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AnimeKon Announces Seventh Guest For World of Wonder

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AnimeKon Announces Seventh Guest For World of Wonder

At this point it’s safe to say that the ninth iteration of AnimeKon Expo – AnimeKon IX: World of Wonder – has more guests than the convention has ever had in it’s almost ten year existence. For the first time in the convention’s history, there will be seven featured guests in attendance.

The latest guest, announced only minutes ago, is none other than Kevin McNally, who played fan favourite character in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise First Mate Joshamee Gibbs. He will also be recognisable to fans of Doctor Who from his appearance in “The Twin Dilemma” as Hugo Lang, Downton Abbey in which he assumed the role of Horace Bryant and the CW series Supernatural where he played Frank Devereaux.

Joining McNally at the convention will be fellow actors Manu Bennett, Olivia Olson and Natalie Skyy, cosplayers Kay Bear and Brit Bliss and comic book artist Charlie Adlard.

AnimeKon also recently announced cosplayer Jade Valkyrie as their first, official Geekcation Ambassador.

For more information about Kevin McNally, visit AnimeKon’s “Guests” page. Tickets for Animekon IX: World of Wonder are now on sale and are available from Ticketpal Caribbean. For information on the different types of tickets and ticket outlets that they can be purchased from, go to Animekon’s website here.

Watch the AnimeKon IX: World of Wonder trailer, AnimeKon VIII: LIM8TLESS After Movie, Cosplay Music Video and Dare to Bare Catamaran Cruise highlight video below.

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PRESS RELEASE: Lil Rick and RPB join Machel Montano for RISE: Soca Kingdom

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PRESS RELEASE: Lil Rick and RPB join Machel Montano for RISE: Soca Kingdom
Photography by: Ikenna Douglas

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Wednesday, July 7th, 2018 —Preparations for RISE: Powered by 98.1 The One featuring Machel Montano and Super Blue on July 31st at the Kensington Oval are moving full steam ahead, with the addition of recently crowned International Bashment Soca Monarch and reigning Party Monarch King, Lil Rick, and reigning Sweet Soca Monarch Red Plastic Bag to the line-up.

This from local producers Mastermind Creative Productions, who are joining forces with international promoter Jay Upscale Marketing and Promotions, with support from the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. to bring one of the Caribbean’s biggest soca acts back to Barbados for this year’s Crop Over festival, as a stop on his worldwide Soca Kingdom Tour.

Mastermind Creative Productions, comprised of three local entertainment veterans, Alain Hinds, Kirk Brown and Lester Brathwaite , are no strangers to the business. The three have hefty resumes amongst them. Hinds has produced several successful events including the Naniki Music Festival, while Brathwaite has staged regional and international events in New York and Guyana. Kirk Brown is a household name in local entertainment. In addition to being an artiste, accomplished entrepreneur, DJ and actor, Brown also has the unique advantage of being the only radio personality with shows on four of the major radio stations during the Crop Over season.

“We are ready for an event of this magnitude; in fact we are eagerly looking forward to it,” Hinds said. “We have been fine tuning our strategy and our plans as it relates RISE and each of our skill sets will be brought to bear to create an extraordinary experience. It is our pleasure to bring Machel, Super Blue and the Best of Crop Over 2018 together on one stage for a splendid display of Caribbean unity through music.”

Brown echoed similar sentiments, noting that the event will be unparalleled in its delivery.

“We know Machel and the rest of the cast will deliver a fantastic show – of that there is no doubt. What we as the organisers are working on is ensuring that the event experience matches that high energy and class. Patrons will get the value they deserve from this production and we are really excited to see all that we have been working on for the people of Barbados and the Caribbean, unfold,” he said.

The team also mentioned that fans of the Caribbean superstar are already taking no chances and have stormed ticket box offices in anticipation of the show. Early bird tickets are already gone and ticket sales continue at a steady pace.

“We expect the trend to continue and encourage persons to get their tickets as soon as possible to avoid disappointment,” Hinds stressed.

VIP tickets are also on sale for those who wish to capitalize on the experience. The package includes drinks, with a signature beer garden and cocktails bars, food and a special vantage point from which to take in all the action.

Several more artists are set to be named in the coming weeks. They will be joined by a full line-up of the island’s top deejays including Ras, DJ Indian and Chris Gayle, Dave Smooth and Bill Gates, Salt and Don, John Doe, and Alvin Toppin.

PRESS RELEASE: D’Junction Receives Welcome for Crop Over 2018

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PRESS RELEASE: D’Junction Receives Welcome for Crop Over 2018
Bridgetown, BARBADOS ; July 14, 2018 : The D’Junction app, developed in Trinidad and Tobago, has received a warm welcome to Crop Over 2018 in Barbados.
Ria Karim, Developer of the D’Junction app, guides Minister of Creative Economy, Culture and Sports, John King, through her app, D’Junction

John King, Minister of Creative Economy, Culture and Sports (Barbados) , got a demonstration of the app yesterday and endorsed it as a tool to help take culture and the Crop Over product into the digital age.

The app’s developer, Ria Karim, a Trinidadian businesswoman, cited examples of technology at use for events around the world, and noted that it is her intention that we in the Caribbean will similarly leverage digital platforms to reach our existing consumers as well as new markets around the world. It is, she added, a step towards exporting our unique and rich culture globally, and ensuring that we are communicating with our audiences in the most appropriate and expected ways.

“Originally designed to help masqueraders track their bands during Trinidad and Tobago’s carnival, the app offers a unique geo-locator function,” she explained, “which is also incorporated in the event details.” This makes it extremely useful for those attending parties in unfamiliar locations.

Baje International and its 1200 revelers will be the first to pilot the app this year and CEO Richard Haynes embraced the solution provider. The app is already live and capable of guiding a user to Baje’s headquarters. On the road, it will give ongoing updates as the band moves along the Kadooment route to allow for easy and on-time tracking.

Free for download to both android and smart phone users via the App Store or Google Play,  the app also has a comprehensive listing of events with details and mapping.

“Promoters interested in having their events listed can simply tag D’Junction. We will share event info once they encourage usage of the app. Note also that the app is currently sharing information about the hottest privately hosted events as well as bringing focus to the more traditional schedule,”  Karim added.

The app has banner space available for advertising and persons interested in its introductory advertising rates can email isolutionscbean@gmail.com; a local representative will provide details.

“We immediately offer a regional and global following; and are happy to note that interest is rapidly growing among party goers in Barbados,” Karim stated, adding that it is her intent for the app to be used at other regional festivals to the benefit of all.

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AnimeKon Announces Sixth Guest and Fan Contests for World of Wonder

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AnimeKon Announces Sixth Guest and Fan Contests for World of Wonder

Image may contain: 1 personSons of Anarchy fans are sure to be in for a treat when they attend AnimeKon IX: World of Wonder this August 16th – 19th, because model, actress and dancer Natalie Skyy – who played Kiki, an Olsen Twin and a bartender on the hit show – will be guesting at this year’s edition of the convention.

Also announced was that there will be four fan contests this year; the Ramen Eating, Push-Up and Kamehameha contests – the usual staples – and making it’s return to the convention after a two year hiatus, KaraokeKon, which will be hosted by voice actress and singer, Olivia Olson. Participants are only allowed to sign up for two of the four contests this year.

To learn more about Natalie Skyy, visit AnimeKon’s “Guests” page. Pre-registration for the fan contests is available via the sign-up form.

Tickets for Animekon IX: World of Wonder are now on sale and are available from Ticketpal Caribbean. For information on the different types of tickets and ticket outlets that they can be purchased from, go to Animekon’s website here.

Watch the AnimeKon IX: World of Wonder trailer, AnimeKon VIII: LIM8TLESS After Movie, Cosplay Music Video and Dare to Bare Catamaran Cruise highlight video below.

https://www.facebook.com/animekonexpo/videos/1733660050062812/

https://www.facebook.com/animekonexpo/videos/1505533832875436/

 

 

AnimeKon Announces Fifth Guest for World of Wonder

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AnimeKon Announces Fifth Guest for World of Wonder

With six weeks left to go before the convention and one month since the last guest announcement, AnimeKon has revealed that the fifth guest for this year’s edition of the event, AnimeKon IX: World of Wonder, is comic book artist and U.K. Comics Laureate Charlie Adlard. Adlard joins fellow guests Manu Bennett, Olivia Olson, Kay Bear and Britt Bliss at the convention from August 16th to 19th. Adlard’s appearance is brought to the convention by local book shop Chattel House Books.

His most famous work is the comic book The Walking Dead. As stated on AnimeKon’s website:

“[Adlard] has been a veteran of the comic industry for over 20 years…In his time as a cartoonist he has worked on many other projects as far reaching as Mars Attacks, the X-Files, Judge Dredd, Savage, Batman, X-Men, Superman etc. and creator-owned projects closer to his heart like Astronauts In Trouble, Codeflesh, Rock Bottom, and White Death.”

To learn more about Charlie Adlard, visit AnimeKon’s “Guests” page.

Tickets for Animekon IX: World of Wonder are now on sale and are available from Ticketpal Caribbean. For information on the different types of tickets and ticket outlets that they can be purchased from, go to Animekon’s website here.

Watch the AnimeKon IX: World of Wonder trailer, AnimeKon VIII: LIM8TLESS After Movie, Cosplay Music Video and Dare to Bare Catamaran Cruise highlight video below.

https://www.facebook.com/animekonexpo/videos/1733660050062812/

https://www.facebook.com/animekonexpo/videos/1505533832875436/

 

PRESS RELEASE: Carita Dee to Host New LIVE Nightly International Syndicated TV Talk Show

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PRESS RELEASE: Carita Dee to Host New LIVE Nightly International Syndicated TV Talk Show

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — Executive Radio/TV Producer, International Speaker, Author, Inspirational Talk Show Host Carita Dee will host and executive produce a new nightly lifestyle talk show, The Carita Dee TV Show beginning in July 2018, it was announced today by Carib Vision News. Carita Dee, a trusted name in the spiritual arena and a women’s advocate and philanthropist, will lead a team of lifestyle experts on a wide-range of topics. Incorporating Carita’s every woman’s persona, humor and incredible transparency, as well as her digitally connected co-hosts; the show will offer a true cross-platform experience along with the icing on the cake, LIVE CALLERS & a LIVE SHOW ON FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE! The Carita Dee TV Show will broadcast from Bridgetown, Barbados syndicated into 30 countries in the Caribbean, the NY/NJ/Conn Tri State area and Canada.

Capitalizing on Carita’s established grassroots audience from her nightly radio show and her girlfriends’ tremendous appetite for lifestyle improvement content, Carita and her team will provide daily takeaway that is innovative, informative, inspirational and accessible. From relationships and beauty to empowerment and individual enterprise, the show will motivate her girlfriends to improve and enhance their lives by providing cutting edge guidance. Carita Dee will also welcome celebrities, internet influencers, experts and everyday people to share their own knowledge across a wide-range of topics that are important to her nighttime audience of girlfriends.

“Carita Dee is an enormous and vibrant talent with widespread appeal and we’re eager to introduce her new lifestyle show that will incorporate her personal message of self-improvement to our Caribbean/Latin America/Canada/UK marketplace,” said Loretta Skeete, Marketing Director of Carib Vision. “She is truly unique in that she is both inspirational and extremely relatable to women of all ages. With the fans that she built in the United States and Barbados, Carita Dee is more relevant and relatable than ever. She is the ideal personality to infuse lifestyle content with fresh energy, humor, and the practical, spiritual information the nighttime audience craves.”

“The fire to inspire women and help them to blaze new paths fiercely burns inside of me,” commented Carita. “I’m excited to be partnering with so many stations to usher in a new era of inspiration and entertainment that will inspire women to be the CEO of their lives. To my fierce family of future viewers: I can’t wait to shake up nighttime TV together. I have a lot of information to give and still lots to learn. Let’s do it!”

CARIB VISION — FLOW Channel 104; MCTV Channel 109; LIME Channel 103, DIGICEL PLAY 512

TRIDENT TV 10 – MCTV Channel 116. DIGICEL PLAY 10.

Soca on De Beach Cancelled

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Soca on De Beach Cancelled

Soca on De Beach, which was scheduled to take place at 4:00 PM this evening at the Drill Hall Beach, was cancelled due to the harm it posed – and likely had already done – to nesting turtles in the area.

In a live stream on the Barbados Sea Turtle Project’s Facebook page early this morning, field director Carla Daniel explained that Drill Hall Beach is the “primary nesting beach” for hawksbill turtles in Barbados. The hawskbill turtle is a critically endangered species on the brink of extinction. Daniels demonstrated the possible damage that has already been made to what she estimates may be close to 100 nests at this time, by fence posts driven into the sand, stages that were not raised, large concrete slabs and vehicles that were driven over the area, evidenced by tire tracks in the sand. Daniel also shared photos that she had taken during the night to the page.

Daniel, along with representatives from the National Conservation Comission (NCC), 4D Entertainment and Yello Barbados, gave an update to the situation this evening, which was live streamed on both the Barbados Sea Turtle Project and Yello Barbados’ Facebook pages. Daniel, an NCC and a 4D entertainment representative explained that a misunderstanding led to the situation. The Yello Barbados representative stated that there was no intention “to disrupt the nesting of [the] turtles, or to displace or to cause harm to any of our beaches…” and apologised for any “miscommunication or anything that was against what [their] intentions were.”

Watch the two videos below:

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Soca Royale Party Monarch and Sweet Soca Semifinalists Announced

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Soca Royale Party Monarch and Sweet Soca Semifinalists Announced

In a video posted to the Barbados Crop Over Festival Facebook page, the National Cultural Foundation tonight announced the seventeen semifinalist for the Party Monarch and Sweet Soca competitions. Each competition has one reserve. The two competitions, which are held together in an event called Soca Royale, will take place on July 29th at Bushy Park. The winner of last year’s Party Monarch competition was Lil Rock with his hit, “Energy”, and the winner of last year’s Sweet Soca competition was Red Plastic Bag with “Boat Ride.”

Here is the list of semifinalists:

Party Monarch

  1. Ashawnya – “Mess”
  2. B Moore Specific – “Out Ah Road”
  3. Chrissy D – “Rum and Bass”
  4. Faith – “Band of the Year”
  5. Kas Katee – “Izza Vibe”
  6. Kirk Brown – “De Challenge”
  7. Mac Fingall – “Blows”
  8. Marzville – “Waist Pun Fire”
  9. Mikey – “My Kinda Party”
  10. Mistah Dale – “Bold and Brave”
  11. Mr. Blood & iWeb – “Stomp”
  12. Mr Veejay – “Twin Brother”
  13. Nikita –  “Going the Distance”
  14. Ray Dainja – “We Festival”
  15. Sammijane – “Alive”
  16. Stiffy – “Lies”
  17. Reserve: Mighty Grynner – “Lock Dem Up”

Sweet Soca

  1. Adrian Clarke – “Soca You”
  2. Biggie Irie – “Country”
  3. Bo Bo – “Rain”
  4. Damian Marvay – “At Large”
  5. Imani – “All Day Long”
  6. iWeb – “Best In Me”
  7. Jamal Slocombe – “Rocker”
  8. Kirk Brown – “Still Jammin (Party Neva Ova)”
  9. Leadpipe & Saddis – “Blessed”
  10. Lil Rick – “Breakfast in Bed”
  11. Mighty Grynner – “Fix Muh Nuh”
  12. Mikey  – “Feteing Family”
  13. Natahlee – “In De Middle”
  14. Nikita – “Journey”
  15. Niqa – “For the Love”
  16. Sanctuary  – “Fete Loan”
  17. Reserve: Joaquin – “Tiny Winey”

For more information and updates about Soca Royal, visit the Barbados Crop Over Festival Facebook page.

Finalists for First Yello International Bashment Soca Monarch Competition Announced

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Finalists for First Yello International Bashment Soca Monarch Competition Announced

The public has voted and the panel of judges have made their decision; the twelve finalists for the first Yello International Bashment Soca Monarch Competition have been chosen. Thousands of votes came in from bashment soca lovers across the globe, from Sweden, to Switzerland, to the U.S.A. The names of the finalists were revealed at 3:30 PM this evening on 98.1 The One.

Just ahead of the announcement, it was regretfully revealed that Vincentian bashment soca artiste Dynamite had to withdraw from the competition. At the time of this article’s writing there was no word from the artiste addressing his withdrawal on his social media. He did, however, release the music video for his collaboration with Barbadian bashment soca artiste and reigning Bashment Soca Monarch, Stiffy, entitled “In Ah Style” this morning.

The twelve finalists are:

  1. Freezy – “Badang” (St. Lucia)
  2. Jagwa De Champ – “Face Down” (Barbados)
  3. Jah Reddis – “Bamm Bamm” (Barbados)
  4. Jus D – “Manager” (Barbados)
  5. Lil Rick – “Bend It” (Barbados)
  6. Marzville – “Roughness” (Barbados)
  7. Porgie & Murda – “Come Down” (Barbados)
  8. Rhea – “Bounce” (Barbados)
  9. Scrilla – “Ooh Ooh” (Barbados)
  10. Sita – “Hammer” (St. Vincent)
  11. Stabby – “Tongue Out” (Barbados)
  12. Stiffy – “No Boring Girls Allowed” (Barbados)

The first Yello Barbados International Bashment Soca Monarch Competition will take place on July 6th at Kensington Oval. The grand prize for the competition is BBD $80,000 (USD $40,000). To learn more about the Yello International Bashment Soca Monarch Competition, visit their website.

Vujaday Is Coming Back

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Vujaday Is Coming Back

In a post to their Facebook page earlier this evening, Barbados’ first and currently only electronic music festival – the Vujaday Music Festival – announced that they will be returning for a second year from April 3rd to 7th in 2019. The festival promised that for this go around they will have different locations, artists and parties.

The festival was first held just two months ago from April 4th to 8th, with live events at Pirate’s Cove, Bellevue Plantation, Copacabana and Cornwall House, as well as a VIP Party at Nikki Beach. DJs who performed include Andy Himself, Latmun, Green Velvet, Solardo, Lonely C, Jeff Kirkwood, Lost Boy, Papa Lu, Mikey Lion, Mark Knight, DJ Abraham, D. Luxe, Francesca Lambardo, Salome, Jenner, Nymra and Sofisticated and Kim P.

Vujaday was very successful in its first year, attracting large crowds for every event and receiving rave reviews.

For more information about the festival, visit their website here. View our highlight reel below and visit our Facebook page for photos. Read what we had to say about the fesitval here: Is Barbados Ready for House Music? – Vujaday Music Festival.

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