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Stadium jam-packed for 'Grand' birthday party

Published:Tuesday | August 7, 2012 | 12:00 AM
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Dignitaries in the Royal Box, (from left) Kingston Mayor Angela Brown Burke; Jamaica's Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller; General Colin Powell; CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin LaRocque, and South African President Jacob Zuma and his wife Nompumelelo Mantuli.
Members of uniformed groups stand at attention for the National Anthem at the start of the Independence Grand Gala.
A section of the Grandstand at the National Stadium for yesterday's Independence Grand Gala. - photos by Norman Grindley/Chief Photographer
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The dominant colour was more yellow than gold, but there was no mistaking that Jamaicans came decked out to celebrate their nation's 50th anniversary at the Independence Grand Gala last night.

For more images from the Grand Gala visit gallery at www.jamaica-gleaner.com