The Roots Junkanoo group will be first ‘A’ category group to come out of the gates for this year’s 2010 Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade.<\/p>\n
A drawing was held at Arawak Cay on Saturday to determine the order of the groups for this year’s annual parade. Sixteen Junkanoo groups participated in the drawing.<\/p>\n
Both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ groups will appear during the Boxing Day and New Year’s Day Parades.<\/p>\n
Second will be the Prodigal Sons, followed by the Valley Boys who will appear on Bay Street third.<\/p>\n
Next will be the Saxons, followed by the Music Makers and One Family for the Boxing Day parade.<\/p>\n
The ‘B’ groups will either make their laps on Shirley Street or on Bay Street, not both streets.<\/p>\n
Four of the ‘B’ category groups will parade on Bay Street and another four on Shirley Street.<\/p>\n
The Boxing Day rush on Bay Street will include the Fancy Dancers, Conquerors for Christ, Colours Entertainment and then One Love Soldiers, in that order.<\/p>\n
On Shirley Street, the line up includes the Culture Junkanoo group, Redland Soldiers, Body for Christ Junkanoo group, Original Congos, Chipping Knights and the Foundation Junkanoo group, in that order.<\/p>\n
The 2011 New Years Day Junkanoo Parade will feature the Saxons Junkanoo group out of the gates first.<\/p>\n
The Saxons will be followed by the Music Makers, the Valley Boys, the Prodigal Sons, One Family and Roots.<\/p>\n
In the ‘B’ group category, One Love Soldiers will be go first, followed by Colours Entertainment, Conquerors For Christ, Redland Soldiers, Culture Junkanoo group and then Fancy Dancers.<\/p>\n
Finishing the ‘B’ category will be the Original Congo’s, followed by the Body for Christ, the Foundation Junkanoo group and last, the Chipping Knights.<\/p>\n
NOTE: Since Boxing Day Falls on Sunday December 26, the Boxing Day Parade will begin at 12:01am on the morning of December 27, which will officially be observed as Boxing Day.<\/p>\n
The New Year’s Day parade, he said, is scheduled for January 1 at 12:01am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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