LOCATED in Falmouth, Trelawny, Holland High School was the most recent stop for the teenAGE Observer Expression tour.

While the performers prepared their original talent for the show, the audience waited anxiously at the front of the stage.

Antonio South was the first to give the crowd what they were waiting for. He deejayed a song about how he takes his partying for the summer to a different level with his flossing and blinging.

Ghetto Mix-up — a suitable name for a group and title of a dramatic piece — was next. The name says it all, as this group had the crowd roaring with laughter as they performed.

Janeil Morgan wrote a gospel song called I Don’t Understand Why You Love Me So.

Man A Bad Man was the title of Olivia Cole’s poem. It was about how many heads she managed to chop off. The poem was very catchy, but was hilariously misleading. At the end she clearly stated that she didn’t kill people, but chickens.

Otis Mitchell deejayed a song on the Bomb A Drop riddim, about how to get through the struggles of life while holding your head high.

Monologue was the title of a solo dramatic piece that was done by Kimone Payne. It tells the story of how she was brutalised by her own father and how in the end she got frustrated and killed him. Payne delivered her piece in a very expressive way, which almost made it looked real. Her performance gave many audience members of the audience goosepimples.

Janoy McIntosh moonwalked, twisted and turned to pop star Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean. He had the crowd watching every move of his feet as he worked the stage the Jackson-way. His overall performance was very exciting.

The story of how Jesus carved out prophets to spread the wonderful word of Jesus over the land was told in the form of a poem by Neca Peterkin.

This young man came out to dance, but it was not the kind the audience was expecting. Moses Brown came out doing a contemporary dance. It was very wonderful and the crowd enjoyed it.

Jameil Powell deejayed a song about how God has always been there for him in times of need. Powell worked the stage and gained his round of applause from the crowd.

When the emcee Monique Edwards Davis introduced the next performer to be Sewayane Smith, the crowd stirred up in excitement as Smith made his entrance.

Smith sent lyrics flying through the air as the crowd raved in excitement. He had the crowd rocking to the catchy Bird Back Dance.

Larissa came out very energetic on a string of songs that was fun and dramatic.

Reshak Bernard deejayed a very explicit song that wasn’t welcomed by the crowd. She, however, stood her ground and finished her performance.

Answele Riley deejayed about his love life and how he wanted to be the perfect guy for his girl, randomly selected a female and serenaded her.

Troy Robb and Aldaine Reid dance to Popcaan’s popular song Party received a fair response from the crowd.

Kadana Lowers recited a poem about the disadvantages of being Homeless. The poem also described how people are treated like outcasts, had the crowd listening attentively.

Despite the technological difficulties with the Dance Group’s music, it did not set back the performance.

Orvillesha Genas was next to perform her poem.

Tanique Martin was the second-to-last performer for the day. Although a little nervous, her beautiful voice, determination and originality she succeeded in finishing her piece and was rewarded with screams and applauses from the crowd.

Total Drama was left to close the show with a predictable presentation, for which the crowd still applauded with appreciation.

The fate of the performers was left in the hands of JOL’s Stacy-Ann Neilson, Michael Godfrey, Laquaine Campbell and Tracy-Ann Myles, to determine the winner

After a minute or two the scores were tallied and the winners were announced. In third place was Ghetto Mix-up, with Answele Riley in second place and the first place winner was Sewyane Smith.

Prizes were awarded to teacher Christopher Romanance and student Shantay Davey for the Seprod drink-off. Shantal Delaney received a prize from Flow, Quan Joseph and Tiesha Haughton also received prizes for answering trivia questions.

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