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Work is under way to transform the childhood home of Antigua and Barbuda’s internationally renowned soca group, Burning Flames, into a museum and community music hub.
St George’s Senator Michael Freeland said the project will serve as both a tribute to the band and a platform for developing new talent.
“For over 40 years, Toriano ‘Onyan’ Edwards, Clarence ‘Oungku’ Edwards, David ‘Krokuss’ Edwards and Rhone ‘Foxx’ Watkins carried the soul of Antigua and Barbuda to stages worldwide,” he said.
“Now, we are preserving that legacy in the very place where it all began.”
By mid-2026, the site is expected to host the Burning Flames Museum, a recording studio and a band house.
According to Freeland, the plan reflects his Community Manifesto’s goal of inspiring and investing in the next generation of musicians from St George.
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Renovation works are designed to retain much of the original structure, with Freeland noting that the galvanized roofing sheets, rafters and uprights remain in good condition.
The Public Works Department has been assisting with site preparations, alongside wider community clean-up efforts in areas including Big Gut and Girls Town. Freeland said further work will soon begin in Paynters West.
He added: “It’s an honour to witness history in the making, as we transform the Burning Flames’ home into a lasting tribute and a centre of musical education and empowerment.”
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Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.
This has to be a fully privately driven project.
I cannot see the government being so hypocritical.
Years after the death if the lave Right Hin. SIR V C Bird, the labor cabal said it would turn his former home into a museum.
This is also in Potters Village.
Twenty plus years after the death of the forst prime minister not a stroke of work has been done to advance this.
The only time that the place is remembered is on the lead up to December 9th which is dubbed National Heroes Day.
Immediately after the observance of the day the place is forgotten for another years and the cycle repeats itself.
So I am inclined to believe that this is an iniative of The Burning Flames with little labour assistance from the government.
This government is fill of sweet talk, and in some instances sweeter than Burning Flames music, but poorer in delivery that anything conceivable.
It’s elections time and the campaign is heating up.
I expect to hear a lot more of thier musical nothing.
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