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Tent s opening night shows off diversity

Tent s opening night shows off diversity
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Yearwood says encourage creativity - Barbados Today

Popular entertainer Edwin Yearwood is imploring Barbadians not to stifle the creativity of young people.His comments come amid public criticism of the National Cultural Foundation’s (NCF) introduction of the Bashment Soca genre into the Junior Monarch competition. The decision sparked public debate over whether it was appropriate to have children perform bashment soca songs which are often accused of being lewd. There was only one entrant in the category and it eventually had to be scrapped.However, while a guest on Starcom Network’s Fireworks programme today, Yearwood defended the NCF’s move stressing that there is nothing wrong with young people expressing themselves in this genre.

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Preliminary judging to start this weekend in juniors competition

Preliminary judging to start this weekend in juniors competition
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#BTEditorial - Crop Over is ours – make the most of it

Following Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s announcement on February 26 that there will be a Crop Over Festival this year, the Ministry of Culture and the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has revealed the details about the Government-staged events.For the most part, the festival has kept its marquee events, with only one major casualty being Junior Kadooment. However, the replacement will be school parades in which students get to masquerade in their school bubbles. According to the NCF’s Chief Cultural Officer Andrea Wells, the creativity and festivity will still be present as traditional Junior Kadooment band leaders and designers will be going into the schools and producing the costumes, with assistance from the students who are to benefit from the exercise.The opening of the festival on July 2 will go back to the traditional Ceremonial Delivery of the Last Canes at Portvale Sugar Factory. This event remains symbolic as it dates back to the early years and the reason for the festiv

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Bajan artiste going places despite treatment at home

Bajan artiste going places despite treatment at home
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