Ernie Smith to headline UTech 60th anniversary concert
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Ernie Smith will headline the University of Technology (UTech) 60
th
anniversary concert set for Thursday, August 9 at 5:30 pm at the Amphitheatre, Shared Facilities Building, Papine Campus.
Smith, whose hits of the 1970s yielded Duppy or Gunman, Life Is Just For Living, Ride on Sammy, and Pitta Patta says he will be performing his originals as well as covers at the showcase dubbed “Evening of Musical Excellence Down Memory Lane.”
In a release today UTech President, Professor Stephen Vasciannie said that patrons can “expect to be delighted with an evening of superb high-energy live entertainment.”
The concert is free of charge and is open to the public.
Other acts who will perform at the concert include singer Everton Pessoa, the UTech Choir, UTech Steel Pan band and the Nexus Performing Arts Company of Jamaica.
Smith will be backed by Desi Jones and Friends.
