The JCDC Marcus Garvey Awards for Excellence in Performing Arts will be held tomorrow, October 1.
The awards, set to recognize outstanding individuals, schools and other groups will be held at the Little Theatre in St Andrew.
The ceremony is scheduled to commence at 11:00 am and will be hosted by the Culture and Entertainment Minister, Olivia Grange, with the keynote speaker being Education and Youth Minister, Fayval Williams.
The awards will celebrate outstanding performers and teachers who have made invaluable contributions in the national performing arts competitions from schools or groups which emerged with the most points from its participation in the Festival of the Performing Arts competitions staged earlier this year by the JCDC.
This year’s nominees are twelve-time title holders, Ardenne High School, eleven-time winners, St Jago High, first-time nominee Godfrey Stewart Performing Arts Society from Westmoreland; and returning nominees, Green Island High School from Hanover and the Port Antonio Theatre Group.
The JCDC Marcus Garvey Awards for Excellence in the Performing Arts ceremony was first staged in 1994. It is the highest and most prestigious award given annually in the Jamaica Festival of the Arts Programme.
To be eligible for the award, the participant must have competed in a minimum of the three areas in the Performing Arts Competition, where the winner would have amassed the highest score based on the quality of awards received during the competition.
