or abroad, in the past 100 years. We also gave them the opportunity to name people who were not born Bermudians, but whose main body of work had been done in Bermuda.

Our panellists were: Mrs. Louise Jackson, MBE, JP, Mrs. Elsbeth Gibson, Mr.

Ronald Lightbourne, Dr. Charles Zuill and Miss Meredith Ebbin. Their respective categories were: Dance, Theatre, Music & Entertainers, Art and Literature. All admitted that narrowing their choices to ten was extremely difficult because they felt so many more are deserving. Nonetheless, these are the names Mrs. Jackson and Mr. Lightbourne have come up with in Music & Entertainers, and Dance, and we should point out that in the case of Mrs.

Jackson, she was nominated by other panellists. Due to space limitations, nominations in Music, Entertainers and Dance appears today, while the nominations in Literature, Art and Theatre appeared in last week's Lifestyle.

DANCE by Louise Jackson Although the Gombey is not included in my list of ten, I feel that this dance expression should be mentioned because it has been indigenous since it was brought here from Africa by the slaves. While it has undergone changes from its original form, the Gombey has become part of Bermuda's culture and is a very important dance expression.

While other forms of dance (e.g. quadrilles) were certainly done here, and there was social dancing down through the ages, I am starting with the first structured dance as such, and the following choices are based on this: DANCE Sophie Cannonier: Studied with Patricia Gray. Attended Dance Theatre of Harlem school and is former member of DTH's first company. Dancer with Bermuda Civic Ballet and National Dance Theatre of Bermuda. Developed and is now teaching pilates system in Bermuda. Guest teacher and soloist in Bermuda.

Barbara Frith: Studied at and was member of the Boston Ballet Company. Also studied with Luigi and Alvin Ailey. Has choreographed and performed in over a dozen pantomimes for Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society, as well as the National Dance Theatre of Bermuda, of which she is a founder-member. On executive committee of Gilbert & Sullivan Society, and has choreographed for and appeared in several of its productions, including "Les Miserables'' and "Anything Goes'', the latter of which she also directed. Has choreographed for many major productions here. Through her teaching at the Jackson School of Dance for the last 30 years has taken tap and jazz dancing to a higher level, and is probably the teacher of these two dance forms in Bermuda.

Patricia Gray, MBE: Bermudian who studied at The Legat School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the UK. Student of Madam Ana Roje at Yugoslavia's International Ballet School and member of the National Theatre, Yugoslavia. In New York City: Ballet Russe, United Nations. Gained teacher's degree from Federation of Russian Ballet. Taught in Bermuda schools for Board of Education. Appeared in local stage productions and on radio and television (ZBM), and was featured partner with Ray Tanva in Pat & Ray floor shows at local hotels. Founder of School of Russian Ballet (1955), Bermuda Ballet Association (1962) and president thereof, founder (1972) and director of Bermuda Civic Ballet, Bermuda Ballet Week (forerunner of Bermuda Festival) from 1959. President of American Society of Russian Ballet and affiliated teacher/examiner. Several of her students went on to dance professionally: Jocelyn Troake, Alison Masters Smith, Sharon Randolph Krantz, Moira Stott, Coral Patterson Waddell, Sophie Cannonier, Alexandra Duzevic. Received MBE for her contribution to dance in Bermuda.

Louise Jackson, MBE, JP: Started first integrated school of dance 1953, teaching a wide range of dance: ballet, jazz, tap, modern. Later expanded to Jackson School of Performing Arts, which teaches dance, music, drama and gynmastics. Produced Berkeley Institute dance and music festivals in early 1950s. Her school has staged 46 dance recitals. Students have performed in all of the Premier's Concerts. Co-founder of National Dance Theatre of Bermuda with Conchita Ming and Barbara Frith. Presented research on the Bermuda Gombey to the UN Conservation Council in Jamaica. Authored two books on the Gombey, and was instrumental in reviving the Gombey Dance in Bermuda. Served as deputy chairman of the Bermuda Arts Council, chairman of the Bermuda National Gallery, the Broadcast Commission, and the Bermuda Library. Director of the Bank of Bermuda Ltd., and chairman of its Scholarship Committee. Has also served on the Bermuda Festival programme committee. A director of the International Association of Blacks in Dance. Received MBE from the Queen, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bermuda Arts Council -- both for her contribution to dance in Bermuda.

Paul Leperq: Longtime local resident and generous contributor, both financially and intellectually, to dance in Bermuda. Masterminded programme to encourage boys into dance by bringing in three male soloists from famed Alvin Ailey Company to give workshops. Out of this programme, 20-plus boys joined dance classes in Bermuda. Paul Leperq scholarships for boys continue to support young males in dance. The late Mr. Leperq made arrangements for, and underwrote the cost of bringing the Bolshoi Ballet to Bermuda for the Bermuda Festival 2000.

Men of the Bermuda Dance Theatre and Bermuda Civic Ballet -- Ray Tanva, Kurt Callabras, Perry Trott, and the late Michael Ebbin, Llewellyn Basden and Robert Simmons: They were all locally trained, and became professional dancers abroad. They returned to Bermuda to give the public the best in dance by providing the opportunity for ballet and dance pieces to be done with males.

Many taught and choreographed, and raised dance in Bermuda to a higher level.

Tanva started the Bermuda Ballet Workshop in 1951. Has had a stellar international career, dancing with major ballet companies including Ballet Rambert, Sadlers Wells, Royal Danish Ballet, Duke of Bedford's Dance Group, Nureyev Company, plus ten years with The Royal Ballet. Was in 572 performances of "My Fair Lady'' in Europe, as well as in several films. Was an alternating soloist at Glyndebourne Festival. Appeared in several top UK TV shows, and major London theatre productionss. Retired 1984. Opened "Image d'Ore'' couturier/fashion business. Makes costumes for London's West End theatre and made prima ballerina Alicia Makarova's costumes for "On Your Toes''. Lives in London.

Conchita Ming: Began dance training in UK at age nine, continued at Jackson School from age 11. Pursued modern dance at Wagner College in New York and Winnipeg, Canada, where she performed with Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers. Has taught modern dance at Jackson School since 1974. Co-founder, dancer and choreographer with Bermuda Dance Theatre, forerunner of National Dance Theatre of Bermuda (NDTB). Currently administrator and choreographer with NDTB. Her works have been performed before the Queen, the annual Emancipation Service in St. George's, the International Association of Blacks in Dance conference, the Bermuda Festival, and Carifesta.

John Profit: Former president of Harvard Dramatic Club. Arrived Bermuda in 1934, spending most of his life here. Active thespian who appeared in many local productions. Is the father of dance in Bermuda. Appeared in various Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society ballet and drama productions. Secretary of Bermuda Ballet Association. Ardent collector of books on ballet. Promoted integration in the local dance world. Great supporter of dance. Responsible for bringing in foreign dance companies, choreographers and teachers.

Heather Shrubb: Began dance studies at Bermuda's School of Russian Ballet.

Gained advanced ballet and teaching certificates at UK's The Legat School. Has performed in Bermuda and UK with Bermuda Civic Ballet and Bermuda Dance Theatre. Presently chairperson of Dancer Activity Committee of National Dance Theatre of Bermuda, a very important role. Has choreographed for Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society and NDTB. Five of her works set for Jackson School have been performed in Premier's Concerts. Has been ballet mistress/teacher at Jackson School of Dance for over 20 years.

Sallie Branch Singleton: Trained by and danced with The Royal Ballet. Taught at Russian School of Ballet in Bermuda. Founded two ballet schools in Hong Kong, which later became the acclaimed Hong Kong Ballet Company. An expert in both the Royal Academy of Dancing (RAD) and the Legat methods, she taught many of Bermuda's finest dancers.

Coral Patterson Waddell: Studied with Patricia Gray and Madam Ana Roje.

Obtained teacher's diploma from Canadian College of Dance. Taught at Ana Roje School of Ballet in Boston. Danced with Copley Square Ballet. Taught at Myles Marsden School of Dance Education in Rhode Island. Assumed directorships of Russian School of Ballet and Bermuda Civic Ballet. Was dancer and choreographer for Bermuda Dance Theatre.

MUSIC AND ENTERTAIMENT by Ron Lightbourne Sydney Bean: Songwriter, calypsonian, entertainer, troubador. Played bass, guitar, solo or duos and trios. Dean of Bermudian entertainers, beloved presence on the Bermuda Island Cruises, and at guest houses and hotels.

Recorded "Bermuda's Still Paradise'' among others.

Joe (Conchshell) Benjamin: Calypsonian, played the conch, steel pan, and balladeer. Highly rated stand-up cabaret performer. A feature at The Forty Thieves club in its heyday. Currently a name in the UK entertainment scene.

Brian and Irma Butterfield: Great dancing duo, trained with Katherine Durham in the Afro-Cuban style and exotic dance. Formed the Authentic Limbo Dancers with King (King of the Bongos) Trott. Played Bermuda's major hotels and clubs.

Singers and dancers define Island's cultural landscape Michael Clarke: Talented singer, guitarist, songwriter, band leader. Creative entertainer who had a huge impact on the younger set. Took his band overseas.

Promise only partially fulfilled at the time of his death.

The Four Deuces: -- Robert (Duke) Joell, Joe Hayward, Sonny Flood, Busta Simmons: Musician's musicians. Highly touted close harmony/instrumentalists who had a popular hit, "Bermuda Buggy Ride'', which has become a signature of Talbot Brothers legatees, The Bermuda Strollers -- themselves worthy of an entry in their own right.

Quietness -- (Big Jew) Ford, Bill Caisey, Ronald & Dennis Laws, Reuben McCoy: Sophisticated close harmony performers as highly regarded in their day as the Talbot Brothers.

Milton Robinson: Outstanding musician, mainly guitar but also xylophone (he made his own) and singer. Toured and recorded with The Lance Hayward Quartet.

Extremely tasteful arranger-performer. Led his own talented group that included Tony Antoine, Stan Gilbert, Jeff Marshall.

Hubert Smith & His Coral Islanders: Singer/songwriter ("Bermuda is Another World''). Started as a replacement for the Talbots at the Clay House. Went on to all of the hotels, recorded several albums. Subsequent President of the Bermuda Musicians' Union.

Gene Steede and Pinky Steede: Began while still teenagers as part of the Holiday Island Revue. Went out on their own as a duo. Later had solo careers that took Gene across America, appearing on the Joey Bishop Show and engagements in Las Vegas. Gene is still very much a presence as Entertainment Director at the airport. Will be returning to the cabaret scene. Pinky appeared in London's Bubbling Brown Sugar.

The Talbot Brothers: Born and lived in Tucker's Town, made their own instruments, played for local folks' as well as some of the Island's more well-heeled residents. Performed at Clay House, then began doing overseas engagements. Recording artists.

Clarence (Tootsie) Bean: World class jazz drummer and sometime vibraphonist on international club circuit. Tootsie has played with Ruth Brown, among other American female vocalists, on concert tours and club dates in the US and Europe, and also recorded with them. He's been a constant feature of all Lance Hayward's quartets, with whom he toured and recorded in Jamaica and Bermuda.

Currently based in US.

Gandhi Burgess: Child prodigy trumpeter who studied with bandmaster Mark Williams and British Corporal Edwards, a Kneller Hall graduate. Ghandi won world-famous radio talent show, the Major Bowes competition in 1940 and gained his diploma in a year. Self-taught reed player. Band Leader at 40 Thieves Club and later at Southampton Princess Hotel. Was offered contracts with Columbia, Blue Note, AudioVideo. Ran two schools of music. Premiered trumpet concerto written for him by Bermuda Philharmonic conductor, Dr. Drummond Wolf. Lifetime Achievement Award from Bermuda Arts Council. Students included Milton Marsh, Lloyd Williams, Art Simmons, Max Maybury.

Dr. Gary Burgess: Currently co-ordinator at the Department of Cultural Affairs, and director of the Bermuda Philharmonic Society. Educated at Wilberforce Unversity, Academia di Santa Cecelia, Indiana State University (where he gained doctorate degree), Curtis Institute of Music. Opera singer and professional musician for nearly 40 years. Studied conducting with Max Rudolph and Eugene Ormondy. Professor of Voice and Opera at State University of New York, Buffalo for 23 years, where he also headed opera department. In 1985 founded Greater Buffalo Opera Company. Conducted summer stock at Cape Cod. Has sung operatic roles in Europe and elsewhere.

Violetta Carmichael: Outstanding vocalist on local night club scene. Protegee of Lance Hayward, with whom she made concert appearances and recorded. Was on verge of international career following a Detroit TV appearance when she was suddenly taken ill and died.

Marcelle Clamens: Studied locally with Danny Hill, then in Buffalo with Dr.

Gary Burgess. Further academic studies at the College Conservatory of Music and Cincinnatti Conservatory of Music, graduating with honours. Career highlights: Won joint second place in Italy's prestigious Dellini Music Competition, 1997, and another competition in same year in which prize was solo recital at Carnegie Hall.

Lance Hayward: Legendary pianist, band leader, choral director, arranger and vocal coach. Also served as Musicians Union president. Musical half of Hayward & Hayward Chorale. Founded Mu-En Chorale and The Lance Hayward Singers of NY, a chorus of amateur and professional blind and sighted musicians and singers.

Appeared in Bermuda Festival, and recorded with NY greats Al Hinton and Bill Lee (Spike's father). Was music consultant to Spike Lee's film, Mo' Better Blues. Ended his career in New York's Greenwich Village as a renowned and respected pianist at the Village Corner.

Kenny Iris: One of a group of outstanding trombonists in pre-Second World War hotel bands. Guested with Tommy Dropsy in Bermuda and was wanted by Duke Ellington as well. Ended career as pianist in Hubert Smith's Coral Islanders group.

Jean Motyer: Trained at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Returned to Bermuda in 1951 and has served various church choirs ever since. Recently celebrated 20 years with St. Mark's, Smith's choir. Contributed first 50 names to Dr. Drummond Wolf, founder of Bermuda Philharmonic Society Choir. Was soloist in more than 15 oratorios. Credits Bermuda High School music teachers Winifred Savill and Gladys Tatem with preparing her thoroughly for further music studies.

Joseph Richards: A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and an influential presence as a Berkeley Institute music teacher. Two of his outstanding private students, Dr. Gary Burgess and Lance Hayward, are also on this list. During his Boston days was a close friend of and accompanist to Afro-American opera star Roland Hayes.

Mark Williams: Legendary bandmaster, music educator, cornettist with Welsh Mining District Silver Bands, founder of Bermuda Amateur Symphony. He would have been notable in any event as stepfather and first music teacher of Gandhi Burgess.

Those were the days: Pianist Lance Hayward (second left) and his fellow musicians (from left: Maxwell Smith, Clarence (Tootsie) Bean and Milton Robinson), who were known as The Lance Hayward Quartet, were popular entertainers on the local scene.

High and mighty: Patricia Gray and Ray Tanva (top left) graced the Bermuda dance scene, touring hotels with the "Pat and Ray Show'', while trumpet great Ghandi Burgess (right) blew all the right notes in a long and illustrious career.

Marcelle Clamens Louise Jackson Steps in time: Dancers Barbara Frith (L) and Conchita Ming (R) performed a modern trio with the late Robert Simmons. Both women are now teaching and choreographing here.

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