Tag: crop over festival
Junior Monarch semi-finalists announced
Kenaz Bit Bit Walker will perform first during the calypso category at the semi-finals of the Scotiabank Junior Monarch Competition, while Jade Leilani Roach...
Plans to test waste water for drugs
Local researchers are hoping to test partygoers’ waste water to discover how many new psychoactive substances are being used in Barbados.
And if research officer...
Crop Over designer Gwyneth Squires passes
Veteran band leader and one of the Crop Over Festival’s top designers, Gwyneth Squires, has passed away.
Head of Kontact Band and former president of...
Betty West wins Festival Designer award
Veteran masquerader Betty West has won the coveted Best Festival Designer – The Robert Weekes Award in this year’s Grand Kadooment.
West, with her portrayal...
Young musician relishing Crop Over exposure
Every year trumpeter Erin Hazlewood looks forward to playing with the Stray Cats calypso tent band.
Playing for more than ten years now, the graduate...
NCF moves to ease vendors
The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) has slashed the cost of stalls for vendors at some Crop Over events and given free spaces to those...