Kevon Felmine

Nurs­es at the South West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty shook off a hec­tic month filled with sus­pen­sions, deaths and law­suits, when the Trinidad and To­ba­go Reg­is­ter Nurs­es As­so­ci­a­tion held its 5th an­nu­al gospel con­cert on April 2 at the Na­pari­ma Bowl. Pro­gramme co-or­di­na­tor Pa­tri­cia Fran­cis said the show was ded­i­cat­ed to the nurs­es who have had ex­pe­ri­enc­ing dif­fi­cult pe­ri­ods on the job. "De­spite the spon­sor­ship is­sues we have sud­den­ly faced this year, we were able to keep the show," Fran­cis said.

There was a spir­i­tu­al­ly arous­ing per­for­mance by Bet­ty Ann Pil­grim, as she ded­i­cat­ed her songs to the nurs­es from the south west.

"Es­pe­cial­ly with what has been go­ing through the me­dia through the past month, we have learnt to get down on our knees," she said. Nurs­es in the Bowl erupt­ed in cheers in agree­ment and ap­pre­ci­a­tion.

But it was the Pot­ter's Choir that stole the show with some scin­til­lat­ing per­for­mances. Af­ter the choir's per­for­mance there was thun­der­ous ap­plause and calls for en­cores. There were al­so top ren­di­tions by pan­nist Li­nus Sal­vador and vi­o­lin­ist Harold Beck­les. The St Stephen's Dance group made good use of its chore­og­ra­phy, while Kir­leen Dot­tin re­ceived a hearty re­cep­tion from the crowd for her ren­di­tion of Al­abaster Box. The au­di­ence was filled with nurse and their fam­i­ly from around the south and cen­tral re­gion.