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Grenada Classic Yacht Regatta 2008.

West Indies Events, organizers of the St. Maarten -- St. Martin Classic Yacht Regatta, announced today that a new Classic Regatta has been scheduled to take place in Grenada on the third weekend of February, from the 21st through the 24th.

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Rastafari Solidarity in St. Kitts.

Solidarity Rastafari Organisation will be celebrating the late Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie’s July 23 birthday at a convention in St. Kitts from July 17 to 25, the organisation’s public relations spokesperson Julia Elinjha disclosed.

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Reggae Your Blues Away.

777 promotions presents. Reggae Your Blues Away

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Spicemas 2007 launch.

The Grenada Carnival Committee says get ready for a bumper spice Mas 2007.Carnival 2007 will be launched on Friday

Former panorama winners Angel Harps.

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SpiceMas getting ready.

The Grenada Carnival Committee and the Grenada Cultural Foundation are holding a series of meetings with the different carnival groups as they prepare for carnival 2007.

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DC Caribbean Carnival.

The annual Extravaganza Parade will be staged along the Georgia Avenue corridor on Saturday, June 23, 2007.

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Pan in New York.

New York - Clearly, the place to be and seen this weekend if you are remotely connected with steelpan music is at the House of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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St Lucia Carnival launched.

St Lucia will be celebrating the cultural extravaganza that is Carnival with a calendar full of electrifying events throughout June and July.
With the introduction of a number of new activities, this year promises to be bigger and more diverse than ever before.

Carnival 2007.

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Soca kicks off St Kitts festival.

Club Kactus, which can easily be called St.Kitts Club,Party and Fete central, will no doubt live up to it's reputation as the #1 night spot in St.Kitts-Nevis this upcoming weekend when it plays host to SOCA MADNESS 2007.

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Great Steelpan Event.

Don't get locked out! Get your tickets now!Contact Glenda Gamory at pantonic1@aol.com or 1 (718) 434-0231,and Claudette Baptiste at 1 (718) 629-1330 for tickets.

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Cliff movie hits the stage.

More than 30 years after its release, 'The Harder They Come' is to be remade for the London stage.

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Nevis launch site of MTV’s TEMPO channel.

Tempo, a new cable television network dedicated to Caribbean music and culture,

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Rolex Antigua Sailing Week.

The Rolex Antigua Sailing Week, due for its 39th running from Sunday,

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Barbados introdcing Pan to schools.

From September the National Cultural Foundation (NCF);.

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Carribean Golf Championship in St Kitts.

According to Lee Bailey, President of the OECS Golf Association, plans are progressing well for the hosting of the 49th Caribbean Golf Amateur Championships (CGAC) in St. Kitts from 7th - 14th August.

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Caribbean Festival hosts 16 countries.

The organizing committee of the 25th Caribbean Festival said that 16 countries have confirmed attendance.
Its President, Joel James, said that this edition of la Fiesta del Fuego devoted to Venezuela, will gather 700 artists and personalities from Latin America and Europe to celebrate the 490th birthday of this city.

La Fiesta del Fuego 2004. Full story...

Caribbean youth to benefit from new programme.

Young people in the Caribbean will soon be introduced to a new programme aimed at bringing about a positive change in their lifestyle. This new initiative is called X-Change.by Kishawn Thomas.

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Caribbean Soca Queen going solo. BARBADOS' NO. 1 soca queen, Alison Hinds wants to "roll" onto the international market as a solo artiste.Soca Queen Alison.
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Caribbean Cable Network?

Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks on Tuesday said it plans to launch a Caribbean music and culture cable network by October 2005 across the region, and in North America by 2006.

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Square One equals Zero.

The 17-year-old musical group which went on sabbatical two months ago, has disbanded and reformed itself with fewer members, under the title Square Roots.

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Black British Musical in Westend.

A British musical with an all black cast opens on Monday hoping to smash the glass ceiling campaigners say has confined home-grown black drama to the theatrical fringe.

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