Music, Legacy Live on
In keeping with the theme 'Their Music Lives On' the songs performed were from the catalogues of the dead and many of the awards handed out in the Gardens of The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Friday night were posthumous...
Spectacular Dance Troupe takes spotlight
Spectacular Dance Troupe's founder and artistic director Samantha Forbes is a likeable, energetic young woman. These characteristics were displayed as she chatted with The Gleaner backstage at the Courtleigh Auditorium on Friday night. Perspiration was pouring...
Venezuelan beauty queentops Miss Universe
NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP):Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row. The new Miss Universe, Dayana Mendoza, was once kidnapped...
NDTC season opens July 25
The National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) opens its 46th Season of Dance which runs from July 25 to August 24 and has eight new works with six new choreographers. Clive Thompson's new offering, Raw Souls, joins masterworks such as Katrina and Kumina...
Griot Music set to liven up the nation
Griot Music is breathing life into Jamaica's music scene. With virtuoso guitarist Seretse Small at the helm, this company is currently developing 'Live Music Nation', an effort that will see Griot Music partnering with venues and sponsors to have live music happening locally...
Something extra
There's fun and frolic everywhere as festival queens cement their places, JNBS hits the road, pretty puppies parade and Beres Hammond enjoys some fish! ...
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