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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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What about with the monkey dressing in yellow S.H.I.? he is is a gang member or a sodom son of a sodomites culture?
Poor youg fellow (6) his bottom H.le is more flat tham a road…too much punch and hold can make you more flat tham a chinesse woman
Once it get started it will surely be finished good idea by burning flames to do something positive in the community
A band house and studio in their childhood home? That’s inspiring for the next generation of talent.
Flames music raise we. Every fete, every Carnival, their sound was there. This museum going remind the world Antigua have giants in music
Good job
This is heritage. The same way people go to Jamaica for reggae and Marley, people will come Antigua for soca and Flames
Burning Flames is the heartbeat of Antigua. Turning their home into a museum and studio is long overdue. The youths need to know where this music come from
I am happy to see that they’re not destroying the original structure but preserve it. History is very important for our young generation. When we destroyed a complete structure our young generation history is gone. Thank you, Burning Flames, for keeping the history. A family that knows the importance of community/village history.
There’s alot of young talent in the country.This gives them an opportunity to show what they can do,I look forward to this project completion
Home is where the heart is
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