizean Poets Anthology, Volume 1: Sunset Jewel.
2. Amauri Amoa, 26, is currently a History lecturer at the Saint John's College Junior College. She enjoys writing poetry, although she didn't share them all the time. She was convinced by her peers and lecturers, including the late Dr. Gay Wilentz, to share her poems. This led to the publication of a few of her poems in the women’s anthology, "SHE".
3. Amelia Sutherland is a 16-year-old student of Anglican Cathedral College. She enjoys w riting poetry, though, she thinks she is not quite up to standard. She does intend on working very hard to reach stellar heights.
4. Christopher Pariente, 16, was the second-born child of his mother. He is currently attending St. John’s College and enjoys playing basketball and listening to music.
Whenever he’s alone, he writes poetry. Sometimes while lying in bed, he gets a burst of inspiration, which compels him to quickly grab his book and start putting those words on paper that flow thru’ his mind.
He has found that writing poetry is the best way he could express myself.
5. Debbie Jabor, 57, was born in AKRON, OHIO. She moved to Belize in April 2003 and has been a resident since January 2005. She lives in Placencia, Stann Creek.
6. Deseree Cain, 34, is a veteran broadcast Journalist, who enjoys meeting new people and satisfying their musical and entertainment desires. She loves traveling, music, anything exciting!!! Her immediate goal is to pursue a Master’s in Mass Communication with a major in Broadcast Journalism or Public Relations.
She is currently pursuing a Bachelor degree in English at the University of Belize and is expecting to graduate in June 2007.
Deseree, also known as Lady D, loves writing, loves poetry and enjoys reading interesting poems and stories.
7. Gloria Irene Belezaire, 52, is presently living in New York. She is a grandma, wife, sister & mother. She started writing poetry as part of my rehab. She has been a stroke survivor, since September 21, 2001. Her writings have become part of her life, as she writes about her everyday experiences and deep inner feelings.
She gets around in a wheelchair but that does not stop her from participating in the world around her.
Irene Belezaire came in second in the first leg of the competition.
8. Jahseed X, 29, has been writing poetry for about 10 years now. He began reading when he was three and has not stopped since. He presently works as a sales manager on contract for a start-up company: West Plumbing & Consultation Services.
He believes that a cultural flowering in Belize is imminent and that the Belizean Poets Society can be in the forefront of that revolution.
9. Kalilah Enriquez, 23, has been writing poetry since she was a child, but only began sharing her work publicly last year at the Lyrical Lounge, held at the Putt Putt in Belize City. She has never published any of her works, but is currently working on her first production, to include a book and a CD of dub poetry.
Last year, she placed second in the 1st Ever Belizean Poets Contest, and won the chance to record her work with Ludwig Studios, which she took advantage of this year for her upcoming compilation.
10. Kylah Ciego, 14, is our youngest participant. She is a 3rd form student of Stann Creek Ecumenical High School. She’s made the Dean's list at her school two years in a row in her first and second year for both semesters.
Kylah is now going into third form, studying in the field of arts. She hopes to become an accomplished storybook writer, and maybe become a lawyer. She enjoys writing poems and stories. She’s a member of the Ernest McPherson Poet Club.
11. Miriam Juarez, 16, hails from Punta Gorda Town, Toledo. She attends Toledo Community College and is presently enrolled in the Science Department and in her fourth year of studies.
Poetry has been her passion since a young age and she wishes that some she could compile her own anthology. She hopes that her contest entries will be of some benefit to her country and display her patriotism.
12. Nora Bardalez nee Borland, 66, was born in Forest Home Village, Toledo. As a child, she attended Forest Home Methodist School up to standard 6.
Writing poetry helped her to see how her words could come alive, expressing her thoughts and sentiments about the beauty of nature, events happening in the country and the world and giving glory to God. These are her inspiration when she writes.
She began writing poetry at the age of 60. Whenever she starts a poem, she asks God to help her with it, and when people comment how good her poems are, she always say it’s with the help of God.
Ms. Nora has also published a book of poetry., which can be found in the Belizean Poets Exhibit, which runs until Friday.
Ms. Nora has placed second in the Accomplished Poet category for the first leg of the competition.
13. Ritamae Hyde, 23, is a researcher at the Institute of Social and Cultural Research. Of all the things i love, poetry is certainly at the center of the sphere. I enjoy reading, discussing, writing and analyzing poems as well as other literary works. I currently hold a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in English and plan to pursue a Master's Degree in either Sociology or Multicultural Literature.
14. Ruth Reneau, 37, is a teacher and has been for seven years. She holds a Bachelor of Science in English Education from the University of Belize. Previously, she worked as a Rural Health Nurse/Midwife. She enjoys writing poems and has been writing short stories and poetry for over twenty years, but has never before made them public.
Star Belizean Poets Member - Therese Young-Belisle
My name is Therese Young Belisle, and my family is from Placencia. I grew up in Belize City and attended Holy Redeemer School and St. Catherine’s Academy. My area of expertise is in administration, but I have come to love computers as well. I have always loved reading whatever I could get my hands on and started writing when I was around 11. I have written short stories as well, but eventually started writing poetry and stuck to that. Although my style of poetry has always been rhyming, I seem to be getting away from that lately and feel more freedom to allow myself not to. Hopefully that’s growth. I write about many different areas of life and feel inspired by people, things and events at the drop of a hat. Usually poetry comes pretty fast to me, sometimes faster than I can write it down. Other times it’s a more painful process where the words just do not seem to fit the puzzle that your emotions have created. I am living out of the country at the moment, near Los Angeles, California.
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Star Belizean Poet member - Felene Cayetano
Garifuna editor, and activist Felene Cayetano now adds publisher and author to her list of titles with her debut collection of poetry, Evolution: Weaving in and out of Consciousness while the Truth is Somewhere in the Middle. Born in Belize and raised between Dangriga Town and Los Angeles, Cayetano’s poems reflect her coming of age within these cultures. She has read her poems publicly in America, Canada and recently in Jamaica. Her editorial experiences include working as Assistant Editor at Rapport Magazine, and freelancing for various non-profit organizations in Baltimore City.
In 2003, she established Wadigidigi Publications, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland as a company dedicated to publishing content by people of Caribbean descent. Wadigidigi Publications, Inc. will release Magic Drum, an illustrated children’s book written by Cayetano in 2006.
She presently lives in Dangriga Town where she started a bi-monthly poetry circle.
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Founded in 1995, Stonetree is stil the only viable record label in Belize, and they have produced an impressive catalog of music, with performances by Garifuna and Creole artists from Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala. Ten songs for ten years of groundbreaking recordings. Artists include Andy Palacio, Adrian Martínez, Paul Nabor, Jursino Cayetano, Aurelio Martínez , Lugua Centeno, Sofia Blanco, Wilfred Peters, Leroy Young (The Grandmaster).
CD also includes 'hidden' bonus track, and also a Quicktime video that offers a short travelogue and musical history by the label's founder, Ivan Duran.
PROTAGONISTS OF DEVELOPMENT
Belize – Ivan Duran
An impresario
of traditional music 
By Claudia Neira
Two things were always clear to him: that music would be his future and that he wanted to live in Belize. But to combine these two ambitions, Ivan Duran had to achieve one more thing, which was to create his own record label.
Duran was born in Benque Viejo del Carmen, a Belizean village not far from the border with Guatemala. At age 14, he began to play the guitar and study music, first in Mexico, later in Spain and finally in Cuba, where he studied classical and jazz guitar at the Escuela Nacional de Música. Later he returned to Belize, and in 1993 he formed his first fusion group, Free Access, with musicians from several countries. In 1994 he recorded his first album in a studio with more than 30 musicians of different genres.
A year later, while recording an album for Andy Palacio, a well-known Belizean artist who was working to compile information on traditional Belizean songs, Duran realized that there was no record company dedicated to traditional music in the country. Stonetree Records was born out of that realization. Today, this first and only Belizean record label is helping to build an identity for the three major ethnic groups in the country—the Garifuna, the Creole and the Maya.
“We started from zero. There was nothing in Belize. If you wanted to record, you had to go outside the country,” says Duran, who was 23 years old when he started the company. To set up the studio, he had to sell practically all his instruments. “All I had left was my guitar,” he says. That guitar and the desire to promote Belize internationally have been key. “I knew very clearly that I wanted to live in Belize, and that my country would give me all the space I needed to grow. My spirit of adventure told me I had to do it. It seemed to be an extremely interesting project because no one beyond these borders knew anything about this music. It is fascinating music that has the potential to bring Belize to a world-class level,” he adds. Stonetree Records has produced 20 albums to date, all of traditional music. An impressive website, Stonetree Records (see link at right) markets the albums and promotes the artists.
Duran is a perfectionist who will spend as long as he deems necessary to produce a recording that is up to his standards. The album Paranda took three years to produce, for example. “We take the time we need to put everything together and with the best possible quality,” explains Duran. This album, together with Andy Palacio’s Keimoun (beat on), appears in the book 100 Essential Recordings of the Caribbean and Latin America published by Rough Guide Books of England.
Duran needs more than a good ear to sound out what the next recording will be. He travels the country’s villages searching for something new in the music of the Maya, Garifuna and Creole. Each has different characteristics and rhythms.
Duran works practically by tooth and claw. The record market has shrunk, half the country's population is less than 18 years old, the government doesn’t have any programs to promote Belizean artists, and record piracy is common. Were it not for tourists, it would be extremely difficult to sell records.
But Duran is not discouraged. Right now he is involved in three projects. One on the Garifuna music of Honduras, Belize and Guatemala; another on the Creole music of Belize; and the third will be the first album by a group of Garifuna women singers. In any event, the sounds that Duran compiles, records and produces have the same objective: to find a lasting audience for Belize’s unique music. “This has been a labor of love,” says Duran.
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Belize Archives and Records Service is the winner of the Public Service 2007 Department of the Year Award. Also, the Public Officer of the Year 2007 winner is Ms. Bernadette Wade Rivas. Play video to find out more. Visit the Government of Belize website to read more about this prestigious award.
Belize Archives and Records Service Act, 2004
AN ACT to establish the Belize Archives and Records Service to take over and manage the functions currently performed by the Archives Department; to specify the duties and functions of the Belize Archives and Records Service; to repeal the Belize Archives Act, Chapter 333 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2000; and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. (Gazetted 21st February, 2004.) Right click to download PDF Version_of_Belize_Archives_Act_No_7_of_2004.
Mission
The Belize Archives and Records Service is an Information Resource Center, which is committed to acquire, preserve, and provide information of our National Heritage.
Vision
To become a Financially Sustainable National Information Resource Center providing courteous, efficient, professional and online service to the public.
Zee Edgell
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By: Tiffany Cohill
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Zelma I. Edgell, known to many as Zee, is a black Creole author from Belize. She is married and is the mother of two children, a son and a daughter. Novels written by Mrs. Edgell are set throughout various time periods in the land in which she was raised and educated, Belize. Historical events, universal themes, struggles specific to the Belizean society, and strong, women protagonists are all characteristics that appear in her work.
“One of the easiest choices I had to make was in choosing to write about Belize and its development, because I believe that the more we understand about the cultural forces that shape our characters, the more we can understand ourselves and each other.” (Zee Edgell)
LEILAH PANDY
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EDUCATION:
Belmopan, Belize, 29 October 2007 (Belizean.com) Miss Belize Earth Leilah Pandy is drawing rave reviews at the Miss Earth Pageant currently underway in Manila, the Philippines, according to reports received in Belize.
The photograph above of Miss Belize Earth was taken on October 22, a day after the pageant began. It was a group photo of all the candidates in their Miss Earth swimsuits at the Traders Hotel poolside, Manila. Miss Earth will be crowned on November 11th.
Leilahis being forecast by many to win or place in the finals of Miss Earth by fans of Miss Earth, not only because of her physical appearance, but also due to the fact that she has an impressive biography. Leilah is a winner of the Miss Belize Pageant and has represented Belize at the Miss Universe contest. She is currently a student at the University of Belize.
2007__Choreographer and Stage coordinator for Miss Costa Maya International pageant since
July ‘05
Tracy Robateau being crowned by Miss
Belize Universe_ Maria Jeffry 2007
EMORY
EMORY was Belize's unofficial ambassador of goodwill, who died at his Tropical Park home on Tuesday night August 14 at the age of 76.
He was born in America with a thirst for adventure, and at the age of 22 decided that he would sail the Caribbean as a working hand aboard a yacht.
When the yacht piled up on a reef, he was stranded in a strange country with nothing but the clothes on his back.
Emory took an immediate liking to Belize and her people, and the people of Belize responded by liking him. He was first befriended by the Jesuit Fathers of St. John's College, who gave him a job to teach journalism, and later gave him a handsome commission when he sold their Loyola Park campus. King became a successful real estate broker.
From real estate Emory's interests led him into broadcasting and later insurance. He was successful at all three.
His writing career began to blossom after he sold his insurance business. He is the author of many books on Belize, which bubble with his special humour. His best known work is "Belize - 1798 - The Road To Glory. Emory served as Film Commissioner of Belize and was a member of the Belize Advisory Council.
Emory King had an acknowledged hand in the founding of Belize's two best known television stations- Channel Seven and Channel Five. He helped to start up Great Belize Productions along with Stuart Krohn. He also co-founded Tropical Vision in 1950 along with Nestor Vasquez Sr.
15 August 2007 (Belizean.com) Iconic Belize television pioneer Emory King age 76 passed away yesterday after a brief illness. Emory was a native of Jacksonville Florida. He arrived in Belize in 1953 after the boat he was traveling on was shipwrecked off Belize's Barrier Reef.
Television and entertainment
LOS ANGELES ALL CITY BAND
Super Bowl XIV was the 14th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on January 20, 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California following the 1979 regular season.
Aided by two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers (15-4) defeated the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Los Angeles Rams (11-8), 31–19, to win their fourth Super Bowl in team history. The Rams would not appear in the Super Bowl again until after they moved to St. Louis in 1995. They would appear in Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000 and Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002.
Despite throwing three interceptions, Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw was named the game's MVP by completing 14 of 21 passes for 309 yards and two touchdowns.
CBS televised the game in the United States with play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall and color commentator Tom Brookshier.
The Los Angeles Unified School District All-City Band played during the pregame ceremonies. Later, actress and singer Cheryl Ladd performed the national anthem. The coin toss ceremony featured longtime Steelers owner Art Rooney.
The performance event group Up with People performed during the halftime show titled "A Salute to the Big Band Era".
The famous Coca-Cola commercial in which Mean Joe Greene gives a boy his game jersey aired during CBS' telecast of the game. However, it is technically not viewed as a Super Bowl ad since it actually debuted on October 1, 1979, not during the day of the game.[3][4]
The city of Pittsburgh celebrated its third major pro championship in 13 months. The Steelers had also won the previous year's Super Bowl and later on, the city's baseball team, the Pirates, had won the World Series, three months before this Super Bowl game. Ten days after the Steelers' Super Bowl victory, the city's National Hockey League team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, changed its uniform colors to match the black and gold scheme of the Pirates and Steelers.
The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. As of 2005, LAUSD serves over 710,000 students, and with over 74,000 employees, is the second largest employer in Los Angeles County, after County government.
The school district serves virtually all of the city of Los Angeles and all or portions of several adjoining Southern California cities. LAUSD has its own police department. The Los Angeles School Police Department was established in 1948 to provide police services for LAUSD schools [1]. If the LAUSD was a Fortune 500 company, it would rank at #250. The LAUSD enrolls a third of the preschoolers in Los Angeles County, and operates almost as many buses as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The LAUSD school construction program rivals the Big Dig in terms of expenditures, and LAUSD cafeterias serve about 500,000 meals a day, rivaling the output of local McDonald's restaurants. [2]
The LAUSD has a reputation for extremely crowded schools, poor maintenance and incompetent administration. Bond issues and ambitious renovation programs have not uniformly eased these conditions.[1] As part of its school-construction project, LAUSD opened two high schools (Santee Education Complex, South East) in 2005 and four high schools (Arleta, Contreras Learning Complex, Panorama, and East Valley) in 2006 [3] [4]. By 2012, over 160 schools will have been constructed, expanded, or completely refurbished.
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Where has the band performed?
-The Band has performed for the following organizations/ and or events:
• Pasadena's Tournament of Roses Parade
• Anaheim Stadium
• Disneyland
• Super Bowls XI, XIV, XVII
• Coca Cola Centennial Celebration, Atlanta Georgia
• Governor’s Inauguration, Sacramento
• Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade
• Hands across America
• Hollywood Bowl
• LA Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles Millennium Celebration
• Universal Studios Hard Rock Café Grand Opening
• The Greek Theater
• Raiders Football Games
• Rams Football Games
• XXIV Olympiad Salute
• XXVII Olympiad Torch Run
• The World Series
• Los Angeles Beautiful Ceremonies at City Hall 2007
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The Dodger float will be preceded in the parade by the prestigious Los Angeles Unified All District High School Honor Band. This will be the 35th time the "All City Band" has performed in the Rose Parade. Under the direction of Anthony White and Art Duardo, the band brings together best-in-class student musicians of all racial and ethnic backgrounds from the four corners of the city - East Los Angeles, South Los Angeles, the Harbor Area, and the Valley - to create one of the greatest marching bands in the country. A select group of musicians from the band will perform the National Anthem prior to tonight's game against the Padres. World-renowned chef Emeril Lagasse will serve as the Grand Marshal of the 2008 Rose Parade themed Passport to the World's Celebrations and throw out the first pitch at Dodger Stadium on September 29.