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Great EU Celebration

Published:Sunday | May 23, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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The effervescent Scarlette Gillings laughs with the equally exuberant Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni.
Head of the European Union Delegation, Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, and wife Fiela greet the always beautiful Joan McDonald.
British High Commissioner Howard Drake and wife Gill (right) hobnob with Mexican Ambassador Leonora rueda.
Pierre and Karlene Lemaire wait their turn to meet the dignitaries.
Michelle Smith (left) and Cindy Lyons celebrating girls' night out
Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Ken Baugh (ldtf) and Nicaraguan Ambassador David MacField (second left) have plenty to talk about while Mexican Ambassador Leonora Rueda and Nigel Pagon focus on the camera.
The always bubbly Allison Peart makes a grand entrance.
Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ken Baugh (left) toasts European Union Delegation head, Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, and wife Fiela Mazzocchi Alemanni at the Europe Day reception held at Hyperion Avenue, Jack's Hill, on Wednesday, May 12.
Businessman Charles Hanna cuts a rug (or the lawn in this case) with Fiela Mazzocchi Alemanni. - photos by Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
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No wonder people couldn't wait for Europe Day. Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation, Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi Alemanni, had promised a great time and on Wednesday May 12, he delivered at his Jack's Hill residence. He was busy all evening, making sure the fine details were attended to - from the food (kudos to Lorraine Fung) to the champagne for the toasting.

He spoke of the substantial support to Jamaica in the form of grants and expressed confidence in the resilience and entrepreneurship of Jamaicans to overcome the economic mire the country is in. He also lauded Jamaica's assistance to Haiti as well as the presence of the EU in that country.

Live music is always a joy for an audience, and when the two performers are Marcia Griffiths and Boris Gardiner, the party can only get better. And did it! Griffiths started with Tell Me Now, before doing others such as Dreamland, pulled up All My Life and had guests doing the Electric Boogie. Gardiner made the women swoon with hits like So Nice To Be With You and even took up the guitar for renditions including Forever My Darling.

Guests out included Deputy Prime Minister Dr Ken Baugh, Housing Minister Dr Horace Chang, St Kitts High Commissioner Cedric Harper, Venezuelan Ambassador Noel Martinez, Argentine Ambassador Mario Pino, Brazilian Ambassador Alexander Gueiros, Ambassador Elinor Sherlock, Ricardo Allicock, Peter Makwarela, Igor Hevia, Guillermo Hernandez, Alberto and Monica Menghini, Mike and Jo Seaman, Chris and Marion Duggan, Commander John McFarlane, Richard and Carolyn Gomes and Derek Jones.

Also out were Kay Osborne, Milton Walker, Wyvolyn Gager, Lisa Marzouca, Chris Issa, Kingsley Cooper and Romae Gordon, Dr Johnathan Greenland and wife Dr Rebecca Tortello, Michael and Thalia Lyn, Sylvia Collister, Keith Collister and Carol Pessoa, Morin and Verla Seymour, Richard Lake and Lisa Hanna, Yvonne Clarke, Professor Anthony Clayton, Joan McDonald, Andrea Bickhoff-Benjamin, Earl Witter, Sancia Bennett-Templar, Michael and Keva Hylton, Peter and Velia Espeut, Maureen Webber, Pierre and Karlene Lemaire, Charles Hanna, Nigel Pagon, Dr Michael Banbury, Anthony Miller, Hertha Beckmann, Susan Alexander and Irena Cousins.