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The Swingers take 1st place in Grand Bahama's New Year's Day Junkanoo Parade
Jan 8, 2015 - 1:15:24 AM

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Freeport, The Bahamas - Grand Bahama Junkanoo Committee's official results of the New Year's Day Junkanoo Parade are as follows:

DIVISION A:

1st place and overall winner: Swingers Junkanoo Group with 1,101 points.

2nd place: New Life Classic Dancers Junkanoo Group with 1,005 points.

3rd place: Platinum Knights with 955 points.

4th place: Kingdom Culture Junkanoo Group with 886 points.

5th place: Superstar Rockers with 868 points

6th place: Bayshore Warriors with 678 overall points.

Showtime and Top Performers were disqualified with 561 and 540 points, respectively.

Best Individual Lead was the Swingers with 285 points, 2nd was Superstar Rockers with 280 points; and 3rd was the New Life Classic Dancers with 253 points.

Best Banner went to Platinum Knights with 272 points; 2nd was the Swingers with 244 points; 3rd was Superstar Rockers with 218 points; 4th was Top Performers with 190 points; 5th was Bayshore Warriors with 178 points; 6th was New Life Classic Dancers with 172 point; 7th was Showtime with 133 points; and 8th was Kingdom Culture with 123 points.

Best Performance went to Platinum Knights with 247 points; 2nd was the Swingers with 228 points; 3rd was New Life Classic Dancers with 218 points; 4th was The Superstar Rockers with 207 points; 5th was Kingdom Culture with 197 points; 6th was Top Performers with 146 points; 7th was Bayshore Warriors with 138 points; and 8th was Showtime with 131 points.

Best Choreographed was the Swingers with 89 points; 2nd was Kingdom Culture with 83 points; 3rd was Platinum Knights with 82 points; 4th was New Life Classic Dancers with 80 points; 5th was Superstar Rockers with 70 points; 6th was Top Performers with 63 points; 7th was Bayshore Warriors with 59 points; and 8th was Showtime with 51 points.

B DIVISION:

1st place: Bushwackers
2nd place: Western Star and Sting.

Superstar Rockers won first, second and third place for the best off the shoulder with 154, 150 and 147 points respectfully. The best free dancers first and second place were awarded to Superstar Rockers with 143 points and 140 points, while the Swingers captured the third place title with 137 points.

Best Banner went to Bushwackers with 91 points; 2nd was Sting with 78 points; 3rd was Western Star.

Best Performance in Show went to Bushwackers with 149 points.

Best Choreographed Dancers went to Bushwackers, 2nd was Western Star and 3rd was Sting.


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