The 13th staging of the Jamaica Poetry Festival inside the Louise Bennett Garden Theatre on August 13 was a Sunday dessert of spoken words, songs and movements. And the piece de resistance for the evening was Professor Edward Baugh’s poetic verve.
Come August 13, the late Harry Belafonte, Louise Bennett-Coverley, and poet Khalil Gibran will be honoured at the Jamaica Poetry Festival.
"I just hasten to say that we have been engaging wit.
Cormac Kennedy-Leverett in Tasmania. Image Copyright RA Linda Higginson
Six athletes associated with Griffith have been selected in the Under 23 (U23), Under 21 (U21) and Under 19 (U19) Australian Rowing Teams to compete at the World Rowing Cup 3 Simulation Regatta in June at the 2000 Sydney Olympics rowing venue in Penrith.
The crews were determined after rowers participated in trials at Lake Barrington, Tasmania, following the 2021 Aon Australian Rowing Championships.
Danica Free after competing in Tasmania
Five current Griffith students got the nod, with Cormac Kennedy-Leverett (Bachelor of Engineering Hons) selected in the U23 Men’s single scull, Danica Free (Bachelor of Engineering Hons) making the U21 women’s quad scull, Lachlan Wright (Bachelor of Business) selected for the U19 men’s coxless four, Miller Rowe (Bachelor of Business) in the U23 men’s coxed eight and Anna Blackwell (Bachelor of Exercise Science) the U21 women’s coxed eight.