15 grand up for grabs in Cadence Lypso competition
Dominica News Online - Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 at 8:05 AM
Webster Marie, last year’s winner, during his performance
$15,000 is up for grabs for the second consecutive year, as the National Cooperative Credit Union has officially launched its 2nd Cadence Lypso competition.
The event, geared at promoting the art form in Dominica, was launched at the NCCU’s office on Monday.
Chief Cultural Officer Raymond Lawrence, is pleading with all persons capable of effectively competing in this contest to give it a shot.
“The competition helps to strengthen culture. It’s important for the private sector to continue to support the arts because government cannot do it alone,” he said.
According to Lawrence, the competition provides an opportunity for artistes to perform.
“The importance of having shows is that it gives them the opportunity to excel in their field,” he added.
Coordinator of the event Marcel Harrigan, is also calling for local businesses to support this art form.
Any individual or group is eligible to participate in the competition once the individual/s is national of Dominica.
Part of the criteria is that only one song per individual or group is allowed, which should not be longer than seven minutes.
2012 Cadence Lypso Monarch Webster Marie, says he will be defending his title when that show is held on October 19.
Director of Tourism Colin Piper says the competition will help the tourism industry achieve its goal of 90,000 visitors by 2015.
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Webster Marie, last year’s winner, during his performance
$15,000 is up for grabs for the second consecutive year, as the National Cooperative Credit Union has officially launched its 2nd Cadence Lypso competition.
The event, geared at promoting the art form in Dominica, was launched at the NCCU’s office on Monday.
Chief Cultural Officer Raymond Lawrence, is pleading with all persons capable of effectively competing in this contest to give it a shot.
“The competition helps to strengthen culture. It’s important for the private sector to continue to support the arts because government cannot do it alone,” he said.
According to Lawrence, the competition provides an opportunity for artistes to perform.
“The importance of having shows is that it gives them the opportunity to excel in their field,” he added.
Coordinator of the event Marcel Harrigan, is also calling for local businesses to support this art form.
Any individual or group is eligible to participate in the competition once the individual/s is national of Dominica.
Part of the criteria is that only one song per individual or group is allowed, which should not be longer than seven minutes.
2012 Cadence Lypso Monarch Webster Marie, says he will be defending his title when that show is held on October 19.
Director of Tourism Colin Piper says the competition will help the tourism industry achieve its goal of 90,000 visitors by 2015.
Copyright 2012 Dominica News Online, DURAVISION INC. All Rights Reser
DOC dispute unfortunate – IOC delegate
Dominica News Online - Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
IOC delegate Richard Peterkin is in Dominica to address a dispute between the IOC and its affiliate members
An International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegate, who is presently in Dominica, has described a dispute between the Dominica Olympic Committee (DOC) and some of it affiliate members as “unfortunate.”
St. Lucian, Richard Peterkin, met with both parties on Monday night at the Fort Young Hotel for about four hours and said the entire matter “could have been avoided.”
“I don’t have all the facts,” he told state-owned DBS Radio. “I am not sure everybody saw it coming because if so, they would not have let it happen.”
The DOC and some of its affiliate members have been at loggerheads since January 24, 2013 when a meeting was held to elect officers to the DOC executive.
The members complained there were irregularities during the elections.
They subsequently wrote to the DOC general secretary instructing that a special meeting be convened “under the powers of Article 18.1 of the Bye-Laws of the Dominica Olympic Committee,” in order to address their concerns.
The meeting, held on on May 16, descended into chaos and a resolution was passed giving the DOC executive 21 days to hold an Annual General Meeting and fresh elections but the DOC questioned whether this was necessary and referred the matter to the IOC.
The affiliate members then wrote to the IOC saying they were ‘aggrieved’ at the manner the matter was being handled by the DOC executive and asked for its intervention.
Peterkin’s visit to Dominica is in response to the request from the affiliate members and he said the task now is “to find the best way of doing things without having someone’s nose out of joint.”
“We all know you cannot have two winners in a race,” he remarked. “And there is going to be somebody who is going to be unhappy for the next couple of months but let’s hope it is mild…”
He pointed out that it is the responsibility of those running national associations to understand their constitutions. “So you should never go to elections unprepared and if you had a problem, you would have brought it up there and then at the election and not wait months afterwards,” Peterkin stated.
He said differences cannot be ignored and they need to be addressed somehow.
Meanwhile President of the DOC, Felix Wilson, told DBS that the meeting between the two parties was “conducted well” and he had “no qualms” over what the affiliate members had to say.
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