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| Enthusiastic C-Jammers celebrate their King/Queen victory
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Imagine a mammoth-sized re-creation of the mythical
Medusa, equipped with glowing eyes, and you have the winning Carnival Queen of
Belize City. Medusa, known in mythology as, Queen of the Lower World and the
only mortal of the three Gorgons, was C-JAMM's entry for this year's Senior
Carnival Queen competition. To put icing on the cake, C-JAMM also walked away
with the King title as well, depicting Mulsiber, Lord of Torment. C-JAMM, one of
three decorative and competitive carnival groups, spared no details in both
presentations and the end result was a multi-colored, shimmering King and Queen
Costume. Complete with fire-breathers and fireworks, the C-JAMM entries won
enormous applause from the thousands of spectators and the judges. Queen Medusa
was awarded a $5000 cash prize and Lord Mulsiber $3000. Prizes were
also given out in the
Junior category. C-JAMM will now move on to
the battle of the bands on Saturday, September 9th. C-JAMM, consisting of over 165
masqueraders, will depict the mythological new world Urania-The Fifth Dimension.
During the carnival parade, this Saturday afternoon the 9th, its masqueraders will portray this
empire with their elaborate costumes of Nero, Urania, Cythera, Medusa, the
Tritonites and Mulsiber. Other bands competing for the overall best senior
carnival group are Cultural Heritage and Jem Belize among others. Other bands
will compete in the junior category as well. This year
C-JAMM has included the participation of Mr. Wil Alamilla and Mr. Felix Ayuso of
San Pedro in their troupe. The San Pedro participants take this opportunity to
thank the following persons who helped make their participation with C-JAMM
possible: The Pier Lounge, Paradise Resort Hotel, the San Pedro
Sun, Moncho's Rentals and Belize Rural South. Wil and Felix
also thank all the C-Jammers who have made their integration into the group very
warm. Special thanks to Anita Hamilton and Shalue Butcher for keeping them
updated on the latest developments of the group throughout this time. All
Belizeans are invited to witness this one of a kind event happening this weekend
in the city - the ever-colorful Belize Carnival!
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