The Prime Min­is­ter’s Best Vil­lage Tro­phy com­pe­ti­tion has launched its new lo­go for the 2019 com­pe­ti­tion.

The new lo­go em­bod­ies the new iden­ti­ty and spir­it of the com­pe­ti­tion and Min­is­ter of Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment, Cul­ture and the Arts Dr the Ho­n­ourable Nyan Gads­by-Dol­ly says it is an ex­cit­ing change and a strate­gic move for the com­pe­ti­tion as since 1963.

The com­pe­ti­tion, she said, has built a strong rep­u­ta­tion for pro­mot­ing “our na­tion’s cul­ture and over the last two years, the Min­istry of Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment, Cul­ture and the Arts has been re­shap­ing the pro­gramme to en­able the com­pe­ti­tion to un­leash its fullest po­ten­tial go­ing in­to the fu­ture.”

The new lo­go came out of a na­tion­al com­pe­ti­tion and was ul­ti­mate­ly se­lect­ed by the Best Vil­lage Com­mu­ni­ty.

The new lo­go ef­fec­tive­ly com­mu­ni­cates and rep­re­sents the ideas be­hind the com­pe­ti­tion and con­veys a sense of pride in the her­itage and lega­cy of the longest run­ning gov­ern­ment, com­mu­ni­ty based pro­gramme.

Gads­by-Dol­ly said she en­dorsed the new lo­go and saw this as the per­fect time to launch it as T&T gets ready to host Car­ifes­ta at which the Best Vil­lage com­mu­ni­ty will play an in­te­gral role in show­cas­ing the nascent tal­ent and cul­ture of this coun­try.

In 2017, the Best Vil­lage com­pe­ti­tion in­tro­duced its Folk The­atre Sea­son giv­ing the top per­form­ers an op­por­tu­ni­ty to per­form on stage once again to na­tion­al au­di­ences. In 2018, the in­tro­duc­tion of the Folk Arts Fes­ti­val in­cor­po­rat­ed not on­ly the top per­form­ers in the Folk The­atre com­pe­ti­tion but al­so the Folk Pre­sen­ta­tions, set­ting the stage for a Best of Best Vil­lage Show.

These changes were fur­ther en­hanced by an in­crease in the prize mon­ey for the var­i­ous cat­e­gories.