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A rainy, but grand Kadoo -
Mon, 2011/08/01 - 4:54pm
By Gercine Carter
Dark clouds looming overhead failed to dampen the mood of thousands of charged-up Kadooment revellers gyrating and Jonesing behind music trucks, as they awaited their turn to hit the road in today’s Grand Kadooment.
Twenty-three costumed bands assembled at Warrens, St Michael, to...
Dis Gotta Be Mas -
Sun, 2011/07/31 - 8:00pm
Kings, queens, politicians and party people came out to “play mas” in Strathclyde, St Michael last night when the Lynden Grove Foundation held its annual Crop Over fete.
With the customary theme Dis Gotta Be Mas, and held under the patronage of MP for St Michael North East Mia Mottley, the fete did...
Blue Print for jamming -
Sun, 2011/07/31 - 6:41pm
It was a rain dance at the George Washington House this morning when Island Mas held it’s breakfast party Blue Print.
Not even the threat of a Tropical system affecting Barbados could stop the jam which had party people jumping and waving in the mud and rain.
For them it was the last lap before the...
A bigger Jouvert Jam -
Thu, 2011/07/28 - 8:14pm
by Davandra Babb
It will be one big jouvert party this year for the annual Foreday Morning jam.
This year, a whopping 23 bands will take to the road early Saturday morning and bring the streets of Bridgetown alive. Last year, only 15 bands participated in the jump.
Co-coordinator of the foreday...
Mikey delivers at Party Monarch -
Wed, 2011/07/27 - 6:34pm
MICHAEL “MIKEY” MERCER has been in the runner-up position in the Party Monarch competition on three occasions.
His fortunes improved to the tune of $107 500 last Sunday night, when he took the prize car and $10 000 as winner of the 2011 competition.Mikey came through the bottom of the stage and...
Ricky Jordan reviews the Semifinals -
Sat, 2011/07/23 - 7:00pm
by RICKY JORDAN
THE PIC-O-DE-CROP finalists chosen last night at the Garfield Sobers Complex were not my nine.
I had, at the end of the first half: TC, Adonijah, Popsicle, Blood, Khiomal, Adrian AC Clarke, De Announcer, Eric Lewis and Smokey Burke. By the end of the show, however, I had dropped...
The power of the spoken word -
Fri, 2011/07/22 - 1:57pm
by John Sealy
THE WORD was the force when the First Citizens Crop-Over Read-In entitled Origin/Ality, came off at the George Washington House last night. A National Cultural Foundation production, Read-In reflected diverse perspectives of each reader on the world’s happenings conveying...
Sister Marshall and Joseph Niles honoured at Gospel concert -
Thu, 2011/07/21 - 4:35pm
by Ricky Jordan
Has Jesus ever failed you yet?
He has never, never, never, never...failed Sister Marshall.
She sang this over and over to the audience at the Steel Shed last night, getting the backing band to rhythmically punctuate each "never" and "no" in the song He Never Failed Me Yet, and...
Pan can dun! -
Mon, 2011/07/18 - 1:13pm
BS&T PAN PUN De Sand has earned its place on the Crop Over calendar as one of the more looked forward to events annually. Those who turned up on the stretch of beach called Brandons, which runs along the Spring Garden Highway, said so in their thousands yesterday.
From the opening act Eastland...
Sweet pan jam -
Sun, 2011/07/17 - 1:10pm
NO RAIN could stop the pan jam.
Hundreds converged on Independence Square tonight for the annual Pan in de City which saw performances from Pan Extreme, Barbados All Stars and Banks Sound Tech.
The sweet songs of pan filled the air as the three orchestras took turns playing popular hits for the...
Battle for Sweet Soca crown -
Sat, 2011/07/16 - 4:08pm
It will be a ding dong battle for the Sweet Soca crown at McEnearney Quality Inc 98.1 The One Soca Royale on July 25 at Busy Park.
The order of appearance for the Sweet Soca competition in the McEnearney Quality Inc 98.1 The One Soca Royale are as follows, Mike Thompson: Coming Soon, Biggie Irie:...
Pantabulous time in the City -
Sat, 2011/07/16 - 2:35pm
by Davandra Babb
Patrons perusing Bridgetown last night had a Pantabulous time in the city.
Dancing and grooving to the soothing sounds of pan, not even intermittent showers could stop the large crowds that gathered in front Dacosta Mall and between Cave Shepard and Norman Center from having a ball...
18 named for Pic-O-De-Crop Semifinals -
Thu, 2011/07/14 - 4:43am
CAVE SHEPHERD All Stars has taken the lion’s share of the 18 Pic-O-De-Crop Semi-finalists announced at the National Cultural Foundation around 2:28 this morning.
All Stars has five semi-finalists; House of Soca and De ADC Digicel Big Show and House of Soca three each; Super Gladiators and Bacchanal...
Black Pawn out this Crop Over -
Mon, 2011/07/11 - 8:04pm
ANTHONY BLACK PAWN BLENMAN had a vision of participating in Crop Over this year.
The demands of his business did not allow for that, however, and his sights are now set on the Sweetest Summer Festival for 2012.
Black Pawn, who took the calypso title in 1980 with The Right To Criticise and...
Finalists in the Juniors competition named -
Mon, 2011/07/11 - 12:57pm
by Yvette Best
WILL THE CLARKE sisters do a double in the 13 to 18 category again this year?
Will Jazz-Z take the eight to 12 crown now that his main competition in the form of his elder brother Myles-Z is out of the way?
The answers to those two questions will be known on July 23, when the...