WHO: JAMAICA CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (JCDC)
WHAT: National Festival of the Performing Arts Parish Finals
WHERE: (SEE BELOW)
WHEN: Monday, April 14 – Tuesday, April 15, 2014
TIME: (SEE BELOW)
The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) annual National Festival of the Performing Arts Competition is ongoing in the various parishes across the island. 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 in July 2013. See schedule for Monday, April 14 to Tuesday, April 15, 2014.
DATE/TIME |
SUBJECT |
PARISH |
VENUE |
Monday, April 14 at 9:00am |
SPEECH |
Kingston & St. Andrew |
Louise Bennett Garden Theatre |
SPEECH & DRAMA |
St. Catherine |
Trinity Church Hall, Linstead |
|
DRAMA |
St. Mary |
Anglican Church Hall, Port Maria |
|
April 15 at |
DRAMA |
Kingston & St. Andrew |
Louise Bennett Garden Theatre |
DANCE & TRADITIONAL FOLK FORMS |
St. Mary |
Anglican Church Hall, Port Maria |
|
Traditional Folk Form |
St. Elizabeth |
St. Mathew’s Anglican Church Hall, Santa Cruz |
|
DANCE |
St. James |
St. John’s Methodist Action Centre |
|
DANCE |
Clarendon |
St. Gabriel’s Anglican Church, Church Street, May Pen |
|
SPEECH & DRAMA |
St. Catherine |
Trinity Church Hall, Linstead |
|