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St. Kitts Department of Culture-RDU October 20th 2017 St. Kitts-Nevis CULTURE BEAT NEWS St. Kitts and Nevis Creative and Cultural Industry| Heritage | Events & People ST. KITTS DEPT.

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of Culture All Rights Reserved Embraced At Carifesta XIII Poinciana Theatre Productions Tonicia Martin, RDU Assistant - St. Kitts Dept.

of Culture Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 20th, 2017 !

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“Carifesta XIII was a great experience for us to market our group for people in different countries to know that our country also has the love and passion for theatre arts”, said Bilisa Browne a representative of the management team for Poinciana Theatre Productions.

She said, the group was very excited to be there to network with other groups from around the Caribbean.

“We met persons that did not know that there was an actual drama group here in St. Kitts.
This gave us the chance to talk about our drama group, and to show pictures and videos introducing our group to a new audience”, she said.

According to Miss Browne Carifesta organized workshops for those in attendance so that they could learn, and build on their skills when doing a Culture Beat News 002 Explore, Value, Nurture & Promote 1 St. Kitts Department of Culture-RDU October 20th 2017 performance.

She said that the group was generally exited about this aspect of the trip.
Though this was not Poinciana’s Dirst Carifesta as a group, they attended two years ago in Surinam.

This was however Miss Browne’s Dirst Carifesta, and she felt that the audience really appreciated the group’s presentation.

“We actually had people saying that they are not leaving the venue until they see St. Kitts Poinciana perform, so we were very thrilled that they were excited to see our performance, and I think they welcomed it and enjoyed it.
I even got a marriage proposal because of it”, she added jokingly.

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www.skncir.gov.kn St. Kitts-Nevis Creative Industry Registry is a directory of Cultural Workers providing Skills, Talent, Products, and Services.

REGISTER ON LINE TODAY www.skncir.gov.kn/signup Email: skncir@gov.kn USEFUL LINKS WEBSITE www.culture.gov.kn CURRENT EVENTS www.facebook.com/stkittsculturebeat www.twitter.com/stkittsculture !

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They have even told us to let them know when our next local performance is so that they can come out and support us”.
Miss Browne said that having local interest in the group is most important to Poinciana Theatre Productions, as the group wants to be fully embraced in their home land Dirst so they can feel that sense of local support.

“Getting support from our locals was a great feeling for us, as we want to be embraced in our country Nirst before even being embraced Culture Beat News 002 Explore, Value, Nurture & Promote 2 St. Kitts Department of Culture-RDU October 20th 2017 Internationally”.
Miss Brown went on to say that the group has already begun preparing for Carifest XIV 2019, in Trinidad.

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Poinciana Theatre Productions next play will be November 19th , 2017 at the Sir Cecile Jacobs Auditorium.

All are invited to come out and support the group’s efforts.

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