A daytime event has been launched by the Ministry of Tourism and Culture in the absence of Creole In the Park (CITP) which will not be staged this year.
The event dubbed, “Creole Rendezvous” is one of the newest events on the 2018 Independence Calendar of Activities.
The announcement was made by Cultural Officer, Earlson Matthew, during the second World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) press conference held at the Prevo Cinemall on Wednesday.
Last week, telecommunications company, Flow, the organizer of CITP, announced in a release that the event will not be staged this year.
The release stated that one year after the massive destruction of Hurricane Maria, the company which experienced severe damage to both its mobile and fixed network infrastructure, has been battling with delays in restoration of service to customers in certain areas and is making this its number one priority.
Flow’s General Manager, Jeffrey Baptiste, said the company’s goal is to fulfill its commitments to customers to provide super-fast broadband connections and to launch a superior television product in the market.
Creole Rendezvous is the Ministry of Tourism and culture’s effort to fill the gap created by the absence CITP.
“With the assistance of various strategic private sector partners the 4-day event seeks to compliment the flagship World Creole Music Festival as it reverts to the original vision of a daytime event that showcases exclusively local contents and performances,” said Earlson Matthew of the Cultural Division.
He said the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and the Government of Dominica, by extension, would like to officially recognize and thank FLOW for their “unwavering contribution to the successful development of a daytime event that can now be looked upon as indispensable.”
Matthew said the event will adopt a familiar 4-day format with an assortment of themes in line with the rediscover Dominica campaign.
He said from a tourism standpoint, the days visitors will spend on island, will increase revenue earned by all stakeholders, “as well as give these visitors the full Creole experience.“
“The event will provide a platform for local artistes to showcase their talent as well as an opportunity to share and preserve seemingly endangered traditions to a very large and diverse audience,” he remarked.
So will it be at the Gatdens? Who is on the lineup etc? Need more deets.
Good move my government. Keep on with the good work, there will always be negative talk and haters.
Forward we go and back ward never. Visitors as well as locals are looking forward to the 4 day event. Lets rock and roll. Labour working.
You are a serious NUT CASE… You are totally blinded by that red magic of this corrupt and incompetent PM
Labour in the park…it have a story behind tht ehh…i hear pple sayin govt give digi some contract flow had…d beff blurry…i js kno for DA to grow skerrit mst go…d economy not growing…titanic had music playing while d ship was sinking…
My friend “missy white” you not making any sense smh… Everything is a politics involve in something
I guess you did not read the statement properly. And there some of you all liking that kinda comment awa wi