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Local artistes should get advance payment for Festival - Resident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One resident stated that he couldn’t understand why local artistes were still awaiting payment for performances during the Emancipation Festival even as overseas artistes were already paid in full.
Mrs Parsons pleads for help to complete building for Heritage Dancers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It may have been her Investiture Ceremony for being honoured with the Order of the British Empire (OBE), but Mrs Eileene L. Parsons was not too proud to use the occasion to make an impassioned plea to Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith to help the Heritage Dancers get their building "off the ground".
Gay marriage should be legalised in the VI– Bailey C. Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – It is the strong persuasion of a local columnist that gay rights should be respected and laws enacted in the Virgin Islands be on par with the law books of the United Kingdom to allow gays the same rights as 'straights'.
UPDATE: Fights at Festival no big deal this year – Marvin 'MB' Blyden
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Festivals and Fairs Committee Mr Marvin ‘MB’ Blyden isn’t too concerned about the “few” fights that took place during the 2013 Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival celebrations, especially at the Ira Oliver Skelton Festiville in Road Town, since there were no reports of serious injuries.
Iwer George took ill en route to VI, Committee refunded- VIF&FC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – About a month after hundreds of fans were left disappointed with the no-show of Neil Iwer George at the 2013 Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival, the VI Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC) has finally given an account for George's absence and also disclosed that the artiste has since refunded the committee.
Sistah Joyce ready to revive Calypso in schools
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Reigning Calypso monarch Joycelyn Searles aka Sistah Joyce has signalled a strong desire to revive the Calypso art form among youths of the Territory by mentoring primary school youths who are interested.
Jr Calypso comp.& dramatic plays suggested for VI Festival season
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Observers have suggested that dramatic plays among other art forms should be included during the Virgin Islands’ annual Emancipation Festival celebrations, in similar fashion to what had been done during the Festival of Arts held earlier this year.
This is not an expat Carnival!– Donald E. de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “A complete disaster,” were the words of commentator and social activist Mr Donald E. deCastro in describing the Road Town segment of the just ended 2013 Emancipation Festival Parade.
Make use of brass expertise that comes out the schools– Daddy Pitt
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Splash Band, Antoni ‘Daddy Pitt’ Tuckett, recently said it is time the brass skills of students leaving The Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) be utilized to keep the culture of music alive in the Virgin Islands (VI), a leading role that he and his members of the Splash Band are intending to take.
Cham, Small Axe create frenzy @ Carrot Bay Festival Last Lap
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – For more than an hour earlier today, August 11, 2013, fans were taken on a thrilling and extraordinary musical journey with Jamaican reggae & dancehall superstar, Damian Beckett aka Cham at the Benito Potter Festiville in Carrot Bay.
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