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Creative Career Expo chock-full of solid advice and fun

Published:Thursday | February 29, 2024 | 12:06 AMPaul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer
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Meadowbrook High School Deputy Head Girl Tennele Passley will be in a band some day, perhaps.
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Meadowbrook High School Deputy Head Girl Tennele Passley will be in a band some day, perhaps.
From left: Chairman of CHASE Funds, Omar Frith; multi-talented Jamaican American entertainer, Sundra Oakley (guest speaker); dancehall icon, Sean Paul; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, and her director of culture, Jo-Ann
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From left: Chairman of CHASE Funds, Omar Frith; multi-talented Jamaican American entertainer, Sundra Oakley (guest speaker); dancehall icon, Sean Paul; Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, and her director of culture, Jo-Anne Archibald.
The Djembe-Kon Drummers electrify the audience with their hypnotic sounds.
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The Djembe-Kon Drummers electrify the audience with their hypnotic sounds.
Kingston College students giving the event the thumbs up.
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Kingston College students giving the event the thumbs up.
The United States Embassy, represented by Public Affairs Officer Mike Lavallee and Public Engagement Assistant Kimberly-Joe Osborne, was there to promote its Youth Ambassadors programme. They are sandwiched by Caribbean Maritime University students, Titany
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The United States Embassy, represented by Public Affairs Officer Mike Lavallee and Public Engagement Assistant Kimberly-Joe Osborne, was there to promote its Youth Ambassadors programme. They are sandwiched by Caribbean Maritime University students, Titanya Mullings (left) and Leona Rhone.
Digicel Rising Star 2023 Remone Watson bringing the house down.
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Digicel Rising Star 2023 Remone Watson bringing the house down.
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ON WEDNESDAY, February 21, the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport hosted its annual Creative Career Expo at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston. In attendance were senior high school and tertiary-level students, as well as creative practitioners and entrepreneurs, who from all indications, thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

The ‘Creative Conversation’ between dancehall icon Sean Paul and affable host, Terri-Karelle Reid, was riveting and revealing. The personal disclosures and advice from guest speaker, the multi-talented Jamaican American actress, Sundra Oakley, captured the audience’s attention for her entire presentation. She was the perfect choice.

Equally helpful and engaging were the panel discussions involving Dream Weekend Entertainment’s managing director, Scott Dunn; From Thought to Finish’s CEO, Jacqui Tyson; filmmaker, Storm Saulter; international lighting designer, Ryan Stumpp; interior decorator, Angelie Spencer; and Romeich Entertainment’s CEO Romeich Major.

Entertainment-wise, Digicel Rising Stars 2023 winner, Remone Watson, brought the house down. The Djembe-Kon Drummers and others gave the audience a feast so sweet that some people got on their feet and rocked to the beats. There were also booths with things for sale, and others where entities were promoting their goods and services. For one day only, there was much on the plate.