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Observer senior reporter Thursday, April 15, 2021
THE 2021 Jamaica Festival Song Competition is off and running. The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) which administers the competition is currently issuing the call for entries, encouraging Jamaican artistes and songwriters to participate in the annual contest.
Chairman of the Jamaica Festival Song Committee at the JCDC, Orville Hill said that due to the restrictions caused by the current global health crisis this year s competition, just like last year, will be staged virtually, helping therefore to engender a sense of pride and patriotism going into the national celebrations of Emancipation and Independence in August.
“Due to the [coronavirus] pandemic, this year will have to be virtual. So, just like last year, there will be no live shows. All the performances will be recorded and aired using various platforms so that the public can listen, hear and exercise their choice in a similar way,” he said.
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