| Best Caribbean: D'Midas International California (1st overall officially) Best Brazilian: Betho Filho & Oju Oba Best Latin: Comparsa Viva Panama Best Indian: Xiuhoatc Azteka w/ L.Flynn Elementary Best European: French American School Best Bolivian: Bolivian Magic Best African: Oya Nike Cultural Best Sound: Mas Maker Massive |
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Batu Pitu (New Orleans, Brazilian San Francisco & the inimitable Kip Farris) Best Presentation of Official Theme-"World Peace": Oju Oba Passion for Peace Most Photographed: Betho, Rosanna, & Claudio atop the Oju Oba giant Buddha float Most Improved: Spirit of Polynesia, Batu Pitu (amazingly), Cape Verdean, Bernal Heights, Birds of Paradise, Taft Elementary w/ Rebecca Daniel |
Best New Entrys: African: Oya Nike (& overall), Brazil: Samba Mundial ("peninsula's only") Europe: French American School Caribbean: SFPD - Mission's Chabot Rebels 21st Century Street Art: Rainbow Renegades Employee: Carnaval of Postal Employees Only in SF: Midnight Rollers |
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| Best Band on the Street: Caribbean: United Sisters w\ Pan Exstacy Mas Makers Massive (& overall) Brazilian: Batu Pitu's Juju Band 21st Century Art: Sacred Island Polynesian: Spirit of Polynesia Latin: Bernal Heights Neighborhood - great horns! Steelpan: Chabot College Panhandlers |
 The Chabot Panhandlers are led by Jim Musselwhite of Chabot College. C'95 |
| Largest Band on a Float: Batu
Pitu Juju Band w/ Sistah Nedra Most
Inspirational/Best Kids: Jovenes
Unidos/ Mission Girls Services Most Original Costumes: Samba do Coracao Mary Dollar |
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Missing In Action: Ruben Aponte &
Variedades Tropicales, Mission YMCA, Bret Hart Elementary, Buchanan H.S. Free Wheelers, Rara Premie Aptos, M.S. Ron Gallegos Emperor for Life Best Trend: Prize Money for top four parade bands Worst Trend: 1st low budget shortened TV telecast MECA Volunteers of '95: Denise Johnson a
classy |
| Cross-Cultural Award: Kip Farris
floatbuilder and magnet local for good-time vets of all stripes. His TV quote: "You start getting the fever to do it again and to try to do it better than you did the time before." |
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| Best Rumor Bacchanals: Corner office at MECA 2nd TV-7 cutting an adult version for late night show. Best
spirit: Comparsa Viva Panama;
Anniversaries: Mas
Revellers w/ Bea |
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| Best kids percussion: Buena
Vista as usual Best youth
percussion: Loco Bloco
led by Heather Watkins |
| Best Brazilian percussion: 1st place tie
between Fogo Na Roupa
(Carlos Aceituno) & Oju Oba (Mark Tapson); 2nd - Escola Nova de Samba (Chalo Edwardo), Samba do Coracao (Fernando de Sanjines), Samba Mundial (Jeff Taylor) Batu Pitu (Jose Lorenzo) Best Percussion - Other: 1st - Spirit of Polynesia; Honorable Mention: French |
Radical Amazement Award: Batu
Pitu by float-builder Kip Farris
unchallengable by  virtue
of the largest float ever, the biggest band, the tallest and widest costumes all in his potent color combo of red, white & black. That's not all, besides a wild basketball game on the back of float, a tribute to the great spirit of Davilla, a who's who of Carnaval personalities including Roberto Hernandez there was some great original Carnaval music pumping up all of us who revel in taking C'SF a few splendid notches higher.  |
ABC/KGO-TV Show on 7BABE of the Broadcast: Zenia Olszewsky Birds
of Paradise (28 seconds & her 3rd title HUNK of the Broadcast: Stephen Tiffenson Mas
Maker Massive (21 seconds of the Minutes of Fame: D'Midas
& Birds of Paradise
tie at 135 sec. Best TV presentation: 1st Ojo Oba, 2nd Mas Makers, 3rd Samba do Coracao (please 2nd guess this) Royal Message -- King Jean Luc Stora: "I command you to have fun. I mean don't force yourself. Forget about everything else and have fun." Queen Maria Souza: "Forget about all your problems. Forget about everything. And leave this moment and dance and watch people dance and just bring all your frustrations out and give them to the rhythms of the music." Memorable Incidents: Don Sanchez getting shut down by the too young, scantily clad Swedish girl from S:T Olof Another excellent arts in the schools model-- a samba school for 13 to 21 year olds. Disney's Sistah Act 3 Ex Mission mega star Whoopie Goldberg's break-through movie was based on the power of song, dance & story to unite & energize in a school modeled on the Mission's St. Peters. Let's restore school arts programs Mr. Mayor. Hire our vets. |
| Grand Champion: D'Midas International Ebony & Ivory --One World One Peace designed by Stephen Derrick Brazilian
Champion: 3rd Place (tie): Brazilian Dance: Open Dance: Brazilian Music: Open Music: Brazilian Costume: Open Costume: Brazilian Visual: Open Visual: Best Children: Giant Costume: Best Float:
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