Title
G.B. Ballantyne Interview
Description
Actual name: Gregory Ballantyne
Date of birth: September 6, 1951
Place of birth: San Fernando, Trinidad
Lived abroad: Lived in Jamaica in 1985
Awards (as of March 2018): International Extempo Monarch (1990), International Humorous Calypso Monarch (1995)
Best songs/best-known songs: “Calypso Rising,” “Ramajay,” “Carnival Children,” “Ribbons”
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Individuals heard during the interview:
GB: G.B. Ballantyne
HM: Hunter Moore
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Trinidad and Tobago terms and expressions as used in the interview:
Bacchanal: public quarrel
Meh: my
Petrotrin: the state-owned oil company of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Date of birth: September 6, 1951
Place of birth: San Fernando, Trinidad
Lived abroad: Lived in Jamaica in 1985
Awards (as of March 2018): International Extempo Monarch (1990), International Humorous Calypso Monarch (1995)
Best songs/best-known songs: “Calypso Rising,” “Ramajay,” “Carnival Children,” “Ribbons”
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Individuals heard during the interview:
GB: G.B. Ballantyne
HM: Hunter Moore
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Trinidad and Tobago terms and expressions as used in the interview:
Bacchanal: public quarrel
Meh: my
Petrotrin: the state-owned oil company of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Date
September 26, 2017
Original Format
WAV
Duration
16:10
Interviewer
J. Hunter Moore
Interviewee
G.B. Ballantyne
Location
National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Time Summary
Subject sings: 4:06; 4:28; 4:37; 9:57
The final (approx.) 45 seconds of the interview was on an unrelated topic and have not been included.
The final (approx.) 45 seconds of the interview was on an unrelated topic and have not been included.