Barbados Music Awards Out, Caribfest In
Big News from the Timeless, the Barbados Music Awards will be going regional! From next year the Barbados Music Awards will be no more but will be replaced by the “Caribfest Awards” a brand new initiative from the Ronnie Morris/Russell Ruck Timeless team.
The Caribfest Awards will be seeking participation from artistes in Antigua, Bermuda, Guyana, Haiti, Trinidad, Cuba, U.S territories Puerto Rico, and U.S Virgin islands etc, all the territories in the region.
Ronnie said that funding had becoming problematic as it related to the Barbados Music Awards but there was more potential sources for funding an awards competition which encompassed the Caribbean.
It was stated persons in the different islands had been very receptive to “Caribfest” and after its start up respective governments will be approached for their support.
Here is how the nomination process will work for “Caribfest”; there would be a committee of 20 persons that would be selected from the islands along with 5 international judges, the committee would then nominate artistes from all the areas. The eventual winners would be decided by the voting public from throughout the region.
In response to persons including myself, who expressed concern over the demise of the Barbados Music Awards especially after the excellent show which was staged on Sunday, Ronnie stated, if enough funding was made available to Timeless, they might still do the Barbados Awards event but it all depends on the support they get.
Ronnie wrapped up by saying local artistes now having to compete with regional counterparts for awards would now raise the bar as it relates to entertainment standards.
At the conclusion of the press conference there were no snacks served, which was ok cause I am not one of those people who go to events looking to get things to eat, so I did not notice there were no snacks nor drinks.
Boyce is out





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