The discontinuation of the Soca Monarch competition was among the changes for the 2023 Crop Over Festival, announced during the launch by officials of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) at Ilaro Court. Chief executive officer of the NCF Carol Roberts-Reifer said they met with stakeholders before the decision was made. “We, being the NCF and all relevant stakeholders, are generally in agreement that the Soca Monarch competition model no longer …
By Sheria Brathwaite
The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is partnering with the University of the West Indies (UWI) to revitalise the Barbados Landship programme.
The two entities started a three-month training course last Wednesday to give dancers and other interested members of the public accreditation in the historical movement.
During the launch of the certificate course at the NCF headquarters in West Terrace,
The verdict is in!
Grand Kadooment masqueraders will once again play mas from Warrens to the Mighty Grynner Highway.
Just one day after the Minister with responsibility for Culture Senator Dr. Shantal Munro-Knight announced that the Crop-Over 2023 Festival will return to its full calendar of events, officials from the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) told the media that the decision had been
Grand Kadooment 2023 will be returning to its traditional stomping ground with the parade along the old route from Warrens to the Mighty Grynner Highway. The announcement came after an emergency meeting at the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) on Saturday morning, and chief executive officer, Carol Roberts-Reifer, said some tweaks would have to be made as concerns about security remained. “There is work to be done. The route works, it …
Chief Executive Officer of the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) Carol Roberts-Reifer has challenged local artists to make ‘Made in Barbados’ a globally strong and recognised brand.
Speaking at the end of a ten-day leathercraft and crochet masterclass organised by the NCF and conducted by Senegalese master tutors Aliou Sylla, Adama Diouf and Lisle George Forde, Roberts-Reifer said that label should be