POSSIBLE FUNDING OPTIONS - ENDOWMENT FUNDS / USA & TT GOVERNMENT GRANTS
After spending Trinidad & Tobago's MECCA (Mother of Carnivals 2023) Carnival Week exploring the cultural aspects that T&T had to offer, IBC - Indigo Business Consulting Reps John and Sidelle Castagne met with the Director of BATCE Bishops Anstey & Trinity College East, Mr. Brian Wickham, defining an initiative to connect Caribbean Youth to HBCU Scholarship Opportunities at TSU by creating Activity Clubs that would specialize the training and development of future HBCU Prospects both academically and in their sport or club activity. The purpose of this is to be able to arrange TSU Trials in Trinidad and Tobago for recruiting top tier sportsmen and academics. HBCU marching band culture is a wonderful opportunity to cross-pollinate with Trinbago's Carnival and Steele Pan Street Parade Culture. Below is a brief description of the possible Activity Clubs for TSU to consider.
FOOTBALL /SOCCER & SWIMMING CLUB - IBC Has connections with scouts in Germany Professional Football League Bundesliga Divisions 3/4 & 5 for professional career opportunities for BATCE Students both male and females and alumni up to 22 years of age. Past Alumni Student John Castagne dugin his own football pursuits and established connections with top class coaches, scouts and teams that can be transitioned into opportunity for BATCE Football Talent. TSU is a top HBC but has NO SOCCER TEAM. Even though they share the same stadium as the Houston Dynamo's, their interest in Soccer is not there amongst students but, Caribbean Talent can be scouted to form a team out of top Caribbean Talent. This being a great opportunity to develop a pipeline for soccer players in Caribbean High Schools to go on trial for TSU and other HBC's, Colleges and Universities. An organised seasonal effort to set up local trials and Expositions for High School Talent and a year round Club that is dedicated not to just Players representing BATCE but also enable support and a place for persons not able to make the team but still have a chance to improve their skills and compete. National Swim Coach Dexter Browne is an affiliate consultant with IBC, recently helping Dylan Carter win 12 International Medals, breaking a number of national records even breaking US Records, Dexter has helped countless local swimmers access scholarships to Top Universities in the US. BATCE with a strong swim team has already the prerequisite talents and abilities for students to access scholarships, and improve on their techniques and times.
DEBATE CLUB & TSU CHARTER PROGRAMS - TSU is home to a vigorous debate culture that was actually solicited to train and prepare Denzil Washington and others for the movie 'The Great Debaters.' TSU Website caption - ' "Students may be introduced to the Forensic Arts for the first time or continue involvement with debate activities that may have started in high school. The Forensic Arts include: Parliamentary Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, Individual Parliamentary Debate, Persuasive Oratory, Informative Speaking, After Dinner Speaking, Poetry, Prose, Dramatic and Duo Dramatic Interpretation, Impromptu and Extemporaneous Speaking, and Reader’s Theater." This Club is a great precursor for persons wanting to pursue and better their knowledge of Social Sciences and real world applications. TSU can also establish Chart Programs to align interested students to career studies at TSU, even open up potential for academic scholarships by giving BATCE students access to Online Courses that ready the students for the next level in life.
MARCHING CLUB & TSU BAND CAMPS - Marching Band Culture is huge in the USA. As halftime and during the game entertainment, Colleges Marching Bands challenge one another in an entertaining and competitive manner. This culture has the opportunity for merging our trinbagonian Culture of Pan the Steel Drum with marching band teams that usually use Trap Drums. Being a major part of TSU Football (American) Culture this opens up a Paradigm Shift for Marching Band Culture and a New Era for the Steel Drum in its contribution to marching band culture. TSU also has interest in Band Camps where they can have the band travel to T&T and work with BATCE Marching Band members where they can learn skills and techniques first hand from TSU Marching Band Veterans. Note* any TSU activities would seek financing options from the TSU / US Government Grants and Endowments.
MUSIC CLUB & SCHOOL BAND - Indigo Business Consulting is incorporated with Global Music Publishing Capabilities having Global Zess Publishing - ASCAP and Castagne J Publishing for BMI we have published over 50 projects for top dancehall talent in Trinidad and Tobago. Using our education and expertise in the music industry we were able to assist the Peace by edifying Urban Talent of Limitless Potential of Youtube and Online Streams, Live Performances and Travel that comes with success in music. The derogatory music that had taken over our Regions Youth i.e. Trinibad / Zess music has been a direct result of oppressed artistes lacking opportunity for growth and development in their careers leading several conscious artistes' such as Jahlanno and Rheon Elbourne to singing 'GunMan' tunes and songs that debilitte our society rather than build it. IBC is intended to assist young talent in being internationally registered and have all the tools and education of the Music Industry in All its Facets. BATCE hosting one of the Best and Largest School Fete's in the East Trinidad has a perfect basis for creating a BATCE Band, with a versatility in backing young soca/ hip hop/ dancehall/ conscious talents that BATCE may be harbouring. Personally consulted by IBC CEO, John Castagne, a 4 time BATCE School Soca Champion and performing artist, as a Band Leader to assist in developing the Music Club and School Band. This Club is not limited to Singers, Songwriters and Musicians alone, but extended to those interested in Artiste Management, Videography, Photography, Image Consulting, Stage Management etc.
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NATURE CLUB (Health/Fitness & Agriculture) - This club is not just specific to Agriculture and Farming for food Security but as well for Health and Fitness, through proper exercise, dieting and healthy fitness activities in nature. This club would be proposed to assist in developing a Natural, Health and Fitness Culture. Disseminating information on herbal remedies, Effective Exercise Techniques and incorporating agriculture into fitness and nature activities. Creating a healthy balance not only in our personal diet and exercise but with the relationship we have to nature and cultivate a culture or health, ecological awareness and sustainable living. IBC's experience with Project All initiative in East Port of Spain communities saw the definite need for increased Food Security in the form of Horticulture and harnessing the advantages of an edified populace in growing and cooking their own food and more so understanding the inextricably linkage between depression, poor mental health and the modern day lethargic lifestyle of today's youth. Industry Experts such as Rocky Kewley, first 'Back' to win a Pan-American Gold and came third in World Aesthetic Category, is one of our experts willing to give advisory in developing premium athlete workout programs. IBC has a
MEDIA CLUB - For the future journalists and students pursuing media or advertising careers, we have a media club that would predominantly be using Social Media Platforms and School Pages and Website to Post Current Content of the various clubs, achievements, documenting and uncovering exceptional talents, and reporting on ALL the Positive development, activities and events of these newly created clubs. The Media Club will establish a Circular Ecosystem in promoting Clubs; never a dull moment, always something to report on and expose. Keeping information and up to date detailed reports would assist in boosting School Population Moral and Spirit, as well as be able to access sponsorship for travel, competitions and trials for exceptional talent by having Social Media Pages dedicated to representing the Club Activities presented to Corporate T&T for Sponsorship Financing.