Preparations are well underway for the University of the Cayman Islands’ (UCCI) first ever gospel concert entitled, “HALLELUJAH: Praises in the Courtyard” slated for 25 May at 6:30 p.m. at the UCCI Campus. The third in a series of shows benefiting the development of a performing arts programme at the University College, HALLELUJAH promises two nights of spiritual upliftment regardless of religious denomination. ...

Excitement among the FRESH 2012 designers Jacqueline Bleicher, Shirley DaCosta, Melissa Dilbert, Virginia Foster, Mara McBean and Sandra Lichtenstein is building after they met with the FRESH models last weekend. It was the first time since the casting event in February that the designers saw the models and were able to finalise their collection, taking into consideration the models’ dimensions, body types and overall look. The designers also decided which models would wear their various pieces at the fashion event on 28 April. ...

Rundown, Cayman National Cultural Foundation’s annual comedy revue, is back this year, celebrating twenty-one years of entertaining audiences in the Cayman Islands. The show, created by Dave Martins, retains its format under the penmanship of director, Henry Muttoo and continues the tradition of looking at life in the Cayman Islands through the lens of comedy. Many of the show’s regular cast members have returned and are joined by a number of newcomers, who are not only willing and able, but fairly bursting in anticipation of bringing audiences to submission with Rundown’s unique, annual overdose of knee-weakening and ‘belly-busting’ humour. ...