Both Sides of The Coin: The Story of The Central Bank of Barbados 1972-2017

Chapter 5: Some Notable Developments 197 2006 and 2013) and Karen Lord (in 2008 and 2009) had won the first prize more than once. There were joint winners of the first prize in 2001, 2002 and 2011, while no first prize was awarded in 2010 and 2012. The Prime Minister’s Award was added in 2003, with the first recipient being Winston Farrell. During 2001 and 2002, the Endowment funded scholarships to creative writing workshops at the UWI, Cave Hill. In 2004 the Bank published, in collaboration with the Endowment, Remembering The Sea , a 168-page collection in honour of Frank Collymore, edited by Dr. Philip Nanton of St. Georges University. The Endowment started in 2014 to hold its own annual workshops in editing and creative writing for writers entering the competition. These were facilitated, on different occasions, by members of the Endowment, staff from the UWI, Cave Hill campus and a visiting Caribbean author. Several of the competition winners have had their winning entries published, including Glenville Lovell, Esther Phillips, Robert Sandiford, Carolle Bourne, Nailah Imoja, Karen Lord and Cherie Jones. To publicise the Award, the Endowment decided from the first competition that winners would receive their prizes during a high-profile ceremony, with remarks from a representative of the Bank, a feature address and readings by the authors. George Lamming’s 2010 featured address, entitled “The Politics of Reading”, during which he said that he read eight hours a day, was a milestone event. So too was the address by Karen Lord, a double recipient of the first prize, who spoke at the 19th Annual Awards Ceremony in January 2017. The Choir/Chorale In 1988 the Central Bank Choir was formed out of a group assembled by the Sports and Cultural Club to perform at staff concerts. 98 During its formative years, the Choir, conducted by Basil Forbes Jr., was attached to the Bank’s Public Affairs section as its intention was to help to promote the institution in the community. There was early enthusiasm in