NASSAU, Bahamas (BIS) — Her Excellency Leslia Miller-Brice, Chair of the National Independence Secretariat, announced the division winners in the 50th Independence Poetry and Song Competitions, during a press conference Thursday May 18, 2023 at the University of the Bahamas.
Also present were Permanent Secretary Jack Thompson, members of the National Independence Secretariat; Sharon Scavella, Coordinator, National After School Literacy and Numeracy Remediation Programme, who headed the judging process in the schools; Dwayne Higgins, Assistant Director of Student Development in the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training; Sonia Culmer, Undersecretary, the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training; and Demetria Rolle, Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training.
In the Poetry Competition, title: “Our Nation, Our, Legacy, Our Future”; the winner in the Primary Division is: Daliyah Culmer, grade 5, Woodcock Primary School.
In the Junior High Division, winner, Gabriel Pinder of Temple Christian Schools, and in the Senior High Division, Shamaar Nottage of C V Bethel Senior High School emerged as the winner.
And the top 10 in the song competition randomly announced were: Zoe Turner, “Oh Bahamas”; James Hepburn, “The Greatest Place on Earth”; It’s a Celebration”, by Georgina Martin; “Golden Jubilee”, by Nicholas Huyler; “Black, Aqua and Gold”, by Iisha McPhee; “Together As One”, by Karrington McKenzie; “One Nation”, by Chris Carey; “My Bahama Land”, by Ebony Gibson; “Soar”, by Antonio Thompson; and “One Nation’s Legacy” by Dale Knowles. The winners will be presented at a date to be announced.
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