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SpotlightNo Fanfare
Ian JacksonJune 10, 2021Over 30 years ago a journey began to review the arts first in the New Chronicle, the Drum, Independent, and then THE SUN newspapers. It was born out of a ...
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SpotlightDominica Institute for The Arts Excels
Ian JacksonJune 10, 2021"The Dominica Institute for the Arts (DIFA) is proud to highlight its students' successful completion of its 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and American Ballet Theatre (ABT)examinations despite the ...
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SpotlightSteve Hyacinth, the playwright, is being honoured
Ian JacksonMay 28, 2021There is no other name other than Alwin Bully that has done more for theatre arts in Dominica than Steve Hyacinth. Steve is an academic in every respect; a Dominica ...
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SpotlightCalypso: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Ian JacksonMay 28, 2021At a discussion on Calypso organized by DBS as part of its 50th-anniversary celebrations last month, held at the University of the West Indies, Dominica Open Campus, the treasurer of ...
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SpotlightFinancing Creative Industries
Ian JacksonMay 12, 2021This article is a submission to a CAPE Music Business Programme. It is timely in this Covid environment as it provides some introspection to would-be entrepreneurs in the creative industry ...
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A review of "Benefits of Your Struggle"
Ian JacksonMay 9, 2021Two weeks ago, on Good Friday, I was invited to a free showing of a play written and directed by Cathy Augustine which was staged at the People's Pentecostal Church ...
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CAPE, DIFA and the performing arts
Ian JacksonMay 8, 2021Dominica Institute for the Arts has matured to a facility for training artisans locally in the arts to have an esteemed matriculation board, the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination Board to ...
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SpotlightOssie- the commentator
Ian JacksonApril 12, 2021For well over 40 years now, when Dominicans are in the comfort of your home and can't go to a Calypso show or watch a cricket match they tune in ...
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SpotlightWe Need to Toll the Bell for Singing Sandra
Ian JacksonApril 12, 2021One of the greatest performers seen on a stage or rather the greatest woman who ever performed on a Caribbean stage, Singing Sandra, died on 28 January 2021. Some of ...
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SpotlightRe-name Arawak "Bully's House of Culture"
Ian JacksonMarch 11, 2021It happens everywhere, except in Dominica where we don't seem to honour artistes or sports personalities by immortalizing their names through the renaming streets, edifices, parks etc. In fact, the ...
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SpotlightCalypso 2021 semis Review
Ian JacksonFeb. 13, 2021This review of the 2021 Calypso semi-finals is devoted to the memory of Dominican Calypso stalwarts Alick Volaire, former Calypso writer; Wilfred "Pancho" Jno Baptiste, pannist and Calypso enthusiasts and ...
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SpotlightA New Year's Artistic Resolution
Ian JacksonJan. 28, 2021Will it be resolved by 2021 that musicians and performing artistes will form a union or be part of the umbrella of the Association of Music Professions (AMP) where their ...
