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Trinbago Animals and Plants Trivia Level 1

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The Beatles Trinidad Connection

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:41:01 +0000

Lord Woodbine, also known as Harold Phillips, was a Trinidadian calypsonian who was born in Laventille. He was a music promoter who is said to have played a mentoring role in the early careers of the Beatles. He is sometimes referred to as the “sixth Beatle” because of his close association with the band during their formative years in Liverpool.

Lord Woodbine operated the Casbah Club in Liverpool, which was a popular venue for local bands, including the Beatles, who played there early in their career. He also gave them their first professional gig at Lathom Hall in 1960. Lord Woodbine was also a close friend of Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein and was said to have provided Epstein with guidance and advice on promoting and managing the band.

It is said that he(Harold Phillips) lied about his age and joined the Royal Airforce in 1943 when he was only 14 years old. He went back to Trinidad in 1947 and became a calypsonian. He, however, returned to England in 1948 on the HMT Empire Windrush. This was the boat that not only carried a number of West Indian immigrants to Britain but also Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts) and Lord Beginner (Egbert Moore).

In his latest book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul Mc Cartney made special mention of Lord Woodbine as a Caribbean promoter who owned The New Caberet Artis’ Club where he hosted the Silver Beetles, the band’s shortlived name before The Beatles.

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Give me some lines of your favorite soca song … but in Shakes (Open list) (1 submission)

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:36:34 +0000

Give me some lines of your favorite soca song … but in Shakespeare..

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Trinidad and Tobago: Heaven On Earth

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 06:08:16 +0000

Safe From The Rain?

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 06:05:08 +0000

In his first year as the manager of a professional football team, Dwight Yorke has won the Australian Cup.

Yorke’s team MacArthur FC won the Australian Cup final 2-0 over Sydney United.

Yorke, who was appointed manager of the A-League team in May 2022 has led an undefeated team this season.

Source: https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/yorke-wins-australian-cup-as-manager-6.2.1552486.033c48176e?fbclid=IwAR0utaIz0ZGl1Ul4olQ_7a1LDpglH_6d4-1AxFn8brOuEmhOHEGsBtJMbco

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Irish museum remembers Trini singer Mona Baptiste

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:57:31 +0000

A FAMOUS but now largely forgotten Trinidadian singer, the late Mona Baptiste, will be remembered on October 22 in Dublin by the Epic Irish Emigration Museum, which records the global impact of Irish emigrants and their beliefs and heritage.

She is also now featured in the museum’s exhibition Revolutionary Routes: Ireland and the Black Atlantic.

Saturday’s event will consist of a talk by Baptiste’s biographers, Bill Hern and David Gleave, who earlier this year published their book What about the Princess? The Life and Times of Mona Baptiste.

Hern was quoted online as saying that a few years ago, one day over coffee, the two men had reckoned that in line with the 70th anniversary of the 1948 arrival of the Empire Windrush, bringing West Indian migrants to the UK, they should explore the lives of some of those original passengers. Why had they gone to Britain and what did they achieve?

“Gradually, though, as we found out more and more about her, we realised there was a whole book to be written about just one passenger. Passenger number seven on the passenger list was Mona Baptiste and her story is a remarkable one. “Mona was a big star for several decades but is now largely, unjustly in our view, forgotten. We hope our book, the first full-length biography, will bring her the recognition she deserves.”

Hern said Baptiste was a black woman from humble origins, overlooked by history, a shortcoming he hoped the book would help remedy. A book review on the Amazon website recalled her arrival in the UK.”In June 1948 Mona disembarked from the Empire Windrush ship at Tilbury. Like so many of her fellow passengers she had travelled from the Caribbean to England to start a new life, and what a life it turned out to be!”

Within weeks of disembarking she made the first of countless radio appearances and she would go on to feature regularly on the television, produce a string of popular records, and appear in many films as well as stage shows in London, France and Germany.”Truly a superstar in her day, Mona deserves to be remembered in the United Kingdom she loved and in the land of her birth, Trinidad.

“A statement from the museum said Baptiste was a legendary Trinidadian-born singing sensation, with a fascinating life story.”

Baptiste, whose musical genres were calypso and blues, had a successful international singing career and appeared in several films.”Within two weeks of arriving in England she was featured on BBC radio and was soon singing with the bands of Ted Heath and Cab Kaye and as part of the Stephane Grappelli Quintet.” Heath later became British prime minister. “

French star Yves Montand invited her to appear in Paris and her fame quickly spread across the continent. Her greatest success would come in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s when she was one of the highest paid entertainers in that country.”In London, she met and married Liam Morrison, and in 1972 returned with him to his native Ireland, which she would eventually call home.

Source: https://newsday.co.tt/2022/10/21/irish-museum-remembers-trini-singer-mona-baptiste/?fbclid=IwAR0S6wkiWl8A_NAr9e2OBNyUjALPBfCfRmgPTGJFN1xJfef9AFNH6JXyMTo

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Indian Food YOU WON’T Find in India!! EXTREME DOUBLES + Curry Ro

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 05:54:18 +0000

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