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Festival 2015 performers will be paid, 'trust me’ – Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith on Thursday January 21, 2016 acknowledged that Government should have paid local performers of Emancipation Festival 2015 before the end of last year.
Poor participation @ Festival Parade 2015
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A very late start of 3pm may not have been all that bad as the Emancipation Festival Parade in Road Town on August 3, 2015 would have probably been wrapped up way too early than expected.
Politicians put in spotlight @ Festival Calypso elimination
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- King Paido, Rockey, Ojinga, Queen Shereen, new comer Yung Blood, and Mighty Cloud were among those that gave the sizable crowd that gathered on Friday July 3, 2015 at Village Cay a taste of what to expect at this year’s Emancipation Festival 2015 Calypso Competition. And coming off elections season, it was not surprising that politics and politicians were the focus of most calypsonians.