Are You Ready? It’s Lobsterfest Time!

Placencia Lobsterfest is just a few weeks away and promises to be the best ever. Once again the festival will beheaded out to the beautiful beach that is Placencia’s claim to fame. The main Lobsterfest site will be located on the open expanse of beach between Cozy Corner/Evan’s Place and the Tipsy Tuna/Barefoot Beach Bar which will allow plenty of room for the different games and activities at this year’s festival not no mention all the booths that will have delicious lobster dishes, extraordinary arts and crafts and informative displays.
All events will take place at the main site including the weighing in of the 9th annual Placencia Fishermen’s Day Fishing Tournament - morning starts will take place at the Main Dock - at the Placencia Fishermen’s Cooperative. Weigh in on Day One , Saturday June 23rd, will start at 5 pm. Weigh in on Day Two , Sunday June 24th, will start at 3 pm. with the traditional Blessing of the Boats and Boat Parade to follow. We strongly encourage all boats to be a part of the boat blessing and parade. CONTINUE >>>>>>>>>

Taste of Belize Showcases Belize’s Culinary Talents

The Belize Tourism Board held its 6th Annual Taste of Belize Culinary Competition on Saturday, June 2nd, at the Radisson Fort George Hotel which attracted the participation of 15 professional chefs, 7 amateur chefs, 6 cake decorators, 9 bartenders, and 6 grill masters.
“Taste of Belize” is Belize’s ‘signature culinary competition’ geared at developing the Culinary Arts in Belize. Competitors in all categories were expected to create a unique dish using his/her choice of ingredients. This dish could have been an appetizer, main dish or dessert and should have reflected Belizean or regional cuisine. The “Taste” commenced early on Saturday morning and the judges had the unwieldy task of short listing from 15 to 7 chefs. The event also featured a cake decorating competition, in addition to the day-long cook-off and elimination rounds and a grill master’s barbecue competition.CONTINUE>>>

For the second year a group of young ladies from Placencia, affectionately known as the Ballet Girls have taken part in the Stann Creek Festival of the Arts. These girls all attend St. John’s Memorial School and have performed at other events such as this year’s Placencia Peninsula Arts Association 4th Annual Sidewalk Festival—you may have seen them perform.
This year’s performance saw the younger group of girls, shown below, performing the Italian Folk dance the Tarentella, while the older girls, shown right with their instructor Miss Bianca Felsher Barken, performed the Dance of the Veils. The performance took place in Independence Village where the Ballet Girls competed again t other primary school students, mostly from the Independence Primary School.CONTINUE>>>>>>

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