2004 PARADE AWARDS

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CARNAVAL SAN FRANCISCO 2004 PARADE AWARDS
KIDS \|\| TRADITIONAL FOLKLORIC \|\| BRAZILIAN \|\| CONTEMPORARY/WORLD/FUSION/ORIGINAL \|\| CARIBBEAN
2002 Carnaval SF Awards \|\| 2001 \|\| 2000 \|\| 1999 \|\| 1998 \|\| 1997 (no awards in 2003) Caribbean Global Citizen Awards part of 2002 Caribbean Summerfest produced by HA Myers
GRAND PRIZE WINNER Loco Bloco & Mission Girls & John O’Connell High & Leonard Flynn Elementary Schools (9.67) Second Prize Overall Fogo na Roupa Afro Brasilian Grupo Carnavalesco (9.42) Third Prize Overall Mas Makers Massive (9.40) TOP THREE WINNERS IN EACH CATEGORY BRAZILIAN 1st Loco Bloco & Mission Girls & O’Connell High & Flynn Elementary Schools (9.67) 2nd Fogo na Roupa Afro Brasilian Grupo Carnavalesco (9.42) 3rd Brazil Culture & Arts (8.49) 3rd Aquarela (8.49) CARIBBEAN 1st Mas Makers Massive (9.40) 2nd Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (8.96) 3rd Good Samaritan Family Resource Center & Bryant Elementary School (8.42) CHILDREN/YOUTH 1st Monroe Elementary School (7.48) 2nd Buena Vista Elementary School (7.05) 3rd YO SF! (6.71) CONTEMPORARY/WORLD/FUSION/ORIGINAL 1st SambAsia & Jean Parker Elementary & Chinatown Beacon Center (8.76) 2nd Norcal Waste Systems (7.01) 3rd Mixtiso Latin Hip-Hop Group (6.99) TRADITIONAL FOLKLORIC 1st Spirit of Polynesia (8.95) 2nd Esplendor Azteka – Xipe Totec (8.84) 3rd Association of Colombian Americans of San Francisco (8.73)