Carey Robinson, former CEO of the Creative Production Training Centre (CPTC).

TEN AWARDS-two Gold, three Silver, four Bronze and the Youth Musgrave award will be presented for outstanding achievement in various fields at the Institute of Jamaica's Annual Musgrave Awards Ceremony on Wednesday October 15, 2008 at 3 p.m.

This year's Gold recipients are Mr Carey Robinson, for distinguished eminence in the arts through his contribution to community development and heritage and professor Mercedes Richards for distinction in the field of astronomy.

Veteran broadcaster and producer, Carey Robinson of the Creative Production Training Centre Limited (CPTC) has been the director for the local programme, Hill and Gully Ride for the last 20 years. He received the Silver Musgrave medal award for his work in broadcasting in 1969 and is the recipient of a lifetime award for Outstanding Public Services in TV Production from the Press Association of Jamaica. Robinson has great interest in historical research and has authored several publications including Fighting Maroons of Jamaica and The Rise and Fall of Falmouth.

Monica Campbell McFarlane and Howard Moo Young are two of this year's Silver Musgrave awardees. They are being recognised for their contribution to dance and photography, respectively. Environmentalist, Peter Espeut will also receive a Silver award for his contribution to protecting Jamaica's environment.

The 2008 Bronze Musgrave awardees are Maureen Campbell and Vincent Douglas for merit in the areas of drama and community development. Doreth McFarlane and Andrea Ricketts will be awarded for their work in science and education.

Twenty-two year old youth empowerment and development enthusiast, Jaevion Nelson will become the seventh Youth Musgrave awardee for his achievements in the field of information technology and community development. Nelson is the 2005 recipient of the Prime Minister's Youth Award for Excellence in the field of international achievement. He has a special interest in marketing and communications.

Oldest awards of its kind

Prominent photographer/artist Howard Moo Young.

The Musgrave Awards is one of the oldest awards of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Awarded for the first time in 1897, the Musgrave Medal was introduced as a memorial to Sir Anthony Musgrave, who in his tenure as governor of Jamaica founded the Institute of Jamaica in 1879. A Gold medal is awarded for distinguished eminence in the fields of literature, science or art, Silver for outstanding merit and a Bronze for merit.

The Musgrave Youth Medal is awarded to young people, between the ages of 15 and 30, who have shown outstanding scholarship, creativity and exemplary discipline in the fields of science, technology, literature and the arts.

Veteran dancer/choreographer Jackie Guy. - File photos