{"id":83050,"date":"2013-01-08T11:39:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T15:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=83050"},"modified":"2013-01-08T14:47:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T18:47:02","slug":"efforts-being-made-to-improve-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/culture\/carnival\/efforts-being-made-to-improve-carnival\/","title":{"rendered":"Efforts being made to improve Carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_83053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83053\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83053\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/carnival-launch-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/carnival-launch-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/carnival-launch-642x428.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/carnival-launch-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/carnival-launch.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carnival costumes on parade at the media launch of Carnival on Monday evening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chairman of the Dominica Festivals Committee (DFC), Collin Piper has stated the DFC will be trying to improve the carnival product in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year we are indeed trying to change things for the carnival season, we are keeping what has worked for us and we are trying some new things to continue to improve the product,\u201d Piper said during the media launch of Carnival 2013 at the Fort Young Hotel on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>According to Piper, one of the main changes for this year\u2019s season is giving sponsors more value for money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the opening parade each corporate sponsor will have time in front of the camera to be interviewed, explain their floats, and explain their products,&#8221; he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman also mentioned that promoting more activities at Carnival City is another change for the 2013 carnival season. According to him, this may be a challenge, however efforts are being made to make the venue more attractive so it could be a venue of choice for carnival events.<\/p>\n<p>Piper also said that placing more concentration on the Miss Dominica Pageant is another priority for the DFC.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Minister for Culture, Youth and Sports, Justina Charles, urged the youth to get more involved in the carnival activities by joining a band and displaying their skills and talents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage the youth to be innovative, learn, practice and showcase your artistic skills. It is an opportunity to highlight your creative skills and to blend colour, skill and style that will provide that level of exuberance without eroding the uniqueness of our traditional, cultural heritage,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She reminded the public that carnival is a time of freedom of expression and that bad behaviour will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>Charles also urged everyone to come on board to make the season a successful one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chairman of the Dominica Festivals Committee (DFC), Collin Piper has stated the DFC will be trying to improve the carnival product in 2013. \u201cThis year we are indeed trying to change things for the carnival season, we are keeping what&#8230;","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":83053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carnival"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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