guests of a CedarBridge Arts in Education initiative, the aim of which is to broaden the exposure of local students to a variety of art forms, and also encourage them to fully develop their talents.

Directed by Dr. David Morrow, the 44-strong ensemble will perform at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts during the week of May 12-17. The visitors will also hold choral workshops and master classes for Middle and Secondary level students in addition to performing in both the public and private schools.

Two public performances are scheduled for May 14 and 16, with ticket sales going towards defraying the cost of the initiative.

Tickets for patrons night on May 14 are $50 each, and will include not only the visitors' performance but also the gala reception which follows and live music by local band Exotique . The youth jazz ensemble Mahogany directed by Wendell (Shine) Hayward, will provide pre-performance music.

Tickets for the May 16 performance are $30, with discounted rates for groups of ten or more.

All tickets are available at CedarBridge Academy and 27th Century Boutique.

For further information 296-5665 ext. 2127.

As befits Heritage Month, Tomorrow marks the official opening of banana doll maker Deidre Furtado 's exhibition at the Masterworks Gallery off Front Street. It is said that this is the first time a local gallery has hosted a show of this type by an individual artist. Free standing and framed pieces in organic material will be shown, and the exhibition runs until May 8.

The Bermuda Maritime Museum is appealing to the public to either donate or lend family photographs and other memorabilia and artifacts for inclusion in a new exhibit on the West Indies and Bermuda, which opens at Commissioner's House in August.

Since the exhibit will showcase the historical and cultural links between Bermuda and the Caribbean, and also pay tribute to the Island's West Indian community, the search is on for artifacts which will help to represent not only the historical connections between the two areas but also the lives and experiences of West Indian-Bermudians.

Items such as West Indian passports; photographs of West Indians and Bermudians of West Indian descent; images of West Indian customs; relevant political or legal documents; religious objects and cooking tools; clothing, musical instruments, dolls, books and jewellery would all be of interest.

The proposed exhibit is part of a heritage series being installed at Commissioner's House as permanent exhibition rooms. Previous shows, each with dedicated rooms on the Azores, the Newport-Bermuda Race, and Slavery in Bermuda, have been held at the restored Dockyard site over the past two years.

For further information, or to discuss lending or donating items, please contact Charlotte Andrews at the Bermuda Maritime Museum 234-1333 ext. 105.

If you're wondering what happened to popular Bermudian musician and singer Jay Fox, whose smooth sounds in hotels and night clubs, as well as on compact discs (CDs), charmed locals and visitors alike, he is now living and performing in Tennessee.

Prior to leaving the Island, Mr. Fox became a dedicated Christian, and now concentrates on religious music -- as a writer, singer and recording artist.

He sings southern gospel, contemporary and inspirational songs.

His latest single, `I Came to Find My Jesus,' is regularly heard on Christian radio stations across America, and he has also released a new CD and cassette, entitled `After the Sunset' on Orpheus Sound Recordings, one of the music group of companies Mr. Fox formed to handle all of his recording work.

Ms Marion Trott-Simons, a Bermudian now living in Jamaica, has written her first book of poetry. Entitled `A Kiss of Poetry,' and illustrated with pictures, it contains 27 poems, each of which touches on a part of life.

Included in the book are two poems, `The Cycle of Life-Human Race' and `Bermuda My Little Island,' both of which received awards from the International Library of Poetry in Maryland, USA. Ms Trott-Simons was also a nominee for Poet of the Year last and this year.

`A Kiss of Poetry' (US$7) can be ordered from Kopy Kat Printing, 17 Market Street, Montego Bay, Jamaica, W.I. 1-876-971-1947, fax 1-876-971-2250. Make cheques/money orders payable to: Mario T. Simons, Lucea P.O., Hanover, Jamaica, W.I. Cellphone: 1-876-707-7164.