IN CELEBRATION of a week of music, visual arts, dance and drama, executive members of the University of Technology's Centre for the Arts and Mona Preparatory School invited members of the Nebraska Arts Council to a reception at Lilian's restaurant on Friday.
Hosts of the proceedings were students, Mariel Barrow, cultural co-ordinator and Danville Allen, public relations officer of the UTech Student's Union. Miss Barrow spoke highly of the Art Centre and how it had benefitted the students at UTech.
Tables were removed and chairs were arranged in a circular fashion to allow for bonding of the artistic minds.
The team from Nebraska Arts Council which included Jennifer Severin, executive director, Pat Miltner, C.A. Waller, Deborah Bunting and Marty Skomal were esctatic about the gathering. They will leave the island tomorrow.
Author of The Preacher's Daughter: A Memory, Wendy Gladney was congratulated by director of arts and culture at UTech, Pat Ramsay, for her speech at the Woman's Inc. luncheon last week.
Mrs. Ramsay and Beth Sherman, principal of Mona Prep, thanked the visiting Nebraska team for their participation.
In turn Mrs. Ramsay received a citation that made her 'Admiral in the Great Navy of Nebraska', which was presented to her by Jennifer Severin, who also saluted Mrs. Ramsay as the newest member of that group.
Mrs. Ramsay also disclosed that in the United States of America, a State-to-State exhibition, billed 'Soon Come', was now visiting Nebraska.
Opened in May this year, the exhibition is expected to close in Jamaica in 2002.
Works of such Jamaican artists as Laura Facey, Dawn Scott, Petrona Morrison were in the travelling show. In addition Stanford Watson and Cecil Cooper, whose pieces make up the exhibition, were at the reception.
Guests partook of refreshments and a Jamaican traditional meal of rice and peas, chicken and potato pudding, while Mariel Barrow sang, accompanied by Majorie Whylie on keyboard.
