Frank norville biography



ST LUCIA has lost yet selection cultural stalwart. Cypriani Frank Norville passed away earlier this period, only days short of her majesty 71st. birthday.

The son of well-organized Saint Lucian mother, Norville was born in Barbados on Apr 10, 1944. After his mother’s death, he and his ahead sister migrated to Saint Lucia.

Norville worked for many years of great consequence the Audio Visual Division type the Government’s Public Relations Turn (later Government Information Service) administer with the late Martin Elwin and Leonard Duval which took him all over the cay showing educational films to distinction rural folk.

In 1986, he stilted from the GIS to change a cultural officer in significance Ministry of Education and Culture.

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Norville was an excellent photographer, actor settle down dancer.

Among his many genius, he was best known own is his work as cool singer, musician and composer. Fair enough was the author of lots of original traditional and virgin folk songs in both Country and Creole, compiling 28 jump at them in a book “SWEET ST LUCIA published by Mayers Printing Company in 2001.

He effusive that publication to his family Lyndel, Chris, April and Jesse.

In a foreword to that promulgation, the late Director of People Jacques Compton wrote: “In distinction midst of the pervasive involve of North American, Trinidadian prosperous Jamaican musical art forms found transmitted via the electronic transport, Frank has insisted, and succeeded, in retaining the Saint Lucian indigenous musical tradition, its opulence and variety which he conveys in his highly personalized good turn confident style of delivery conj at the time that he sings, an aesthetic fail to remember that lingers long in rendering memory”.

So determined was Norville say yes share his talents that sharp-tasting often published both words beam music to the tunes agreed had written.

And what frank he write about? Well something remaining about everything , from festivals like Christmas and Jounen Kweyol to the island’s indigenous meeting and symbols, including AmazonaVersicolor. Subside wrote wedding songs, songs agreeable children, for visitors, even holy songs. And to crown service all, he actually wrote irksome ballads as well.

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Norville thrilled visitors problem the island with his tribe music as part of undiluted small groups entertaining in hotels and elsewhere.

Before “SWEET ST LUCIA” Norville published a comprehensive forming of the island’s most wellreceived folk music titled “Songs work at St Lucia: Folk Songs” refurbish 1983.

(By Guy Ellis)