Even with the added challenges of recovering from a volcanic eruption and an ongoing pandemic, Point Village was able to rise to the occasion to successfully defend its Christmas lighting up title. When the winners were named on the final day of the annual Nine Mornings Festival, Point Village was named National Nine Mornings Lighting champions for the ninth consecutive time. “I’m feeling happy in my heart that we won …
Even with the added challenges of recovering from a volcanic eruption and an ongoing pandemic, Point Village was able to rise to the occasion to successfully defend its Christmas lighting up title. When the winners were named on the final day of the annual Nine Mornings Festival, Point Village was named National Nine Mornings Lighting champions for the ninth consecutive time. “I’m feeling happy in my heart that we won …
THE 2021 National Nine Mornings Festival got off to its usual 4:00 a.m start on Thursday, December 16 at the new Victoria Park venue. But the turn out by the public was disappointing to say the least. However, the chairman of the National Nine Mornings Committee, Orande “Bomani” Charles told SEARCHLIGHT they were not totally caught by surprise. “We did anticipate [with]the change of venue, the fact that it is …
A resident of Antigua and Barbuda, Forsianne Joseph is spreading Christmas cheer and Caribbean love this Christmas, through her creation of a Caribbean Christmas Village. Joseph, a Human Resources consultant and creative explained that the tradition of building decorative Christmas Villages has been around for centuries. While the Internet is inundated with Villages that depict Christmas in the temperate countries, it is rare to find Villages that showcase what Christmas …
THE DECISION to move the annual Christmas Nine Mornings Festival to the Victoria Park was done in an effort to preserve the unique tradition during this time of COVID-19, and to ensure that the integrity of the health protocols is maintained. [caption id=