August 2009


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Sweeping the Cacique Awards – High fives and sixes!

The UWI was outstanding at the prestigious Cacique Awards held recently at Queen’s Hall in St Ann’s.

The awards, which covered the period from 2007 to 2008, were dominated by the Festival Chorale, led by Jessel Murray, which took six awards for Oliver (2007); while three awards went to The Sound of Music (2008), including Most Outstanding Actress (Hannah Howard).

The Department of Festival and Creative Arts added to that making the overall UWI haul come up to 11 of the 22 awards presented on the night.

Student Production’s Bitter Cassava (2008) won awards for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress (Abigail Henry) and Most Outstanding Supporting Actor (Muhammed Muwakil). Dimitri Pollard, 11, won the Most Outstanding Supporting Actor award. Congratulations!

Awards Won by UWI 2007

  1. Most Outstanding Achievement in Set Design: Kwynn Johnson: Oliver
  2. Most Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design: Paulette Alfred: Oliver
  3. Most Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Kendra Sylvester: Oliver
  4. Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Dimitri Pollard: Oliver
  5. Most Outstanding Dramatic Production: Oliver
  6. Most Outstanding Production: Oliver

Awards Won by UWI 2008

  1. Most Outstanding Achievement in Set Design: Gillian Creese and Jennifer Moab: Sound of Music
  2. Most Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design: Paulette Alfred: Sound of Music
  3. Most Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Abigail Henry: Bitter Cassava
  4. Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Mohammed Muwakil: Bitter Cassava
  5. Most Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Hannah Howard: Sound of Music