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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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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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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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“Living the Legacy” that is theme for the 45th Anniversary Gala of the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) as we acknowledge and celebrate this platform for Barbadian creative aspirations and for the appreciation of excellence in the arts. In keeping with the general theme for this NIFCA 45 ...

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Forty-five years ago this month, this festival held its first finals at the Ursuline Convent and has continued annually ever since.  Those of you who frequent the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) would have often heard it said that it was originally conceptualised by the late Arden Clarke ...

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Goddard Enterprises Limited (GEL) NIFCA Literary Arts is one of the few if not the only competition in which every single entrant, winner or not, has a chance to sit down with the judges and to find out how they can do better and where they went wrong, a fact ...

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While this is only the second year for the Massy Foundation’s support of these developmental awards, it builds upon Massy’s sponsorship over the previous three years, so collectively this has been a five year partnership for the Massy name. Ann Hewitt, Director of Massy Foundation commended the NCF for the ...

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The Sagicor NIFCA Junior Finals night will be held at the Frank Collymore Hall on Monday, November 5th and will feature acts from performers that are mostly 16 years and under in the area of Dance, Music and Theatre. In commenting on the junior segment of NIFCA, Mrs. Andrea Wells, ...

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NIFCA has been a developmental breeding ground for many of the young musicians in Barbados, so says the Cultural Officer for Music, Mr. Ronald Davis.  “Many of the participants enter the Digicel sponsored NIFCA Music discipline annually and you are therefore able to see their growth developmentally not only in ...

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