BT MELODIANS CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

NEWS coming out of London, England recently, highlighted the celebration of 20 years’ continuous performance by the BT Melodians Steel Orchestra.

This year’s special celebrations took the form of a concert on October 06 at York Gardens Library, Battersea, and featured Mr. Robert Thompson of Arima as the Guest
Composer/Arranger.
Founded in 1987 by Arimian, Terrence “Terry” Noel, the band has a rich history of sterling performances and represents the UK as Cultural Ambassadors abroad. It boasts appearances in disparate places and locales as: Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace Grounds, Royal Albert Hall, The Long Room at Lord’s Cricket Ground (in aid of the Lord’s Taverniers), North Korea and South Korea, Azerbaijan on three occasions (the most recent in September at Slavic University Baku, where BT Melodians conducted workshop sessions with students and music teachers), Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Warsaw (for the Queen’s Birthday Party at the British Embassy) and Russia, to cite a few.

Thompson has visited several cities in London and the Irish Republic assisting Noel in setting up Schools’ Orchestras through tutorials and workshops. Indeed, just before the Concert event, he set the ground-work for a Schools Steelband Music festival in Hertfordshire to be held in June 2008.

Trinidad & Tobago’s First Secretary at the High Commission to London Mr. Donald Chambers made a presentation on behalf of The High Commissioner, Her Excellency Mrs. Glenda Morean-Phillip. Mrs. Pam Farmer, BT’s Representative, handed out gifts and prizes to members of the Orchestra in various categories and a special gift to Thompson for his contributions to the advancement of the art form in the UK.

Millhouse 2007 Holiday Collection

Millhouse’s 2007 Holiday Collection presents an edgy and ultra-contemporary twist on the gentlemanly trends of Europe. With controlled and deliberate lines, Millhouse Menswear stays true to its trademark clean lines and classic fit. For the confident man who inherited his father’s flair and sense of good taste, silhouettes are sexy and slim in rich touchable textiles that exude the class, sophistication and fine style of days gone. The colour palette is strong, offering whites, khakis and blacks with the subtlest touches of silver and gold that puts a little bit of bling into Caribbean men’s holiday wear.

The use of unconventional fabric combinations echoes Millhouse’s signature trend of fine fabric detailing that offers exciting and unexpected accents. This holiday season the discerning man will flaunt classic style and fashion with the Millhouse 2007 Holiday Collection.



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Menswear Designer Puts A Little Bit Of Bling Back Into Men’s Holiday Wear

Millhouse Company Launches Holiday Collection

At Exclusive Showing!

Menswear Designer Puts A Little Bit Of Bling Back Into Men’s Holiday Wear.

November 12, 2007 – Port of Spain, Trinidad.

On the heels of the successful showing of its Brown Sugar Collection at the St. Kitts Fashion Weekend in October, Millhouse Company will launch its 2007 Holiday Collection next Sunday, November 18, 2007. The exclusive invite-only affair will take place at Coco Lounge in Woodbrook, offering guests a sneak peak of the opulent fine style of the menswear designers’ holiday wear.

For the discerning man, the contemporary flair of the collection echoes the gentlemanly trends of Europe with an edge. Rich fine-knit blends dominate the avant garde pieces that feature whites, khakis and blacks. The Millhouse design team adds a touch of refinement to Caribbean men’s holiday dress with subtle silver and gold accents. In her reflections on last year’s showing, Managing Director and co-designer Coline Baptiste-Mills said, “We brought sexy back and this year, we are adding a little bit of bling to it. It is about new money meeting classic style and fashion.”

Head Designer, Gregory Mills eagerly and expectantly awaits showing his latest offering amidst the company’s continued celebrations of its tenth anniversary. “Witnessing Millhouse’s second annual holiday showing marks a milestone that I am proud to be a part of. For the first time I was able to formulate a collection using a systematic, organised and controlled approach that was carefully planned and strategised,” he said.

The design house will show appreciation for its continued success by offering a ten-week anniversary promotion which begins this Friday, November 16, 2007. The promotion features weekend 10% specials, in-store giveaways and a customer appreciation day. The festivities culminate the weekend of Friday January 18, 2008 with a grand raffle of the Millhouse Blingin’ Treasure Chest including a signature Millhouse garment. The boutique located at 27 Jerningham Avenue , Queen’s Park East in Belmont , will open on Sundays from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. throughout the promotion.

The event is set to spark the holiday season in style. In the designers' words, it's time for Trinidad & Tobago's fashion-forward men to "flaunt a little bit of bling" with the Millhouse 2007 Holiday Collection.

WHAT: Launch of the Millhouse 2007 Holiday Collection by invitation only

WHO: Millhouse Menswear

WHEN: Sunday November 18, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: Coco Lounge, corner Ariapita Avenue and Carlos Street , Woodbrook

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Liza Miller, Director of Public Relations, Caribbean
Estuary Public Relations
Phone: (868) 761-1195
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