Mother, Cheryl Byron 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cheryl Byron started her life as a visual artist in her native land, Trinidad & Tobago. There she also Studied dance with Neville Shepard and acted with the Caribbean Theater Guild.

While on tour in New York, her artwork won her a scholarship to the New School University, where she studied fine art. Ms. Byron then obtained Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in English from City College (CUNY) while maintaining her professional life, including being the first woman to perform her own original brand of poetry in a calypso tent in Trinidad. The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym usually pronounced kyoo-nee or coo-nee), located in New York City, is the largest urban university in the United States, with more than 208,000 enrolled in degree programs and another 208,000 enrolled in adult and continuing education courses at... Trinidad (Spanish, Trinity) is the largest and most populous of the 23 islands which make up the country of Trinidad and Tobago. ...

Cheryl Byron is a pioneer of the genre “Rapso” and “Dub Poetry.” Ms. Byron Studied dance with Pearl Primus, and became a member of the Primus Board “ Earth Theater.” She then became Dr. Primus’s special assistant, accompanying her on her numerous teaching and choreograpy assignments, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Rapso is a formas of Trinidadian music that grew out of the social unrest of the 1970s. ... Pearl Primus (29 November 1919 - 29 October 1994) dancer, choreographer and anthropologist. ...

Cheryl Byron performed on National and International stages. Her talent took her to such places as Canada, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica, London, Kenya and Nigeria. Ms. Byron was an ordained Reverend Mother in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and a professor at Medgar Evers College and the College of New Rochelle in Brooklyn, NY. Ms. Byron also taught at City College, and New York City Technical college. Ms. Byron played one of the lead roles in the film “Homecoming,” aired on P.B.S. Ch13, became a published poet in an anthology of poetry “Woman Rise,” and is featured on the album of dub poetry- “Womantalk,” Heartbeat Records. In addition to the aforementioned, Cheryl Byron founded the Something Positive Dance Company based in New York City. // Headline text For other uses, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ...

Cheryl Byron passed on to the land of the Ancestors on June 17, 2003 "Iba aye Iba aye Iba aye tonu"