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Sunday 9 January 2022 Church Service and Breakfast Annual Church Service to begin the Nobel Laureate followed by a sumptuous Festival activities, breakfast catered by the Benedictine Sisters of the Abbey.

7:45 a.m., Abbey of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mount of Prayer, Coubaril, Castries.

9:30 a.m., Breakfast, Villa Santa Maria, Mount of Prayer, Coubaril, Castries costs $35.00 per person.
Contact: winnifred_s@hotmail.com | (1-758) 721-3715 Kieran Mrs St. Rose | Monday 10 – Thursday 20 January 2022 Celebrating Excellence “Celebrating Excellence” is a series of four minute videos presented by Delia Dolor where guests: Ms Natalie La Porte, actress; Mr Earl Bousquet, Chairman, Saint Lucia National Reparations Committee; Mr Jallim Eudovic, sculptor; and Dr Clarence Henry, Senior Technical Officer, Regional Integration Unit, OECS Commission, discuss the impact of Saint Lucia’s Nobel Laureates on Economics and the Creative Arts.
8:00 p.m., Every Thursday, Sunday and Monday, Helen Television System (HTS), Flow Channel 116/ NTN Flow Channel 122/ UWITV Flow Channel 105.

Facebook: @NobelLaureateFestivalSaintLucia Contact: Ms Delia Dolor | delia@ddmediarelations.com | (1-758) 717-7979 | Delia Dolor Media Relations Coordinators for Nobel Laureate Festival Saint Lucia ( 1 - 7 5 8 ) 7 1 7 - 7 9 7 9 | d e l i a @ d d m e d i a r e l a t i o n s .
c o m Wednesday 12 January 2022 The St Lucia Queen's Commonwealth Essay Writers Awards 2021 The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition was founded in 1883 and is the world’s oldest international schools’ writing competition, giving the creative explore Commonwealth contemporary themes through the written word.
The competition comprises two categories: – the Junior category, open to entrants aged 13 years and under; and the Senior category for entrants aged 14-18. young writers the from opportunity across to The ceremony will announce and recognise the students who took part in the 2021 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, which received thousands of entries from across the Commonwealth.

Past winners can be viewed on their website at https://5fc068d63977b.site123.me.
10:0 a.m., Finance Administrative Centre, Pointe Seraphine, Castries.
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO31Rlpuwvtr-JKlpv02oiQ, Facebook: @NobelLaureateFestivalSaintLucia Contact: Mrs Michelle N. Samuel | sludtera@gmail.com | (1-758) 484-5374 | Facebook Monday 17 and Wednesday 19 January 2022 Metaphorically Speaking with Delia Dolor “Saint Lucia as a Metaphor” This popular UK radio show celebrates the 2022 Nobel Laureate Festival with guest John Robert Lee, poet, author and great friend of Saint Lucia's Nobel Laureate, the late Sir Derek Walcott.
In it Mr Lee discusses the Festival's evolution and how the girl, Lusca, in one of his early poems of the same name, is used as a metaphor for Saint Lucia.
9:00 a.m. GMT (5:00 a.m. ECT, 4:00 a.m. EST), colourful.com/Apple, Spotify and all major podcast streaming platforms: Facebook: @NobelLaureateFestivalSaintLucia Contact: Ms Delia Dolor | delia@ddmediarelations.com | (1-758) 717-7979 | Delia Dolor Media Relations Coordinators for Nobel Laureate Festival Saint Lucia ( 1 - 7 5 8 ) 7 1 7 - 7 9 7 9 | d e l i a @ d d m e d i a r e l a t i o n s .
c o m Tuesday 18 January 2022 Sir Derek Walcott Memorial Lecture Delivered by Mr Kendel Hippolyte Title of Presentation: “The Demand of Beauty” Born in St. Lucia in 1952, retired lecturer in literature and drama, Kendel Hippolyte studied and lived in Jamaica in the 1970s, where he explored his talents as a poet, playwright and director.
His writing explores the spectrum of Standard and Caribbean English, working with traditional forms, free verse and forms influenced by popular culture, as well as poems written in Kweyol, his nation language.
He has published seven books of poetry, latest being Wordplanting (Peepal Tree Press, 2019), and his poems have appeared internationally in various journals such as The Greenfield Review, The Massachusetts Review and The Review, and in anthologies like Caribbean Poetry Now, Voiceprint, West Indian Poetry and others.
In 2007, he won the Bridget Jones Travel Award to travel to England to present his one-man dramatized poetry production, Kinky Blues, at the annual conference of the Society for Caribbean Studies.

He has twice won the Literature prize in the Minvielle & Chastanet Fine Arts Awards, for many years the premier arts award scheme in St Lucia, and is the winner of the 2013 Bocas Festival Poetry Prize.

He has performed his work in the Caribbean, Europe and America at literary festivals and events.
the Mr Hippolyte has also established himself as an innovative playwright and director, authoring eight plays, and directing scores of others, including his own: The Drum-Maker (1976); The Song of One (1995); and Triptych (2000), all of which have been published in drama anthologies.

His plays have been performed locally and regionally and three of them have been published in drama anthologies.
In 1984, he co-founded the Lighthouse Theatre Company in St. Lucia, and has long been involved in all aspects of the dramatic arts on the island.

He has toured with theatre productions in the Caribbean and the UK.

At different times he has been involved as actor, director and administrator in Saint Lucia’s contingents travelling to CARIFESTA.
Mr Hippolyte is an original and continuing member of the syllabus panel for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Theatre Arts Programme and serves as an external examiner.

In 2000, he was awarded the St Lucia Medal of Merit (Gold) for his Contribution to the Arts.

Recently retired from the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, his present focus is to use his skills as a writer and dramatist to raise public awareness and contribute to active solutions of critical social issues.
7:30 p.m. Finance Administrative Centre, Point Seraphine, Castries; Social distancing protocols will apply.

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c o m The Laborie Co-Operative Credit Union is the proud sponsor of the Sir Derek Walcott Memorial Lecture Facebook: @NobelLaureateFestivalSaintLucia.
Facebook: @cdfsaintlucia and Youtube channel cultural development foundation (@cdfsaintlucia) NTN Flow Channel 122/ UWITV Flow Channel 105 Contact: Ms Drenia Frederick | dreniafrederick@cdfstlucia.org | (1-758 )452-1859; 718-4579 Wednesday 19 January 2022 Exhibition “Celebrating Excellence: Facing New Realities, Creating New Modalities Nurturing old talents – discovering new ones” Covid 19 was declared a pandemic in March 2020 and since then the world has been raging a tireless battle against this small but deadly virus.
In their fight against the disease, Governments have issued curfews, quarantines, and isolation resulting in people worldwide having more time on their hands.

Consequently, to pass the time, individuals have once more re-discovered old talents and have also unearthed new ones of which they were unaware.
This exhibition will showcase the talents of a number of such individuals who have been using their newly-found free time to re-discover their many skills including sewing, embroidery, art, music, song writing, cooking and formulating of recipes, writing and journaling, crocheting and gardening.

10:00 a.m., Wednesday 19 January 2022, The National Archives Authority of Saint Lucia, Vigie, Castries.

Thereafter Monday to Friday from 09:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. until 31 March 2022.
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Contact: Mrs Margot Thomas | mariette900@gmail.com | (1-758) 452-1654 | 724-3699 | 452-9840 Delia Dolor Media Relations Coordinators for Nobel Laureate Festival Saint Lucia ( 1 - 7 5 8 ) 7 1 7 - 7 9 7 9 | d e l i a @ d d m e d i a r e l a t i o n s .
c o m Wednesday 19 January 2022 Book Launch: First Female Governor-General of Saint Lucia The booklet, “First Female Governor General of Saint Lucia 1997 – 2017: Dame Calliopa Pearlette Louisy” by Mrs Kieran St Rose, will be launched during the Opening of the National Archives Authority exhibition as it was written during the lockdown and thereby conforms to its theme.

Copies of the booklet will also be formally presented to the National Archives Authority as part of the Opening Ceremony.
10:00 a.m., Wednesday 19 January 2022, The National Archives Authority of Saint Lucia, Vigie, Castries.

Facebook: @NobelLaureateFestivalSaintLucia.

Contact: Mrs Kieran St Rose | winnifred_s@hotmail.com | (1-758) 721-3715 for copies Thursday 20 January 2022 Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture Delivered By Dr Gervan Fearon Title of Presentation: “The Future of Economic Growth and Development: Sir Arthur Lewis in the Twenty First Century”.

Dr Gervan Fearon was born in England in 1958 to Jamaican parents.
He lived in May Pen, Jamaica, for four years before moving to Canada in 1968 with his parents and siblings.

He has a Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of Guelph and earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

He also holds a Chartered Professional Accountant designation (CPA, CGA) and Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D).
post-secondary His career has been shaped by a passion for education, the transformative opportunities it holds for individuals and the role regional of development.

In August 2021, he became the President of George Brown College.

He previously served as the President and Vice-Chancellor at Brock University and at Brandon University.
He has also held numerous progressive roles in post-secondary education, including: Vice-President, Academic, at Brandon University; Dean of the G Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education at Ryerson University; Associate Dean at York University’s Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies; Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington; and as an Associate Professor at York University.

Dr Fearon also has a strong teaching and research record.
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c o m Dr Fearon was a co-founder of the Canada Caribbean Institute, along with Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor, The University of the West Indies.
He is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013), The Michaëlle Jean Foundation Influencer Award (2017), The University of the West Indies Vice-Chancellor's Award (2020) and several other awards of recognition.

The Bank of Saint Lucia is the proud sponsor of the Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture.

7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Finance Administrative Centre, Point Seraphine, Castries, (Social distancing protocols may apply).

Registration Details: www.salcc.edu.lc.


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NTN Flow Channel 122/ UWITV Flow Channel 105 Contact: Mrs Kathy Birch-McDiarmed | kbirchmcdiarmed@apps.salcc.edu.lc | (1-758) 457-5238 Friday 21 January 2022 Nobel Laureates Wreath Laying Ceremony The annual Wreath Laying Ceremony serves as a memorial for the two Laureates, Sir Arthur Lewis and Sir Derek Walcott, who are both buried on the grounds of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College.
Wreaths will be laid at the gravesites of the two Laureates and their works will be immortalized by a distinguished member of the community.

This year's keynote speech will be given by development economist, Dr Claudius Preville.

10:00 a.m. Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, Morne Fortune, Castries.

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Contact: Mrs Kathy Birch-McDiarmed | kbirchmcdiarmed@apps.salcc.edu.lc | (1-758) 457-5238 Delia Dolor Media Relations Coordinators for Nobel Laureate Festival Saint Lucia ( 1 - 7 5 8 ) 7 1 7 - 7 9 7 9 | d e l i a @ d d m e d i a r e l a t i o n s .

c o m Friday 21 January 2022 Derek Walcott Library Open House and Celebration of Walcott’s Legacy The Derek Walcott Library houses the personal library of Sir Derek which was kindly donated by his partner, Ms Sigrid Nama.
Walcott’s legacy will be celebrated with literary performances by students, poetry readings by friends, family and colleagues.

The event will also feature the unveiling of the Derek Walcott Hub on the SALCC Nobel Laureate Portal.

12:00 Noon, Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, Morne Fortune, Castries.

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Facebook: @SALCC Instagram: www.instagram.com/sir_arthur_lewis.
Contact: Mrs Kathy Birch-McDiarmed | kbirchmcdiarmed@apps.salcc.edu.lc | (1-758) 457-5238 Saturday 22 January 2022 “An Ti Pawòl Kwéyòl” “An Ti Pawòl Kwéyòl” will feature a spoken word soirée of original pieces around the theme Bèlté Sent Lisi.

Ten (10) artistes will be given an opportunity to showcase both their oral and written skills in the Kwéyòl language.

Two awards will be given: Best Submitted Written Piece and People’s Choice.
The People’s Choice Award will be voted on by the attending audience after the last performance.

In preparation for this event, a Kwéyòl writing workshop will be held for the registered artistes.

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Heroes Park, Pointe Seraphine, Castries (on the green just before the Sans Souci Bridge) For further information, Contact: Ms Caron Tobiere | chanteenkweyol@gmail.com | (1-758) 722- 3683 | Delia Dolor Media Relations Coordinators for Nobel Laureate Festival Saint Lucia ( 1 - 7 5 8 ) 7 1 7 - 7 9 7 9 | d e l i a @ d d m e d i a r e l a t i o n s .
c o m NOBEL LAUREATE DAY Sunday 23 January 2022 The Pandemic Diaries Pandemic Diaries is a docudrama which aims to enthral audiences with stories about how Saint Lucians have coped, thrived and co-existed in the COVID-19 context.

Utilizing a mix of elements of docudrama and mockumentary the production will offer a peek into the everyday aspects of life, from isolation and quarantine to shut down and lockdown.
The Production Team comprises students from the SALCC Creative and Performing Arts club, formerly known as the Drama Club.

They will serve as writers, performers, filmmakers, and production crew, supported by staff.

6:00 p.m. Local Flow TV Stations Facebook: @NobelLaureateFestivalSaintLucia.
Facebook: @SALCC Instagram: www.instagram.com/sir_arthur_lewis and .YouTube Contact: Mrs Kathy Birch-McDiarmed | kbirchmcdiarmed@apps.salcc.edu.lc | (1-758) 457-5238 Thursday 27 January 2022 The 6th Annual UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia Patricia Ismond Memorial Workshop The UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia will host the 6th Annual Dr Patricia Ismond Memorial Workshop entitled, “Appreciating the Literary Power and Theatricality of the Dramatic Text”.
The workshop is dedicated to the memory of Saint Lucian literary icon and long-serving UWI Lecturer, Dr Patricia Ismond PhD, in whose name a generous posthumous scholarship for Saint Lucian students attending The UWI has been established.

This online event will focus on CSEC English B, Paper I (Drama) and will serve as an additional resource to aid in students’ understanding of Sir Derek Walcott’s “Ti Jean and his Brothers” ahead of examinations.
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c o m Facilitating the workshop will be Saint Lucian born Dr Antonia MacDonald, known for her engaging and student centred approach to learning.

Dr Mac Donald is a former Sir Arthur Lewis Community College Lecturer and current Professor of English Literature and Associate Dean in the School of Arts and Sciences, St Georges University, Grenada.
Committed to empowering through education, Dr MacDonald has been active in the development of academic programmes that offer quality instruction and that respond to local, regional, and international educational needs.

She is currently working on the development of postgraduate programmes that, through interdisciplinary initiatives with other regional and international universities, will increase educational opportunities in the Eastern Caribbean.
She has also written extensively on the literatures of Caribbean women.

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. ECT, via the following social media pages: UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/uwiocslu; UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia You Tube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCua3XKf-cdEWOL4UsRyNBng/feed; UWI Open Campus Caribbean Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/uwiopencampuscaribbean/ UWI Open Campus Caribbean You Tube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/uwiopencampuscaribbean.
Contact: Mrs Siguthani Joseph-Bryan | siguthani.joseph@open.uwi.edu | (1-758) 452-3865(6) | 724-2160 Friday 28 January 2022 “WORRRD UP” Poetry Slam “WORRRD UP” Poetry Slam will feature a lively competition among youth poets, all students enrolled in various programmes from the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College.

The concept behind the poetry slam is to use poetry and spoken word to increase literacy, empower youth, and inspire young creatives.
The slam will be broadcast live from the National Cultural Centre.

Live broadcast from the National Cultural Centre on local Flow TV Stations Facebook: @NobelLaureateFestivalSaintLucia.

Facebook: @SALCC Instagram: www.instagram.com/sir_arthur_lewis.

Contact: Mrs Kathy Birch-McDiarmed | kbirchmcdiarmed@apps.salcc.edu.lc | (1-758) 457-5238 Delia Dolor Media Relations Coordinators for Nobel Laureate Festival Saint Lucia ( 1 - 7 5 8 ) 7 1 7 - 7 9 7 9 | d e l i a @ d d m e d i a r e l a t i o n s .
c o m Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 January 2022 “New realities, new modalities: placing artistic excellence at the core of our community's development” Labowi Promotions will host a two-day participatory planning exercise to develop a community strategy for the development of arts and cultural expression, and to design a community arts training and development centre that would support artists and cultural groups and would offer opportunity for training, exchange, rehearsals and production in all art forms.
Saturday 29 January 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday 30 January 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., The Laborie Panyard at Citrus Grove, Laborie Village.

Contact: Carla Chiquot | Labowi Promotions | labowipromotions@gmail.com | (1-758) 455-9074 or 729-0472.
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 January 2022 “Paint the Village Festival with Jonathan Gladding” The Laborie community will also host its annual Paint the Village Festival, with a plein-air painting event hosted by Jonathan Gladding and with the design of a mural on the wall surrounding the site of the proposed community arts training and development centre (with the option that the mural would subsequently be created by past and current CXC Visual Arts students from the south).
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Laborie Jetty, Laborie Village Contact: Carla Chiquot | Labowi Promotions | labowipromotions@gmail.com | (1-758) 455-9074 or 729-0472.

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c o m Saturday 29 January 2022 and Sunday 30 January 2022 “The Gwo Pwel Rehabilitation Centre” A comedy-drama production presented by DRAMACAN, explores the world of a fictional Rehabilitation Centre for people who need to get over a heart break through counselling and support from medical doctors.

The Gwo Pwel really is the manifestation of many other personal issues we may have unresolved and this story is an exploration of childhood, self-love and self-discovery.
Deep questioning of why we do the things we do and why we love the way we love.

A focus on mental and emotional wellness, the Gwo Pwel Rehabilitation Centre will explore it all through the lives of its patients.

7:30 p.m., National Cultural Centre, Barnard Hill, Castries.

Social distancing protocols will apply.


Contact: Ms Danielle Du Bois | dubois758@gmail.com | (1-758) 285-8636 Date to be Announced National Awards of Excellence St. Lucia prides itself on having produced two Nobel Laureates – the highest ratio in the world for number of Nobel Laureates with respect to the total population.

At the end of January each year, St. Lucia celebrates this most revered achievement in the history of the Caribbean and indeed the Western Hemisphere.
The commemoration of the contribution of our two Nobel Laureates is used by the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training as an opportunity to highlight the achievement of students and staff in various disciplines – Academics, Arts and Sports as well as in their contribution to community development.
The National Awards of Excellence is the Ministry’s annual opportunity to highlight its accomplishments and upcoming projects, as well as the recognition and commendation of individuals and institutions within and connected to the education sector.
10:00 a.m., National Cultural Centre, Barnard Hill, Castries (By Invitation Only) All media queries please contact: Delia Dolor | delia@ddmediarelations.com | (1-758) 717-7979 Delia Dolor Media Relations Coordinators for Nobel Laureate Festival Saint Lucia ( 1 - 7 5 8 ) 7 1 7 - 7 9 7 9 | d e l i a @ d d m e d i a r e l a t i o n s .

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