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A16 LOCAL
Wednesday 31 May 2017

Cultural Parade devotion and talent. Gu- and Youth in Action, Candi
Continued from Page 13 stage to be honored for their Bernadina, NTG & NLG, Kids
most popular songs, “Un cci Dancers, Zenovia,Fiesta Licious, Rosea Cultural, Fo-
Sono,” (A Dream) and “Pi- den Sabana, Grupo Ca- foit, FCCA and the many
lar,” by accomplished vo- duchi Largo, Daza Aruba, volunteers who cheer-
calist Raquel Lampe; they W.E.S.C.E.T., Dazzling Danc- fully contributed their time
were dedicated to Chico ing Divas, Flor di Brazil, Gru- joined together in a final
Harms. Also performing po di Antano, Fundacion flourish to the night.q
was Aruba’s entry into this
year’s inter-island speech
and poetry competition
of the Netherlands Antilles,
“Arte di Palabra” (The Art
of Words,) Rafael Garcia,
reciting his original work
“Aruba Nos Deseo” (Aru-
ba, our Wish.)
The evening ended in a
most spectacular fash-
ion as everything in Palm
Beach went dark. It may
The first year was entirely The final program on the have robbed the event of
dedicated to the memory main stage of Paseo Her- sound and light, but did
of Aruba’s “Mother of Cul- encia’s Plaza Padu fea- not detract from the spirit
ture” Sr. Bernadina Grow- tured traditional dances by and joy of the evening as
ell, (RIP), who was again dance groups NTG & NLG all the participating folk-
honored for her great and touching renditions of loric dancing and singing
contributions in music and two of Bernadina Growell’s groups were called to the
dance, and particularly in
preserving and passing on
native Aruban culture to
succeeding generations.
This year, Chico Harms, the
head of the board of the
Centro di Bario Brasil was
also honored for his stead-
fast labors in organizing the
annual cultural event, and
his unceasing dedication
to promoting the quaint
and admiral aspects of is-
land culture.