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The Cultural Development Division, in association with the Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission today announced that plans are currently underway for the second annual Antigua and Barbuda International Dance, Music and Folklore Festival.<\/p>

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The festival is aimed at educating participants through systematic hands-on approach to specific disciplines in the performing arts. Moreover, it also provides an avenue for all of the participating countries to showcase their cultural attributes in dance and song through indigenous chants and instruments.<\/p>\n

This year, the festival will be held over a five-day period from April 23rd to 27th featuring folk dance and cultural music groups from Dominica, St. Lucia, Anguilla, Guyana, Montserrat, South Africa and host country, Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>

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The schedule of events for the second edition of the festival includes a series of activities and events for participants and the general public including workshops from Tuesday 23rd to Thursday 25th, and an International Dance Symposium featuring renowned dancers and
\nspeakers from Dominica, Barbados and St. Lucia on Saturday 27th, which commences at nine o\u2019clock in the morning, at the Dean William Lake Cultural Center.<\/p>

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However, the climax of this year\u2019s Festival will be the various nights of dance starting with, a pre-show, \u2018Dancing Under the Stars\u2019, at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus on Wednesday 24th; the \u2018Opening Performance\u2019 on Thursday 25th; \u2018T.D.I.F \u2013 Thank
\nDance Its\u2019s Friday\u2019 on Friday 26th and the \u2018Signal Performance\u2019 on Saturday 27th, which will all be held at the Dean William Lake Cultural Center.<\/p>\n

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The Cultural Development Division, in association with the Antigua and Barbuda Festivals Commission today announced that plans are currently underway for the second annual Antigua and Barbuda International Dance, Music and Folklore Festival. The festival is aimed at educating participants through systematic hands-on approach to specific disciplines in the performing arts. 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