I decided that I could not miss this event, as it was an opprtunity to worship and meet and mingle with my people.
So being the punctual person I usually am and wanting to get a spectacular view to take some awesome pictures, I arrived at approximately 10 am. (The service was scheduled to start at 11 am.)
When I arrived at Trafalgar Square and looked across to St Martin-in-the Fields, I saw a number of persons standing on the steps. I didn't let that bother me. I thought " good, the organisers are there to make sure everything goes smoothly".
I approached the church. Chit chatted a little with a few collegues who were ushers and then went in.....
Lo and behold ...the church was full! There were no seats downstairs! There were only "reserved" seats. I looked at my watch....it was only 10:15 am!!!
And yet they criticise us and talk about "Jamaica time".
Well friends, I had to go upstairs and let me tell you something, if it weren't for The kindness of an old man and his grand-daughter ( bless them) I wouldn't be able to get a glimpse.
Well since I don't yet own a fancy camera with great zoom lens...once again this is the best I could do.
I do have some recordings of parts of the speechs and performances if you care to see, send me an email.
P.S. I won't do the commentary thing of the day's proceedings...I'm sure JIS will do that!
TAKE CARE
6 comments:
Mother Dearest,
It's good to see that you are finally finding your way around computers! Congrats!
The guest speaker was Rev. Liz Russell. a dynamic speaker, who spoke about love of family and our country. I have snippets of her sermon which I can send.
Other people that participated in the service were:
Her Excellency Gail Mathurin - High Commissioner
Lord Mayor of Westminister Councillor Alexander Nicoll
Ms. Dawn Butler , MP
Sir Willard White - Soloist
Sergeant Albert Hird - JDF
Mr Dale Robinson - Manager NCB
Leony Titus
Dancers David Blake, Michael Burgess, Kamara Gray, Kirk Patterson
Gail Whiteman
I like your commentary. Keep it up!
Good effort Deidre. Good shots too.
Mich
Are you studying? Where do you find time for all this?
Yes I'm studying, but this is how I "de-stress" or "take a break" from it all. YOU are the beneificiary of my "beat break".
I hope you are enjoying the view!
Thanks to those who have expressed their gratitude.
Wow I love technology! For those who missed it...here is a "snipet" of Rev. Russell's presentation.
Click on the link:
http://www.myspace.com/dspbap
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