Spain paints the night red... and yellow
published: Sunday | December 12, 2004

Daviot Kelly, Staff Reporter

THE RED and yellow of Jamaica's good friends from the Iberian Peninsula were on display again on Monday night as Spanish Ambassador Rafael Jover hosted another reception.

This time the occasion was Spain's Constitution Day, which is always celebrated on December 6. Spain's constitution became effective in 1978. Therefore, the best of Spain was on show, especially from the culinary side of things. The steaks were juicy and the coconut shrimp was crunchy. As usual, with a reception held at the palatial Norbrook residence, the spotlights painted a red and yellow haze across the yard.

SOCIAL SCENE REGULARS

Among the social scene regulars who dared not miss this event were Paul and Chris Issa, Thalia and Captain Michael Lyn, Paul Pennicook, Ambassador Raymond Wolfe, Willie Lampert, UNDP Resident Representative Juan Carlos Espinola; Chilean Ambassador Adolfo Silva and wife Aida; Mexican Ambassador Benito Andion and sidekick First Secretary Roberto Sanroman; Brazilian Ambassador Cezar Amaral and wife, Lidia; Honduran Ambassador Carlos Matute and wife, Rebecca; Argentinean Ambassador Gonzalo Medrano; Canadian High Commissioner Claudio Valle; Horace Bogues; Sameer Younis; Jack Ashenheim; Susan Alexander and husband, Patrick Lynch, Trevor Campbell and wife, Mayra Leon of the Cuban Embassy, Sergei Tarasov and wife, Larisa; Morin Seymour; Robert MacMillan; Russian Ambassador Edward Malayan; UNESCO Representative Helene-Marie Gosselin, Peruvian Ambassador Luis Sandiga and wife; Dr. Napoleon Ochoa; Colombian Ambassador Dr. Kent Francis; Ecuadorian Consul Clelia Barreto de Hunter; Kingston Mayor Desmond McKenzie; Red Stripe's Noel DaCosta; Wayne McCook from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador Dr. Matthew Beaubrun and wife; Syringa Marshall Burnett; State Minister of Industry and Tourism, Wykeham McNeill; Lensley Wolfe and Sheila Benjamin.