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Joanne Briggs: an advocate for culture


Joanne Briggs: an advocate for culture
The culture of TT has been subtly ingrained in Joanne Briggs from a young age.
She recalled that her mother, Bernice Briggs, used to play mas with Wayne Berkeley, and would take her and her brother, Ian, to Queen’s Hall to watch Best Village. She would also carry them to Woodford Square in Port of Spain to see the Junior Parang Festival, produced by Diane McIntyre.
Her late father, Joseph Briggs, used to play tenor pan with Invaders and Exodus. He bought and played vinyl records of calypsonians and would even record the songs on eight-track tapes to play them in the family’s car. ....

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[UPDATE] Murdered teen laid to rest: Ashanti's sunset


Monday 14 December 2020
OVERWHELMING GRIEF: Aaliyah Riley, sister of murdered Ashanti Riley, hugs the coffin during her funeral at the Mt D’Or SDA Church on Monday. - AYANNA KINSALE
Friends and family of Ashanti Dennisia Riley said their final tearful goodbyes to the brutally slain 18-year-old on Monday afternoon. Her funeral was held at Mount D’Or Seventh Day Adventist Church and her body laid to rest at the San Juan Public Cemetery.
Riley’s cousin Pastor Steve Riley delivered the sermon.
“From Sunshine Avenue to sunset, Santa Cruz,” he said. “Hers will forever be the sad but true story of a teenager who left Sunshine Avenue (and) ended up, as it were, figuratively on Sunset Boulevard. From sunshine to sunset.” ....

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