( L - R ) Tavares-Finson, Longmore Dropinski, Pickersgill, Bailey, Benjamin

Cancerians continue to celebrate, including singer and entertainer Tinga Stewart, today, July 3.

Former hotelier-turned-manufacturer, Billy Woung, celebrates his birthday, this week.

Senator Tom Tavares-Finson celebrates his birthday next Tuesday, the 7th July.

The following day, Wednesday July 8th, security conglomerateur Kenny Benjamin celebrates his birthday.

Legal luminary Patrick Bailey returns to the island from London, in time to celebrate his birthday next Friday, the 10th.

Internationally acclaimed reggae star, Mykal Rose, the former lead force of Black Uhuru and chart-topping solo artist, celebrates next Saturday, July the 11th.

Former transport minister in the PNP administration and long-serving chairman of the party, MP Bobby Pickersgill will celebrate on the 12th.

Other celebrants

Also celebrating on the 12th are the talented Jai-Gairy Smith, who will be making it a rather intimate do; and the absolutely gorgeous, and stunningly so, Tamara Nikie Petersen, will be celebrating and then some, in Germantown, WI.

And belated wishes to the fab Marsha Wilson, who celebrated her birthday on Tuesday of this week with a fab outing in Beverley Hills.

Also to the lovely Dr Saphire Longmore Dropinski, who celebrated her special day yesterday, Thursday, July 2nd.

And special belated wishes to Doreen Stultz, the grandmother of Soprano Sonya Headlam, who celebrated her 85th birthday on Sunday, June 28. Also to the lovely Rhonda Lyons, who also celebrated on the 28th, with the partying being in Queens, New York.

Many happy returns y'all with champagne toasts and Beluga treats!

Then the buzz in theatrical circles is all about the JSPCA Cocktail Evening and Benefit Performance of Dreamgirls the musical at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, UWI, on Sunday, July 26, at 3 p.m.

Now-legendary musical

Presented under the auspices of the Jamaica Musical Theatre Company, the original cast and show of the now-legendary musical, follows the story of a young female singing trio called The Dreams, who became music superstars and played for a record 1,521 performances on Broadway, starring Ben Harney, Jennifer Holiday, Loretta Devine and Jamaica's own Sheryl Lee Ralph.

But who can forget that absolutely dee-vine song And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going, immortalised by Jennifer Holiday, and later revisited to international acclaim by Jennifer Hudson, in the movie version, that saw her winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. You know we are talking about one awesome role here!

My daahlings, if for nothing else, the Jamaica Musical Theatre Company's mounting of this musical is a must-see, just to see how the songstress cast in the role treats the title song from the show!

A good cause

Pumpkins, y'all can bet your slice of that delicious jackfruit-upside-down cake, that this here scribe will be in attendance! And, as the staging of this musical is all about a good cause, that of helping to raise funds to secure a home for the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, dears, it's all about partying for a cause!

And many congrats to Cherise Francis-Windle, as she is now president-elect of the Orange County Chapter of the California Association for Nurse Practitioners, the first time in the history of the 31-year-old 400-member organisation that someone of Jamaican extraction has been elected to head the prestigious body!

The president-elect will take up office in November, after returning from London, where she and hubby John Windle, will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary, with family and friends in what promises to be quite the do!