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Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity (BIMAP) has rejoined the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) family with a two year investment in the performing arts and culinary arts disciplines. This partnership on the development of artistes through education began in 2017 with scholarships towards the completion of a ...

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Today begins the two nights on offer for the 2018 Scotiabank sponsored National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) Dance Finals at the Frank Collymore Hall where patrons will witness performances from the top 27 being adjudged at this level of the competition. The participants in the senior category of ...

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The preliminaries have ended, the semi-finalists have been selected, the rehearsals have already begun as the participants fine-tune their pieces and we are all set for the first National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA) Performing Arts semi-final weekend this Friday, October 5 to Sunday, October 7 at 6:00 p.m. ...

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It was standing room only in the house at ON STAGE, the inaugural Staged Reading Series held last Sunday, September 9 at 11:00 a.m. at the historic Daphne Joseph Hackett Theatre. The series is part of the 2018 programmes for the Cultural Development Theatre Arts desk of the National Cultural ...

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Over the years the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), through the platform of its Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch programme in association with IGM Stage Lighting, has sought to engage with the youth demonstrating an appreciation for the calypso art form, highlighting their involvement in all aspects of the entertainment arena. Recognising ...

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Veteran of the Calypso fraternity, two-time Calypso Monarch and a gem to his fans, contemporaries, family and friends – that is how we prefer to remember Charles ‘Romeo’ Smith. A ‘Gem Gone’, a fitting song to carry the crown in 1981 and just as fitting a title to mark how ...

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