{"id":59595,"date":"2018-01-10T11:31:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T11:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=59595"},"modified":"2018-01-10T11:35:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T11:35:35","slug":"winners-of-st-croix-2018-festival-parade-announced-fusion-band-takes-road-march-peoples-choice-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=59595","title":{"rendered":"Winners Of St. Croix 2018 Festival Parade Announced; Fusion Band Takes Road March, People&#8217;s Choice Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; The St. Croix Festival Committee along with sponsor Banco Popular on Tuesday announced the winners of this year&#8217;s festival parade during an announcement event held at Banco Popular&#8217;s Golden Rock branch. Blackest and the Fusion Band once again nabbed the Road March title, along with the People&#8217;s Choice Award for &#8220;We Shall Rise&#8221;. Simply Sophisticated Fun Troupe took the win for troupe with over 200 members, while Regal Dynasty won the 100-200 troupe members segment. Watch the video below or simply read the text.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fviconsortium%2Fvideos%2F1515685481879018%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Under 50 troupe winner:<\/strong> Pearl B. 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