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WHO: JAMAICA CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (JCDC)

WHAT: FESTIVAL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS PARISH FINALS

WHERE: (SEE BELOW)

WHEN: MONDAY, APRIL 28 – FRIDAY, May 2, 2014

The JCDC annual National Festival of the Performing Arts Competition continues in the various parishes across the island in unearthing, developing, showcasing, preserving and promoting the creative talents and expressions of the Jamaican people. Numerous participants from schools, community groups, youth clubs, social clubs, performing arts clubs, churches as well as outstanding individual performers are competing for top parish honours as well as a chance to go on to the National Finals. The areas covered are Dance, Drama, Music, Speech and the Traditional Folk Forms. Participants are engaged in a number of workshops throughout the year before competing at the zone, parish and national levels.

We invite coverage of the Parish Finals, which showcases the best entries in each Parish, which will then move on to the National Finals. See schedule for Monday, April 28 to Friday, May 2, 2014.

FESTIVAL OF THE PERFORMING ARTS – PARISH FINALS

April 28-May 2, 2014

DATE/TIME

SUBJECT

PARISH

VENUE

Monday, April 28 at 9:00am	MUSIC	Kingston & St. Andrew	Campion College Auditorium
	SPEECH	St. Catherine	Holy Trinity Church Hall
	SPEECH & DRAMA	St. Thomas	Anglican Church Hall, Morant Bay
	MUSIC	St. Ann	St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall, Brown’s Town
Tuesday, April 29 at 9:00 a.m.	MUSIC	St. Ann	St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall, Brown’s Town
Tuesday, April 29 to Wed April 30 at 9:00am	MUSIC	St. James	St. John’s Methodist Church hall, Humber Avenue, Montego Bay
Tuesday, April 29 at 9:30 a.m.	Traditional Folk Form	St. Elizabeth	St. Matthew’s Anglican Church Hall, Santa Cruz
April 29 at 9:30 a.m.	SPEECH	Kingston & St. Andrew	Campion College Auditorium
Wednesday, April 30 at 9:00 a.m.	SPEECH	Portland	Wesleyan Holiness Church, Boundbrook Crescent, Port Antonio
	MUSIC	St. Mary	Anglican Church Hall, Port Maria
	Traditional Folk Form	Kingston & St. Andrew	Louise Bennett Garden Theatre
	Traditional Folk Form	Manchester	St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall, Mandeville
	SPEECH	Kingston & St. Andrew	Campion College Auditorium
	DANCE	Trelawny	Anglican Church Hall, Falmouth

Thursday, May1 at 9:30 a.m.	SPEECH & DRAMA	St. Mary		Anglican Church Hall, Port Maria
Thursday, May 1 at 9:00 a.m.	SPEECH	Kingston & St. Andrew		Campion College Auditorium
Thursday, May 1at 9:00am	Traditional Folk Form	Clarendon		St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church Hall
	DANCE	St. Ann		St. Mark’s Anglican Church Hall
Thursday and Friday, May 1-2 at 9:00am	MUSIC	St. James		St. John’s Methodist Church Hall, Humber Avenue