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The Dominica Festivals Committee has officially unveiled part of its line-up for the 17th edition of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF), to be hosted at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th October 2013.<\/p>\n

The Festival was launched at the Krazy Koconutz on Monday evening and among those in the line up is Zouk pioneer, Kassav.<\/p>\n

The line-up also includes Fitzroy Williams, Marchel Montano, soca king of Trinidad; Busy Signal of Jamaica; Tito Puente Jr, Latin jazz musician; Nigerian group Bracket; Carimi and Nu Look of Haiti; zouk artistes Jean-Marc Ferdinand, Patrice Haulman and Alex Alexie, and zouk love crooner Orlane.<\/p>\n

Local talents set to appear include Triple Kay and a number of calpysonians such King Dice, Tasha P , Daddy Chess, Hunter and Daryl Bobb.<\/p>\n

The rest of the line-up will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n

At the launch it was revealed that visitors to the festival spend a total of $2.5-million in Dominica.<\/p>\n

Chairman of the Discover Dominica Authority, Beniot Bardouille, described WCMF as an “important event” which helps in bringing out the talent “of our people and our country.”<\/p>\n

Telecommunications giant, Digicel, is a Gold partner in WCMF 2013 while Discover Dominica Authority is the Headline partner and The government of Dominica is the Presenting partner.<\/p>\n

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