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The establishment of the Dominica World Creole Music Festival by the Dominica Festivals Commission ushered in the newest music festival in the Caribbean. This festival is widely seen as one of the only truly indigenous music event in Dominica and the Eastern Caribbean by extension. ==History== The World Creole Music Festival was launched to promote Dominica as a tourism destination, to expose local musicians to an international audience and to assist in the sustainable development of an international Creole Music industry. The annual event was created in 1996 and the first edition kicked off in 1997 during international Creole month October also as a means of boosting tourist arrivals to Dominica (during its Independence celebrations), and to increase revenue from stay-over visitors coming to the island for this celebration which culminates on November 3. The festival was managed by the Dominica Festivals Commission (DFC) headed by Sheridan Gregoire with Eddie Toulon as Executive Director. Gordon Henderson whose effigy was used on the original poster was appointed International Coordinator and brought in the New York-based WLIB radio and the French Overseas radio and TV network RFO as partners. The World Creole Music Festival has attracted some of the most renowned musical groups and soloists from the Creole-speaking world. Groups such as Kassav', Tabou Combo, Exile One, Gramacks/New Generation, WCK, Triple Kay Global, T-Vice, First Serenade, Zouk Machine, Magnum Band, Zin, Taxi Creole, Carimi among others as well as solo artists like Ophelia Marie, Michele Henderson, Tanya St. Val, Sakis, and Francky Vincent have thrilled festival audiences over the years. The festival in its formative years has given special focus to those musical genres that have their roots in various forms of musical fusion from the countries of the Creole-speaking world. To date, musical forms that have gained exposure and dominance at the festival include Cadence-lypso, Kompa, Zouk, Soukous, Bouyon, Zydeco (from the US state of Louisiana).In recent years, the festival has taken on a new dimension with the addition of a few fringe activities, i.e. Creole in the Park and Zouk on the River, two initiatives which encouraged participation from the local private sector. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Creole Music Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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