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The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) met with the Barbados Association of Masqueraders (BAM) and independent bandleaders on Thursday, August 17th to review the 2023 Crop Over Festival and commence discussions on Crop Over 2024. The meeting, held at the NCF’s West Terrace, St James, headquarters, started at 10 a.m. and ...

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Amid the dark clouds that almost threatened the appearance of Betty West’s participation in the Crop Over festival, the noted band leader defied many challenges to capture the coveted Robert Weekes Award and $20,000 for Best Festival Designer at Grand Kadooment 2023. In fact, she recovered with an impressive haul ...

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Veteran masquerader Betty West has copped the coveted Best Festival Designer – The Robert Weekes Award in this year’s Grand Kadooment. Her band “Soca in de Mas” also copped Large Band of the Year – Heritage. Trevor Chase took the Small Band Of The Year – Heritage prize with his ...

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Position      Song                    Artiste                    Play Count      1st.          WAISTLINE          Quan De Artist                 11 2nd.          YUH KNOW DA     Chief Diin                         7 3rd.          BRAIN FREEZE    Leadpipe & Jus Jay          6 (PR)

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Ian iWeb Webster is the 2023 Calypso Monarch. Around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 5, the former calypso monarch and music teacher was named winner of the Courtesy Garage Pic O De Crop competition beating a line-up that included three former monarchs, repeat finalists and some young blood. The Courtesy ...

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What a time! What a movie! What a fantastic Crop Over Festival! And all because of YOU!  I cannot thank you enough for your contributions to this year’s festival. Whether sponsor, patron, vendor, service provider, reveler, artiste, artist, artisan, retailer, support services personnel, protective services officers, media practitioner, content creator, ...

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Forty years since his debut, and subsequent win, at Richard Stoute Teen Talent 1983, Edwin The General Yearwood has solidified his place within the pantheon of Barbadian music. That’s why for 98.1 The One Soca 4.0 – on Sunday, August 6th, at the new Ampitheatre venue at National Botanical Gardens, ...

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The People’s Queen and her royal family will showcase their musical sovereignty on stage for 98.1 The One Soca 4.0. “It is really telling a story of 40 years of my career,” said Terencia TC Coward of her performance at the National Botanical Gardens on Sunday, August 6th. “And not ...

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