LEGAL TALK: Anthony Johnson, Jamaica’s ambassador to the US and attorney-at-law, Maurice Maitland talk about laws at the Generation 2000 (G2K) organized welcome party held last Saturday at The Elegant Rose Hall, the Bronx in honor of the ambassador.

KIDS STYLE FASHION ’08: Six of America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) contestants walked the children of The Bronx Charter School for Better Learning down the runway of the Eastwood Manor in the Bronx last Friday in front of a packed house of over 200 guests. The event, which was presented by the school as a fundraiser, featured Camille McDonald, former Miss Jamaica and contestant on cycle 2 of ANTM, as celebrity hostess who, with co-host, Tony Bent, MC’d the show with lively commentary on the fashions and features of approximately forty elementary school children who sashayed down the runway in urban, casual, formal, swim and sporty styles accompanied by Bianca Golden, Lisa Jackson, Kimberly Leemans, Allene Roberts and Heather Kuzmich (cycle 9 of ANTM). The evening started at 6 p.m. with cocktails and dinner in the Rose Ballroom of the Eastwood Manor that had been beautifully transformed for the Valentine’s holiday. The guests mingled and dined to the music of DJ Kevin.

AFRICAN MUSIC AND MAGIC: Musicians and storytellers Hasan Bakr and Kevin Nathaniel (in photo) will introduce pre-school and young school-age children to the sounds of Africa and the African diaspora through the story of a young musician, a magician, and how they save their village from the evil giant Abiyoyo. Instruments include the djembe, mbira, bongo, and shekere. This will be held on Sunday, May 18, 2008 from 2 - 4 pm at the Audubon Center in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY. For further information please call Rohan at 646-221- 5608.

-JIS/NY Photo- Deputy Consul General of Jamaica in NY, Lisa B. Smart and Vincent Heath, co-chair of Team Jamaica Bickle- Philadelphia Organizing Committee, discuss the upcoming reggae concert on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 7pm, at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts,Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY during last week’s press briefing/reception at the offices of Ruder Finn Agency, 301 Second Avenue, Manhattan. The concert event dubbed “Team Jamaica Bickle on the Road to Beijing”, which will be staged under the patronage of Jamaica’s newly appointed Ambassador to the USA, His Excellency Anthony Johnson, will benefit Jamaica’s student/athletes attending the April 24-26, 2008 Penn Relays Carnival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the national senior team to the Games of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China, from August 8-28, this year. In his brief to the media, TJB Founder Irwine Clare, Sr., said that the April 20 event which is being supported by the VP Records Family, will be more than just a concert event.

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