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Published:Sunday | February 2, 2014 | 12:00 AM
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From left: LIME's Lloyd Distant Jr, Facey Law's Camille Facey, and St Maarten Telephone Company's CFO Helma Etnel share lens time.
Jamaica Money Market Brokers' Denise Fletcher and CANTO Director Lawrence McNaughton smile for our camera.
From left: Shernon Osepa, Internet Society; Jonelle Jones, Basel Convention; and Professor Hopeton Dunn, director of the Mona ICT Policy Centre, at the reception.
LIME's Nathaniel Palmer (left), Edward Gabbidon (second right) and Elon Parkinson (right) share lens time with CANTO vice-chair, Karen Bevans, on the weekend. -Photos by Janet Silvera
From left: LIME's Melesia Sutherland Campbell, CEO of Digicel Turks and Caicos Islands E. Jay Saunders, and Nelly Benitez of Mexico at the LIME reception.
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Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:Rain or shine, LIME Jamaica was determined to showcase the rich cultural heritage that differentiates Jamaica from its Caribbean neighbours. Last Sunday night, the communications giant unveiled a 'Taste of Jamaica' during a reception, punctuated by a temperamental rainfall that threatened to derail a beautiful cultural exchange, at the Pavilion at the Half Moon Rock Resort in Montego Bay.

The event, held to officially welcome delegates attending the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations (CANTO) conference at the Second City resort, was hosted by Orville Hall of Dance Xpressionz, DJ Smurf from Irie FM, and the LIME Dancers.

Hall, renowned for his dance-evolution presentation, traced the Jamaican music and dance from mento to dancehall, looking at how it has affected inner-city Jamaica.

MUSICAL JOURNEY

Throughout the upbeat and captivating performance, his dancers showcased the ska, rock steady, reggae (all its stages of dancehall) of the 1980s, 1990s, the emergence of Bogle, and new millennium dancehall.

While the entertainment paid tribute to the land of wood and water, Half Moon's chefs complemented the offerings with the crème de la crème of fine Jamaican cuisine consisting of ackee and salt fish, jerked pork, roasted corn, yam, festival, and sweet potato.

The flavours of Jamaica were welcomed by the 90 delegates, many of them from other Caribbean islands, the United States, and the United Kingdom. For those who really knew how to party, the celebration was taken to Margaritaville Montego Bay for the after-party celebration.

janet.silvera@gleanerjm.com