Gil Figaro, Sr., the Trinidadian-born chairman and founding father of the Teaneck, NJ-based SUNSHINE Awards Organization, says the ladies’s part of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Band, famend for its distinctive and electrifying dwell performances, will make its extremely anticipated debut in the USA, showing on the prestigious 36th Annual SUNSHINE Awards Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024 on the Robert Deal with Lodge, 50 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102.
“This efficiency is considered a milestone because the band continues to develop its world attain,” Figaro instructed Caribbean Life on Thursday. “This look is predicted to be one of many highlights of the night.
“We’re very excited and thrilled that the ladies’s part of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Band might be becoming a member of us this yr to rejoice the SUNSHINE Awards recipients for his or her contributions and accomplishments,” he added. “The band’s presence and efficiency will guarantee an unforgettable expertise for our visitors. It will likely be a night of remarkable expertise and leisure.”
Performing Superintendent of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Wayne Guerra stated: “I’m really elated that the Trinidad and Tobago Police Band, extra so the feminine officers in our division, have been acknowledged on this capability.
“It has grow to be commonplace that the feminine officers of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service have been occupying varied ranges inside the rank and file,” he stated. “We take this chance to showcase the brilliance and power of our feminine counterparts.
“We’re experiencing a more-than-welcomed paradigm shift, because it pertains to the feminine roles inside the workforce and the numerous contributions that they make,” Guerra added. “Undoubtedly, we are going to seize this chance to advertise our musical abilities, each to the regional and worldwide panorama.”
Figaro stated the SUNSHINE Awards, hosted by Trinidadian comedians Errol Fabien and Nikki Crosby, will honor a number of artistes and cultural figures.
They comprise: Cultural icon and musical ambassador Samraj “Rikki Jai” Jaimungal (Trinidad & Tobago), who will obtain the 2024 Sundar Popo SUNSHINE Award for his contribution to the performing arts; Matthew Whitaker (United States), who will obtain the primary Vincent A. Huggins SUNSHINE Award for his contribution to the performing arts; and Heman Bekele (Ethiopia) – a younger innovator whose ardour for biology, chemistry analysis and science helped to facilitate his exceptional invention of a cleaning soap designed to combat pores and skin most cancers – will obtain the 2024 SUNSHINE Award for his contribution to science and analysis.
Different awardees are: Edwin Yearwood (Barbados), natural-born entertainer, affectionately often called “The Common” and infrequently described because the undisputed “King of the Groove”, will obtain the 2024 Lord Kitchener SUNSHINE Award for his contribution to the performing arts; Jallim Eudovic (St. Lucia), a sculptor, goodwill ambassador and Caribbean laureate, will obtain the 2024 SUNSHINE Award for his contribution to the visible arts; Kettly Mars (Haiti), a self-taught mental, cultural activist and creator of a substantial physique of labor, will obtain the 2024 SUNSHINE Award for her contribution to the humanities; and Edson “Ajamu” Mitchell (Grenada), one of many Caribbean’s high entertainers, will obtain the 2024 Dr. Slinger Francisco, (the Mighty Sparrow) SUNSHINE Award for his contribution to the performing arts.
The opposite honorees are: Carl Fraser (Guyana), who was instrumental in 2006 in establishing Dem Village, Inc. and the Fanoko Singers, a Queh Queh band that performs at Queh Queh ceremonies, will obtain the 2024 Dr. Hollis “Chalkdust” Liverpool SUNSHINE Award for his contribution to the performing arts; Donric “Lord Humorous” Williamson (Trinidad and Tobago), a celebrated calypsonian, might be inducted into the 2024 SUNSHINE Awards Corridor of Fame; Rhonda Maingot & Rose Jackman (Trinidad and Tobago), founders of the Residing Water Group, a Catholic Ecclesial Group, will obtain the 2024 Dr. Dom Basil Matthews SUNSHINE Award for his or her contribution to humanity; and Carlene Davis (Jamaica), a world-renowned gospel recording artist with a profession spanning over 4 a long time, will obtain the 2024 SUNSHINE Award for her contribution to the performing arts.
Figaro stated the SUNSHINE Awards Program was based 36 years in the past “to acknowledge excellence and accomplishments within the performing arts, training, science, humanity and sports activities of the varied Caribbean international locations.”
Through the years, he stated this system has expanded “in depth and breadth with a world view”, together with the USA, international locations from Africa, South America, Central America, Europe, and Asia.
In 1994, Figaro stated the Nationwide Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the group answerable for the Annual GRAMMY Awards, endorsed the SUNSHINE Awards. The United Nations additionally gave its world endorsement in 1998, he stated.
Figaro stated the SUNSHINE Awards Group has additionally acquired many proclamations from varied ranges of the USA Authorities.
He stated the ladies’s part of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Band is predicted to attract “vital consideration, underscoring the significance of cultural range.”
Figaro stated the thirty sixth Annual SUNSHINE Awards Celebration will begin with a cocktail reception, from 6 p.m. to eight p.m., adopted by the presentation of awards and a dwell present.
For extra data, contact the SUNSHINE Awards workplace at 201-836-0799; fax 201-836-4440; or go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-36th-annual-sunshine-awards-tickets-1003281440797
