NASSAU, The Bahamas \u2013 The Department of Youth in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture announced recently that the 2011 E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival is scheduled to begin March 1 at the Lucaya Convention Centre in Freeport, Grand Bahama.<\/p>\n
According to a statement, the Festival’s Grand Bahama adjudications will run until March 11.\u00a0 New Providence will follow, starting on March 14, and running through March 25.<\/p>\n
Beginning in April, the statement added, adjudications will begin in the other Family Islands.\u00a0 Abaco will lead this list on April 4,\u00a0 and ending with Inagua later in the year, the statement said.<\/p>\n
In Grand Bahama Drama and Music Adjudications run March 1-11, Dance Adjudications run March 5-7, 11 and Arts and Crafts Adjudications are on June 3.\u00a0 In New Providence Dance Adjudications run February 28 \u2013 March 4, Music and Drama Adjudications run March 14 \u2013 25, and Arts and Crafts Adjudications are on June, 1.<\/p>\n
Entries are now being received from New Providence and Grand Bahama.\u00a0 Entries will be received until February 18, in both locations.\u00a0 The following are the 2011 dates for the Family Islands: Abaco,\u00a0 April 4 \u2013 8; Eleuthera, Harbour and Current Islands,\u00a0 April 11 \u2013 14; Ragged Island, April 15; Mangrove Cay, Andros, April 18; Moore’s Island, Abaco, April 19; South Andros, May 5; Rum Cay, May 6; Farmer’s Cay, May 17; Black Point, May 17; Bimini, May 9; Long Island, May 10 \u2013 11; San Salvador, May 12; Berry Islands, May 18 \u201319; Cat Island, May 20, 2011; Crooked Island, 24; Long Cay, 25; Acklins, May 26; Exuma, May 27 \u2013 28; North and Central Andros, May 30 – 31; Mayaguana, 1 and Inagua, June 1 and 2.<\/p>\n
The statement noted that dates are subject to change and if there are any further questions, interested persons may contact Keva Cartwright at 502-0632 or 502-0600.<\/p>\n
The Department also identified the adjudicators for this year’s Festival.\u00a0 The Choral and Instrumental Music Adjudicator is\u00a0 Ms. Helen Peloquin.\u00a0 Ms. Peloquin graduated from the Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal Canada in 1974, with honours.\u00a0 The Conservatoire is a Performing School similar to Juliard, in New York or McGill University in Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n
The Curriculum included Harmony, Solfege, Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Music Arrangement, Analysis, Music Arrangement and Multiple Performance.\u00a0 She studied with Isabelle Nef in Annecy, France in 1974. She was a Performing Artist from 1975 \u20131995 and was a cellist for the Ottawa Chamber Ensemble in 1989. She was also a Cellist for the Auckland Symphony Orchestra in New Zealand.\u00a0 Presently, she is Principal Cellist, Librarian, Tutor, Webmaster and Secretary for the Bahamas National Symphony Orchestra.\u00a0 She is also the founder of Strings n’ Tings and co-founder of the Nassau Chamber Ensemble, in 2009.<\/p>\n
Lawrence Carroll returns as Dance Adjudicator and he began his dance training with the New Breed Dancers in Nassau.\u00a0 Later, he travelled to Toronto, Canada, to advance his studies at Ryerson University, where he studied Theatre Arts and graduated with Honours.\u00a0 Also at the Canadian College of Dance, he studied classical ballet with the Royal Academy of Dance and modern dance and national dance with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.<\/p>\n
After graduating from Ryerson University, he began teaching at the National Dance School and later went to A. F. Adderley, C.C. Sweeting and D. W. Davis schools, among others.\u00a0 Mr. Carroll has represented The Bahamas at many regional and international festivals throughout the years, including Commonwealth Arts Festival (Edmonton, Canada), CARIFESTA Barbados, CARIFESTA Jamaica, and CARIFESTA Cuba.\u00a0 He also was a part of Ministry of Tourism promotional tours to Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh.\u00a0\u00a0 James Catalyn also returns to the Festival as Drama Adjudicator.<\/p>\n
Mr. Catalyn studied drama at De’ Paul University in Chicago, Illinois and graduated with honours. He has had the good fortune to adjudicate in many different venues throughout the years, the statement said.\u00a0\u00a0 He is the winner of numerous awards including the Chamber of Commerce Distinguish Citizen Award; the International Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellows Award; the Delta Sigma Sorority (Bahamas) Performing Arts Award; the Meta Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts; the 1st Identity Artist Award, among many others.\u00a0 Bahamian culture has been brought to the forefront by the prolific writings of Mr. Catalyn whose works have been performed on stage, radio and throughout the islands of The Bahamas.<\/p>\n
James and his friends have also represented The Bahamas internationally in New Zealand, Trinidad, and Bermuda and at the United Nations in New York City.\u00a0 The statement added that his insistence that Bahamians speak\u00a0 “Bahamianese” has made many\u00a0 more aware of the beauty and uniqueness of Bahamian dialect, and in his writings and performances, he accentuates the beauty of our language, while encouraging us to be proud of this aspect of our culture.<\/p>\n
The Arts and Crafts Adjudicator is Kishshan Munroe.\u00a0 Born in Nassau, the statement said, Mr. Munroe is “the product of a social, cultural, and historic continuum of artists in a region where the tradition of art-making is expressed through its many layers of varied and complex histories”.\u00a0 Mr Antonius Robert is one of his early mentors.\u00a0 He received his first degree from The Savannah College of Arts & Design, where he doubled majored in Painting and Visual Effects and completed his under graduate degree with honours.<\/p>\n
Mr. Munroe went on to further his studies at his alma mater on a graduate fellowship and concluded his studies, again, with honours.\u00a0 Mr. Munroe’s works have been exhibited both in the Caribbean and the United states and are included in many public and private collections.\u00a0 He is also the recipient of numerous awards and accolades including grants from the Endowment of the Arts (Bahamas), The Governor’s Choice Award (Bahamas) and the Combined Merit Fellowship at the Savannah College of Art & Design.<\/p>\n
By Bahamas Information Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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