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SpotlightCalypso, respect and pageants
Ian JacksonApril 1, 2019Congratulations to all winners of Mas Domnik 2019 shows with especial the nine-time Monarch, the Dice. He is now in position number two in the region after Antigua's Short Shirt ...
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SpotlightKaiso, running with eyes open: A review of the Calypso ...
Ian JacksonFeb. 28, 2019Intruder's perennial persistence and his success at making the semis in 2019 after over two decade since he produced "Pull string" and "Cellular Phone" serves as a yardstick or measurement, ...
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SpotlightThe Kaiso Effect
Ian JacksonFeb. 22, 2019He hears the announcement on radio stations and it just jolts him as the decision he made last year- "I want to sing Calypso'. There are many things on his ...
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SpotlightNew year-old challenges
Ian JacksonFeb. 22, 2019Calypso is the event which takes centre stage as we begin the New Year and so there was a scramble for songs even when no calypsonian or prospective calypsonian, even ...
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SpotlightJudging Calypso in 2019
Ian JacksonFeb. 1, 2019No one can and should underestimate the role of judges in the Calypso art form, to be treated with such little importance as seems to be the case by the ...
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SpotlightBest of the Best
Ian JacksonDec. 26, 2018Hi fans of Spotlight, it's Best of the Best again as far as the arts is concerned and we start with the literary arts. The only novel published on the ...
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SpotlightLast Chapter, Book Close!
Ian JacksonDec. 22, 2018A country with only one bookstore; two weekly newspapers; where panel discussions and socio-political debates are almost non- existent; where Jaycees, Kiwanis and Lions Clubs can't get leaders in one ...
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SpotlightVideo games: not always a game
Ian JacksonDec. 22, 2018Undoubtedly, we have been appalled at the spate of killings, shooting and general violence that has gripped our island home Dominica. We have heard about escalating crime, for decades now, ...
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SpotlightSuccession planning in the arts
Ian JacksonDec. 5, 2018When our forefathers taught us various dances, to play the drums, relayed stories via the oral traditions or even to hunt, it was their way of preserving our traditions. I ...
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SpotlightMusic and Technology: Soon machines will replace musicians
Ian JacksonNov. 29, 2018Will technology replace human's musicians or will musicians just become obsolete? This might not have been considered a few decades ago but with the advances in technology in every facet ...
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SpotlightIn search of international recognition
Ian JacksonNov. 29, 2018Now that Independence is over I can truly reflect on an area that I am commissioned to contribute to as a free-lance writer of the arts. I sometimes wonder why ...
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SpotlightAnton & Fanatik are victorious at NCCU Cadence competition
Ian JacksonNov. 12, 2018It would seem that what Dice is to Calypso, Anton "White Fairy" Joseph is to Cadence competitions having convinced the judges for the fourth time with "Still Striving", a reflection ...
