{"id":35981,"date":"2011-05-25T11:45:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T15:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=35981"},"modified":"2011-05-25T14:24:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T18:24:14","slug":"local-artiste-disgusted-by-dfc-short-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/business\/local-artiste-disgusted-by-dfc-short-payment\/","title":{"rendered":"Local artiste disgusted by DFC short payment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daddy Chess<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At least one local artiste is expressing open disgust at the Dominica Festivals Committee (DFC) on claims that artistes are being short changed.<\/p>\n

Last evening the committee held its prize giving ceremony for winners and participants in DFC-organized events and competitions leading up to Dominica\u2019s Carnival 2011.<\/p>\n

But according to Daddy Chess, the winner of this year’s Power Soca Monarch Competition, artistes are being short-changed because the DFC has removed 20 percent of what they were suppose to earn.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a slap in the face to remove 20 percent without any indication or communication from the DFC that this was going to happen,\u201d he said in an interview with Dominica News Online.<\/p>\n

Financial reward for participants in the Soca Competition has decreased over the last three years. In 2009, the winner of the competition got a reward of $15,000. In 2010 the champion was rewarded $10,000 and a bike.<\/p>\n

This year, according to Daddy Chess, the DFC promised $5,000 for the winner of the Power Soca Monarch but when the cheques were opened last night, after the ceremony, it reveal less than expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe putting our hand in our pocket to put on a good show, we have to pay for costumes and dancers and for them to get inside,\u201d Daddy Chest complained.<\/p>\n

Concerning the cost of preparation for the show Daddy Chess said, \u201cWe are all in the red.”<\/p>\n

The Former Calypso King now Soca artist said attempts were made to contact the DFC for an explanation on the matter but to no avail.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe going to fight this, we totally not accepting that, we not going to back down and let this continue,\u201d he vowed, indicating that local artist are currently trying to revamp the now dormant Association of Music Professionals.<\/p>\n

DNO is trying to reach the DFC for their side of the story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least one local artiste is expressing open disgust at the Dominica Festivals Committee (DFC) on claims that artistes are being short changed. 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