The President's Honour Performances

One of the most ambitious projects of the Patrons of Queen's Hall is the production of the President's Honour Performance.  It was conceived in 1987 by the Patrons of Queen's Hall (at the time not yet a year old) and the Board of Management of Queen's Hall under the Chairmanship of Val Rogers.  Its aim was to celebrate and appreciate the best of our performing artistes and to act as a major fund-raising event to benefit Queen's Hall.

The planners were aspiring for national recognition for the artistes so that the event was scheduled as part of the Republic Day celebrations.  They also approached the highest member of the State and requested and received the active support and blessing of the President.  This year their Excellencies President Arthur N.R. Robinson and Mrs Robinson have given their distinguished patronage to the Honour Performance.

The 1st Honour Performance (1987) was wide reaching in scope.  It focused on the cultural heritage of Trinidad & Tobago.  It was directed by Noble Douglas and Rawle Gibbons.  The second Honour Performance (1991) placed emphasis on the human voice and honoured many choirs and soloists.  Pat Bishop directed the production.  It was a particularly eventful evening when a two-hour power failure hit the St. Anns area.  But the professional and resourceful director and her artistes performed by candle light to the delight of the audience.

In 1994 the 3rd Honour Performance paid tribute to DANCE.  Twenty-one dancers and choreographers were honoured.  The artistic director was Noble Douglas.  Two artistes, Kelvin Rotardier and Natalie Rogers, presently living in the United States were specially invited to represent the many dancers who work abroad and have gained international recognition.

The 4th Honour Performance was the brain child of Rawle Gibbons, Director of the Creative Arts Centre of the University of the West Indies and playwright of a trilogy of calypso musicals.  It recognized Aldwin Roberts - Kitchener.  It celebrated the genius of his music, and the arrangers and musicians who explored his music.

The 5th Honour Performance

The Millennium and the Arts centres principally around the art forms that will take us into the next century.  The presentation includes: some of the young performers who have shown exceptional talent in their particular genres; those art forms that are developing into important expressions of the society; young musicians who are dedicated to classical music; dramatists and humourists.

Noble Douglas
The Artistic Director for the 5th Honour Performance

She has been closely associated with all the Honour Performance productions as adviser, worker and on three occasions artistic director.  Dancer, Choreographer, and Teacher, she is particularly suited to direct this production as she keeps abreast with the movements in the performing arts, always there to assist, critique and to enjoy.

She has her own dance company, NDDCI, which she started in 1985 and is the principal and artistic director of The Lilliput Theatre - a school, carnival band and theatre company of aspiring dancers and actors which has been in existence for the past 22 years.

At present Ms Douglas and her company are involved in a three way collaboration with Black Umfolosi from Zimbabwe, and Reggie Wilson and his Fist and Heel Performance group of the USA, and their 1998 Season of Dance.

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