A song for Community occasions
CARICOM says the song is primarily for ceremonial and Community events. Its competition began during the organization’s fortieth-anniversary celebrations in 2013; a regional judging panel selected Henderson’s composition.
The institution identifies Kwéyòl from the Lesser Antilles and Suriname’s Sranan Tongo in the bridge. Those language references are useful for understanding the regional scope of the commission without republishing its lyrics or score.
Sources: CARICOM — purpose and languages of Celebrating CARICOM
Composition and production are separately credited
CARICOM’s July 3, 2015 production summary names Michele Henderson Delsol as writer and composer. It credits Carl Beaver Henderson as producer and identifies Roland Delsol Jr. and Earlson Mathew as additional members of the production team.
The affiliations below are those published in that institutional account. They do not establish which person performed every instrument or engineered every session.
| Name | Role or affiliation |
|---|---|
| Michele Henderson Delsol | Writer and composer |
| Carl Beaver Henderson | Producer — HOTT Music Group, Trinidad |
| Roland Delsol Jr. | Production team — Audio Solutions Inc, Dominica |
| Earlson Mathew | Production team — Sonic Arts Studios, Dominica |
What happened at the July 2014 launch?
The July 1, 2014 launch report places Henderson at the opening ceremony of the thirty-fifth CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Antigua and Barbuda. Dancers from the National Dance Theatre of Antigua and Barbuda supported the performance.
CARICOM describes a regional backing soundtrack prepared specifically for that event and reports that the song had also been recorded on CD. The event performance, the reported CD and the current official listening collection are separate pieces of evidence; the sources do not provide identifiers proving that their audio masters are identical.
| Date | What it identifies |
|---|---|
| 2013 | Competition launch year |
| 2014-07-01 | Institutional launch-performance report |
| 2015-07-03 | Production-credit summary publication |
Sources: CARICOM — July 2014 launch performance report · CARICOM — purpose and languages of Celebrating CARICOM · CARICOM — Celebrating CARICOM production credits