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labelCrop Over todayJuly 12, 2023

Junior Monarch an investment in the future

Developing Barbados’ next generation of griots is at the core of the Scotiabank Junior Monarch Competition. Andrea Wells, Chief Cultural Officer at the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), reaffirmed that commitment [...]

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labelCrop Over todayJuly 12, 2023

Republic Bank Pan Yard Lime on this Friday

Friday, July 14, the big tent at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, will come alive with the sweet sounds of steel pan. From 5 p.m., the [...]

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labelCrop Over todayJuly 7, 2023

Junior Kadooment is back! 26 bands on parade

For three summers, Barbados’ young masqueraders had to trade in their bejewelled headpieces for the KN95 masks as COVID-19 halted Junior Kadooment’s national parade. However, the National Cultural Foundation spent this time [...]

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labelCrop Over todayJuly 7, 2023

Scotiabank Junior Monarch finalists draw

The 16 finalists in the Scotiabank Junior Monarch competition have pulled their positions to determine the order of appearance at the big showdown. The draw took place at Scotiabank, Broad Street on [...]

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labelCrop Over todayJuly 3, 2023

Scotiabank Junior Monarch finalists named

Finalists in the Scotiabank Junior Monarch Competition were named Sunday, July 2, 2023 around 11 p.m. after 13 juniors faced off in the calypso category and 12 went ding dong [...]

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labelCrop Over todayJune 29, 2023

Foreday Morning Bands 2023

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labelCrop Over todayJune 29, 2023

Grand Kadooment Bands 2023

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labelCrop Over todayJune 28, 2023

Seven hours of cultural festivities this Saturday

The seven hours of non-stop activities begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 1 at Hayman’s Factory Yard, St Peter when the National Cultural Foundation stages the Digicel Ceremonial Delivery [...]

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labelCrop Over todayJune 28, 2023

Crop Over 2023 to open in grand style

Crop Over 2023 will officially turn up the heat with the Digicel Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes and Vintage Tent at an exciting new location on Saturday, July 1. [...]

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labelCrop Over todayJune 23, 2023

Artists’ work speaks at Crop Over Exhibition

The Central Bank of Barbados Crop Over Visual Arts Exhibition — We Came on Merchant Ships, produced by the National Cultural Foundation, is now closed. The exhibition, which opened on Thursday, [...]

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