2017 Jamaica's Musgrave Medalists sail with Institute of JA
2017 Musgrave Medals Award Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. Featured from left are Deputy chairman of council, Institute of Jamaica, Marigold Harding; Tanya Shirley (silver medalist); Freddie McGregor (silver medalist); Minister of Culture Gender Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange; Professor Daniel Coore (silver medallist); Custos of Kingston Steadman Fuller; Eleanor Jones (bronze medalist); and Ambassador Basil K. Bryan (bronze medalist). Gold medalist Professor Herbert Ho Ping Kong, OD who was absent.
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By Anthea 3 years ago
2017 Jamaica's Musgrave Medalists sail Big Ship at Institute of JA .. claim best award comes from own country
One of Jamaica's leading advocate of arts and music, the internationally acclaimed Frederick "Freddie McGregor" McGregor, OD, in an interview with the press boasted that nothing feels better than being awarded by your people at home. He was not the only Musgrave Medalist who was appreciative of the awards ceremony highlighting Jamaicans in science, arts and literature.
The Musgrave Medals Award Ceremony was held on May 25th, 2017, at the Lecture Hall of the Institute of Jamaica under the patronage of the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport the Honourable Olivia Grange, CD, MP.
Offering the vote of thanks another silver medalist Tanya Shirley represented the 2017 Musgrave Medalists and said "I say thank you to the Institute of Jamaica for making us feel, even for a moment, like big ships sailing on an ocean."
Jamaicans have for a long time generally struggled to equate skills to academia, recognising even the relevance of the arts to the development of any nation. The packed to capacity lecture hall, with some of Jamaica's most revered personalities such as the Honourable Barbara Gloudon, OJ, OD, Hon. LLD, representative of Jamaica's Chief of Defence staff Major General Rocky Meade, Indecom, British council and ambassadors, in attendance evidenced that awards were welcomed by the public.
2017 Musgrave Medal award-recipients
The six Musgrave Medal award-recipients for 2017 are Professor Herbert Ho Ping Kong (science), gold; Professor Daniel Coore (science), silver; Tanya Shirley (literature), silver; Frederick 'Freddie' McGregor (music/arts), silver; Ambassador Dr Basil K. Bryan (literature), bronze; and Eleanor B. Jones (science), bronze.
The Nexxus Performing Arts Centre reiterated the position of the arts as being very relevant with their medley titled 'Big Ship Suite', and the inspiration of that rendition Mr Freddie McGregor joined in to endorse the performance. Other performers were Myrna Hague Bradshaw, PhD. (2015 medalist) accompanied by Marjorie Whylie and the East Street Junior Centre Music Group.
Greatest feeling
After the ceremony, Freddie McGregor encapsulated the feelings of all awardees when he boasted "I feel great. One of the greatest feelings I've had in a long time. We've got a lot of awards and accolades from abroad, but when it comes to Jamaica, it's a totally different feeling. There is no award in the world I've got that makes me feel the way I do today…. It makes a big difference to be awarded by your people and on local soil."
The Musgrave Medals Award was founded in 1889 as a memorial to Sir Anthony Musgrave, who founded the Institute of Jamaica in 1879 and who was the governor of Jamaica between 1887-1883.
The Institute of Jamaica since 1897 awards Musgrave Medals and the Musgrave Youth Medal in recognition of notable contributions to literature, science, and art. Artist Mrs Edna Manley OM, wife of the late Norman Manley received the first gold medal for the Arts being her contribution to the advancement of Art and Literature in Jamaica.
Each year students of Jamaica College, another institution to have benefited significantly from Mr Musgrave and his wife attend the ceremony.
In closing, Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica Dr Vivian Crawford reminded the audience that the medals were awarded to persons who inspired others to realise that "Faith is to believe what we cannot see, and the result is to see what we believe" by their own achievements.
ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTOS: 2017 Musgrave Medals Awards Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. Nexxus Performing Arts Centre representatives entertain with a medley of songs by Freddie McGregor and he joins them on stage.
ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTO: 2017 Musgrave Medals Awards Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. Nexxus Performing Arts Centre's artistic director invites silver medalist Freddie McGregor on stage to perform with the group.
ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTO: 2017 Musgrave Medals Award Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. In the photo Myrna Hague Bradshaw, PhD., backed by Marjorie Whylie performs. Myrna Hague Bradshaw, PhD. is a 2015 Musgrave Medalist.
ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTOS: Musgrave Medals Awards Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. Ainsley Henriques congratulated Myrna Hague Bradshaw, PhD..
ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTO: 2017 Musgrave Medals Awards Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. Myrna Hague and Marjorie Whylie.
ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTO: 2017 Musgrave Medals Awards Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. Representatives of Jamaica College share a photo with Hon Olivia Grange, DC, MP(second from left).
ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTOS: 2017 Musgrave Medals Awards Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. Time out for an interview with silver medalist Freddie McGregor.
ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTOS: 2017 Musgrave Medals Awards Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. Congrats Freddie McGregor (centre) says Nexxus and Tommy Cowan. Above Freddie McGregor is Hugh Douse, the group's artistic director.
ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTOS: 2017 Musgrave Medals Awards Ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Institute of Jamaica on May 25th, 2017. Time out for a selfie by Nexxus performers with Freddie McGregor (centre).
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