Photos by Colin Hamiltom/Freelance Photographer
LEFT: Joe Matalon sports a white suit with a pastel shirt as he and his wife, Bernadette, enter King's House for the Lyrical Gala on Friday, October 5.
RIGHT: Master Nelson Camacho (left) and Luis Alberto Llanez giving a splendid performance.

Keisha Shakespeare-Blackmore, Staff Reporter

Luis Alberto Llaneza (vocalist) and Nelson Camacho (pianist) gave a superb performance at the Lyrical Gala held at King's House on Friday, October 5.

The gala was held in commemoration of the first anniversary of the Spanish Jamaica Foundation and the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Embassy of Spain in Jamaica. The programme was to embrace the Cuban-born Master Ernesto Lecuona's work, a fusion of Caribbean and Spanish cultures through music. His music was interpreted by Masters Llaneza and Camacho.

We saw H.E. Ambassador Jesús Silva, Hon. Delroy Chuck and wife Patricia Chuck, Courtney Rattray, H.E. Mario Pino, Fanny Pino, His Excellency Jeremy Cresswell, H.E. Denis Kingsley, Jo Ann Kingsley, H.E. Victor Ventura Emilio Mejia Diaz, H.E. Gisela Garcia Rivera, Igor Hevia Diez, H.E. Juergen Engel, H.E. Leonora Rueda, H.E. Ricardo Moreno Flores, H.E. Cedric Lanyon Harper, H.E.Victor Zotin, H.E. Nafissatou Diagne, H.E. Chen Jinghua, Honorary Consul to Thailand Thalia Lyn and her husband, Capt. Michael Lyn, Professor E. Nigel Harris, Dr. Jonathan Greenland, Most Hon. Edward Seaga and Carla Seaga, Vincent Chang, Milton J. Samuda and Elizabeth Samuda.