By Lincoln DePradine
Tara Woods is aware of one thing about stage performances and isn’t simply impressed with sub-par submissions by artistes. So, it’s to the credit score of the kids, who participated in final Sunday’s “Empowering Youth Showcase’’ in Scarborough, that Woods expressed excessive commendation on their performances.
“I’m so happy with the efforts of our younger individuals. All it takes is for them to have a platform to return and present their little abilities,’’ stated Woods, whose granddaughter Skye Cezario was among the many performers on the occasion at Twilight Household Restaurant.
It was organized by Joel Davis’s “Connector Music’’ as a platform for them to “learn to face an viewers, construct confidence in themselves, and really feel empowered’’.
It was a non-competition showcase, with every performer receiving a portion of the proceeds from the gate receipt.
The occasion “stands as a testomony to the significance of youth empowerment and neighborhood. It supplies an excellent platform for our youth to show their creativity, ardour and boundless potential, whereas bringing the neighborhood collectively,’’ Scarborough North MPP Raymond Cho stated in a scroll introduced to Davis.
“I commend organizer, Joel ‘Connector’ Davis, for his visionary management in making a tradition of neighborhood and social consciousness, in addition to his dedication to cultivating younger abilities and nurturing future leaders.’’
The youth performances had been various and showcased earlier than a packed corridor.
“Some performed pan, some beat the drum; my little granddaughter was one of many dancers. It’s such a beautiful factor to see all these dad and mom and grandparents popping out and supporting the youngsters,’’ Woods instructed The Caribbean
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Woods, entertainer “Macomere Fifi’’, is a multiple-time winner of the Calypso Monarch title of Canada.
“I’m comfortable, though I want I may have heard a number of extra calypsoes,’’ she commented on Sunday’s youth showcase. “My granddaughter loves dance. I instructed her that subsequent 12 months, God prepared, she will likely be dancing to a calypso. She did a jazz quantity. She may do the identical jazz dance to a calypso beat, as a result of calypso is every little thing; you should use calypso for every little thing. Wherever you go, calypso must be there.’’
