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The workshops have ended, the preliminaries recently concluded and semifinalists chosen – all this is certainly an indication that the 2017 Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch Programme in association with IGM Stage Lighting is well underway. Every year just prior to the start of the season, the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) ...

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If the energy and vibes of the recent in studio launch is any indication, title sponsor of the Mega Cavalcade HOTT 95.3 and the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) are definitely ready to Up Di Ting at Checker Hall, St. Lucy this Friday, May 19, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Some of ...

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The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) will be back on the bus for this year’s installation of its Heritage tour, sponsored by Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union Limited (BPWCCUL) and Barbados Tourism Product Authority (BTPA). Dramatic, entertaining, informative and totally enjoyable!  Just some of the adjectives used to describe “Bitter ...

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Out of the paper world into the electronic media, that is the word from the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) in announcing its move to an online process of registration for Crop Over 2017. Over the next few weeks, a number of forms from masquerade, to visual arts, to the music ...

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Harnessing the budding talent of our juniors in the dynamic Film & Video industry in a positive way is one of the key objectives of Digital Trends, the inaugural Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union Limited (BPWCCUL) Junior Videography Competition. The National Cultural Foundation (NCF), represented by Chief Cultural Officer, ...

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Nurturing a new crop of creative writers is but one of the objectives of the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF’s) Cultural Development Literary Arts Desk and for the last few years, through programmes like its Writers In Schools & Education (WISE), it has been able to execute that goal. WISE, a ...

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The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) joins with the music and Calypso fraternity in mourning the loss of a man who has been a friend and inspiration to so many. Adrian Husbands affectionately known as ‘Boo,’ traversed the corridors of the NCF for many years as the leader of the Party ...

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017 was the official hand over of lot #5 at Deanstown Terrace to the winner of the Capita Financial/Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union Limited (BPWCCUL) Lot5forFIFTY Promotion, Dr. Kevin Herbert of 31 Dover Road, Christ Church. The winning draw was recorded in August 2016 and announced ...

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Barbadian actors Sonia Williams and Levi King will join an international cast of actors for the Caribbean premiere of “Carnival Medea – a bacchanal” in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Williams and King will play the roles of Nen/Mama Neza and Tan/Chantwelle in the production, to be presented by Lordstreet Theatre ...

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