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Cat Island Parents Sing Praises for National Arts Festival
By Eric Rose
May 23, 2014 - 10:32:12 AM

A group of proud Dumfries Primary School parents pose with their children and teachers, after the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival Cat Island adjudications at the school, on May 19, 2014. (BIS Photo / Eric Rose)

DUMFRIES, Cat Island, The Bahamas – As the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival continues its adjudications throughout the islands of The Bahamas, Cat Island residents applaud the Festival and sing high praises for their children that took part in the adjudications there, on May19, 2014.

Rezel Rolle, of Dumfries, said she enjoyed seeing her daughter Brenea, a second-grade student at Dumfries Primary School, perform that day.

“I was excited, she was excited, it was a joy,” she said enthusiastically. “You can tell by the smile on her face that she enjoyed herself.”

Dumfries Primary School male perform old-style moves as the “Dumfries Dynamic Dancers”, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival Cat Island adjudications at the school, on May 19, 2014. (BIS Photo / Eric Rose)

Denise Rolle of Bennett’s Harbour agreed and said that her son Walter Paige and the other Dumfries Primary school students who danced that day also did something for the island.

“I am proud to see that they are keeping up the legacy of rake-n-scrape for Cat Island,” she said. “It moves on to that next generation.”

“Their performance was wonderful and they enjoyed themselves,” said Dumfries, Cat Island parent Claudelle Campbell. “I enjoyed myself watching them (her children Kevin and Kevinique) and they enjoyed themselves.”

Dumfries Primary School students “cut a rug” with a rake-n-scrape dance, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival Cat Island adjudications at the school, on May 19, 2014. (BIS Photo / Eric Rose)

Enthusiastic parent Malvese Major cheered on her son Kendal Seymour, Jr., and joined in with pouring accolades on all of the Dumfries Primary School students who performed the traditional dance that day.

“I was touched and so proud of him and all his classmates,” she gushed.

“He was like the best dancer out there,” she jokingly added. “I mean everybody out there was good; but he could really shake!”

Dumfries Primary School pre-schoolers perform a poem about crayons, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival Cat Island adjudications at the school, on May 19, 2014. (BIS Photo / Eric Rose)

Dumfries Primary School students recite “Sounds of Junkanoo”, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival Cat Island adjudications at the school, on May 19, 2014. (BIS Photo / Eric Rose)

Dumfries Primary School pre-schoolers dance in a “ring play” formation, during the E. Clement Bethel National Arts Festival Cat Island adjudications at the school, on May 19, 2014. (BIS Photo / Eric Rose)