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Band sends message: SAVE WE from the perils -
Sat, 2013/05/25 - 6:11pm
Organizers of the Lucky Horseshoe and Jump Promotions Kadooment band SAVE WE! are expecting more revellers to jump with them this year.
Owner of Jump Promotions Paul Johnson said they had made a few changes to the costumes for 2013 that they hoped would draw more participants. The band is in its...
An Epidemic at Glebe Cavalcade -
Sat, 2013/05/25 - 3:39pm
by Toni Yarde
The third Lime/Hott 95.3 Cavalcade billed The Epidemic, infected a crowd ranging from young to old as hundreds of soca lovers converged at The Glebe, St George last night. For the most part the National Cultural Foundation must be commended for staging an enjoyable...
Youngsters getting ready for kaiso competition -
Wed, 2013/05/22 - 6:32pm
Topical issues dominated the preliminaries of the Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch held over the weekend at the National Cultural Foundation’s dance studios in West Terrace.
The preliminaries saw 69 juniors competing in two categories – 30 in the eight to 12 category and in the 13 to 18 category....
No CBC airplay for Fat Pork -
Wed, 2013/05/22 - 7:21am
By Ricky Jordan
CROP OVER 2013 seems to have registered its first airwave casualty.
Soca artiste Mikard, whose popular song Fat Pork has been rocking on YouTube and Starcom Network’s radio stations, says he has received no airplay from the state-owned Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) since...
Belleplaine bubbling with hits from Barry and Biggie Irie -
Sun, 2013/05/19 - 3:30pm
The second LIME/HOTT 95.3 edged a notch higher musically as it moved north to Belleplaine St Andrew on Saturday.
One of the high points of the night was when entertainer Barry Chandler made his first appearance in four years on stage after struggling with a substance abuse problem.
During the night...
Pork Limes coming to town -
Thu, 2013/05/16 - 6:25pm
by Yvette Best
Bridgetown will be alive every Friday night when one of the biggest events on the Crop Over calendar takes up residence for just over two months.
The Contact Band Pork Lime, previously held at Bartel Sports Club, Wildey, will kick off at the Fort Willoughby car park on June 7....
Put more in Cavalcades, says Grant -
Thu, 2013/05/16 - 6:08pm
Culturist Rodney Grant has called for a fine-tuning of the Crop Over cavalcades so as to give patrons wider exposure to indigenous talent.
Grant told CROP OVER CENTRAL that the cavalcades, which are the main lead-up to the festival, should not be about calypso alone.
He suggested that a theme could...
Ramases busy singing about Privilege -
Thu, 2013/05/16 - 6:03pm
WHEN it comes to composing for Crop Over, Ramases Browne’s circuits are never busy.
Even as far away as in France the man who brought us All Circuits Are Busy came up with a composition called Privilege which he hopes would resonate with the listeners this Crop Over.
Browne, a sommelier, was...
Crop Over Cavalcade in Dover attracts hundreds -
Mon, 2013/05/13 - 2:52pm
It was infectious.
And from the looks of it, the hundreds who turned up at Dover Playing Field in Christ Church last Saturday for the first LIME/HOTT 95.3 Cavalcade produced by the National Cultural Foundation were caught up in the “outbreak”.
by John Sealy
The almost five-hour show provided a...
Gwyneth Squires wins big on Kadooment Day -
Mon, 2012/08/06 - 8:28pm
Gwyneth Squires is once again in the winner's circle.
She has copped the George Dear Award for Best Band on the Road and the Robert Weekes Best Festival Designer with her band Barbados In Living Colour.
Squires also won the best band on the road for Kiddies Kadooment with her Fruits Ah Plenty.
The...
Mikey wins Tune of the Crop -
Mon, 2012/08/06 - 7:24pm
Mikey has done it again.
He has won the Tune of the Crop with We Loose.
This is the fourth big win for Mikey this Crop Over season. He has already won Party Monarch, Sweet Soca and People's Monarch.
In the results announced by the National Cultural Foundation, two of Lil Rick’s songs have tied for...
Cohobblopot setbacks -
Mon, 2012/08/06 - 6:47pm
The Cohobblopot flames flickered then died when headliner Lil Rick, also known as Hit Rick, had his set cut short at Kensington Oval yesterday morning.
The show started on time and was running on schedule according to the sheet given to the media by the NCF. With Soka Kartel doing their 35-minute...
Wet start for Kadooment Day -
Mon, 2012/08/06 - 6:17pm
This year’s Grand Kadooment Parade got off to a wet and ragged start this morning,with several revellers continuously running in and out of their bands when the Grand Kadooment parade moved off from Warrens.Despite the ominous threat of rain, the religious band Walk Holy was first to move off,...
One big luau at Island Mas Breakfast Party -
Mon, 2012/08/06 - 10:48am
George Washington House at the Garrison, St Michael was transformed into one big luau village yesterday for the annual Island Mas Breakfast Party.
Patrons, in their colourful outfits, complete with leis around their necks to match the Hawaiian-themed all-inclusve event, were jamming from early in...
It's Kadooment Day in Barbados -
Mon, 2012/08/06 - 9:29am
THE ANNUAL Crop Over Festival climaxes today with Grand Kadooment and thousands of revellers set to take to the street – regardless of the weather and costume pricing concerns.
There were some grumbles about cost, but yesterday people were still doing last-minute shopping for costumes.
And the...