THE FOLLOWING are comments from patrons who attended the opening of the Nine Mornings Festival on Thursday, December 16 2021. Zandia of Sion Hill has been to Nine Mornings in the past and said: “I think the new venue is perfect. When the rain came in the mornings before, not all people were able to get shelter. Because of the rain and the umbrellas when we did it on the …
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 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 …
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=
THE FOLLOWING are comments from patrons who attended the opening of the Nine Mornings Festival on Thursday, December 16 2021. Zandia of Sion Hill has been to Nine Mornings in the past and said: “I think the new venue is perfect. When the rain came in the mornings before, not all people were able to get shelter. Because of the rain and the umbrellas when we did it on the …