NEW YORK – Creole Music fever is about to take over the Caribbean nature island of Dominica from Thursday October 30 to Sunday November 2 with the 12th staging of the World Creole Music Festival.
This sizzling festival is often described as one of very few indigenous music events in the Caribbean, and this 3 day event will also take place around the same time as the island’s independence anniversary celebrations. Those celebrations will include World Creole Day on Friday October 30.
The year’s lineup of performing stars will include immortal favorites such as Grammacks, WCK, Tabou Combo, Triple Kay International, Kassav and Midnight Groovers. Other exciting additions are Oliver N’Goma from Gabon, Djakout Misik, a popular Haitian band and Dominica’s own international sensation Nasio Fontaine. And to drive the festival lineup to insanely hypnotic levels, also add reigning soca king Machel Montano, Canadian songbird Tanya Mullings and reggae’s hit machine Sean Paul.
To ensure that the music and travel community have all the facts on this year’s event, two stalwarts from the Dominica Festivals Commission, Mr Val Cuffy and Mr Sobers Esprit were in New York on Labor Day weekend promoting the event at North America’s premier reggae festival, Irie Jamboree.
Cuffy and Esprit participated in numerous radio, print and television interviews on their whirlwind New York City trip as they shared details on the festival to enthusiastic music lovers. Both executives also participated in the on-stage presentation of Caribbean Olympians Aleen Bailey and Chelsea Hammond to the New York community.
Executives Val Cuffy and Sobers Espirit of the Dominica Festival Commission were among the guests attending the Irie Jamboree 2k8 concert in new York, where they promoted the upcoming Dominica Creole Music Festival taking place in October 2008.
(L-R) Irwine Clare, Team Jamaica Bickle; Olympian Chelsea Hammond, Sobers Espirit, Dominica Festival Commission (DFC); Val Cuffe, DFC; partially hidden – Lowell Hawthorne, ÇEO, Golden Krust Bakery; Joan Flowers Esq, Candidate for City Council; Kerri Ann Wright, Miss Jamaica/USA and Anthony Turner, Irie Jamboree publicist
Photo by: Alyson Ione
Since its inception in 1997, the World Creole Music Festival has attracted and showcased some of the best musical talent regionally and globally. The festival also affords numerous opportunities for visitors to savor the very tasty local cuisine and to explore the rich cultural heritage of the island of Dominica.
Concert tickets are on sale now and festival packages are also available at very affordable rates. For more, please visit www.wcmfdominica.com
