The Mona Campus of The University of the West Indies will be staging an event in celebration of the life of the late Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Professor, the Hon. Rex Nettleford, OM this Thursday, February 25, 2010 in the Oriental Gardens, Mona beginning at 5.30pm. 

The event, which will be managed by Jamaica’s acclaimed theatre director Brian Heap, Drama Tutor at the Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts, Mona Campus, will comprise music, dance, poetry and theatre, reflecting the contributions Professor Nettleford made to Jamaica, the Region and world culture.

Performances by the National Dance Theatre Company, NDTC Drummers and Singers, University Singers, Panoridim Steel Orchestra, and the Jamaica Folk Singers will be interspersed with spoken tributes by Professor Nettleford’s University colleagues, as they reflect on the various facets of his work.  Professor Emeritus, Mervyn Morris will provide vignettes linking the phases in the evening’s celebration, which will culminate in music by the band, Chalice.

The Mona Campus invites the public to join in the celebrations, free of cost.