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Monday, August 26, 2024

On Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at the Courtleigh Auditorium, the National Chorale of Jamaica (NCOJ) in association with Jamaica National Group hosted a musical dramatisation of American composer George Gershwin’s 1935 opera
Porgy & Bess, directed by NCOJ director Winston Ewart, and starring world-renowned bass-baritone Sir Willard White as Porgy, and his wife mezzo-soprano Lady White as Bess.

Attendees excited to watch the international opera stars, gathered for cocktails an hour before curtain call. Notables included former Governer General Sir Kenneth Hall, United States Ambassador to Jamaica N Nick Perry and Jamaica National Group Chief Executive Officer Earl Jarrett.

Here are some Page 2 highlights.

 

Meeting Of Minds From left: Former Governer General Sir Kenneth Hall, National Chorale of Jamaica Chairman Christopher Samuda, United States Ambassador to Jamaica aide Bridgette Huerkamp, United States Ambassador to Jamaica N Nick Perry, Jamaica National Group CEO Earl Jarrett, PROComm Executive Chair Jean Lowrie-Chin, and NCOJ board member Paulette Mitchell.Karl Mclarty

In One Accord From left: Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts voice lecturer June Lawson, Nexus Performing Arts Company principal Hugh Douse, and Church of the Holy Spirit choir director Karen Henry added a good mix to the art professionals in attendance.Karl Mclarty

Salud! First Secretary of the Russian Federation to Jamaica Oleg Zhegl and his wife Tatiana toasted to a lovely night. Karl Mclarty

Family Ties Attorney-at-law John Leiba and his HR consultant wife Eleanor eagerly aniticipated watching their daughter Yanique Leiba-Ebanks perform.Karl Mclarty

Trending Fab A dapper Deiwght Peters, CEO, Saint International, faced the Page 2 lens.Karl Mclarty

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