Na ka Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) e hāʻawi i kāna "Distinguished Caribbean Citizen Award" iā Gilman Figaro, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ka SUNSHINE Awards, no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka moʻomeheu Caribbean a puni ka honua ma o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka poʻe hoʻolohe me nā ʻano hana hoihoi a leʻaleʻa, me ka hula, mele. a me ka poema.
E hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Figaro i ka papahana Caribbean Tourism Industry Awards e ʻike ana i ka maikaʻi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka Caribbean a hoʻohanohano i nā poʻe nona kā lākou hana koʻikoʻi, makemake a hoʻolaʻa i kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka ʻāina. E mālama ʻia ka ʻaina ahiahi i ka Pōʻalima, Iune 6, i ka Caribbean Week New York, i ka wā e hoʻohauʻoli ʻia ai ka Big Apple me ka ʻala Caribbean, ka ikaika puʻupuʻu a me nā leo kala.
"Ua ʻike ka Caribbean Tourism Organization i ka holo ʻana o Gilman Figaro no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka moʻomeheu Caribbean ma o ka hana noʻeau," wahi a Sylma Brown, Luna Hoʻokele, CTO-USA. "ʻO kāna hana paʻakikī paʻakikī, hoʻolaʻa a me kāna kūpaʻa i ka hoʻonoho ʻana i ka Caribbean ma ke ʻano he ʻāina koʻikoʻi no nā ʻano hana kiʻi āpau a no ia kumu e hoʻohanohano ai mākou iā ia me ka Distinguished Caribbean Citizen Award."
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Figaro ma Trinidad a ua neʻe i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻelua makahiki ma hope o ke puka ʻana i ke kula kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kāna manaʻo paʻa e hoʻonui i ka pono a me ka ʻike honua i nā ʻano hana kiʻi Caribbean i alakaʻi iā ia e hana i ka SUNSHINE Awards. Hoʻomaopopo kēia hui i ka maikaʻi o ka hana hana, hoʻonaʻauao, ʻepekema a me nā haʻuki o nā ʻāina ʻo Caribbean.
Ke kau nei i ka manaʻo nui i ka hoʻonaʻauao, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Figaro i ka SUNSHINE Awards Student Recognition Program, i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻike a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hoʻokō kula o nā haumāna kiʻekiʻe mai ka mokupuni ʻo Caribbean i koho ʻia.
Ua kākau pū ʻo Figaro i ka "Song for Montserrat", nāna i hui pū i kahi hui o 119 mau mea hana kiʻi kiʻi kiʻekiʻe mai ka Caribbean i kahi ʻaha mele ʻohi kālā no nā ʻohana ma Montserrat i nalowale i ko lākou mau home i ka wā o ka lua pele o 1995.
Ua kākau a haku ʻo Figaro i ka First Annual Indo-Caribbean Music Awards no Jamaica Me Crazy Records no laila ʻo ia i lawe ai i kahi ʻano like me ka Grammy Awards. Ua hana a kākau ʻo ia i ka Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts ma Brooklyn College's First Annual Steelband Festival i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Pride of the Caribbean," e alakaʻi ana iā Figaro e hana i ʻehā mau hōʻike no nā mea piano kaulana, a me nā hana mele ʻē aʻe.
Ma muli o kona makemake i ka Caribbean a me kāna mau ʻano hana kiʻi, ua loaʻa iā Figaro nā makana he nui e hōʻike ana i kona hoʻolaʻa ʻana i nā hana hana, mele a me nā kaiāulu Caribbean.
