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labelCrop Over todayFebruary 22, 2019

Quon to represent the 246 in TNT

It was in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday, July 22, 2018 that Dequon Alleyne, stage name Quon, began his reign as the Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch. His was a true story of strength of character, determination, of a passion for the Calypso art form and a quality ...

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labelArts & Culture - Music todayFebruary 4, 2019

For the love of Pan

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) was gifted with a full complement of steel pans to the tune of $25,800 compliments the Massy Foundation. Already a staunch supporter of steel pan here in Barbados with its well established title sponsorship of Pan Pun de Sand for the past 14 years, Massy, ...

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labelArts & Culture - Literary Arts todayJanuary 25, 2019

3 Years for TMHMT and W.I.S.E

Nurturing and developing a new crop of young creative writers through direct training, as well as improving the skills and techniques of our teachers, remain the core objectives of the Writers In Schools & Education (W.I.S.E) suite of programmes facilitated by the Cultural Development Literary Arts Desk of the National ...

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labelExhibition todayJanuary 22, 2019

An expression of history through ‘Other Lives’

Way beyond the purist discussion of technique, texture, theme and talent there is a conversation, a moment of reflection and a lesson in the exploration of self that is how Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Mrs. Carol Roberts-Reifer described the effect of Other Lives on ...

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labelNews todayDecember 14, 2018

Come Town Fuh Christmas

This evening, Friday, December 14 while scores of Barbadians were going about their shopping, they were treated to some pop up performances with seasonal music spreading Christmas cheer through the capital city Bridgetown. From Jubilee Gardens and Heroes Square to Swan Street and Broad Street and others in between, Poonka and Ruk-a-Tuk International accompanied ...

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labelNews todayDecember 14, 2018

Reverence for Andrea

The management and staff of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) paid reverence for Mrs. Andrea Gollop-Greenidge with a moment of silence at a staff meeting held on Monday, December 10th. Mrs. Gollop-Greenidge was a part of the original team of Cultural Officers in 1973 at the newly formed NCF and ...

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labelNews todayDecember 13, 2018

Legendary Charm and Wit

The management and staff of the National Cultural Foundation are deeply saddened by the passing of Calypso legend Don Jose Lamont Marshall known in the entertainment fraternity affectionately as ‘Sir Don’. His was the gift of language, telling us stories about ourselves in the calypso idiom, cleverly weaving words into ...

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