NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022 18 INDEPENDENCE SPECIAL: JAMAICA @ 60 AND B YOND F ATURE | THE GLEANER | SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022 jamaica at ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE Raising of the Jamaican flag – 1962. The Minister of Development and Welfare, Hon Edward Seaga (left), presenting to the Prime Minister, Hon Sir Alexander Bustamante, the first framed copy of the quality colour poster produced by the Government Public Relations Office as part of the literature prepared by that department in connection with the recent Independence Celebrations, at the Prime Minister’s Office. An interpretation of the Haitian dance done by the Mandeville Creative Dance Group at the Independence Jamboree at Pepper, St Elizabeth, in 1962. A cake made for the Independence celebrations. ‘FREEDOM JIG’: Completely captured by the spirit of Independence, a woman dances by herself during the street dancing held at Grants Pen Road. The music for her “solo” was provided by Count Ossie and his band. THIS WAS THE SCENE at Grants Pen Road with persons celebrating Independence Day on Monday, August 6, 1962, by dancing in the streets. In the background is the truck on which Count Casie and his band provided the music for the happy folk to twist, jive and rock. A section of the crowd, estimated at 5,000, which attended the St Thomas Parish Fete at Lyssons Recreation Centre, near Morant Bay, on Thursday, August 9, 1962, for the Independence celebration. At right is the Royal Canadian Navy Band, led by Bandmaster Ernest Spiers, rendering one of its pieces. PHOTOS FROM THE GLEANER ARCHIVES A solemn Pontifical mass which marks the island’s Independence was celebrated at Holy Trinity Cathedral. 1962 Independence celebration
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