The Spanish City-based St. Jago Excessive College is the General Winner for St. Catherine within the Jamaica Cultural Improvement Fee (JCDC) Performing Arts Competitors.
At a current awards ceremony held on the St. Catherine Excessive College, the establishment walked away with 5 trophies and $50,000 in money.
Along with being the general winner, St. Jago was named the Prime Excessive College, the Zone Winner for Spanish City, and took first place in Speech and Drama.
The ceremony was held to recognise faculties or teams which have carried out effectively within the Competition of the Performing Arts within the areas of speech, music, dance and conventional folks varieties throughout the interval February to March.
Talking with JIS Information on the occasion, Drama Instructor at St. Jago Excessive, Vanessa Gardner Ranor mentioned the college group is happy with the achievement.
She mentioned the scholars are concerned in varied extracurricular actions and “they all the time attempt to put their finest ahead in the whole lot they do.
The competitors helps in establishing cultural values, resilience, and serving to them to be high achievers”.
Principal of the Victoria Main College, which gained the trophy for conventional folks kind, Annette Steele, advised JIS Information that the lecturers and the mother and father are “ecstatic”.
“We’re not one of many large faculties, however we’ve got large expertise, she mentioned.
The Conventional Folks kind class, the Principal famous, is essential in preserving Jamaica’s cultural heritage and custom.
It entails a wide range of conventional Jamaican dances and performances corresponding to Quadrille, Ring Video games, Maypole, Revival, Ni Nite/Wake, Gerreh, Dinki Mini.
“We don’t discover our kids enjoying ring video games [anymore], so, we determined that we wish to proceed the custom. The mother and father are very supportive, the college group is joyful for us. It places us on the map; it’s a good feeling total,” Ms. Steele mentioned.
She famous that the JCDC competitors helps the scholars with their social improvement, as they get the chance to work together with college students from different faculties.
“After they go to nationwide finals, they get to see different faculties performing. It helps with their self-confidence,” she mentioned.
In a speech delivered by Councillor for the Westchester Division, Renair Benjamin, Mayor of Spanish City, Councillor Norman Scott, welcomed the staging of the awards ceremony in “paying tribute to the extraordinary achievements of our college students”.
He hailed the JCDC for organising the Performing Arts Competitors, noting that “it has showcased their indomitable spirit, unwavering dedication and unparalleled abilities”.
He mentioned the humanities has the ability to rework, illuminate, educate, encourage and inspire.
“The performing arts offers you a platform for which to be artistic so your imaginations can soar,” he added.
Parish Supervisor for the JCDC, Vanessa Patterson, for her half, thanked the mother and father and lecturers for his or her continued assist in enabling the scholars to take part within the competitors.
Miss St. Catherine Competition Queen 2025, Shahidah Grant, in her remarks, mentioned that “the Jamaican tradition is alive and effectively in our noble parish”.
“For all the abilities which were exhibited, it really speaks to how highly effective St. Catherine is. Proceed to persist because the kings and queens of our nation,” she advised the scholars.
