Dominica - LIME Creole in the Park 2009 – Day Four

Thousand of music lovers packed the Botanical Gardens Thursday for the forth and final day of the 2009 LIME Creole in the Park.

It’s been an amazing four days of Creole Food, Art & Craft, Creole Music and Culture, there were a few challenges this year including the weather.

The final day kicked-off with performances by Genesis Steel Pan, Karifuna Cultural Group, Nature Boys Band, and Dominican reggae artist Harry Mo cont./

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Dominica - LIME Creole in the Park 2009 - Day Three

The crowds continued to pour into the Botanical Gardens on day three of LIME Creole in the Park as local reggae band Caribbean Vibes, Midnight Groovers, Claudette “CP” Peter and Taxik Band out off Antigua were set to the stage.

Day three started off with performances by the Cool Steel, Pointe Michel Cultural Group, Kros Vybes, and the Waitukubuli Dance Company. cont./

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Developments in Dominica for 2010

1. The Waitukubuli National Trail set to raise the bar for Caribbean activity holidays.

The opening of the Caribbean’s first long-distance hiking trail within the next two years is set to attract a new wave of hikers to the Caribbean and boost the region’s credentials for adventure travellers.

Dominica’s Waitukubuli National Trail covers the length of the island from north to south, totalling 115 miles due to the mountainous landscape. It will take walkers around two weeks to complete the route. The trail is divided into 14 sections that vary in length and difficulty, with the longest segments involving walks of approximately eight hours. The segment divisions will allow walkers not wishing to hike the entire length to dip in and out of the route or just hike particular segments cont./

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Dominica - Heritage Day in the Twin Communites of Giraudel & Eggleston

The twin communities of Giraudel and Eggleston-the Flower Garden of Dominica- hosted Heritage Day this year on Sunday. Community Development Minister Loreen Bannis said the communities are well placed to host the activity. A number of activities including a church service, flower show and cultural gala highlighted the event. The iconic cultural figure 82-year old Anthony Harve was also recognized as the 2009 Cultural Elder cont./


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Dominica - LIME Creole In The Park 2009 – Day Two

Despite heavy rainfall in the earlier part of Tuesday morning, day two of LIME Creole in the Park when on as scheduled.

Day two started with a cultural performance by Paix Bouche Jing Ping,and was followed by one of Dominica’s young and upcoming bands - SOS Band cont./

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Dominica - LIME Creole In The Park 2009 – Day One

Day one of LIME’s Creole in the Park is officially over as the Fanatik Band brought down the curtains with a fantastic performance to what is considered to be the largest turn-out on day one since the event started seven years ago.

Creole in the park (”An Explosion of Creole Food, Art & Craft, Creole Music and Culture“) was created from the need for a day event during Dominica’s National Independence Celebration, but now in its seventh year the family oriented four-day event has grown into an experience beyond words and day one was no exception cont./

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Dominica - Cultural Finals Results & Cabrits Pictures

Cabrits Cruise Ship Berth in Portsmouth was the stage for the last final of this year's independence cultural dance competition, which took place last night.

Large crowds have attended this year's finals, which is an encouraging sign that Dominicans are still very much attached to their culture.

Both Ashton Riviere, acting mayor for Portsmouth, and Ian Dougles, minister for tourism representing the honourable minister for community development, spoke of the importance of culture.

"Culture defines a people", Riviere stated, "... and culture must be passed on."

For his part, Douglas spoke of the event as "a celebration of the richness and uniqueness of Dominica culture" which, he said, we should "try and preserve for posterity."

He reminded the Dominican people that each person is a "link in the chain that builds Dominica" and the country's most precious asset it is human resources.

Ashton Riviere also emphasized the importance of young people participating in these events: "young people need to be involved for culture to survive for generations to come." cont./

Courtesy of: Dominica News Online

Dominica - FEATURE: Ophelia Marie the Great Lady of Creole Music

Ophelia burst on the music scene in 1979 with her seminal hit "AIE Dominique" like a rocket from NASA. Though she had always been singing since she was a small child in Curacao where she was born, it was after she married McCarthy Marie that her career moved to another level. In fact "AIE Dominique” was written for the Creole song contest of 1975 which she handsomely won. Believe it or not but the beat was not a four to the bar cadence beat, but a 3/4 waltz time! It was Gordon Henderson of Exile One who suggested just before the recording in Paris in January of 1978, that the song should be done as a cadence...cont./


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Dominica - $100 million West Coast Road Project Set to Begin Before Year End

Official Signing of Contract...

Roseau, Dominica – October 13, 2009………Minister for Public Works and Infrastructural Development, Hon. Rayburn Blackmoore, acting on behalf of the Government of Dominica, has signed a contract with a Chinese construction firm, China Railway 17 Bureau Group Co. Ltd for the construction of a modern highway from the Capital City of Roseau to the Town of Portsmouth.

The signing ceremony for the construction phase of the road - approximately 44.877 km in length- took place at the Financial Centre in Roseau last Friday, October 9th 2009.

According to information revealed by officials from the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructural Development, the cost of the project will be in excess of ECD $100 million. It is anticipated the project will take about twenty-three (23) months to complete... cont./

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Dominica - LIME Launches 7th Annual Creole in the Park - 2009 Lineup

Well, Creole in the park fans, it’s that time of year again; the 7 Annual Creole in the Park has announced the lineup for this year’s festivities.

With a main stream lineup, which includes Internationally acclaimed Jamaican reggae artist Cecile is set to headline the 7th annual LIME Creole in the Park from October 26 – 29, 2009 at the Botanic Gardens.

This is the first Creole in the Park is staged under the company’s new brand as LIME which was launched approximately one year ago on the last day of CITP in 2008.

Other regional acts scheduled to headline the number one daytime event in Dominica during the Independence celebrations include...cont./

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Dominica - Banana Growers Story

In the Windward Island of Dominica in the Caribbean, 900 smallholder farmers produce17,000 tonnes a year of top quality bananas for export to the UK...

UK Supermarkets Warned Over Banana Price War

As growers in the developing world go out of business, fears are growing for the stability of some small economies dependent on the crop...


It started as a skirmish between supermarkets, of interest only to those in the grocery trade. But Asda's decision to repeatedly slash the price of its bananas now threatens to undermine the fair trade movement and spells catastrophe for those who work in the industry, according to leading organisations representing fruit growers.

Renwick Rose, the chief executive officer of Winfa – the Windward Islands Farmers Association, whose 4,000 banana farmers export almost exclusively to Britain, has described the price war as "a scandalous way of doing business at the expense of farmers" and warned it will plunge banana growers into a "race to the bottom" that will benefit no one in the long term.

He was speaking after Asda cut the price of its loose bananas to 38 pence a kilo, its sixth cut in six weeks and a move that placed acute pressure on rivals to follow suit...cont./

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Salisbury Enhancement Committee Presents Fete Bawi 2K9 Once Again

Sugar Fire La Peau Kabwit Band entertained a jouve' last year...

For the second time the Salisbury Enhancement Committee will stage Fete Bawi 2k9 slated for October 02 to 04.

The celebrations will kick start with a church feast at the St. Theresa Catholic Church on October 01 at 7 p.m. in Salisbury. The homilist is Father Nigel Karam.

A ‘Free up Friday’ activity will be held on the Salisbury beach at 8 p.m. with Club DVD and DJs Gold Finger and Spoiler providing entertainment.

On Saturday morning, the community will take to the streets for a jouve' jam supported by the Sugar Fire La Peau Kabwit Band. Following that farmers and vendors will gather in the village for a Journe la place Bawi (Market Day in Salisbury). Awards will be given to the best dressed vendor, the best decorated stall and the vendor with the most variety of produce. A ceremony with addressed from the Minister of Culture and Community Development Loreen Bannis-Roberts and a representative from the Ministry of Agriculture will also be held at 8 a.m. during the market day.

The Triple Kay International Band, Club DVD, DJ Gold Finger and Mr. Mixx will be featured on Saturday evening at the Salisbury Beach starting at 9 p.m

On Sunday Fete Bawi culminates with a grand finale on the block with Nite Force Sound Band from 4 p.m.

Courtesy of: Dominica News Online