ECCB Hosts Information Session for 2024 ECCB/RSS-ARU Creative Youth Competition
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will host a Student Information Session on
30 November for the 2024 Eastern Caribbean Central Bank/ Regional Security System Asset Recovery Unit (ECCB/RSS-ARU) Creative Youth Competition.
The 2024 competition will feature song writing, and is open to secondary school and community college students, aged 13-19. The session is designed to assist the competition participants with their submissions and will be facilitated by singer and experienced songwriter, James Harrigan out of Anguilla, and calypsonian and songwriter Gael ‘Trilla-G’ Jno Baptiste from the Commonwealth of Dominica.
The presenters will address the following areas:
How to start writing a song
Musical inspiration
Composing catchy melodies and hooks
Developing interesting harmonies
Exploring a variety of styles for songs
Understanding common structures
Writing inspirational lyrics
The ECCB/RSS-ARU Creative Youth Competition, launched in September 2018, is geared towards stimulating the minds of the region's youth on issues that impact the socio-economic landscape of the region. The initiative is part of the Bank’s Community Outreach Programme and is executed in collaboration with the RSS-ARU. It also affords students the opportunity to express themselves through creative expressions such as: essay writing, poetry, song writing and art.
This year the students will compose and perform songs on one of the following topics:
Food security for the Caribbean
My vision for the Eastern Caribbean Dollar
Mental Health of Teens and Young Adults
The Information Session will be held virtually and will be shared subsequently via the ECCB social media platforms and website, where students will be able to access the content for reference.
Students are invited to register to take part in the session via the ECCB website at:
www.eccb-centralbank.org.