Veteran band leader and one of the Crop Over Festival’s top designers, Gwyneth Squires, has passed away. Head of Kontact Band and former president of the Barbados Association of Masqueraders (BAM), Anthony Layne, gave that confirmation on Wednesday after news circulated that Squires, who was ill, had died. “We have a lost legend and I want to offer condolences to her friends and family,” he said. "Gwyneth was an astute …
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Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has described the death of “icon” Gwyneth Squires as “a real blow”. Mottley, who served as Minister of Culture in the Owen Arthur administration, said Squires’ name became synonymous with both Junior and Grand Kadooment “According to the records of the National Cultural Foundation, Gwyneth is the most decorated bandleader and designer in the history of Crop-Over, with an enviable record for continuous participation in …
The late Gwyneth Squires, is the most decorated bandleader and designer in the history of Crop-Over. (Photo: NationNews Barbados) To say that my heart is sa .
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