{"id":351182,"date":"2025-10-28T10:36:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=351182"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:36:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:36:55","slug":"chief-cultural-officer-says-theres-more-to-come-for-47th-independence-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/chief-cultural-officer-says-theres-more-to-come-for-47th-independence-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Cultural Officer says there&#8217;s more to come for 47th Independence celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_351184\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351184\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-351184\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Earlson-Matthew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"563\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-351184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earlson Matthew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief Cultural Officer Earlson Matthew is reminding the general public that there is a lot more to experience as Dominica celebrates its 47 years of progress and purpose.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His comments came during a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo we are just coming off one of our biggest World Creole Music Festivals as we celebrate 25 in 25. But that&#8217;s not the end of the independence season,\u201d Matthew said. \u201c There&#8217;s still the Miss Wob Dwiyet Pageant to come. As you know, we have seven beautiful young ladies vying for that title. And that&#8217;s taking place at the Massacre Indoor Sporting Facility this Wednesday the 29th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cRemember, Friday\u00a0[October 31]\u00a0is Creole Day\u2026\u00a0\u00a0And we have a\u00a0National\u00a0Dress\u00a0Parade on the streets of Roseau.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew said the Division of Culture is looking\u00a0forward to making history on that day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRemember on that day we&#8217;re promoting the National\u00a0Wear\u00a0and we\u00a0are\u00a0inviting everyone to join us,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew added, \u201cAlso, the National Cultural Gala is on Sunday, the 2nd of November at the Botanic Gardens, the National Day Observance Ceremony on the 3rd, and the National Day of Community Service on the 4th.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chief Cultural Officer Earlson Matthew is reminding the general public that there is a lot more to experience as Dominica celebrates its 47 years of progress and purpose. 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