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New World Steel Orchestra: a goodwill message
Share/Bookmark It gives me great pleasure to publish this message, marking the achievements of the New World Steel Orchestra (NWSO) in Chapeltown Leeds in 2012. Among those achievements were the massive contribution they made to the celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Leeds West Indian Carnival and the memorial for the late Dr Geraldine
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Trinidad and Tobago pays tribute to Geraldine Connor
Share/Bookmark Port of Spain is getting ready to celebrate the life and work of Geraldine Connor: the Trinidad-born musicologist, singer and producer will be remembered with two musical tributes in the capital city. The main event, “Geri’s Journey“, will be held on May 25th, at 6pm at the Holy Trinity Cathedral. The second event,
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Britain honours Dr Geraldine Connor
Share/Bookmark Two gala events were recently held at the Theatre Royal in Stratford and the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, to honour the late Dr Geraldine Connor, director, a celebrated Trinidad-born musicologist, singer and producer for her contribution to the arts and education in Britain. Dancer/choreographer Carol La Chapelle, who worked closely with Connor for 12
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Celebrating the life and work of Geraldine Connor
Share/BookmarkProfessor Gus John is proud to invite all of you to the “Gala of Gari“: a celebration of the life and work of Geraldine Connor featuring the words, dance and music that she loved. This special gala in remembrance of Geraldine Connor will have extracts from Geraldine’s best-known work Carnival Messiah (see video above) - her large-scale reinvention
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Eulogy to Geraldine Roxanne Connor
Share/BookmarkI feel deeply honoured to have been asked by Geraldine’s family to deliver this eulogy. I have undertaken many an assignment in my day, but none with such foreboding as this. For, how does one do justice to such a monumental figure, one with such irrepressible…., volcanic energy, an energy which won’t be totally consumed,
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