Potters Village Renaming Campaign Gains Support from Leepee Ching
Performing artist Leepee Ching has voiced strong support for a community-led campaign to rename Potters Village “Burning Flames Village” in honour of the legendary soca band.
The initiative, spearheaded by residents of the area, comes after the government’s recent decision to rename the Potters Main Road as Burning Flames Highway. Ching called the road renaming “a powerful and long-overdue initiative” but urged officials to go further.
“Burning Flames is more than just a band,” Ching said. “They are Antigua and Barbuda’s heartbeat — musically, culturally, traditionally — ambassadors who carried our music, sounds, festival, and spirit to the world stage.”
The proposal also calls for local streets to be named after band members, including Destroyer Street and Yng Destroyer Road, to honour their artistry and inspire future generations.
Ching and the residents argue that renaming the village would preserve the group’s cultural legacy, attract visitors, and serve as a reminder to young people that “greatness can come from right here in our community.”
Burning Flames, formed in the 1980s, is credited with revolutionising soca music and elevating Antigua and Barbuda’s profile on the regional and international stage.
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Rename village and school. Potters school should be Burning Flames Primary School
Rename all churches in Potters also..Burning Flames Assembly.
Big Burning flames fan since the inception, but people you can’t cool? Slow it down.
This the most retarded, stupid thing I’ve heard.
Name it Burning Flames Village and it might just be a self fulfilling prophecy.
Dunces!!!
Give some people an inch and they’ll demand a mile!
Time will tell
While I will admit that Kudos should be given to the band in all aspects renaming of Potters Village in their name is preposterous. One could say the same for Point to be named Short Shirt Village, Green Bay, Obstinate Village, and Willikies Swallow’s Town. How about giving them that piece of land at Pensioners Beach to be developed i to an Entertainment Village in their honor. We are constantly trying to attract more investors to build hotels when we cannot maintain a 95% occupancy in the tourist season and 80% in the office season.
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