An evening of splendor in all sorts of ways took place recently at the residence of the Ambassador of France, H.E. Gérard Araud, in Washington, DC. Celebrating the partnership of the Colour of Music, a black classical musicians festival and music students of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, guests were treated to a [...]
If you're in Washington, DC, you're missing out if you don't join the Colour of Music Festival and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts as they showcase the Colour of Music Virtuosi (all-female) Chamber Orchestra, which highlights the contributions of black female composers and presented in honor of Ellington's Co-Founder, Peggy Cooper Cafritz. Other [...]
My daughter Kandy did this. Alone. Just as she was abandoned pregnant, she wrote this book on her own. I’ve said before that it brought tears to my eyes, I bawled, I still feel pain when I see the book, but I also feel pride. Abandoned Pregnant reminded me, that I too, was abandoned pregnant. As [...]
I was honored to meet over 70 black classical musicians at Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh recently. Classical music played by those of your culture has to be experienced to be truly appreciated. Pittsburgh declared a proclamation that evening that they would honor the African American slaves...more on this later, but here's what CASOP is about: [...]
One of my all-time favorite actors, Sir Sidney Poitier, turned 92 this week - 20th February. He's an Aquarian like me, yey! I can remember as a child admiring him, and not only because he reminded me of my father but the roles he played made me aware of the virtues I wanted from men who would [...]
Here's another 40 year celebration. I've celebrated three so far...Maybe I should choose the number 40 in the lottery this week! Can you remember where you were 40 years ago? I was in Saint Lucia, and in fact, I was actually at the Independence ceremony. Do you recognise any of the places and people featured [...]
School days are some of the best days of our lives, yet we don't always realise this when we're attending. I was reminded of that when I met friends I'd attended secondary school with. It had been upto 20 years, maybe even 30 years, that I'd seen one or two of them. We hugged, laughed, [...]
I was recently in Saint Lucia celebrating the annual Nobel Laureate Festival. This year's theme was Celebrating Excellence: Forty Years On which celebrates that one of its Nobel Laureate's Sir William Arthur Lewis, received his prize for Economics 40 years ago. Sir Derek Walcott received his prize for Literature in 1992 and together with his [...]
The Nobel Laureate Festival features the Youth Art Exhibition featuring selected art work (painting, photograph or sculpture) of 16 to 20 year old youth. The exhibition is based around an interpretation of a selected piece of work by Sir Derek Walcott, or a quotation from the works of Sir Arthur Lewis. All art work selected [...]
Launching Saint Lucia's Nobel Laureate Festival is always a joy for me as I'm surrounded by people who love education and creativity. It also gives me an opportunity to meet new media personnel, colleagues and friends from the UK who come to Saint Lucia during this time. Through its many events, I feel proud to [...]
