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Seaga and the ska explosionSeaga speaking at the first graduation ceremony of the St Andrew Trade Training Centre in 1962. Seated (from left) areDoherty, Allen and Mais.EDWARD SEAGA wentfrom being one of the most importantand successful producers andrecord-company owners in Jamaica tobecome prime minister – probably theonly recording executive ever to beelected a head of state.Along the way, he set the stage for the1960s boom in ska, and the explosion ofinterest in reggae music in the 1970s.Seaga graduated from HarvardUniversity in 1952 with a BA in socialsciences. In 1955, he supervised therecording of an album of ethnic music onthe Folkways label, a project that grew outof scholarly research in which that he’dbeen engaged.DOING MORE WITH MUSICThis whetted his appetite to do morewith music, and he later produced sessionsby Jamaican artistes for more commercialrecording organisations. Seaga foundedhis own label, West Indies RecordingLimited (WIRL), in the late 1950s andamong his first signings was the TrenchTown singing duo of Joe Higgs and RoyWilson.Seaga became a key architect ofthe constitution that becamethe framework for Jamaicanindependence in August 1962. Alreadyrecognised as a passionate defender of thepoor, and a fiery orator capable of movingvoters or his fellow legislators, Seagabecame an elected member of parliamentin April 1962, representing westernKingston. He is the longest-serving memberof Jamaica’s Parliament, having beenre-elected for 37 consecutive years.The cocktail party given in honour of the English Netherlands team by the minister of developmentand welfare, Edward Seaga, at the Courtleigh Manor Hotel. From left: Jean Robinson, captainof the English netball team; Valerie Fleming, captain of the Jamaica team; Edward Seaga;Lady Morley; Sir Alexander Morley, British High Commissioner in Jamaica; Rose Harris and LeilaRobinson, president of the Jamaica Netball Association.At the cocktail party given by Mr and Mrs Philip Seaga areEdward Seaga (right) and Donald Sangster (left).6 JAMAICA CELEBRATES | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2009
The Gleaner Independence CupBuster Hoo, a member of Jamaica’s Ninth Games basketballteam, is here seen with The Gleaner Independence Cup, whichhe received from Edward Seaga, minister of development andwelfare, on behalf of the Jamaica team. The cup was awardedto the Jamaica Possibles who won the 1962 Senior LeagueBasketball competition. The presentation took place at ChineseFreedom Court, North Street.Putting the shotJune Marsh, 17, who repeatedly broke the women’s discus record, is seen here throwing the shotputt at Gray’s Inn Sports Club. She placed third in the event to Eileen Sutherland and AnnieGolding, but that was after she had hurled the rubber discus 100’ 7”. The discus record, held byAnnie Golding, was 99’ 9 1 / 2 ” inches. Her throw could not be ratified as a Jamaican record, however,as the standard type discus was one of wood and iron and the Jamaica Amateur AthleticsAssociation had none at the time. The athletes claimed that it was much easier to throw the woodand iron discus.Sentimental singerAs if saying a prayer, sentimental singer Jimmy James showsdeep emotion as he renders his hit tune ‘Bewildered and Blue’to the delight and satisfaction of many spectators at a stageshow at Ward Theatre.JAMAICA CELEBRATES | TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 20097
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