🖐 I want to thank everyone who takes the time to read this blog. To date it was read/visited more than 2,600 times. So I am very pleased.
I want to greet the reader(s) visiting from Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Greece, Mexico, Sweden, Singapore, Turkey and the British Virgin Islands. We are all in this COVID-19 together, so let us keep praying for the front-line workers and those who have tested positive who have not recovered.
In Barbados our artistes have been lending their voices to the public awareness cause.
Let's begin with the Soca Queen herself Alison Hinds, who remixed one of her regional hits to promote hand-washing:
Proper Hand-washing to Combat COVID-19 – Alison Hinds
[thebgis March 2020]
Then there is the #extempochallenge begun by a former calypso monarch, Ian "IWeb" Webster on Facebook (to view you need to have an FB account as they're not on YouTube so click on the links below) ...
There were some real gems in reply:
Winner of the World Championship of Performing Arts, Trinity Clarke:
Gospel artiste, Arnal "Gozzy" Goslin:
Calypsonian, Colin Spencer:
Here is Antoine Williams, whose comedic acting skills won him acclaim as Brother Daddy in televised skits in the '80s, in character:
Another popular Crop Over soca artiste who accepted the challenge is Natalie "Nathalee" Burke. She is the niece of the late William "Smokey" Burke featured in the February blog:
I mentioned Ishiaka McNeil in my last blog also. Here is his #extempochallenge:
Not everyone participating was an entertainer. Two female doctors also accepted the #extempochallenge. Dr. Dionne Johnson is one of them. I have exhausted my images. Sorry. I had a really cool Super Doc with a 'fro cartoon to represent her.
I hope you were able to hear all of the contributions and that you enjoyed them.
Be safe everyone.
