The stage at the South­ern Acad­e­my of the Per­form­ing Arts came alive on Sat­ur­day night as dancers from sev­er­al coun­ties across the coun­try com­pet­ed in the Prime Min­is­ter’s Best Vil­lage Tro­phy Com­pe­ti­tion in the folk pre­sen­ta­tions fi­nals.

The dancers took part in five cat­e­gories: African De­vo­tion­al Dance, Lo­cal In­ter­pre­tive Dance, African In­flu­enced Dance, Lim­bo and Dru­mol­o­gy.

The Prime Min­is­ter’s Best Vil­lage Tro­phy Com­pe­ti­tion has evolved in­to an an­nu­al pro­gramme, which is keen­ly con­test­ed by com­mu­ni­ty groups across the coun­try.

Ac­cord­ing to the Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment web­site, at the Best Vil­lage com­pe­ti­tion, ex­ist­ing and new tal­ents are pre­sent­ed and show­cased to both na­tion­al and in­ter­na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ties.

It added the var­i­ous rounds of the com­pe­ti­tion oc­cur at the com­mu­ni­ty lev­el and cul­mi­nate in Au­gust (this month), with a grand, fi­nal, na­tion­al event, char­ac­ter­ized by a mea­sure of pomp and flair, known to many as ‘Le Grand Z’ Af­faire.’

A member of the Rhythmic Vibrations from Tobago performs in the African Influenced Category during the folk dance finals Local Interpretive, African Influenced, Limbo and Drumology categories at Southern Academy for the Performing Arts in San Fernando.

EDISON BOODOOSINGH

Zante Unique Touch representing Tobago in the African Influenced Category at the folk dance finals Local Interpretive, African Influenced, Limbo and Drumology categories at Southern Academy for the Performing Arts in San Fernando.

EDISON BOODOOSINGH

Soul Oasis Cultural Ambassadors during their performance during the folk dance finals Local Interpretive, African Influenced, Limbo and Drumology categories at Southern Academy for the Performing Arts in San Fernando.

EDISON BOODOOSINGH