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LIKKLE BUT TALLAWAH: Tri-tom player, Kimani Ellis, displays his
graduation certificate from this year’s Food For the Poor Band Camp. Ellis, along with the other 49
students of the graduating lot, also received an instrument free of cost from
the programme. Seen with Ellis was his presenter, Pearl Barrett. Occasion was
the Food For The Poor Band Camp Concert 2013. The event
was held at the non-profit organisation's headquarters in Ellerslie Pen,
Spanish Town. Food For The Poor hosts an annual non-residential camp, which teaches children of the
inner-city to play musical instruments. The Band Camp was held from July to
August. 
HERO: Joshua Shreeves performs an alto saxophone-driven rendition of Hero, much to the delight of
patrons at the Food For the Poor Band Camp Concert,
held at the organisation’s headquarters in Ellerslie Pen, Spanish
Town. Food For The Poor hosts the annual non-residential camp, which teaches children of the
inner-city to play musical instruments, during July and August. At the end of the
Band Camp, musical instruments are also donated to the children.
Kingston,
Jamaica: On August 8, 2013, Food For The Poor Jamaica, the
island’s largest charity organization, held the Food For the Poor Band Camp
2013 Concert, at its headquarters in Ellerslie Pen, Spanish Town, St.
Catherine.
The Food For the Poor Band
Camp Concert 2013, served as a closing ceremony for the organisation’s annual
non-residential camp, which teaches children of the inner-city to play musical
instruments. This Band Camp is held during July and August. At the end of the
Band Camp, musical instruments are also donated to the children.
The proceedings began with
opening statements by Food For The Poor members Sandra Ramsey, Sylvester Lindo,
and Jacqueline Johnson, before the organisation’s Chairman, Andrew Mahfood,
delivered the Keynote Address.
In his speech, Mahfood
highlighted that:
“The Food For the Poor Band
Camp started five years ago, and gives children the opportunity to learn to
play music during the summer. We have seen 80 graduates of the programme since
its inception, with this year’s class having 50 members. The aim is for Food
For The Poor to eventually have a choir, which in turn will perform for
residents of homes for the elderly, funerals, and other aspects of society.”
The Band Camp graduates performed several items at the event, giving a
personalised twist on renditions of popular songs.
The Jeffery Brown led Band
Camp performances began with Rukumbine, followed by other pieces such as
Mary Had a Little Lamb and My God Is Awesome.
One of the most well
received sets was the Ian Crossbourne delivered, trumpet-driven rendition of
the gospel favourite, As The Deer.
Strong audience responses
were also given to the graduates’ renditions of Michael Jackson’s inspiration
number, We Are The World, and Bob Marley’s Redemption Song.
The group’s performance of
Redemption Song was described by Chief Instructor, Jeffrey Brown, as “Our
Emancipation song.”
Other impressive standouts
were the military-marching band hybrid of drumming patterns used for Oh When
The Saints, and Joshua Shreeves usage of the Alto Saxophone to play Hero.
To cap off the event’s
proceedings, Jacqueline Johnson, Executive Director of Food For The Poor,
announced that the recent Band Camp graduates, were being offered a free tennis
trial courtesy of Tennis Jamaica.
-End-
Food For The
Poor (FFP)-Jamaica is the largest charity organization in the country. Food For The
Poor Inc., located in Florida, USA, was named by The Chronicle of Philanthropy as the largest international relief and development
organization in the United States.
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Contact:
Erica James-King, PROComm, T: 926-6740 or 564-5277
Dominic Bell, PROComm, T: 926-6740 or 478-5624
Petri-Ann Henry, Food For The Poor, T: 984-5005 or 564-2886
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