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Malick Folk Performers of Trinidad and Tobago performing for the residents at the Jorris Dunnah Senior Citizens Home.

T&T folk performers visit senior citizens home

YESTERDAY a group which is in Barbados to participate in CARIFESTA 2017 grasped the opportunity to put a smile on the faces of the residents at the Jorris Dunnah Senior Citizens Home.

The residents were treated to a performance from the Malick Folk Performers of Trinidad and Tobago, a group which is being hosted by the Pinelands Creative Workshop.

The Trinidadian Fusion Partners of the Pinelands Creative Workshop also made a donation to the residents, as part of their social mandate.

Malick’s Public Relations Officer Candice Hughes Bengochea said the group was delighted to have been given the opportunity to dance and sing Kaiso for the elderly. Bengochea said it was a joy to see the old folk dancing.

“Most and foremost, we wanted to give back to the community so we brought packages for everyone in the home. We are really and truly grateful to be here in Barbados,” Bengochea said.

Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer of Pineland’s Creative Workshop Rodney Grant said his organisation’s relationship with the Malick Folk Performers started in 1988, when he and others went to Trinidad to form the Caribbean Fusion.

“Since then it was just the beginning of a long lasting relationship between us and the Malick Folk Performers. We felt that we could not bring Malick to Barbados and not at least bring them into the community. The group also made the request that they wanted to do something in the community.

“This was the perfect opportunity because these elderly are not as mobile as the young people and therefore this was a good opportunity to bring a part of CARIFESTA to them,” Grant said.

Director of the National Assistance Board (NAB) Charyn Wilson who was there to enjoy the entertainment, alongside NAB’s Chairman Senator Dr David Durant, described the concert as a fantastic initiative. Wilson mentioned that she was pleased to see the residents of the home dancing and having a grand time.

“We have held our own Police band concert here already. But we get organisations coming in and doing different things with the seniors. It could be a community group or it could be a church group.

“From time to time groups would contact us and say they would like to visit and make a donation and we work with them,” Wilson said.
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