Three of the Trinidadian Sextuplets Have Gone Home; Two Have Died
Just a two months ago, I shared the Trinidad and Tobago government's plans to "co-parent" the first sextuplets born in the Caribbean (en/news/814-first-sextuplets-in-the-caribbean-born-in-trinidad). As co-parents of these national treasures, I am sure they share in the mourning of the babies' biological parents, Petra Lee Foon, a teacher, and Kieron Cummings, a bank employee. Paeton Christopher Lee Foon Cummings, the youngest of...
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Kids and Culture Camp 2013 in Washington, DC
This year, Kids and Culture Camp will be held in Washington DC from June 24th to July 19th. All of the 3 to 5 age class is full, there are a few spaces in the 6 to 8 class, and a few spaces, as well as scholarships, available for the 9 to 12 year old group. Egypt, Hawaii, Mexico, and India...
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Homeschooling Resources from the Titus 2:1 Conference
This weekend I am at the Titus 2:1 Conference - a Christian Homeschooling Blogging Conference (http://www.2to1conference.com/)… yes, there really is a conference for everything. I found it last year during a Google Search, and rushed to call my husband to find out if it was cool if I went on such short notice. His reply was, “I guess that would...
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Interview with Socially Diverse: Eva Chats with James Walker About Being a Caribbean Parenting Blogger
Recently, I was featured on fellow Caribbean American, PR professional, and social media enthusiast James Walker's blog, Socially Diverse (http://sociallydiverse.posterous.com/add-a-touch-of-culture-to-family-life-with-so) (@jaywalk1 on Twitter). The thing that I love about doing interviews is that they make me think about things that I haven't really considered before. A lot of times, you don't really acknowledge what you feel about certain issues until someone...
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Can You Hear Me? I Love You: Oprah's Lifeclass with Dr. Gary Chapman, Author of...
Image: Oprah Winfrey Network's Lifeclass with Dr. Gary Chapman This Valentine's Day, I'll bet somebody received diamonds, when they'd rather have had some quality time on the couch watching a movie. Someone got quality time on the couch watching a movie, when they'd rather have had the dishes washed and put away. Someone else got the house cleaned from top to...
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Choubles Introduced in #Trinidad - Chinese Doubles?
Photo: Screen Capture from Choubles Promo Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnBPU8xwfpo) Russell Aching and his wife, Joelle Bellemare-Aching, head up the advertising agency Saga Studios (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Saga-Studios/138293076195547). Choubles started as a quick question to friends and has become yet another step evolution of doubles, a popular food in Trinidad. When speaking with the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2013-02-27/food-fusion-brings-cultures-together-double-chouble), Russel Aching says, “We do a lot of out-of-the-box creative stuff for our...
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10 Ways to Keep Your Kids Connected to Caribbean Culture on Outlish.com
I am always looking for opportunities to connect my children to their Caribbean roots, through food, music, history, and activities. The SocaMom.com article I wrote about how I keep my kids connected to Caribbean culture has been published on Outlish.com! If you haven't read it already - check it out on Outlish.com (http://www.outlish.com/10-ways-to-keep-your-kids-connected-to-caribbean-culture/).
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New Free Download! Caribbean Word Search Activity Page
One of my missions is to provide ways to help parents keep their kids (or get their kids) connected to Caribbean culture. If you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooling parent, you can use our activity pages to introduce your children to the Caribbean region. One great way to familiarize your children, students, or yourself with a region, is to...
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Making a Carnival Headpiece for Your Child!
With Carnival happening all over the world, from Trinidad to Toronto, there are many opportunities throughout the year to introduce your children to one of the most recognizable and entertaining facets of Caribbean culture. Here is a fun craft project to get you and your child involved in the festivities. Anyone who has taken kids to a Disney theme park knows...
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#Tortola Raised Melanie Amaro WINS #XFactor!!!
- Thursday, 22 December 2011
- Written by Eva Wilson
"Thank you so much! God is good!" - Melanie Amaro
Tortola, British Virgin Islands raised Melanie Amaro is the pride of Sunrise, Florida, America, and all of the Caribbean. Simon Cowell stunned everyone by sending the beautiful songstress home after she made the final 32, and shocked us again when he travelled all the way to her home in Florida to ask her to come back to the show as part of the final 17. He admitted his mistake and after a series of very strong performances, she stood with Chris Rene and Josh Krajcik on the finale show as one of the last three standing. Her humble performance of R. Kelly's Grammy Award winning song, "I Believe I Can Fly", WITH R. Kelly wowed the judges, but it was up to the X Factor viewers and voters to seal her 5 million dollar fate.
Out of the moving stories behind all of the artists, Melanie's story of finding her place in her community and the world through music, struck a chord with the shy artist in many of us.
Caribbean people, especially women, are not generally encouraged to show emotion on stage or elsewhere, so her lack of visible emotion may have made it difficult for her to connect to for American audiences (who a lot of the world sees as way too mushy). When she broke down on stage, and showed the audience what the whole experience meant to her - along with her unbelieveable talent - cemented her place in the top three.
She is now the FIRST winner of X Factor USA! Simon Cowell got it right... she could hardly make it through her final performance of Beyonce's "Listen", but who could hear her anyway - the screams from the crowd were deafening!
Congratulations on the 5 million dollar recording contract with Epic Records and Syco Records AND your Pepsi commercial, Melanie!
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