JamaicaPressRelease.com » festival http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com Jamaica’s Window to News Directly from the Source Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:40:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Ebony Park shows the fruits of its labour http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/07/28/ebony-park-shows-the-fruits-of-its-labour/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/07/28/ebony-park-shows-the-fruits-of-its-labour/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:42:23 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=1666 Under the theme Agro Eco-Tourism, HEART Trust/NTA will showcase its commitment to agriculture at the annual JAS Denbigh Agricultural Festival this year. The HEART booth will feature products and hospitality services from its Ebony Park trainees as well as an interactive experience with several Try-A-Skill activities.

Products to be displayed will include decorative plants grown in the ornamental farming program, a wide variety of food crops, and pedigree livestock such as goats and cows.

Trainees specializing in animal rearing will display their techniques in showing and controlling their

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]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/07/28/ebony-park-shows-the-fruits-of-its-labour/feed/ 0 FLORIDA CHAPTERS OF THE ST. ANDREW OLD GIRLS’ ASSOCIATION AND THE JAMAICA COLLEGE OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION TO SPONSOR ANANCY FESTIVAL http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/06/08/florida-chapters-of-the-st-andrew-old-girls%e2%80%99-association-and-the-jamaica-college-old-boys%e2%80%99-association-to-sponsor-anancy-festival/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/06/08/florida-chapters-of-the-st-andrew-old-girls%e2%80%99-association-and-the-jamaica-college-old-boys%e2%80%99-association-to-sponsor-anancy-festival/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:26:18 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=1599 Anancy Festival is a celebration of Caribbean cultural heritage designed to appeal to children and families curious about the Caribbean. Anancy (also known as Anansi or Ananse) is the West African trickster hero of folk tales familiar to millions of people around the world.

Words and stories are an important part of Caribbean culture. Caribbean people’s love of words evolves into the beautiful storytelling that gathers a family together, the man-to-man “reasoning” conversation about issues in the community, and even the “labrish” that humors a set of friends.

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]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/06/08/florida-chapters-of-the-st-andrew-old-girls%e2%80%99-association-and-the-jamaica-college-old-boys%e2%80%99-association-to-sponsor-anancy-festival/feed/ 0 The HELP Jamaica! organisation and the German ‘Reggae Jam’ Festival team up for Jamaica! http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/02/15/help/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/02/15/help/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:31:56 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=1397 The promoter of the Reggae Jam Festival in Germany (which was once more voted to be the best Reggae Festival in Europe) will be supporting the non-profit organisation HELP Jamaica! in the future. HELP Jamaica! is fundraising money in Europe, to establish alternative Education Centers in needy Jamaican communities as well as supporting existing education projects such as the Trenchtown Reading Centre (TRC).

Bernd Lagemann, the main person behind the Reggae Jam Festival, better known as ‚Sheriff’ is supporting the establishing of

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]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/02/15/help/feed/ 0 Live streaming for JAMAICA Jazz and Blues http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/01/28/live-streaming-for-jamaica-jazz-and-blues/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/01/28/live-streaming-for-jamaica-jazz-and-blues/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:04:38 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=1348 The JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Festival will be streamed live on the internet thanks to a partnership forged with TurnKey Productions, SteadyImage.net, CbeanMedia and Internet video streaming company Livestream.com.

The company (Livestream.com) will stream the happenings from the JAMAICA Jazz & Blues Festival 2010 live on their website to their 1.2 million subscribers around the world. The Stream will be supported on the round by Telegens, a local Wifi company will be providing the internet feed to Livestream.com.

Film Producer Adrian Allen of SteadyImage.net and Sherra Pierre-March of

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]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2010/01/28/live-streaming-for-jamaica-jazz-and-blues/feed/ 0 Etana Chosen to Represent Jamaica in South Africa http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/09/24/etana-chosen-to-represent-jamaica-in-south-africa/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/09/24/etana-chosen-to-represent-jamaica-in-south-africa/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:18:09 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=1175 irishandchin_Etanapub1_11Kingston, Jamaica — September 24, 2009 — The ever-so-talented Reggae songstress Etana has made great strides in 2009, affording the world with her soulful brand of Reggae music. Adding to an already impressive year, Etana has been chosen to represent Jamaica at the Johannesburg 2009 Arts Alive Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Notably, Etana’s participation in the Festival was organized as a cultural exchange through a cooperative agreement between the the governments of Jamaica and South Africa. Her week-long

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]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/09/24/etana-chosen-to-represent-jamaica-in-south-africa/feed/ 0 Jamaican actor, Paul Campbell at Belize Film Festival Campbell meets with troubled youth http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/07/29/jamaican-actor-paul-campbell-at-belize-film-festival-campbell-meets-with-troubled-youth/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/07/29/jamaican-actor-paul-campbell-at-belize-film-festival-campbell-meets-with-troubled-youth/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:51:03 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=1121 PaulCampbellJamaican actor, Paul Campbell and director, Adrian Allen, were guests and seminar conductors at the 2009 Belize International Film Festival July 23-28, 2009 taking place through August 2, 2009 at the Bliss Institute in Belize City. They were also there to promote their upcoming film, The Heart of Summer”. The festival’s aim is to expose the work of filmmakers from the region including Belize, Central America, Mexico, Peru as well as Canada and the USA, and is coordinated by

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]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/07/29/jamaican-actor-paul-campbell-at-belize-film-festival-campbell-meets-with-troubled-youth/feed/ 0 THE 12TH ANNUAL JAMROCK REGGAE FESTIVAL DROPS ANOTHER BOMB WITH ONLY 5 DAYS BEFORE THE BIG EVENT ON SATURDAY JULY 18TH IN WESTCHESTER NY http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/07/14/1068/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/07/14/1068/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:40:19 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=1068 Sunday 13th July, 2009 – New York - Link Up Media Inc. CEO and Jamrock Reggae Festival owner David “Squeeze” Annakie made the announcement to press hours ago about the milestone addition to The 12th Annual JAMROCK Reggae Festival line up stating that, “It’s been a rough year for everyone thus far and our Caribbean American community is also feeling the brunt of these harsh times..Our listeners, readers, supporters and valued sponsors have all been exceptional and vital to the continued success of the Link Up Media group.

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]]> http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/07/14/1068/feed/ 0 REGGAE FILM FESTIVAL GOES ABROAD AT THE RED STRIPE BOSS SOUNDS FESTIVAL http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/05/28/reggae-film-festival-goes-abroad-at-the-red-stripe-boss-sounds-festival/ http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/2009/05/28/reggae-film-festival-goes-abroad-at-the-red-stripe-boss-sounds-festival/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 22:40:42 +0000 Publisher - J.P.R http://www.jamaicapressrelease.com/?p=963 This year’s annual staging of the Boss Sounds Festival in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, has been re-named the Red Stripe Boss Sounds Festival after the Jumpin’ Hot Club secured a deal with the famous Jamaican brewer. The Festival takes place at the Cluny & The Cluny 2, The Tyneside Cinema and The Curtis Mayfield House, Newcastle upon Tyne on Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 June 2009 and headliners will be Roots Legend Freddie McGregor (21st June), Ska King Derrick Morgan in a superb double bill with Ska legend Owen Gray

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