UPDATE: VI edges Guyana to win NLBC Intl. Night
Reigning champions Guyana, was edged out by two points following the judging of each tent. According to the organisers, the countries were not judged for their cultural presentations and the parade of flags while the quiz, which had the theme " Know the Bible, Know the World Quiz", was for the participation of individuals and not necessarily a specific country.
The quiz competition, which brought the curtain down of the night's activities, was won by Shaina M. Smith.
In the quiz competition Monica Williams-Hogan won second place while two combined youth teams won the 3rd and 4th places respectively.
It featured four rounds of 10 questions each, with questions ranging from world politics, Bible basics, Bible Geography and current events. According to the organizers, the top teams were chosen based on scores acquired from each booth's. The areas of judging included punctuality, information, design concept, and gracious atmosphere.
Prizes were sponsored by Digicel and LIME. Both companies provided one Blackberry phone while CCT Global Communications sponsorship was in the form of two $100 gift vouchers.
See previous article posted March 25, 2013
NLBC International Night draws huge support!
- Pumpkin products feature brought out the best
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – “This is so great, this shows what really makes up the British Virgin Islands. We do not only have people from the Caribbean living here but we have people from all over the world and this event here today showcases the culture of all our members and even those who are not in our church,” said member if the New Life Baptist Church, Mrs Marieta C. Flax-Headley.
Mrs Flax-Headly is the Chairperson for the Public Relations Committee of the New Life Baptist Church which took on the challenge of staging its first International Night. The even was held on the lawns of the church at Duffs Bottom, Tortola on Saturday March 23, 2013.
Last evening the venue was home to hundreds of persons, not necessarily only members of the New Life Baptist Church or other churches across the Virgin Islands, but persons from all walks of life, some not even affiliated to churches.
It was an evening that showcased the diverse culture of the people that reside in and make up the Virgin Islands, through the display of each country’s main and common dishes, national wear, depiction of their culture through songs, drama, poetry and dance. Among the highlights was the parade of flags and a quiz competition. “The parade of flags gives every one the opportunity to learn so much about each country’s culture,” said Mrs Headley. “Tonight is nothing less than splendid as we look and learn what each country has to offer and how blessed we are as British Virgin Islands to be home to so many nations,” she added.
The participating countries were Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Phillipines, The United States of America and Virgin Islands.
According to the Mrs Flax-Headley, the event previously hosted was called ‘Caribbean Night’, however, due to a number of challenges there was a lapse in hosting the event for a few years. She said that the bishop of the church John I. Cline had always felt passionate about having the event returned. “But we decided that we were going to call it International Night because when we look around our church we had people from all over the world and not just the Caribbean so he decided that everyone should be represented and we should get a chance of learning all the cultures of all the people who worship with us,” explained Mrs Headley.
Apart from the other features, the were some hidden objectives; one was to promote the importance of punctuality, a discipline that has been seen as a challenge in the daily operations of the activities across the country; and the second was to show that ‘Pumpkin’, one of the main foods of the Virgin Islands, is not unique to the country but is used in a wide variety of dishes around the world. “Each country had to produce something made of pumpkin and it was marvelous to see some of the things pumpkin is used to make We also had the aspect of time where each country had to be punctual. You come late you are out, you cannot participate and it was really remarkable to see how well all the countries did in ensuring they were punctual,” said the chairperson.
From the opening of the gates on the 4 P.M. hour, persons flooded the church’s lawns, first checking in at ‘immigration’ where they were able to purchase food tickets and given a brief rundown of what to expect as they toured each country’s tent. Once cleared, many persons were seen eagerly getting acquainted with the variety of foods and for some they were back at 'immigration' before they would have gone halfway through the line of tents as they couldn’t resist sampling almost every dish and had to get more food tickets as a result.
The parade of flags, cultural show and quiz also had the anticipated overwhelming support of persons because as the evening turned into night, the crowd grew larger. Several persons could not contain themselves to sitting or just merely standing around as the performances took centre stage. This resulted in many taking to the floor and performing dances to the musical performances that were on stage.
It was the quiz competition, however, that brought the curtain down on the night's activities and there was no doubt that it was an evening well spent and one that has the potential of being even bigger the next time around.
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32 Responses to “UPDATE: VI edges Guyana to win NLBC Intl. Night”
Any, I will say this again..... There is no indigenious BVIslander. Our ancestors where all brought here by Slave ships. These same slave ships had slave pens located on other parts of the BVI, such as peter island; some of our ancestors were transported to other caribbean countries from the BVI. Deal with it people...
The BVI was built on diversity and will progress that way.... we as a people need to just humble ourselves and pray God heal this land we love and call home.
they have brought the American saga here to the B.V.I.they are just using these churches to get rich
of people the never contribute anything to society.of all the homeless people we have here walking
around here in our society what do they do for them.its always a competition N.T.C.O.G vs N.L.B.C who
is going to out spend who,who go the biggest gathering,tell me religion has come to dollars and cents.