NAME OF FEATURE | THE GLEANER | MONDAY, MAY 30, 2022 13 jamaica at JAMAICA T 60: TR L WNY Paul H. Williams/Gleaner Writer FOR ONEweek inAugust the northwestern parish of Trelawny will be inundated with Independence celebratory events. That is the word from the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) parishmanager, Beverley Edwards Stewart. “Festival is very much keeping in Trelawny, and this year we intend to have a different approach. It is usual in most cases, where events are centred mainly in towns, for example, Falmouth. This year, as we tried in 2019, we will be taking it to the nooks and crannies,”she told TheGleaner over theweekend. It is verymuch alive, but not yet launched. “We are aware that Falmouth is notTrelawny,” she remarked, but every town and district will not be hosting an event. People in satellite communities around those where events will be heldwill be duly informed and encouraged to go participate by way of a town crier, among other media. Town criers are a way of announcing community events in rural parishes. From August 1 to 6, there will be street dances, whichwill be replicated throughout the island. They are a major part of what is happening, Edwards Stewart said. “The street dance is not gonna be justmusic playing, you know. People gonna be coming on stage. People a go say dem likkle poem, people a go dance, people gonna be reminiscing. It’s Jamaica 60, and as bad as things are, there are things to celebrate about Jamaica. The resilience of the people is one thingwe can celebrate. No matter how time hard and time rough, people stand up against these things …and we need to highlight that,”she shared. In fact, the festivities start on July 31, EmancipationDay eve, with the Emancipation Vigil, which is a collaborative effort of the JCDC and the Trelawny Municipal Corporation. “Themunicipal corporation plays an integral role in the planningof the vigil. And so, activities within the corporation are spanned between councillors and their divisions … And, guess what?This is going tobe the vigil where people going to come out. That’s the plan.We are going to have chocolate tea, salt fish fritters, fried fish and bread,”she revealed.“Come out, come out with yuh enamel mug, the one wey chip up.” Also, there are plans for‘A fur we a come fram’, an event in Water Square, Falmouth, where a huge tent will be transformed into a walk-in museum. It will display artefacts from “way back when”. It is about taking the events to the people. Falmouth itself is a historic town, laid out as the parish capital in 1790. “We are reigniting, as the theme says, a nation for greatness. We are reigniting the greatness of the nation,”Edwards Stewart said. She is also reminding parishioners that preparations for the 2022MissTrelawny Festival Queen pageant are in high gear for the June 12 finals. Beverley Edwards Stewart , parishmanager, JCDC Trelawny. CONTRIBUTED Independence celebrations to take over Trelawny ‘A fur we a come fram’
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