Maureen Lazarus with potential top models who are students from Cayman Brac
High School.

‘Fashionably Loud’

High quality fashion, dance, musical entertainment and the fine delicacies of the Cayman culture was incorporated in the Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) celebration of the Sister Islands Cayfest Variety show held on Friday, 2 May at the Aston Rutty Centre on Cayman Brac.

Two talented fashion designers who entered their original work in the Fresh Couture Fashion Show exposed their talent to the Sister Islands community, which highlighted their depth as they compete on the international scenes for their well-deserved recognition.

Letitia Davis-Eden and Maureen Lazarus are the two designers whose outfits were being modeled on stage by students from the Cayman Brac High School. Their designs depicted variety, style and class about their collection. Ms Davis-Eden was also responsible for doing the make up of the young ladies each time they entered on the runway, and this was one of her many facets in the fashion industry that was put on view.

The KRI dance group from Grand Cayman provided a sizzling performance as they showed their versatility, performing to different kinds of music. Kirk Rowe is the instructor and leader of the dance group, which have been expanding and getting rave reviews.

With a country and western theme, 1997 CNCF award winner for creativity in music Andy Martin gave a performance of a decade to the Brac residents as they all joined in to sing along with some of their favourite hits, with Mr Martin being accompanied by Raymond Scott.

Board member of CNCF Lorna Reid was delighted to see that the function was supported much better than last year. As she brought greetings from the organization, she added, “I believe that this year’s programme, which has a lot more creativity and variety, will be enjoyed by everyone and we are open to reviews on how to improve on it for the coming years.”

Organizer of the programme Simone Scott expressed her happiness to see the numbers in attendance for the Variety Show had increased this year as the performers flew over from Grand Cayman and did very well. She said she can only hope that the event continues to get better each year. “This year’s show was also made special with the student models from Cayman Brac High School who wowed the crowd in the Fresh designers’ dazzling outfits,” she added.

The Cayfest events were a vast improvement according to the patrons who attended, as each show had a bit of intrigue and much variety than ones previously held.