After a great New Year weekend celebration Aruba was looking forward for the next weekend which was the start of the upcoming parades, contests and queen elections. Although it was raining the paraders went on with the Torch parade on Saturday and launched with more that 6400 participants in 8 carnival groups beginning with Champagne, followed by Royal, T.O.B., Dushi, Majestic, Pleasers and Teasers, OPC and XC-Lanz Carnival Group at the end.
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“The Nutcracker” gets a standing ovation from the audience once again
Kozlov Dance Int'l did it one more time delighting the audience in Cas di Cultura with the all time classic by Tchaikovsky’s on the last week of 2012. The production featured guest stars Albert Davydov and the rising star Sophia Greenbaum. The audience was thrilled by the performance and elegance of the production and choreography with over 40 Aruban dancers of all ages that performed in chorus.
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TOB Carnival group Swept away with all 3 Prins and Pancho categories for Carnival 59
The winners of three categories of Prins and Pancho will be the official escorts of their age-appropriate queens of this Carnival season. The next major event of Carnival 59 is the Children's and Youth Calypso and Roadmarch Contest which will take place on Saturday, January 12.
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Mainstreet’s future looks brighter with the inauguration of the first streetcar
After a whole year of low activity the Mainstreet was crowded with people excited to see the launch of the first street car to traverse through the shopping area in Downtown Oranjestad. President of Mambo (Mainstreet merchants association), elated about the inauguration said that the heart of the Mainstreet is beating again.
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The Cake Boss visited El Gaucho
The famous reality TV show series star Buddy Valastro was caught by photographer at El Gaucho. The Cake Boss is a very popular show in Aruba and hence was Buddy spotted by one of the photographers.
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