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St. James, Barbados
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Barbados Loses Another Veteran
Today the National Cultural Foundation mourns the loss of another veteran in the cultural/artistic community. Michael ‘Director’ Forde was a familiar name on many of the Foundation’s national stages particularly at Crop Over and NIFCA. This creative ‘son of the soil’ was not just a performer, many knew him as ...
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Deep Void In The Artistic Community
Myrna Squires has been described by many who have walked the corridors of the National Cultural Foundation as a superb artist, a legend, kind hearted, charming, sincere with a bubbly and vivacious personality – to know her is to love her. She had an uncanny ability to find the humour ...
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Support For Stronger Cultural Ties
One of the strongest messages coming out of the recent cultural exchange with the twin island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago is as the saying goes, ‘there is power in unity and strength in numbers.’ As a region, our similarities outweigh our differences and stronger cultural alliances between Caribbean member ...
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The Next Big Party After Carnival
The Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, the Honourable Stephen Lashley; Chairman of the Board of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Mrs. Maureen Graham; Chief Executive Officer of the NCF, Mr. Cranston Browne; along with marketers from the NCF and the new Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) were all part ...
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Secondary Students Get Intro To Film
Third and fourth formers of the Parkinson Secondary School got an introduction to films created by young Barbadian filmmakers at the recently held Film Screening Showcase facilitated by the National Cultural Foundation (NCF). The attentive audience of mainly female students, accompanied by their Teacher and well-known local Actor, Victor Clifford, viewed ...
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Truly enjoyable experience for Sammy G
Reigning Junior Monarch in the 13-18 category Samantha ‘Sammy G’ Greaves, returned to Barbados from her Trinidad exchange with fire in her eyes and ready to take crown #3 in her final year of the Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch programme. That zest for success also extends to the Pic-O-De-Crop and ...
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Defend & Attack
Determination was the keyword for Samantha Greaves, stage name SammyG, during the 2014 Crop Over Season. It was not only a significant year for the Festival and the Foundation, but it was also her final year in Secondary School, her penultimate year in the 13-18 category of the Scotiabank Junior ...
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More Creative Writing Outlets For Juniors
The Literary Arts desk of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) recorded an overwhelming response to its redesigned WISE (Writers in Schools and Education) Junior Clinic. Some forty (40) students of varying levels of experience and skills were registered to attend this creative writing workshop series. The new version of the ...
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Tuk 101 DVD Donated to the NCF
POONKA DONATES TUK DVD TO THE NCF With a common goal of preserving a legacy of indigenous music/rhythms The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) became one of the most recent recipients of the Tuk 101 instructional DVD developed by Wayne ‘Poonka’ Willock. This “How To Play Tuk” teaching tool is intended not ...
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