Thursday Jan 7

(Photos: Garfield Robinson)

With the hashtag #TeamShaggy4Kids floating all around social media last Saturday night, there was no doubt, the place to be was on the Lawns of Jamaica House for the fifth staging of the Shaggy and Friends 2016 benefit concert. Indeed, even Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was in attendance, and made an impromptu appearance on stage to “settle the score” when Ity & Fancy Cat poked fun at her as part of their comedic set. Thousands of patrons streamed into the arena-styled venue, filled with WATA and CranWATA igloos, food stations stocked with scrumptious fare catered by some of our local culinary personalities; and libations aplenty (see more in the pages of Thursday Life). Thursday Social presents the third instalment of our Shaggy and Friends coverage.

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Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on stage with comedians Ian ‘Ity’ Ellis (left) and Alton ‘Fancy Cat’ Hardware.

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Businessman Chris Dehring (right) was all smiles for the family photo with his wife Katia, and son Zachary.

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Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited Managing Director Hugh Graham with Stewart’s Automotive Group Managing Director Diana Stewart.

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Andrew Mahfood (centre), CEO of the Wisynco Group spends his evening at Shaggy and Friends with his wife Caroline, executive director of the GraceKennedy Foundation, and their son Jake, University of Western Ontario business major.

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Campion College eight-grader Mia Mahfood (centre) shares the spotlight with her peers Laila Roberts (left), Hillel Academy High School ninth-grader; and her older sister Ali, Appleby College, twelfth-grade student.

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The Nassief sisters, Isabel (left), intel associate at Quid Inc, California; and Victoria, business major at George Washington University with their friend Jennifer Roche, Central Piedmont Community College Interior Design major.

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Ten-year-old ChloÃ&Copy; Stone and her god-mother, media personality Deidra James, break from their moment with Shaggy and Friends for a photo op.