Govt to give Kitchener NAPA honour Triidad Express, Story Created: Thursday, February 10th, 2011 at 11:53 PM ECT http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Govt_to_give_Kitchener_NAPA_honour-115813489.html
The public auditorium of the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) will be renamed in honour of the late calypsonian Lord Kitchener.
The renaming ceremony, which will take place today at NAPA, was approved by the Government as a tribute to the late Aldwyn "Lord Kitchener" Roberts, a release from the Ministry of the Arts and Multiculturalism said yesterday.
Arts and Multiculturalism Minister Winston "Gypsy" Peters said, "Renaming the auditorium in honour of Lord Kitchener is a fitting tribute to a great calypsonian and entertainer, who was instrumental in putting calypso on the world map when he migrated to the United Kingdom, and who created some of the best-known and loved music for the pan in the country."
Kitchener died at the age of 78 and had a career in the calypso arena that spanned more than six decades, during which he founded the Revue Calypso Tent.