KFC On The Verge 2014

KFC On The Verge season four returns on Saturday September 20th at the KFC parking lot on Caledonia Road in Mandeville, Competition is open to talents 14-24 years. The KFC OTV winner will share the Youth View Awards stage at the 8th staging scheduled for February 7th, 2015 Along with $250,000 from KFC . Runners up receives $100,000 and $50,000 respectively.

KFC On The Verge Commercial

Audition Dates:
•Mandeville: September 20th (KFC Caledonia Road)

•Montego Bay: September 27th (KFC Howard Cooke Blvd)

•Kingston: October 4th (KFC Hope Road)

Semi Finals:
Ocho Rios : October 26th ( Mystic Mountains / KFC Eight Rivers)

Grand Finale : Friday November 21st @ TVJ Studios 32 Lyndhurst Road.

To facilitate more live shows the Portmore leg of auditions have been exempted this season. Contestants have 90 seconds to impress Celebrity Judges : Ce’Cile , Stacious & Dexter Pottinger. Registration begins at 7:30am. The contestants this season has big shoes to fill as last year’s winner Jodian Blake’s rendition of Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball’ had the National Indoors Sports Centre in Frenzy as they sang along with her powerhouse vocals.

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Tevin Mckenzie

Winner of ‘The Voice’ Tessanne Chin performs live

ART: Visual Inspiration

The Visual Arts are those that one can look at, which ranges from drawings , paintings , sculptures or even fashion. People look to different things for inspiration ; Art is that one thing for me. I am personally inspired by works that portrays nature and life. One must be able to look at a painting per se and be captivated in a way that they feel as if they could take on the world. In order to be creative one must be inspired and just the same it takes creativity to be artistic. Artists posses a very important role in society ; they act as an archive because they get to document things of every day life in their paintings, drawings etc. Artists mostly have positive influences on society . The best thing about being an artist myself is the ability to create new ideas and make something out of nothing.

Eldon Spence was born in Falmouth, Jamaica, on August 7th 1972. He always wanted to be an artist and his favourite subjects at school were Art & Painting, Batik leatherwork and Screen printing . He later joined a group of artists led by Wilfred Black. By observing them he developed his own style and thus rightly describes himself as self taught. – http://www.galleryofwestindiana.com

Artists at many points are pressured with the feeling of wanting to give up especially when the motivation is lacking, intrinsically that is. God is the greatest artist of all times that any other artist can relate to ; he has all credits for his creation of the skies and oceans. The Oceans and Clouds serves as great inspiration to many artists.

People Misinterpret Art all the time for good or bad reasons; often for what they see. Artists can learn a lot from people’s interpretations or  ” misinterpretation” for this matter which often makes sense.

My advice to young aspiring artists would be to: 1) Learn how to draw, not all professional artists could draw naturally.

2) If you haven’t , develop a passion for creating things, and finally…

3) Find inspiration – Learn to be patient and make wise decisions.

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Respect for Dancers

Overload Skankaz

Dancers in Jamaica do not get the respect they deserve. In a culture where dancing is very prevalent it is very important to recognize these individuals who rely on their talents to earn a living. Regardless of the fact that some dancers are cashing in on the few opportunities put on the table as we see corporate Jamaica using this medium to sell their brands whether through television commercials and for other promotional purposes, i don’t  think these dancers are even paid what they are really worth just the same they do not get as much credit for their work. Musicians cast dancers in their videos to make them hip and attractive however when the time comes for overseas engagements these dancers are excluded from such engagements whilst foreign dancers earn what they could and should have. It has come to the point where dancers have to be entrepreneurs as dancers are travelling overseas mainly countries in europe , to conduct dance classes and workshops to make a living while promoting themselves and brand Jamaica in the process.

     I spoke with members of popular dance group who had much to say , Aundrae from popular group Overload Skankaz stated “Dancers don’t get the exposure they should get, big name dancers aren’t getting paid as they should, dancers are entertainers so they should be paid just the same as musicians . You’re only respected as a dancer when you’re in a certain place.” Overload Skankaz were nominated as ‘best dance group-2013′ at the 7th annual Youth View Awards. Prince from another popular group Black Eagles also agreed “We are not treated as professionals and Jamaica needs to see that dancing for Jamaica is growing very largely and they need to take responsibility and care for our dancehall programs, it is known that dancers overseas are taking over dancehall and making MONEY!!! While we are here with hopes that we will achieve something from our dancing.”