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News Release - NYAC hosts 19th Annual Top 20 Stars of Tomorrow Awards Ceremony

News Release


9 June 2014

The National Youth Action Committee (NYAC) will host the nineteenth (19th) annual Top 20 Stars of Tomorrow Awards which will be held on Wednesday 11th June, 2014 at the Eric Williams Auditorium, La Joya Complex, St Joseph. This event will commence at 10am.  


The Top 20 Stars of Tomorrow Award Ceremony is a highly prestigious event which seeks to showcase both the positive achievements and talent of our young people in Trinidad and Tobago.

The programme will highlight the outstanding achievements of young people in Trinidad and Tobago over the past year.

Awards will be presented for performances of excellence in various activities and disciplines, including sports, academics, culture, community service, science and technology and the arts. A major highlight of the event will be the special awards to our nation's top twenty artistes in various cultural art forms presented during the past year. These talented young artistes will be specially awarded.

We believe that the cultural art forms can and should play a very positive and effective role in influencing the lives of our youth. As such, the artistes that have been listed amongst the Top 20 have been carefully selected based on their excellence.

          Some of those awarded in the past include:-Athletics- Trinidad and Tobago Athletic Team (Olympic Silver Medalists); Darren Ganga – Cricket; Katija Khan – Community Service; George Bovell - Swimming; Akhenaton Daaga- Youth Leadership; Jesse Boocock – Golf; Kenwyn Jones – Football; Carus Palmer – Visual Arts; Shivana Ragoonanan – Music (Steelpan); Giselle Salandy – Boxing; Surendra Surajdeo Maharaj – Science & Technology and the Signal Hill Alumni Choir; to name a few.

In the past, feature addresses have been delivered by such noteworthy figures as the late Archbishop of Port-of Span, Rt. Rev. Anthony Pantin; Mungal Patesar. Furthermore, in 2004, we were honoured to have the President of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, President Prof. George Maxwell Richards as the feature speaker to open the function.



(Please see list of awardees listed below.)
TOP 20 STARS OF TOMMOROW AWARD CEREMONY

2013 AWARDEES

TOP 20 ACHIEVERS


Category
Awardee/Awardees

  1. Athletics:
Jehue Gordon

  1. Cricket:
Trinidad and Tobago Under 15 Cricket Team

  1. Archery/Karate
Prashaanta Singh

  1. Football
Brendon Creed               

  1. Swimming
Shanntol Ince

  1. Visual Arts
Wesley Kanhai

  1. Agriculture
Frank Ali

  1. Tourism and Hospitality:
Cassandra Mortley

9.      Small Business Entrepreneurship
Alicia Riley

10.  Innovation
Rajesh Lakhan

11.  President Medalist
Abhinav Karan (Presentation College, Chaguanas )

  1. President Medalist
Shelemiah Peterkin (St. Joseph Convent, St. Joseph)

  1. Song Writer/Composer
Elizabeth Paponette

  1. Youth Leadership
Nicole Babwah

  1. Theatre Production/Directing
Steven Singh

  1. Arranger
Khion De Las

  1. Carnival Mas Production
  Tracelle Frederick

  1. Youth Development
St. James Police Youth Club

  1. Community Service
Keston Cordner

  1. Videography
Keron Sargeant



TOP 20 STARS OF TOMMOROW AWARD CEREMONY

2013 AWARDEES

TOP 20 ARTISTES


Category
Awardee/Awardees

  1. Tassa Drumming
Felicity Back Road Tassa Band               

  1. Reggae Music
David Mc Eachnie

  1. African Drumming
         Sean Singh

  1. Folk Art
Shivani Lal and Shivana Lal

  1. Instrumentalist/Pan                      
Joshua Jabari Bedeau

  1. Steel Band
  Golden Hands Steel Orchestra

  1. Gospel
  2. Calypso                                                

        Kerwin Duncan

        Dillon Thomas                                                       

9.    Calypso
         Helon Francis                                                    

  1. Calypso
Ezekiel Yorke

  1. Junior Calypso
Caryn Mc Carthy

  1. Soca
Jeremy Rodriguez

  1. Soca
Ferdinand Smith

  1. Chutney Soca
Anthony Batson

  1. Classical Arts
Alternative Quartet

  1. Rapso
Kwame Jones                                                      

  1. Dance
Shinelle Cottoy

  1. Drama
  Michailean Taylor

  1. Parang
  Mikel Desson

  1. All round Vocalist
  Ancil Valley



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