Two leading figures in the cultural industry and connected to the National Cultural Foundation (NCF), Anthony Gabby Carter aka Mighty Gabby and Carol Roberts, marketing officer at the foundation, have been given their walking tickets. Gabby, appointed as this island’s first cultural ambassador in 2003, said on Saturday he was informed that he It is understood that long-standing calypso tent manager and retired executive at the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation, Vere Browne, will be the interim Crop-Over co-coordinator. An official close to the NCF said last night that a definitive statement on what was happening at that institution should be made on Monday. Gabby said as an active entertainer once again the public could expect to see much of him, especially in the tents during Crop-Over and in competition. “I can now go full blast with what I’ve been doing all my life, that’s entertainment,” he said, stating that the cultural ambassadorship “was great. I enjoyed it”. Gabby, who also worked as a cultural specialist at the NCF, promised to continue his relationship with those schools with which he had been working over the past three years. However, his main focus will be his role as a professional entertainer..