Have we totally disconnected ourselves from our festival culture?

The Weekly Gleaner;  September 4, 2002 ;     551 words ......Fine Arts, Gospel Song Competition, Visual & Literary...style" when the JCDC Festival Song Showcase plays Brooklyn...Hibbert, the first festival song winner back in 1966...first and only female festival song winner; and Blacka...

JAMAICA-MUSIC: TOOTS HIBBERT'S PLACE IN THE REGGAE CONSTELLATION

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  January 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ......reputed to have sung the song that gave the name to the...triumphs in the national festival song competition and the landmark "Hibbert...in the post-independence festival song competition -- which he won three times...

Toots rocks Wellfest concert

The Weekly Gleaner;  June 1, 2005 ;     204 words ...WHEN FREDERICK 'Toots' Hibbert of the Maytals, winner of the first Festival song competition in 1966 with Bam Bam and the 2004 Reggae Grammy with True Love, finished performing at the Emancipation Park, New Kingston, on...

Large cash awards for West Indian parade

The Weekly Gleaner;  July 5, 2007 ;     287 words ......awards for best float, masquerade band and dance troupe. They have also added a prize category for best festival song. The song competition is on-going in various clubs and churches around the City. The winner in the song category will receive...

Roy Rayon shines at Festival finals

The Weekly Gleaner;  July 17, 2008 ;     467 words ......Rise and Shine, he Won his fourth Festival Song competition last Saturday night at the National...Thanks And Praises at the event dubbed Festival Song 2k8 What A Bam Bam. But Rayon was...you'll get in the result. I believe a Festival song has three ingredients: good rhythm...

Jamaica 40: Come join the party!

The Weekly Gleaner;  September 4, 2002 ;     393 words ......the thrilling vibes of the Jamaica Festival Song and Concert Series' sprawling celebration...The concert series, which features festival song winners spanning several years, has...in the nation's history." Among the festival song winners who have confirmed for what...

Music is his path now

New Straits Times;  September 1, 2001 ;     561 words ......win at the ICOM Millenium Patriotic Song Competition 2001. Eena Houzyama writes. WHEN Shanon...College Of Music) Millenium Patrotic Song Competition 2001, he was speechless with happiness...mother informed him about the ICOM song competition. Shanon, a reporter for a dotcom company...

Patriotic response to song competition

New Straits Times;  September 1, 2001 ;     181 words ...New Straits Times 09-01-2001 Patriotic response to song competition Edition: 2* Section: Music THE ICOM Millenium Malaysian Patriotic Song Competition 2001 held at the Auditorium Perdana, Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur saw some distinguished guests...

Patriotic spirit reigns at Merdeka Eve celebration

New Straits Times;  September 4, 2002 ;     303 words ......for children to a patriotic song competition. There was also a cultural...Mohd Yassin. The patriotic song competition comprised Chinese and Malay...Participants of the patriotic song competition. (Copyright 2002)

Pilita launches 1st World Song Competition.(Celebrity World)

Manila Bulletin;  April 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Another song competition was launched recently and no...Aptly billed as Pilita's World Song Competition (PWSC), it was inspired by Pilita...PWSC is the first ever world song competition of its kind, Pilita said. It...

Blind winner rejects sympathy theory Italian singer says she won contest...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 2, 1998 ;     232 words ......a Miss Italy pageant and captured this year's San Remo song competition has brushed off suggestions that sympathy not talent was...the favorite going into the popular five-night San Remo song competition. TV viewers, voting by telephone, determined the winner...

Arts: Classical - Wigmore Hall international song competition; Wigmore...

The Independent - London;  September 22, 2001 ;     504 words ...THE WIGMORE HALL International Song Competition, held every two years, is almost what it says it is...interested. There were fears, though, that she wasn't what a song competition jury was looking for. After protracted deliberations...

Blind Italian singer and beauty contestant defends her achievements

AP Online;  March 1, 1998 ;     257 words ......a Miss Italy pageant and captured this year's San Remo song competition has brushed off suggestions that sympathy _ not talent...the favorite going into the popular, five-night San Remo song competition. TV viewers, voting by telephone, determined the winner...

BHARAT VIKASH PARISHAD SONG COMPETITION HELD

The Hindustan Times;  October 8, 2007 ;     522 words ......The State-level National Group Song Competition (NGSC) hosted by the Dispur branch...has been organising patriotic group song competition among students with a view to inculcate...held at Ujjain while Sanskrit group song competition will be held at Faridabad. About 5...

MUSICIANS SING PRAISES OF COMPOSER EDGEWOOD SONG COMPETITION HONORS...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  April 9, 2005 ;     631 words ......a music society and international song competition in the Finnish musician's honor. Today...artistry for the third Yrjo Kilpinen Art Song Competition. The free, triennial event, which...Third International Yrjo Kilpinen Art Song Competition. * When: Today at 2 p.m.: Semi-final...