{"id":290807,"date":"2022-09-30T10:50:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=290807"},"modified":"2022-09-30T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T00:35:18","slug":"festival-dwives-kick-off-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/festival-dwives-kick-off-this-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Dwiv\u00e9s kick off this Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-290839\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Dwive-2-642x748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Dwive-2-642x748.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Dwive-2-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Dwive-2-412x480.jpg 412w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Dwive-2.jpg 762w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Roseau, Dominica \u2013 (September 30, 2022) <\/b>Dominica Festivals Committee (DFC) and Discover\u00a0Dominica Authority (DDA) will kick off the series of Festival Dwiv\u00e9s today, September 30th , as\u00a0part of the promotion for the 22nd World Creole Music Festival (WCMF).<\/p>\n<p>Every Festival Dwiv\u00e9 will provide a thematic feel as each one features a different music genre.\u00a0Today\u2019s Festival Dwiv\u00e9 will have a cadence and compas feel\u00a0and will feature D Rush, DJ Oozie, DJ Pro, Sankofa and\u00a0AfriKulture Stilt Walkers. Season ticket specials will be on\u00a0sale for EC$300. The Festival Dwiv\u00e9s will be held every\u00a0Friday leading up to the World Creole Music Festival and will\u00a0feature a mix of local music and cultural talent. There will\u00a0also be opportunities to win sponsored prizes and purchase\u00a0season ticket specials.<\/p>\n<p>The DFC Hotspots also continue this Saturday, October 1st ,\u00a0at Tulips in Portsmouth. Patrons will receive chances to spin\u00a0the \u2018Festival Wheel\u2019 to win WCMF tickets, prizes from\u00a0sponsors and more!<\/p>\n<p>Discover Dominica Authority (DDA) extends special gratitude to this year\u2019s World Creole Music\u00a0Festival sponsors which include presenting sponsor, the Government of Dominica; headline\u00a0sponsor, Digicel; silver sponsors, Tropical Shipping and Coulibri Ridge; bronze sponsors, RCI\u00a0Guadeloupe, RCI Martinique, and premier banking partner \u2013 National Bank of Dominica;\u00a0corporate sponsors, Tranquility Beach, Belfast Estate\u2013Kubuli, Josephine Gabriel &amp; Co. Ltd., DBS\u00a0Radio, The Wave, Spektak TV\/Trace, L\u2019Express des Iles, and PDV Caribe Dominica Ltd.; and\u00a0business sponsors, Wandy\u2019s &amp; The Nook, Pirates Ltd., Carib, ABS Antigua, Hott 93\/GEM Radio,\u00a0Philipsburg Broadcasting, and Q95 (WICE FM). Special mention is made to partners CNC3,\u00a0Trinidad Express, The Sun, The Chronicle, Kairi FM, DOWASCO, DOMLEC, and MultiSolutions Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roseau, Dominica \u2013 (September 30, 2022) Dominica Festivals Committee (DFC) and Discover\u00a0Dominica Authority (DDA) will kick off the series of Festival Dwiv\u00e9s today, September 30th , as\u00a0part of the promotion for the 22nd World Creole Music Festival (WCMF). 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