Marabella's Southern
Marines Steelband Foundation promotes Talent
Expression for the Seventh Year
Marabella,
Trinidad, W.I. - The
auditions of the Talent Expression competition,
produced by the Southern Marines Steelband
Foundation came to an end on Sunday 21st
October 2007. Forty-two contestants have been
chosen to participate in the preliminaries to be
held on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th
October at the Southern Marines Pan Palais,
Southern Main Road, Marabella beginning at 7:00
pm.
Talent Expression is a
performance talent competition organised by the
Southern Marines Steelband Foundation since
2001. It is not restricted to Pan, but
encompasses all performance art e.g.
instrumental, vocal, dance, monologue, poetry
etc. This format was decided upon
because Southern Marines views its mission in
the broadest sense as one of youth and community
empowerment and development - through Pan, both
as instrument and as movement of the people -
and the Arts as a whole.
Since the event's inception,
three pannists have won this competition (Keisha
Codrington, Junior “Wiggy” Hinds and Richarde
Bereaux). So too, have two dancers and one
vocalist (calypsonian).
The following contestants have been slated to
perform on Saturday 27th October:
MEGAN WALROND, JAMES SAMUEL, GWENDOLYN BLACKMAN,
KEN GAFOOR, MARSHA CAGAN, LEROY PARRIS, WHITNEY
MOORE, ROBERT CHARLES, LINUS SALVADOR, MELISSA
ADAMS, LUCY M. REGIS, KERNESHA RAMAI, CLAUDE
NEPTUNE, KESTON SMALL, COLIN MILLS, KEN MCLEOD,
ANTON SOUGRIN, KEINO SWAMBER, KWESI EVANS, CECIL
MCDAVID and HENRY NELSON.
The following contestants have been slated to
perform on Sunday 28th October:
NIGEL O’CONNOR, SEAN WILLIAMS, SHINESSE SIMMONS,
JOANNE QUAMINA, JOSEPH CHARLEMAGNE, ALICIA
DURHAM, LELORD ROGET, KAOTIK SPEKTRUM, ANTHONY
CALLENDER, THE BEAUBRUN SISTERS, KELVIN ANDREWS,
LUCETTE REGIS, JAHVIN NEPTUNE/DANIEL PHILLIP,
KESTON CAGAN, BERNARD BRERETON, LYSTRA NURSE,
STACY BAPTISTE, SEAN VILLOREAL, ROYALA MCGARREL,
GREGORY SHERWOOD and CRYSTAL DANIEL.
Contestants must arrive
at the venue at 6:00 pm in order to draw for
positions.
Talent Expression is now in its seventh year and
has proved to be the leading contest of its kind
in the Southland, and has marked the Southern
Marines Steelband Foundation as a driving force
in the struggle to provide performance
opportunities for artistes who need them in
order to develop their artistic self-expression.
The semi-finals of the Talent Expression
competition will be held on Saturday November
10th 2007 and the Grand Finals will be held on
Saturday 24th November 2007, all at the Southern
Marines Pan Palais. There is more than $32,000
at stake in the competition.
From the News Desk of
Southern Marines Steelband Foundation
Joseph Wilkinson
Secretary |
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