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SpotlightLessons from Nevis
Ian JacksonAug. 12, 2017Without getting into too many specifics which could result in putting organizers and even countries in bad light, I have ventured to write this article more as a 'heads up' ...
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SpotlightOnce on this island
Ian JacksonJuly 30, 2017Never before had expectations preceded a theatrical production like this one first staged two decades ago; it did not disappoint. The second staging of Lynn Ahren and Stephen Flaherty musical ...
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SpotlightComfort Zone engages youth in music
Ian JacksonJuly 9, 2017It's the fourth year since a group of senior musicians and performers came together to engage youth in something different for the summer. It is recurring cycles that after exams ...
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SpotlightCadence music's dilemma
Ian JacksonJune 24, 2017Yes readers, you have heard me refer to this more than once but after hearing NCCU's announcement for registration of song for this years' Cadence song contest once more, I ...
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SpotlightJazz & Creole 2017 was a blast
Ian JacksonJune 18, 2017Inclement weather or an impending tropical depression was not enough to prevent the thousands who ascended the scenic Fort Shirley at the Cabrits in Portsmouth, the home of the 8th ...
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SpotlightA review of "I am the Boss", NDT's new theatrical ...
Ian JacksonJune 4, 2017It's over four decades now and thoughts written by Steve Hyacinth have been transferred to stage by the Methodist Youth Group, Goodwill School Drama Club and for decades now with ...
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SpotlightReview of Beats and Bites- a Sisserou Singers production
Ian JacksonJune 4, 2017Different as always, and classy, is the way I would describe the Sixth Form Sisserou Singers latest presentation " Beats & Bites" staged this time at the Fort Young Hotel. ...
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Heritage of the Kalinago people
Ian JacksonMay 21, 2017Yes, indeed the chant "Columbus lie" has been immortalized in Calypso by Shadow and Burning Spear who maintained that Europeans were unable to conquer the fierce resistance of the Kalinago. ...
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SpotlightCostumes, Revelry and Pan
Ian JacksonApril 14, 2017Carnival precedes Lent and so this final article on the aftermath of carnival takes a look at what makes carnival fun. When we speak of fun, we talk of clean ...
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SpotlightDerek Walcott passes on
Ian JacksonApril 7, 2017Another Caribbean great is called to the Great Beyond and again there was no fanfare.
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SpotlightMusic and the Eco tourism linkage
Ian JacksonApril 1, 2017Dominica's National Park was declared a World heritage Site in August 1997 making it one of the few acclaimed heritage sites in the English speaking Caribbean. Within this park, and ...
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SpotlightDominican Calypso: A SWOC analysis
Ian JacksonMarch 22, 2017Dominica's Calypso has outlived all others for its social political commentary. Even the formidable home of Calypso, Trinidad and Tobago, will confess that the Soca/jump-and-wave-craze, be it "groove" or "power" ...
