A brand new date has been set for the inaugural Karen Smith Memorial Scholarship Live performance.
The occasion, which was initially slated for Sunday, September 25, needed to be postponed due to the inclement climate related to the passage of Tropical Storm Ian. The fund-raising live performance has now been rescheduled for Sunday, October 9, on the Vera Moody Live performance Corridor on the Edna Manley School of the Visible and Performing Arts beginning at 6 p.m.
All of the acts who had been initially billed to carry out on the occasion have dedicated to the brand new date. Among the many entertainers who’ve given their time and expertise free of charge to this effort are Ernie Smith, Dean Frazer, Boris Gardiner, Desi Jones, Gem Myers, Jon Williams, Carlene Davis, DiMario McDowell, Peter Ashbourne, Pam Corridor, Junior Tucker, Seretse Small, Dwight Richards, Keisha Patterson, Rosina Christina Moder, Maria Myrie, Charmaine Lemonious and Ozou’ne.
Karen Smith’s widower, famend bass participant, Jackie Jackson, and their daughter, Courtni, are additionally set to ship a particular efficiency for patrons.
The live performance is beneath the distinguished patronage of former Prime Minister P J Patterson and can be guided by veteran broadcasters Fae Ellington and Michael Anthony Cuffe who would be the night’s comperes.
The Karen Smith Memorial Scholarship Live performance, which is among the many actions to mark the forty fifth anniversary of the faculty, is being staged by Mates of Karen Smith and the Faculty of Music on the Edna Manley School of the Visible and Performing Arts. The proceeds from the occasion will go in the direction of scholarships vocal efficiency college students on the Faculty of Music, in addition to refurbishing and soundproofing one of many faculty’s observe rooms.
Acclaimed, award-winning Jamaican singer Karen Smith died on September 11, 2021, after battling colon most cancers for a simply over one yr.