Dominica’s Carnival 2009 Princess

Carnival, Events

Congratulations to Chrislin Tavernier who was crowned 2009 Carnival Princess on Sunday, Feb 8th at the Old Mill Cultural Centre. Chrislin (age 11) won the following categories: Miss Congeniality, Best Talent, Best in Costume, and Best Party Dress. And congratulations...

Calypso Quarter Finals – The Results Are In

Calypso

Dominica’s 2009 Calypso Season is off to a roaring start with the performances at the Quarter Finals Saturday night on Newtown Savannah. From a field of 32 Calypsonians, twenty move on to the Semi-Finals: Scrunter, Hunter, Observer, Tarina, Karessa, Sugar S.,...

Carnival 2009

Carnival, Uncategorized

Carnival is early this year,  February 23rd & 24th being the days of Jump-up, so it should officially kick-off in a couple of weeks time. The calypso tents have already begun, and the Carnival Queen contestants have been launched! We’ll post a calendar of...

New Year’s Greeting

Books

We’d like to wish all our readers a wonderful New Year. And now’s the perfect time to get a copy of our great 2009 Dominica calendar. Click here for more…

Getting to Dominica from Toronto

Travel

Good news for travellers coming to Dominica from Toronto! WestJet Airlines has opened a new route to Barbados. Beginning in early November, this flight gives passengers a non-stop,  direct flight option from Toronto to Barbados. Direct flights are to operate on...

Jupiter & Venus Dance in the Skies Over Dominica

In the News

Many of us having been looking up into the night sky during the past week and wondering about those two bright stars twinkling around the moon.  Satellites? A space station? I’ve heard many theories. But just yesterday I found out that they are, in fact, two of...