Calypso is the event which takes center stage as we begin the New Year and so there was a scramble for songs even when no calypsonian or prospective calypsonian, even considered attending any of the workshops in songwriting organized during the latter quarter of 2018. In fact, Signal Band and the Smith Brothers were the only established musical outfits who attended. I must also mention veteran Janet ‘Angel’ Shillingford.
We don’t seem to appreciate the fine arts; language, painting, plays, museums, fashion design, poetry, song. Yes, song-not meaningless, poorly structured songs or crude ones such as ‘Hello kitty’ or ‘Thick Shabine’ as opposed to the good ones like ‘Still Standing’ or ‘Bomb in the City’.
Still, it may not be the fault of the youth today judging from the indiscriminate use of illegal bandits in the city during the two shopping days preceding Christmas. Clearly, these youths have not been fed with the finer values of life which can be fed off from a good book.
It would be pathetic to discover the number of educational toys or gifts which were bought compared to those which espouse aggression and violence as many of the internet games do. Therefore, no family should do without modernized games of monopoly, cards, snakes, and ladders which can stimulate the enjoyment of family time.
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