October 31 - November 3 - NCF/Cable and Wireless NIFCA Finals 2008
Who has made it to the Finals of the 2008 National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA)?   
November 20 - FCH Classical Concert - Featuring Amanda Fields
Guest Artistes: Viktoria Frei-Mehnert (Piano), Dr. Gernot Mehnert (Violin).

Barbadian Soprano Amanda Fields’ repertoire includes songs from the Baroque to the Romantic periods. 
 November 24 - 33rd Sir Winston Scott Memorial Lecture

Award-winning essayist and novelist, John Ralston Saul has had a growing impact on political and economic thought in many countries.  Declared a “prophet” by TIME magazine,  

 
 
 
Featured Events

November Event


October 31 - November 3:    NCF/Cable & Wireless NIFCA Finals 2008
                   Frank Collymore Hall  7:00 p.m.
                   Tickets:  Adults: $25.00;  Children: $10.00 (6 - 12years)
                   (No Admittance to children under 6 years)
                   Box Offices: CS Pharmacy, NCF Headquarters 424-0909,
                   At the Door

Who has made it to the Finals of the 2008 National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA)? Always a popular event, this year’s Finals presents the highest standard of local performing arts, in the comfort of the newly-refurbished Frank Collymore Hall. The Finals begin on October 31, and continue through November 4 at the FCH.

 

 

 

November 5:  Barbados Economic Society Lecture - "Climate Change In  Tourism"
                      Speaker:  Mr. Winston Moore, Barbados Economic Society
                      Grande Salle  5:30 p.m.

Mr. Winston Moore is a Lecturer in Economics at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus (2006–present). He was formerly a Senior Economist at the Central Bank of Barbados, where he was a member of the Economic Policy Committee and the Lead Economist in charge of monitoring the financial sector, all by the age of 25. During the course of his career, he has managed to focus on three major areas in economics: Industrial Economics, Tourism Economics and International Macroeconomics and has published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books. Given the importance of tourism to the Barbadian economy, Mr. Moore has  conducted significant research on the industry, focusing particularly on modelling the cyclical properties of the industry

 

November 8 & 9:  Dramatic Presentation - "The Story Teller"
                            New Testament Church of God
                            FCH   7:00 p.m.
                            Tickets : Adults: $30.00  Children: $15.00
                            Box Offices : Things Gospel 228-4774
                            New Testament Church of God Headquarters - 426-1359
                            CS Pharmacy - 427-2047

The Story Teller
We know of our past, early Barbados because some spoke and some wrote about it.  The greatest storyteller Jesus Christ told the greatest story that daily changes lives, lives that in turn affects others.  He is the answer to the problems in life that we can’t seem to handle.  He says, “Come to me and I will give you peace”.  We who know this, need to share it with others.  We need to help each other to survive. 

 

November 15 & 16:  Sing Barbados Choir Competition & Festival 2008 
                       
         FCH   6:00 p.m.
                                Tickets : $25.00
                                Box Offices : earlybirdtickets.com or Participating Schools

The 2008 Sing Barbados Choir Competition and Festival is here!  Participating choral groups fall into two categories, Primary Schools and Secondary/Tertiary Schools, as they compete for recognition and prizes.  The semi-finals are being held on November 15 and 16 at the Frank Collymore Hall, with the Finals scheduled for early December at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (formerly Sherbourne Centre).  Participating primary schools include Arthur Smith, Cuthbert Moore, Erdiston  Sharon and Westbury. Participating secondary schools include Ellerslie, Garrison and the Lodge.

 

November 17:  Barbados Stock Exchange - Panel Discussion
                       Grande Salle,  5:30 p.m. 
                       Free to the Public

 

November 20:  Amanda Fields in Concert
                        Guest Artistes:    Viktoria Frei-Mehnert (Piano)
                                                  Dr. Gernot Mehnert (Violin)
 
                     FCH Classical Sunset Concert

                     FCH   6:15 p.m.
                     Free to the public

Musical Biography
Expressive”, “enchanting”. “sensitively phrased”’ “vibrant”, and “real communication.” 
Barbadian Soprano Amanda Fields’ repertoire includes songs from the Baroque to the Romantic periods in various languages, including French, German, Italian, and of course English. She is mainly interested in classical music, but particularly music with a strong spiritual message. 

Amanda has featured as soloist with two of Barbados’ leading choirs – the Cecilian Singers, and most recently the Myriad Singers, with whom she has toured the island of Dominica. In March 2005, Amanda and Friends, a Frank Collymore Hall Sunset Concert was one of the highlights of her singing career. She has also appeared as soloist in Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer at the Holders Festival – a local event with a Broadway atmosphere attracting international performers and audiences.

Amanda’s inspiration is strengthened by positive feedback and she continues to work hard towards the goals of perfecting her singing and general musicianship.

Guest Artistes: 

Viktoria Frei-Mehnert: Piano

This accomplished Russian pianist studied at the prestigious Moscow Conservatory and the Music University of Freiburg, Germany. She has performed as a Soloist and Accompanist in Russia, Germany, France, Switzerland and the Caribbean and has received several prizes at international piano competitions. 

In 2002 Viktoria came to Barbados and held her first performance at the Frank Collymore Hall. She recently performed in a chamber music concert with her husband Dr. Gernot Mehnert and the Barbados Police Force Band Director, Dr. Christopher Atherley. Viktoria is member of the Barbados Piano Teachers Association (BAPIT) and a Director of the V.I.G.E. Music School, 

Dr. Gernot Mehnert: Violin

A Medical Doctor, who became a well known Impresario to German Concert Agencies who for over ten years organized concerts with famous international String Quarters in the region of Freiburg, Germany. This talented violinist came to Barbados in 2001 and founded the V.I.G.E. Music School with his wife, Viktoria and teaches violin, viola and cello.

He has performed with the Barbados Chamber Orchestra and as a member of the Harmonia Ensemble. His German violin was built by Johann Reiter in 1892.

 

 

November 24:  33rd Sir Winston Scott Memorial Lecture - Central Bank of
                        Barbados - "Small Societies in a Big World"
                      
  Speaker: John Ralston Saul - Award-Winning Essayist & Novelist
                        FCH   8:00 p.m.
                        Open to the Public


Award-winning essayist and novelist, John Ralston Saul has had a growing impact on political and economic thought in many countries.  Declared a “prophet” by TIME magazine, he is included in the prestigious Utne Reader’s list of the world’s 100 leading thinkers and visionaries.  His works have been translated into more than a dozen languages.

He has received many national and international awards for his writing, most recently the Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honour from the Chilean government.  His Massey Lectures, The Unconscious Civilization, won the 1996 Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction, as well as the Gordon Montador Award for Best Canadian Book on Social Issues.  His reinterpretation of the nature of Canada, Reflections of a Siamese Twin, also won a Montador Award and was chosen by Maclean’s as one of the ten best non-fiction books of the twentieth century. Saul is the General Editor of the Penguin ‘Extraordinary Canadians’ project.  The series will feature inspired pairings of writers and subjects and will seek to reinterpret important Canadian figures for a contemporary audience.

The Honourable John Ralston Saul Saul is best known for his philosophical trilogy - Voltaire’s Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West, The Doubter’s Companion: A Dictionary of Aggressive Common Sense and The Unconscious Civilization.  This was followed by a meditation on the trilogy - On Equilibrium: Six Qualities of the New Humanism. His reinterpretation of the nature of Canada - Reflections of a Siamese Twin (1997) - was a groundbreaking reassessment of Canada and launched a national debate.

He has published five novels, including The Birds of Prey, an international best seller, as well as The Field Trilogy, which deals with the crisis of modern power and its clash with the individual.  It includes Baraka or The Lives, Fortunes and Sacred Honor of Anthony Smith, The Next Best Thing, and The Paradise Eater, which won the prestigious Premio Lettarario Internazionale in Italy.  De Si Bons Americains is a picaresque novel in which he observes the life of modern nouveaux riches Americans.

He is particularly known for his commentaries on the nature of individualism, citizenship and the public good; the failures of managerially/technocratically led societies; the confusion between leadership and managerialism; military strategy, in particular irregular warfare; the role of freedom of speech and culture; and his critique of contemporary economic arguments.

Born in Ottawa, he studied at McGill University and the University of London, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1972.

 

November 27: CBOB/University in the Community - Lunchtime Lecture Series
                      
Grande Salle  12:00 p.m.
                       Free Admission

 

 

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