Jamaica's Heritage/Heroes Celebration Honors Ambassador Dr. Basil K. Bryan, Consul General to Jamaica. |
The Miss Jamaica Independence And Royalty Children's Scholarship Pageant
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Bloomfield Banquet Hall, 296 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield NJ-Sunday, October 21 st doors open at 5pm and show time at 6pm. Jamaicans in New Jersey anticipate this annual event, full of Culture, Beauty, Music and Jamaican Cuisine, all a part of this fun filled evening. |
| The Miss Jamaica Independence Scholarship Pageant Queen, Royalty Princess and Boys Scholarship Kings will perform cultural artistic expressions. This star stud showpiece event marks the celebration of Jamaica's heroes and sheroes. The Entertainment promises a belly full of laughter from Skit performances, to African Dancers, the talents are one of a kind. |
| Shauna Burrell, best known as the "Lady with stage presence and captivation will perform a dramatic presentation, written by the Honorable Louise Bennett-Coverly. Shania Phillips "winner of the 2006 Miss Lou scholarship will perform " A Gospel Song. The audience will be fully involved with laughter, clapping and amazement. |
A historical and community service trip to Jamaica was accomplished this year in July 2007 as all the winners from 2006 made a pilgrimage to Jamaica. All four Queens and Princess's received scholarships, awards and gifts. Duties included, visits to Orphanages, Hospice center, Hospitals and other local organizations. |
| In addition, our Miss Jamaica Scholarship queen, Debianne Cole performed on Saturday, July 14 th, at the Miss Jamaica Festival queen coronation in Kingston, Jamaica. She received a warm welcome from Jamaicans in the audience. |
| Upon returning from the community service trip from Jamaica, we decide it was appropriate to honor Ambassador Dr. Basil K. Bryan, Consul General of Jamaica. Ambassador Dr. Bryan was instrumental in assisting our organization years ago with contacts in Jamaica for performing community service with the young people in the Scholarship pageant. |
This is a cultural, education, historical and community based scholarship pageant, while we enjoy the glitz and glamour; we must reach back into our community, especially to our homeland, Jamaica that gave us such a rich heritage. |
We look forward to honoring Ambassador Dr. Basil K. Bryan, Consul General of Jamaica says, Director of the Pageant and co-founder, Ms. Dionne Lewis. |
| Thanks to the Heroes and sheroes of yesterday, today and tomorrow, we continue to honor Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Paul Bogel, Sam Sharpe, George William Gordon, and Sir. Alexander Bustamante, Norman Manley and Nanny of the Maroons. Lets celebrate and teach our children so the legacy can continue... |
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