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News October 15, 2014

Digicel & Massy Support the Performing Arts

DIGICEL HAS NIFCA THEATRE ARTS & MUSIC COVERED MASSY CELEBRATES THE CREATORS The NIFCA Theatre and Music Performing Arts disciplines now have a new sponsor – DIGICEL. The telecommunications company has had an interest in NIFCA for quite a while and for 2014 they are providing monetary support for the ...

News October 8, 2014

Scotiabank NIFCA Performing Arts Dance Press Conference

QUALITY OF DANCE ENTRIES ON THE UPSWING The quality of entries in the Scotiabank NIFCA Performing Arts category of Dance is on the upswing, so says Mr. John Hunte, Cultural Officer for Dance, and he attributes this increase to the year-round programmes/activities for example the Summer Internship Programme produced by ...

News September 29, 2014

Winners of the Irving Burgie Awards for Literary Excellence 2014

The Irving Burgie Awards have been a beacon of achievement in the creative arts for over 30 years. The programme, which returned to a Literary Arts competition format in late 2011, is open to secondary and tertiary students across the island. The award is an achievement which speaks to the ...

News September 19, 2014

New Initiatives for NIFCA Culinary Arts

The Roberts NIFCA Culinary Arts in association with Caribbean Cuizine has been revamped for 2014 bringing with it a number of innovative ideas. These new elements are being implemented, highlighting the skills of the entrants and the great tastes of their dishes, with an interactive experience for all involved. ...

News August 28, 2014

CEO’s Remarks at Awards

The Success of the Festival is a team effort Another season is over and depending on your role for the Festival you might be revelling in its successes, looking forward to some downtime now that it is all over, or putting the wheels in motion for Crop Over 2015. Whatever ...

News August 3, 2014

2014 MQI/BANKS/LIME Pic-O-De-Crop Winner

AND LAST NIGHT MADE TWO! Top three for the Headliners Tent Last night’s win (Saturday August 2nd) made two (2) titles under the belt for Ian Webster/iWEB, the 2014 Calypso Monarch in the MQI/BANKS/LIME PIC-O-DE-CROP competition. In fact the Headliners Tent of which iWeb is a member took all but ...

Cultural Knowledge July 11, 2014

Groundings with the Mighty Gabby

‘Groundings With The Mighty Gabby’ is a ten-hour in-depth interview series conducted with Barbados’ cultural icon Dr Anthony Chief Omowale ‘Mighty Gabby’ Carter, calypsonian, folk-singer, Pan-Africanist and story-teller in the tradition of the West African Griot. Follow these clips as the Griot ‘reasons’ with fellow calypsonian, writer and culture worker ...