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Costa Maya celebrates final night with Comedy and Music!!

The International Costa Maya Festival drew to a close on Sunday night with a slew of performances that had families out in numbers. The main draw was the performances by KTV Latino finalists Oneida Shaw, Desmond Berry and San Pedro's own, Natalie Arceo, as well as the onstage antics of Ozzy and Chispin the clowns, and for a grand finale, the group BILBAO. The audience was entertained from start to finish with great music, raunchy comedy and imitators both on and off the stage. Yet another successful Costa Maya festival.

Costa Maya International Night

Last night the Costa Maya Festival hosted International Night with cultural dance performances by Danza Modernos de Mexico and the Belize Dance Company. Next up was Belize's own Berne who wowed the crowd with rap, hip-hop and reggae tunes. The headline concert by the well-known Reggaeton duo Angel Y Khriz from Puerto Rico had the audience jamming and singing along to all their favorite songs. After the concert the party continued into the wee hours of the morning with the crowd dancing to DJ tunes and socializing.

Costa Maya Queen 2009 Martiza Rivas and the new Costa Maya Queen 2010 Gabriela Asturias could not resist the urge to dance during the Angel Y Khriz concert.

Angel Y Khriz have the crowd singing Ven Baílalo at the International Costa Maya Festival held annually in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, Belize.

Angel y Khriz touch down on La Isla Bonita

The skies are grey, but the temperatures are still warm - and at 5pm, the noise level at the San Pedro Airstrip was multiplied as screaming fans greeted the much anticipated reggaeton duo, Angel y Khriz.

They arrived directly from the Philip SW Goldson International Airport, via Maya Island Air, and at touchdown in San Pedro, screaming fans welcomed them to La Isla Bonita.

They graciously gave interviews to a number of media houses, even singing a few lyrics to entice people to come out and check out the show.

See you at the concert, TONIGHT!!

Costa Maya sees Mario Mejia and Yerbaklan for Cultural Night!!

Friday Night for Costa Maya is a night of culture and music, and this Friday was no different as the stage welcomed the Ballet Folklorico de Quintana Roo's (Mexico) cultural dances, Belize's very own Nu Generation Dance Group as part of the entertainment before the main draws of the evening. Guatemala's Mario Mejia serenaded the crowd with a mix of both English and Spanish songs, including his very own originals.

Honduras' Yerbaklan duo of Csarec and Jimmy James definitely brought the hype on the stage afterwards with their very unique mix of music...and the girls of Costa Maya Pageant 2010 even got on stage to party with them....

It was definitely a variety of entertainment, and the crowd was enjoying it all!!

Saturday Night's Angel y Khriz will surely be another big draw for this year's Costa Maya Festival, and The San Pedro Sun will be on site to bring all the great pictures and news of the performance. See you there!!!!

Costa Maya Festival Starts Today!!

Thursday, August 5th

Reina de la Costa Maya International Pageant
Co Hosted by Sandra Hoyos of Tele Mundo's Al Rojo Vivo and Eiden Salazar of Reef Radio
Kellie Cadogan (Vocalist - Barbados) / DJ Del (Daniel Sotelo - Vocalist - Mexican)
Barbara’s Dance Group (Belize), Tricia, Denise and Clyve (Vocals) (Belize)
Delegates: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
After Party at Festival Grounds with Rompe Raja

Friday, August 6th

Opening Gala/Mega Concert
Opening Ceremony: Nu Generation Dance Group (Belize), Ballet Folkloric de Quintana Roo (Mexico)
Mega Concert: Mario Mejia y Su Grupo (Musica Romantica - Guatemala) and Yerbaklan (Grupo Reggaeton - Honduras)

Saturday, August 7th

International Night
Danza Modernos de Mexico / Belize Dance Company
Berne (Hip Hop, Rap and Reggae - Belize)
Angel Y Khriz (Puerto Rico - Reggaeton)

Sunday, August 8th

Noche de Familia y Artistas Nacionales
Gwen Nunez Gonzalez (Belizean comedian)
Ozzy and Chispin (Clowns of Mexico and Belize)
Channel 5's KTV Finalists: Nathalie Arceo, Oneida Shaw, Desmond Berry
Bilbao (Mexican Comedians)
First Ever International Costa Maya Triathlon

Who do you think will be La Reina de la Costa Maya 2010?

Start calling The San Pedro Sun office at 226-2070 and tell us who you think will win the pageant on Thursday night, or leave your vote as a comment on this blog page. Be sure to leave your name, number and choice of contestant. At the end of the pageant, we will raffle the names of those who chose the winning delegate, and the winner will receive a framed, autographed photo with the new Miss Costa Maya 2010-2011!!!

Pageant contestants enjoy a day out with Seaduced

Costa Maya beauties enjoyed a day out at sea with Seaduced by Belize's Elito Arceo and Sylvin Forman. The ladies enjoyed a snorkle stop at Hol Chan where they got to see huge groupers, an extra large stingray and even a friendly sea turtle.
They were then driven over to Caye Caulker where they stopped for lunch at Rainbow Restaurant. After enjoying fine Belizean fare they took a walk around Caye Caulker, they got to meet colorful local characters, took pictures with cute babies, beautiful Caye Caulker children and friendly Caye Caulker residents.
After their visit to La Isla Cariñosa Seaduced took them to a prime manatee viewing spot. Several of the girls braved the deep waters to view the elusive sea cow. It was certainly a memorable experience.