I am not in the habit of kissing and telling! Hon. Walwyn
Grilled by the media at a press conference on February 8, 2012 at the Moorings about the dollar value of Government’s input, Minister Walwyn refused to give a figure but rather admonished the media to focus on the show itself.
“The support is sufficient for them to have a good show...I am not in the habit of kissing and telling, we are going to make a significant contribution to the show. I think what the effort should be placed on is not necessarily the cost but the benefit that the show will have towards our young people. That is where I think we should focus our efforts. And as we have seen in the past we have Travis Walters now who is on his way to stardom and it creates an opportunity for other Virgin Islanders to be able to get to that limit so I think really the cost is immaterial. I think we should be looking at what these young men have done and what the future looks like for the young people of the Territory. I admonish you to pay attention to that,” Minister Walwyn said.
One reporter tried to justify the need for an answer on the issue of accountability, however, Hon. Walwyn said accountability has never been an issue and doesn’t expect it to be with this Government either.
Meanwhile, President of Follow the Movement (FTM), Craig Lake said the cost for the entire show is still being calculated but also encouraged the media to stress on the show itself and promised that at the end of the event such information would be divulged.
The 5th annual Follow The Movement Top 7 @7 Music Awards Show will be headlined by the Virgin Islands very own Travis Walters, now known as Travie Rozae. Also headlining the Awards Show will be Verse Simmons, who is known for his hit single “Boo Thang”, and Rock City out of the US Virgin Islands.
According to FTM, four “important" men will be present at the show to assess Travis’ performance.
The individuals include Devyne Stephens, who is an American Record Executive and musician and Kevin Hall, an executive Vice President of Creative at Universal Music Group. Also assessing Walter’s performance will be Aaron Schuck, who is the Director of A&R at Atlantic Records and Shawn Holiday, who is the senior Vice-president of Interscope.
“This year we also have four important labels, who are going to be present to tell us what they are looking for and assess the artistes that we have in the BVI, those on the show and even those that didn’t make it,” Lake had stated.
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