Archive for February, 2006

Bahamian plays

Nico says:
I’ve been getting phonecalls and emails lately (thanks Monique Toppin!) from students at the College of The Bahamas asking about Bahamian plays.
Being an educator at heart, and knowing that there isn’t anything valuable to be gained by simply telling students the answer to the question, as that allows their brains to remain off (there’s [...]

E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival

The Festival opened on Friday night. Adjudications start in March.
Thespians are reminded that anything can be adjudicated — even full-length plays. Simply register by filling out an entry form at the offices of the Cultural Affairs Division (still currently found in the Ministry of Education Building on the top floor) with information, and [...]

Press coverage of National Cultural Conclave

So far, I’ve seen a couple of stories. There was one in the Guardian (I’ll post the link soon as I find it online), and here are two that were in the Journal:
Renewed Focus On Culture
Council For National Arts And Culture Proposed

Report on National Cultural Conclave

The conclave took place over three days, from Thursday to Saturday, as announced here on this site. From my point of view as Director of Culture, it was a successful three days. Our greatest challenge was getting the word out to the cultural community at large, which is sprawling, disjointed, and made up [...]

Site Look (2)

I’ve fixed the problem with the coding of Philip’s pictures, and they’re back up, as is the format of the site. All’s well.

You Can Lead A Horse To Water – Production Photos

I recently posted pictures on the Arts Discussion Board from the GVSU production of You Can Lead A Horse To Water that I directed in the fall of 2005. To get things started, here is a photo of the set followed by one with the actors who played Lawyer and Son:

Site look

I’ve adjusted the site template for a short while, because the posting of the Horse pictures seems to have affected the two-column layout of the official Ringplay template, and I don’t have the time right now to tweak it. I’ll be back and I’ll fix the layout, but for now, we’ll use this one.

What is Africa To Me Exhibition

Site upgrade

It’s about time, I think, for Ringplay to invest in the latest release of WordPress, which powers this blog. I’ve tested the upgrade on a test blog, and trust that all will be all right. If not, there’ll be a backup to restore everything as it was.
The site may be down for about [...]

Cultural Conclave Programme

NATIONAL CULTURAL CONCLAVE
PROGRAMME
Thursday 23rd February, 2006
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. – Official Opening Ceremony
10:30 am. – 11:00 – Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 SESSION I
Presentation: The Current Status of Bahamian Culture
Brief Response to presentation
Plenary discussion on process
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – L U N C H E O N
2:00 p.m. – [...]