The Jamaica Gleaner
This year, the annual Classics in June concert, sponsored by the Kingston Soroptomist Club, was staged on Sunday. It was Father's Day and the item which got the loudest applause was dedicated to a father. It was the popular DuBose Heyward-George Gershwin aria Summertime (an' the Livin' is Easy) from the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.
The dedication was made by cellist Emily Dixon, who sang the song while playing her instrument. Her mother, Angela Elliott, accompanied her on piano.
As it happened, the item brought the generally well-received two-hour concert at the chapel, University of the West Indies, Mona, to a close. And though they did not have the sentimental attachment that Dixon gave to Summertime, most of the other items were at least as well performed and got a good reception.
... A mini steel band followed, playing two sublimely beautiful tunes, Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D and Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. The Chrome Steel Ensemble consisted of Rhodene Watson on tenor pan, Raisha Lovindeer King on double tenor pan and Jodi-Ann Lawrence on guitar pan. As unusual as playing the two well-known pieces on steel drums would have been, the audience indicated its approval by applause.
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