Remembering Lorine. Join the Kabawe Krawl, First Round. Sunday, December 15th 2024 at 3p.m. Anglican School Annex, Holy Trinity Church Road Castries Saint Lucia.

Celebrating the Light of Anthea Lorine Charles-St. Jules. The Funeral Service for the late Anthea Lorine Charles-St. Jules will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday 17th December 2024, at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, Castries, followed by vespers at the Grace Anglican Church in Riviere Doree at 3:00 p.m. and then to the Riviere Doree cemetery for interment.

Showcasing Saint Lucian poets and writers featured during the 2024 Emancipation Celebrations on Calabash TV!

Showcasing Saint Lucian poets and writers featured during the 2024 Emancipation Celebrations on Calabash TV!

Showcasing Saint Lucian poets and writers featured during the 2024 Emancipation Celebrations on Calabash TV!

Showcasing Saint Lucian poets and writers featured during the 2024 Emancipation Celebrations on Calabash TV!

Celebrating the Light of Anthea Lorine Charles-St. Jules. The Funeral Service for the late Anthea Lorine Charles-St. Jules will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday 17th December 2024, at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, Castries, followed by vespers at the Grace Anglican Church in Riviere Doree at 3:00 p.m. and then to the Riviere Doree cemetery for interment.

Showcasing Saint Lucian poets and writers featured during the 2024 Emancipation Celebrations on Calabash TV!

Showcasing Saint Lucian poets and writers featured during the 2024 Emancipation Celebrations on Calabash TV!

Showcasing Saint Lucian poets and writers featured during the 2024 Emancipation Celebrations on Calabash TV!

Showcasing Saint Lucian poets and writers featured during the 2024 Emancipation Celebrations on Calabash TV!

Showcasing Saint Lucian poets and writers featured during the 2024 Emancipation Celebrations on Calabash TV!

The community of Bouton in Soufriere sustaining the true traditions of Jounen Kwéyòl - among them, the Koudmen spirit which is alive and well!!

10:00am | October 22nd, 2024, live from the Financial Administrative Center

It all started in 2012 with the leader of the Soca-Lypso Tent Gordon “Chacom” “Gin” Leon as a Kwéyòl Calypso Competition. It became a song competition two years later and with the involvement of Caron Tobierre it became a National Kwéyòl Song Competition – Annou manjé, dansé, chanté Kwéyòl – part of the Saint Lucia’s Creole Heritage Month. Chacom passed in 2017, but the dream lived on through his friend Caron Tobierre who has now taken the event into its 12th season with the tribute tagline “Annou manjé, dansé, chanté Kwéyòl pou Chacom”. Calabash TV has been a key part of this legacy, documenting the event annually. This year’s show was Emceed by Nintus Magre and dedicated to the memory of Jaunty, who passed last year. Winners over the years: 2012 Agnes “Black Pearl” Chester 2013 Gregory Sinaise 2014 Gregory Sinaise 2015 Ras Africa 2016 – the show was held as a festival 2017 Ignatius “Invader” Tisson 2018 Wulstan “Walleigh” Alfred 2019 Walleigh featuring Jozzy 2020 -No Event [Covid-19 Pandemic] 2021 – the show was held as a Festival 2022 Deshawn “Tii Blacks” Augustin 2023 Robert Rene 2024 Rosemond “The Senator” Clery

As Saint Lucia prepares to celebrate our FIRST Olympic medalist [Gold and Silver medalist Julien Alfred] and as we welcome the next generation of Olympians we must flash back to those who laid the foundation for sports development in Saint Lucia. You can read all about it in the book Outstanding Sports Personalities of Saint Lucia written by Rupert Branford. And let's not forget the multiple Sports Woman of the Year - the Queen of Firsts and Four Time Olympian High Jumper Levern Spencer. Here's a video produced by Calabash TV in 2019 -[just prior to the Covid-19 outbreak] as Levern celebrated two decades representing Saint Lucia at the highest level. She went on to represent for three more years - retiring officially in October 2021 - dedicating 23 years of her life to flying the the flag for 758, regionally and internationally!!

The 2024 Gospelypso will take place Sunday June 9th at the National Cultural Centre. Gospelypso organised by the Hoy Trinity Anglican Church is into its third year. Archdeacon and Rector Christian Glasgow and Cecil Charlles, coordinator of the festival, spoke to Bernard Fanis of Calabash TV about this year's event.

Saint Lucia is hosting of the 26th Congress of RedLAC from October 7th - 10th. The local host is the Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund (SLUNCF) and the regional facilitator is the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund. The event brings together a community of environment funds from Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1999, RedLAC has 28 members (including SLUNCF) from 19 countries. One key objective of the RedLAC Congress is to advance dialogue between its members, governments and policymakers in conservation finance, biodiversity protection and management and sustainable development. The theme for the RedLAC Congress is 30x30x30 -the Path to 2030. The Chief Executive Officer of the Saint Lucia National Conservation Fund – SLUNCF – Craig Henry spoke with Bernard Fanis of Calabash TV on the upcoming Congress.

Calypso returned to Soufriere after a two-decade absence. The Soufriere Experience Calypso Tent was initiated thanks to the relentless efforts of Saint Lucian entertainer, singer/songwriter/musician Aagee Simpson. The tent held its first calypso competition in Soufriere after 21 years on July 26th, 2024. SOUFEX is managed by Kensley Charlemagne. The back up band is MTX [Music to the Extreme], with Joshua Hippolyte as the band leader. The band manager is Shyaam Allain brother to Arthur Allain.

Calypso returned to Soufriere after a two-decade absence. The Soufriere Experience Calypso Tent was initiated thanks to the relentless efforts of Saint Lucian entertainer, singer/songwriter/musician Aagee Simpson. The tent held its first calypso competition in Soufriere after 21 years on July 26th, 2024. SOUFEX is managed by Kensley Charlemagne. The back up band is MTX [Music to the Extreme], with Joshua Hippolyte as the band leader. The band manager is Shyaam Allain brother to Arthur Allain.