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Welcome to our Art and Culture section

Topic: Arts and Culture, Books, Dancehall, Film, Food, Ideal hang out spots, Music, TV, Theatre|

GREETINGS from Negril.com!!!

Anthea McGibbon, Content Editor

Dear Reader,

Thanks for dropping by! Negril.com is dedicated to exposing the Heart, Arts and Culture of Jamaica. Negril.com strives to cover all our varied art expressions through reviews, commentaries, interviews, and tips you can use.

To read exciting contributions by our writers, you can either read the blogs below this welcome note or click on any of the links (above the welcome note) to individual pages. You can also search through our monthly archives listed on the right of this page.

If you would love to have your cultural event or project featured, please contact us at either our Negril office (957-3191) or Kingston representative (797-7297). You may also send an email to anthea@negril.com. Keep connected!! One World, One Love!

JUST A THOUGHT:
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a
tree without roots.” — Marcus Mosiah Garvey
  • A graduate of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Anthea is CEO of OAaSIS International, a company set up to expose and sensitise on the culture and the arts, starting with children. She has over 12 years experience in Journalism and the Fine Arts. Contact her also at islandartattack@yahoo.co.uk or anthea@theoaasis.com. [or Facebook]. WEBSITE: www.antheamcgibbon.com

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    From the art of Jamaica to your heart!

    Topic: Arts and Culture, Books, Dancehall, Film, Food, Ideal hang out spots, Music, TV, Theatre|

    Negril’s online mediahouse

     exposing the Arts of Jamaica!!!

    Anthea McGibbon, Content Editor

    FOR OVER 10 years, Negril.com remains dedicated to exposing the Heart, Arts and Culture of Jamaica. Negril.com recognises that visitors to the island especially are attracted to the island because of the island’s unique culture and multiskilled people. Negril.com strives to unfold Jamaica’s varied art expressions through reviews, commentaries, interviews, and tips readers can use, especially while in Jamaica.

    This especially as there are those persons who shy away from reading the local news, sometimes filled with reports on crime within Jamaica. Currently, there are hotels that do not allow immediate access to local newspapers for this reason, and hence preventing them from grasping a full understanding of the island and its offering otherwise.

    The online mediahouse, however, in no way competes, but rather compliments exisiting media houses. It operates as an an extension of the coverage of Arts and Culture of local media houses. It is staffed by a qualified editorial team, long experienced with the varied arts and expressions and are themselves seasoned and proliferic journalists in this regard.

     

    Anthea McGibbon, Content Editor

    Anthea McGibbon, an experienced art critic and artist herself functions as the Content Editor. She still on occasion contributes to the the Gleaner’s Art Section.

    Some of these persons contribute on a voluntary basis, joining the quest to see Jamaica take its rightful place at the pinnacle of the world. The vision of the team is to use arts and culture to transform the outlook of and from Jamaica. 

    Partnering with companies such as Negril Education Environment Trust, performing and visual artists, as well as the popular spots around the island, it is hoped that even the most insatiable hunger for interaction with Jamaica and its people will be filled.

    Contributions by our writers can be still be accessed, despite the layout of the site is currently being upgraded for better interaction and exposure, which at times result in photographs not being shown. 

    To access contributions, readers must first log on to www.negril.com and choose/click on Arts and Culture from the list to the left of the home page.

    Thereafter readers can click on any of the links (above the welcome note) to individual pages. Articles and their links are also published immediately following the welcome note. Readers can also search through the monthly archives listed on the right of this pages in the Arts and Culture section.

    Readers can join the message boards or simply send a comment where requested.

    So far, there are numerous websites are reusing downloaded information and articles from the site. Interestingly the only one not accrediting the source is located in Portmore, Jamaica, and doing so without expressed permission.

    To reuse any item from the site please contact the management or content editor in writing and additionally give proper accredition on the source. 

    For coverage or feature of any cultural event or project including books in Negril.com’s Art and Culture section, contact can be made at any of the following:

    The Negril office (957-3191), Coral Plaza or
    Kingston representative (797-7297)
    Mail can be sent to 3 South Avenue, Building #2, Swallowfield, Kingston
    You may also send an email to the Content Editor Anthea McGibbon, at anthea@negril.com or islandartattack@yahoo.co.uk.

    Keep connected!! One World, One Love!

    JUST A THOUGHT:
    “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” - Marcus Mosiah Garvey
  • A graduate of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Anthea is CEO of OAaSIS International, a company set up to expose and sensitise on the culture and the arts, starting with children. She has over 12 years experience in Journalism and the Fine Arts. Contact her also at islandartattack@yahoo.co.uk or anthea@theoaasis.com. [or Facebook].
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    Money worries throughout Jamaica

    Topic: Ideal hang out spots, Theatre|

    Play: Money Worries

    Reviewer: P. Gavin James

    Cast: Andrea Wright

              Garfield Reid

              Stede Flash

              Donald Thompson

              Felisha Lord

              Sheldon Shepperd

              Patrick Smith

    Production House: Stages

     

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    TO SOME VIEWERS, it would seem ironic that the roots play Money Worries would evoke such laughter in fickle economic times. Truth be told, the production was a welcoming break from the now monotonous negativity which encircles the global economic environment.

    The Paul Beale drama, while being humorous, urges the viewer to think twice on matters concerning financial transactions, while at the same time presenting numerous twists to the dynamics of male/ female relationships and interactions.

      The action centres around Delcita Coldwater (played by Andrea Wright), who by fate, or other sinister means becomes involved in a romantic relationship with elusive conman Trevor Gonzalez (played by Stages Productions veteran Garfield Reid). In the initial acts of the play, Reid is cast to be the more predatory character of the two, but unbeknown to Trevor, Delcita has a plan of her own, and upon realizing Trevor’s ways, sets the wheels of motion into action, and it is then that he realizes that he is in for more that he had bargained for. As with most Stages Production comedies, there is no shortage of comedic value [with some jabs being a lot more convincing than others].

      Pithy one-liners were put to good use throughout the play to full effect, but by Delcita more than any other character. Classic examples are given in her confrontation with Trevor’s fiancé, Enchunuba Heat. After the two characters square off in a lengthy tirade as to who Trevor truly ‘belongs’ to,  Ms Heat stomps her seniority to Delcita by flashing her engagement ring for all to see. Not to be outdone, Delcita in an inimitable fashion blurts out “A you a wear the ring , but a mi a carry the swing”  to an effect which had the audience on hand in throes of laughter.

      Separate and apart from exploring issues of finance, and the dynamics of male and female relationships, the drama also portrays the legal system within Jamaica and the flaws that exist within it. The drama also portrays the almost comical manner in which matters such as material evidence are manipulated in order to gain the upper hand in difficult cases, and how the matter of witness testimony comes into play.

      Although watching can cause some level of introspection into the class factors that affect justice, the complementing cast that shed light on the predicament are Sheldon Shepperd, who makes an appearance as an alcoholic lawyer, Mr. Case. The character, who seems to be genuinely interested in crunching up big cases to boost his law firm, makes an exception upon realizing that both he and Delcita had been hoodwinked by the same person. Despite all of his good attributes, because his life is in such a mess, is hard for the audience, or even the other characters to really take him or his struggling law practice seriously.

      His polar opposite is portrayed by Donald Thompson -who goes by the name Dr. Bull in the play. He comes to the play with numerous degrees and qualifications in tow, and it is his presence that casts a dark shadow on the practice that Mr. Case operates. Although Bull serves to be a constant annoyance to Case, it shows the viewer also the varying types of quality offered in the legal profession and proves the age old adage ‘ Money Talks’  to be quite true.

       The cast is rounded out by theatre veteran Stede Flash, who plays the comical Judge Stamma, whose name makes his impediment clear. With his experience in theatre, it seems almost effortless to elicit laughter from the audience. In the court scene of the play, he is supported by Patrick Smith, who makes an on-stage mockery of the clerk of courts in his portrayal.

     

    Where the stage and the transition between acts are concerned, the use of multiple focus light to interchange the scenery should be appealing to most viewers, and this is one of the production strong points of the drama. Although the scene changes were not seamless so to speak, the transition was quite smooth. The props were quite convincing and for the most part correctly placed. The use of the Mighty Maytones rocksteady hit Money Worries at the beginning and the end of the play was also quite nifty and noteworthy.

    What is also noticeable at the end was the concurrence that the play made for some good laughs, but some of the rib ticklers just did not come off right, as some members of the audience were left in bewilderment.

         Money Worries, separate and apart from the comedic elements, while not being over the moon, give the viewer much food for thought and makes for a good watch.

     

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    *** ½ stars

     

     

    P Gavin James is a mass communication graduate of CARIMAC.

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    ‘Hit Me With a Good Man’ in Jamaica

    Topic: Books, Ideal hang out spots|

    Jamaican author Doreen East launches latest work

     

    P Gavin James, Negril.com Writer

     

    DOREEN EAST, A self-styled ‘natural writer’, on April 4 launched her book Hit Me With a Good Man, recently in the cool of St Andrew.

     The project, which took just over a year to write and compile, was as the writer explained, a project to capture the experience of a Jamaican woman. This Jamaican woman returns to her homeland and finds love. This time however, the story was told through a Jamaican’s eyes with a purely Jamaican perspective.

    At the book’s launch, East, the author her apparent love for writing, which as a result, a voracious appetite for reading had developed, so much so that at age 8, she found herself reading Shakespeare.

      The need for writing her book, as she explained it, arose from a need which she  felt was not being satisfied by the overseas literary community. “ I felt almost duty-bound to step outside of the figurative and literary stereotype of  the Jamaican experience of being only ‘rum, reggae and ganja’. I felt that Jamaica was shortchanging itself with non-Jamaicans writing from the perspective of citizens without really living an authentic Jamaican experience,” East said. “You have to be Jamaican to feel Jamaica”

      According to East, the text is not autobiographical. She left Jamaica to live overseas for ten years, but despite all leaving, impressed upon those who were on hand, that there was a constant yearning to reconnect with Jamaica. The text chronicles the adjustments that a returnee has to make, and the initial level of culture shock of coming back to a somewhat different Jamaica from which she had left. In summing up her work, and to bring it closer home to the males on hand for the launch, she paralleled Jamaica and the female returnee. She emphasised “Like a woman- in the sense that when you leave her, it is like you find yourself wanting to come back to her ”.

          While the launch was not an exclusive family event, close family friend Sister Mariamne Samad, was on hand to relate the similarities of her experience and those shared by the central character, (being that she was among the few with a pre release copy).

    She related experiences from her 58 year marriage, and the adjustments that she had to make as a result of marrying at age 17. She described the work as being “delicious”, due to the depth of the scope the writer successfully covered in addition to the vivid imagery which was used to bring across feelings and thoughts towards the reader. In closing Samad summarised “this book is so exciting, that I couldn’t find myself putting it down, it had awakened things within me which I thought died a long time ago” to the delight of persons in the audience.

      Other persons on hand, who previewed the book before release described it as being ‘evenly balanced’ and that it had ‘presented that lessons life had to teach, and that there were no learning manuals’.

    Separate and apart from exploring the ever arising issue of erotic love and its forms, the text also tackle dead relationships. It also explores the complex issues as to why human nature sometimes propels or deters us from following through on what is right for us, and not based on external factors. The author also felt the need to write about HIV/AIDS, but did so in a satirical manner to dull the grave issue.

     In closing,  East outlined that the text was more about general, but personal experience and not just what she had experienced in her personal life. Indicating that the text was the quilt work of the many life experiences of Jamaican women, she felt her portrayal was quite justified.

    At the signing, i became evident how close the project was to her heart, and based on the initial responses from those who have read the work, there is much promise.

     

     

    P Gavin James is a mass communication graduate of CARIMAC.

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    Jamaica’s west end cops graduate, get computers

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    NEET awards police

     

    By Anthea McGibbon, Content Editor

     

    ANOTHER DREAM came true for Negril’s Winston Wellington. As chairman of Negril Education Environment Trust (NEET), he recently glowed at yet another graduation of the computer literacy programme, his brainchild.

    This time 10 police officers from the Savannah-La Mar police station graduated yesterday, April 5. This brought the total number of graduates from the course to a little over 500, since its inception 5 years ago.

    This year’s main theme for the programme according to the chairman is “To put a computer in every child’s hand before [s]he has access to a gun.” The ten graduates spent six weeks of intense computer training at level one and were on Sunday awarded a completion certificate and a computer.  

    While for Wellington the graduation was another dream to see more Jamaicans literate realized, guest speaker for the evening, David Dennisur seized the opportunity to challenge the graduates.

    Calculating in every word, he offered several challenges to the graduates. The main one was that of recognizing the power of being educated, regardless of colour, class or creed. “Education is the key to empowerment”, he said in reiterating MC for the evening, Mrs Joyce Green, J.P.’s point that while instruction ends in the classroom, education stops only when one’s life ends.

    In encouraging the graduates to recognize their call as police to serve, protect and reassure, the speaker asked that each one, having learnt should now teach one. It was a matter of reducing the need for the “public informants”, by educating and impacting through service, thus realizing the motto: “serve, protect and reassure.”

    Speaking against the Jamaican habit of loving to receive, he challenged the now computer literate graduates to have an impact, noting that police are judged by their contributions to family and community.

    Avoiding the patterns of wasting paper, he also challenged the graduates not to be wasteful in general. This he did as he spoke on the bifocal purpose of the NEET programme in offering computer training in a soon-to-be paperless world as one way of saving the environment.

    Other contributions to the evening’s success were the renditions of  “There’s a hero” by multiskilled pianist and guitarist Constable Mullings, and Wing beneath my wings” by Woman Constable Wright.

    Tearful expressions were made to teachers especially to Mr Volan Dagli and his wife Zerrin from Turkey. Other teachers, Jamaicans Winfield Wellington and Kedisha Jackson were also appreciated by the graduates.

    The graduates are Inpector Uton Gordon, Inspector Junior Whyte, Sgt Christopher McDaniel, Detective Sgt Rohan Hall, Detective Cpl Oxford Haldane, Constable Lindon Black, Constable Oliver Green, Woman Constable Annie Anglin, Woman Constable Collette Reynolds, Secretary Yvonne Wright.

    So far, the NEET has donated over 3 million books. Its overriding objective continues to be “to put a book in every child’s hand, and a computer in every classroom.”

    According to chairman Winston Wellington, it is hoped that through NEET, 10 libraries will be built in every parish, at a rate of two or three per month. Each library will ultimately be furnished with ten computers and at least 500 books including a Bible, the National anthem and the national pledge as priority.

    Six libraries including St Paul Primary; Little London; Sir Clifford Campbell; Friendship library have been built. Very soon a library at the Balaclava will be opened, followed by Bethel Town, then Bethel Bay.

     

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    Former Jamaican PM applauds local artist of international fame

    Topic: Arts and Culture, Ideal hang out spots|

    Barrington Watson’s “50 years of drawing” pleases

     

    By Anthea McGibbon, Content Editor

     

     

    IT WAS A ROOM FILLED with women - mostly nude.

    However, more than just Jamaica’s former prime minister, PJ Patterson was well pleased by the sight of the women filling the room.

    Some were sitting, some standing with basket of water, and representing Jamaica’s most cultural habits. In the middle a number of guests milled around in awe, not for a moment disturbed by the work of the artist who considers himself “the female artist”.

    It was the recent opening of “50 years of drawing”, on March 23, featuring the drawings of Barrington Watson, at the Gallery Barrington, Old Hope Road recently.

    The exhibition whose works were done in varied media including watercolour and pen and pastel, will end at the end of May.

    For now they titivate the walls, toying with the passions of viewers.

    At the exhibition’s opening it was explained that the youthful wife, Doreen, of the artist who’s going blind to expose drawings which remained hidden for a long time. She simply wanted for more persons to understand the other sides of Watson, more internationally renowned as a master painter’s talent.

    Jamaica at Beijing – outstanding in tribute to Jamaica’s athletes is a 6×8 footer in full vibrant colours, highly descriptive of the spirit and achievements of the athletes.  Surrounding it are works mostly measuring no more than 35 inches, and are mostly in black and white.

    The fascination Watson’s work has demanded over the years, is again stirred by the current “50 years of drawing’. The exhibition adds to the list of his achievements through the years, and outstanding service to Jamaica, speaking again of Watson’s commitment to excellence and imagination in his working method.

    Amidst the well figured Jamaican women, there are landscapes and flowers, and sketches of a few selected men, by the artist who mostly shies away from representing men in his work.

    The drawings of the women tells tales of a long term affair and fascination through studies of the Jamaican female, - their form, culture, and habits. From “Stone cutters”, “Carnival Spirit series”, “Mother and Child series”, to “Woman with Bucket”, the Jamaican women is well represented

    Tending to be quick and strategic, the artist flirts with our imagination of the chosen subjects, as seen in “Study for Beijing series”, “Study for Hibiscus”, “Seated Nude”, and “Woman with Basket”.

    The basic mass and form are clearly visible and in full and good perspective and relation to each other. No matter where you are Barrington Watson’s work is identifiable and stands out, as much as the character of the artist was the gist of the messages at the exhibition’s opening.

    Keynote speaker, former prime minister PJ Patterson highlighted some of these achievements in what could be described as a colourful speech, which had the guests bent in laughter throughout.

    Achievements highlighted include Watson being the first man of colour to have matriculated from the Royal School of Art, London; founder of the Young Commonwealth Artist Association; one of the founders of Contemporary Jamaica art association; and, one of the first teachers at the Jamaica School of Art (now Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts).

    The Attorney-at-Law simultaneously revealed a few blunt secrets about the man he described as a legendary artist, in keeping the over 300 listeners tickled to the bone. He spoke of the confidence of  the artist through high school to now, and the painting through which the artist predicted his (Patterson’s) ascendancy to power.

    Commending Barrington Watson for having “ascended to the zenith of his profession” he highlighted Watson as one among many accomplishments of the parish of Hanover alongside others such as Governor General Kenneth Hall, Court of Appeal president Seymour Panton, and noted athletes such as Merlene Ottey.

    Among the guests were Freddie Green and wife, Marva, Kaye Osbourne, Major Richard Reece and wife, Reece, Lennie Little White, Wallace Campbell, Dr David Mcbean, Dr Hudson Phillips.

     

    Anthea McGibbon, graduate of the Edna Manley College for the Visual has over 12 years experience in journalism and the visual arts, and is CEO of The OAaSIS International. islandartattack@yahoo.co.uk.

     

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    President Lincoln’s birthday celebrations for Montego Bay

    Topic: Arts and Culture, Ideal hang out spots|

    US Embassy hosts birthday celebrations for President Lincoln on Jamaican soil

    TWO EVENTS are being organized in celebration of the Bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln (1809-2009). The events slated for April 1, will take place in Montego Bay, by the U.S. Embassy’s Office of Public Affairs, in partnership with the Jamaica Library Service and Montego Bay Community College. 

    Both events will include discussions with Lincoln scholar and author of the acclaimed “Lincoln: A Life,” Professor Michael Burlingame, Professor Emeritus of History, Connecticut College.  Professor Burlingame will talk about Lincoln’s life and legacy; his role as the “great emancipator” through the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1863; comparisons between Lincoln and Obama; and the relevance of Lincoln’s life and philosophy in the 21st century.

    SCHEDULE 

    3:00 pm                Hanover Public Library, Lucea, Hanover

                                 A discussion with Professor Michael Burlingame on “Abraham Lincoln: A Legacy of Freedom”

     

    5:30 pm                Montego Bay Community College

    A public forum with Professor Burlingame on “Lincoln and Obama: From the Emancipation Proclamation to the First African American President”

     

    As you are probably aware, President Barack Obama has often invoked President Lincoln’s name, and was sworn in as President on Lincoln’s Bible.  President Obama has been greatly influenced by Lincoln’s political and personal philosophy and there are many comparisons between the two Presidents.  In 2005 he wrote an article for Time magazine, “What I see in Lincoln’s Eyes.”

     

    Former Vice President Al Gore said in August 2008:  “The experience Lincoln’s supporters valued most…was his powerful ability to inspire hope in the future at a time of impasse…He was known chiefly as a clear thinker and a great orator, with a passion for justice and a determination to heal the deep divisions of our land.  He insisted on reaching past partisanship and regional divides to exalt our common humanity.  In 2008, once again, we find ourselves at the end of an era with a mandate from history to launch another new beginning.  And once again, we have a candidate whose experience perfectly matches an extraordinary moment of transition.”

     

     

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    Loving Jozza: Pure Heart for Art

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    Loving Jozza at Gallart, Florida


    Anthea McGibbon, Content Editor

    MIAMI, Florida:

    ITS ALL ABOUT love.
    No matter where you turn throughout Gallery Art, Aventura, Biscayne Boulevard, Florida, you are bound to be energised by the works of Jozza, from the heart out. He certainly puts his heart in his art as he playfully visualizes the main objects of his affections on several planes. These include nature and animals, but there are certainly some aspects of his own life’s experiences which he relates through his acrylics. Sometimes with Biblical references like from The Garden of Eden. Putting the pop in popular, “Jozza expresses love through animated lines, shapes, happy colors and faces he uses to pattern his budgeted space.” 

    His works are for sure inspirational and creative enough to make you fall in love with life and humanity, while enjoying lessons in courtship and reproduction.
    See for instance One Love, Kitty in Love, and About Love from almost 48 precision pieces rotated at the Gallery. As if hit by Cupid’s bow, you fall in love with Jozza by the terms of his artscapes.

    PROFILEiNbrief

    BORN Hilondria, Brazil
    STATUS: Married with two children
    SELF-TAUGHT
    INSPIRED BY His mother Maria
    SPECIAL INTERESTS include soccer, law
    EXHIBITIONS include Biscayne Tower, downtown Miami, New York Expo

     

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    Negril Trust support Kite Festival in Mountain View

    Topic: Arts and Culture, Ideal hang out spots|

    KITE FESTIVAL FOR MOUNTAIN VIEW

    Come April 18th, the Negril Education Environment Trust (NEET) will join forces with the Eastern Bell Education Project who will be hosting Mountain View’s first annual kite festival. The festival will be held at the Mountain View Oval, currently being used as a football field, located across from the Excelsior High School.
    Jamaicans will have opportunity to vie for awards for their creativity in kite design. In strengthening the winds for the day’s activities, NEET will be giving away over 2,000 educational and leisure books.

     The kite festival, according to Member of Parliament, Dr St Aubyn Bartlett is another step towards improving the image of the Mountain View area, and its immediate environs. It is being staged by the Eastern Bell Education Project, the brainchild of Dr Bartlett, and working within the Mountain View Community.

    Detailing the bifocal objective, Dr Bartlett, explains that the festival will first of all expose the Oval as a viable venue for hosting various events. According to him, the venue is ideal for events such as crusades, fun days, aside from its usual use as a football field. Secondly, he envisions the venue as the permanent home of Mountain View¹s annual kite festival, at this time of the year.
    Although major sponsorship has not been sought, there have been some contributions made to the event not designed for fund raising. So far, The Tac Printery and the OAaSIS International are two of the four companies supporting with skills and services.
    Jamaica Fun Fun has also joined forces to supply a bounceabout and a merry go round for the day.
    Other attractions are:
    o        Awards for the best, most original and longest staying kite in the air
    o        Donation of books to children in the area
    o        Clowns and Face-painting
    NEET’s contribution is a special thrust towards encouraging reading habits in Jamaicans. NEET is the charity arm of Travellers Beach Resorts, Negril.

     

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    NEET contribution to Family Fun Fest, Portmore

    Topic: Books, Ideal hang out spots|

    Portmore’s “Family Fun Fest” set for Easter

     

    ONCE AGAIN the Negril Education Environment Trust (NEET) is on board giving families a great opportunity to read and learn, and have fun together. On Easter Monday, April 13, Jamworld, Portmore will again be the venue for “Family Fun Fest”.

    NEET, the charity arm of Travellers Beach Resorts will donate over 4000 books to the day’s success.

    Last year Pal Production, in collaboration with Jamaica Fun Fun, hosted the first staging of the event at Jamworld for residents of Portmore. According to CEO of both companies, and the event’s organizer, David Benton, the first staging was a challenge, but well attended enough to make it an annual family event.

    Jamaica Fun Fun will offer:

    l      Water Slides

    l      Rock Climber

    l      Go-Kart

    l      Bounce-a-Bout (3 types)

    l      Clowns and Face-painting

     

    To complete this year’s package, top artistes, working with Palz Production, have committed to delivering igniting performances. The 2008 winners of Dancing Dynamites, Granny, comedians Apache Chief and Sarge and Jamaica’s Michael Jackson are slated to perform. Also in the lineup are singers George Nooks, Etana, and Elephant Man. The recently-launched Dance Expressions School will be represented.

    Over a million dollars worth of prizes including household items, televisions, x-boxes, videos, and, over 4,000 books, will be given away. Added attractions will be a treasure hunt.

    Major Sponsors include:

    Kingston Hireage, UDC, Seprod, D&S Auto Parts, Traveller’s Beach Resort, Negril.

     

     

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