Photos: Six People Honoured At Arts Council

The Minister of Youth, Lifestyle and Activity, Dr. Ernest Peets extended congratulations to Main Kenneth Dill, Marjorie Pettit, the late Ted Ming, Paul and Penelope Leseur and Daren A. Herbert who had been all honoured at the Bermuda Arts Council’s [BAC] Yearly Awards Ceremony.

A Federal government spokesperson explained, “These six Bermudians have been celebrated for their sizeable contributions to the island’s arts and cultural scene. The hybrid in-individual and digital event took place at the Earl Cameron Theatre, wherever the Minister introduced awards in the groups of, Life time Accomplishment Award, Founder’s Award, Patron Award and the Earl Cameron Award.

“The recipients ended up honoured with the pursuing:

Important Kenneth [Toki] Dill, received the Life span Achievement Award for his immense contributions as a former Bermuda Regiment Bandmaster and new music teacher.

Marjorie Pettit, also received the Life span Accomplishment Award for her renowned work with the Bermuda Faculty of Music as its Director of Tunes.

The late Ted Ming, was posthumously honoured with the Founder’s Award. As the previous group chief and lead vocalist of the Bermuda Strollers, Ted Ming was a genuine ambassador for Bermuda Tourism and a pioneer and visionary in his field.

Paul and Penelope Leseur, gained the Patron Award, for their really generous help of arts in Bermuda and

Daren A. Herbert, a growing star, acquired the prestigious Earl Cameron Award for his critically acclaimed vocation as a theatre, stage and film actor.

Minister Dr. Peets remarks:

Superior evening,

To those people of you viewing from the viewers nowadays and to individuals who are viewing almost and on line, I increase my heartfelt greetings to you all.

I desire to also express my appreciation and well wishes to the Bermuda Arts Council for their determination to making sure that this occasion took put this 12 months.

This occasion is particularly poignant mainly because the arts have endured tremendously during the last two years of the pandemic. So it’s excellent that we can occur jointly to recognise and highlight the significance of art in all its kinds throughout this ceremony.

Currently we’re here to celebrate the recipients of the annual Bermuda Arts Council Awards.

These are individuals who have designed considerable contributions to Bermuda’s artistic and cultural landscape around the several years.

Considering the fact that the inception of these awards, we have paid out tribute to far more than 150 men and women in our community who have devoted their life to shaping and preserving our artistic and cultural heritage.

And we welcome into this prestigious group six additional deserving Bermudians.

They are:

The late Ted Ming, who will posthumously acquire the Founder’s Award. As the previous team leader and direct vocalist of the Bermuda Strollers, Ted Ming was a accurate ambassador for Bermuda Tourism and a pioneer and visionary in his industry.

Important Kenneth [Toki] Dill, who will receive the Lifetime Accomplishment Award for his enormous contributions as a former Bermuda Regiment Bandmaster and audio teacher.

Marjorie Pettit, who is also obtaining the Life time Accomplishment Award for her renowned work with the Bermuda University of Songs as its Director of Songs.

Paul and Penelope Leseur, who will acquire the Patron Award, for their very generous assist of arts in Bermuda and

Daren A. Herbert, a increasing star, who will obtain the prestigious Earl Cameron Award for his critically acclaimed occupation as a theatre, stage and film actor.

All those getting honoured today have significantly to be proud of, for they have genuinely remaining their mark on our Island.

They are six deserving Bermudians who have motivated so a lot of of us with their inventive creativeness and passion.

Every of our distinguished recipients has in 1 way or an additional formed our community with their creativity, motivation and enthusiasm, and we are forever grateful for their contributions to Bermuda.

Thank you.