The St. Georges Jaguars emerged the winners in Saturday´s Junior Junkanoo Parade in downtown Freeport, winning with a total of 3,166 points.<\/P><\/p>\n
The school had been absent from the parade for three years.<\/P><\/p>\n
Winning in grand fashion, students of St. Georges celebrated the victory in all four categories: originality, general impression, music, and costume and dance. They also secured the coveted award for the best banner.<\/P><\/p>\n
Coming in second in the secondary division was Eight Mile Rock High, which got 614 points; and Jack Hayward High, placed third with 572 points.<\/P><\/p>\n
Ten schools demonstrated their resilience bouncing back from setbacks created by Hurricane Wilma.<\/P><\/p>\n
Four-time champions, Walter Parker Primary will reign for another year. The school took home the crown in the primary school ‘A´ division, with 3,057 points. Martin town came in second with 2,133 points.<\/P><\/p>\n
St Paul´s Methodist College, which made its first appearance in the Junior Junkanoo Parade, secured 2,400 points for its efforts.<\/P><\/p>\n
In the primary school ‘B´ division, Lewis Yard Primary took home the crown with 2,078 points; St. Vincent de Paul came in second with 2,041 points; and High Rock Primary secured third position with 1,430 points.<\/P><\/p>\n
One pre-school was represented in the parade: Kinder Care with 33 pre-school participants securing 1,050 points.<\/P><\/p>\n
Source: Daphne McIntosh, The Bahama Journal<\/SMALL><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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