Gov’t investing $50K in local musical artists– Premier Dr Wheatley
This was announced briefly by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) during a press conference held yesterday, June 2, 2023.
Money is an investment - Premier Wheatley
“The government is investing $50,000 into our Virgin Islands Artists, this investment is to help our artists to grow, develop, and take their artistry to the next level,” he said in a brief statement.
The Premier added that the money and its investment will be managed by the VI Festival and Fairs committee, with more announcements to come through the committee.
“We have artists in the Virgin Islands who have a great deal of promise, a great deal of talent and I wanted to help support these artists to take their artistry to the next level. It could be that artists need to be able to facilitate partnerships with international recording artists,” he said.
The Premier said that the financing could be to support artists in various other ways, but he detailed that the money is not a loan and would not have to be paid by the artists, however, the Festival & Fair Committee will determine the best use of the money for each particular artists.
Raising the profile of local artiste
“But the ultimate goal is to be able to have our artists raise their level to be able to be more successful as artist, greater visibility to have better quality sound, better quality songs that hopefully will make international airways,” he said.
The Premier added that success for local artists will mean more promotions for the VI as a result of the investment the government is putting in, “They are already ambassadors for the BVI, they will be even better ambassadors for the BVI as a result of the investment,” he added.
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21 Responses to “Gov’t investing $50K in local musical artists– Premier Dr Wheatley”
Up to now DESPITE REPEATED REQUESTS they ain’t remove the green cloth that is glaringly obvious on the lamppost across from The New view Inn but they pass through there on a regular and a set of them meet by the bar nearby on Fridays.
Some of us hate to see taxpayers money spent on sh`**, especially when we have so many other challenges that they claim there is no money to address. I’m sorry if that offends you.
R city 15k
Vibe 5 k
Monea 5 k
Plus Djs
Sound system 40k
Stop taking people for foul
They full of #!k*& Roads in a mess. Can't get increments for years. We done work for it. Whatever *#$k they dream bout is what they decide to do. Really.
What I hope you would do, is reconsider, and give 500 grand instead, for such a worthy cause!!
Thought Lorna and Kye and some sort of common sense.