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2023 JCDC song winner is SLASHE ‘Best of Jamaica’

Administrator

Best in the World, written and performed by SLASHE has been declared the Jamaica Festival Song 2023 and will form the musical backdrop for the Jamaica 61 Independence celebrations. The announcement was made during the Competition’s Results Show held on Saturday, July 29,2023, inside the Independence Village at the National Arena, Kingston. The song topped the field of 10 other finalists. The Honourable Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, who presented the winning trophy and cheque valued at three million Jamaican Dollars to SLASHE, said she was…

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March 31 is deadline for 2023 JCDC song contest applications

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Friday, March 31 is the deadline for entering this year’s staging of the Jamaica Festival Song, the Jamaica Gospel Star and the Jamaica Friday, March 31 is the deadline for entering this year’s staging of the Jamaica Festival Song, the Jamaica Gospel Star and the Jamaica Festival Queen Competitions. Interested persons are encouraged to submit their entries online atwww.jcdc.gov.jm/online-formsor at any of the 13 Jamaica Cultural Development Commission’s (JCDC) parish offices.The2023 winners will receive over one million in cash and prizes, the opportunity to headline some of Jamaica’s Emancipation and…

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JAMAICA 60: Visual Arts awards ceremony today

Anthea

Yesterday, Thursday, July 21, 2022, the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport, launched its Visual Arts Exhibition for the Eastern Region and host its annual Visual Arts Award Ceremony at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. respectively.

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