The Bahamian Icon Awards: 2015 Nominees Announced

Thu, May 14th 2015, 05:38 PM

The Bahamian Icon Awards Organizing Committee has selected the following nominees from those submissions:

COMMERCE

1.Gowan Bowe – PricewaterhouseCoopers

2.Kayleaser Deveaux-Isaacs – Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas

3.Llewelyn Burrows – Lickety Split

4.Pia Rolle – PTG Modeling Agency

5.Trevor Williams – Outback Steakhouse

EDUCATION

Deanna North – Freeport Primary School (Grand Bahama)

Janelle Cambridge-Johnson – Anatol Rodgers High School

Lisa Sawyer McCartney – The Meridian School

Dr. Melony Thompson - Atlantic Interactive School of Learning

Yonell Justillien – Government High School

ENTERTAINMENT ENSEMBLE (LIVE)


Eldridge Mcphee – Bel Canto Singers, Christmastide

JoAnne Callender – A Celebration of Bahamian Composers

Kerel Pinder – Sarah’s Wedding

Philip Burrows – The Legend of Sammy Swain

ENTERTAINMENT ENSEMBLE (RECORDED)

Gina Rodgers Sealy – Gentle Giant: The Andre Rodgers Story

Kareem Mortimer – Passage

Travolta Cooper – Black Moses

ENTERTAINMENT - Presented by BTC

Anthony “Skee Bo” Roberts – Romeo and Juliet

Chigozie Ijeoma – Jitney 242

Cleveland Williams – The Legend of Sammy Swain

Leah Eneas – The Cinemas

Timico Sawyer – Sawyerboy TV

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Andrew Knowles – Island Cellular

Christian Sawyer – Sunryse Information Management

Karen Clarke – Thayer’s Natural Remedies Inc. (Grand Bahama)

Stephen Greenslade – ICS of the Bahamas Co., Ltd.

Steve Cancino – Lutra Pure Drinking Water and Ice (Eleuthera)

FINE ART

Jamal Rolle – Pushin’ Da Envelope

Leanne Russell – Bliss Coffee House and Art Gallery (Abaco)

Monty Knowles – The Junkanoo Nymphe

Scharad Lightbourne – The Eidolon Series

Willicey Tynes – Coral Reef Sculpture Garden

HEALTH

Dr. Barry Russell – Bahamas Orthodontic Center

Dr. Conville Brown – The Bahamas Heart Center

Nurse Enith Ingraham – Tarpum Bay Clinic (Eleuthera)

Dr. Harold Munnings – The Center for Digestive Health

Nurse Willamae Stuart – Public Hospitals Authority

HUMANITARIANISM – Presented by the Royal Bank of Canada

Pastor Carlos Reid – Youth Against Violence

Caroline Turnquest – Bahamas Red Cross

Dr. David Allen – The Family

Khandi Gibson – F.O.A.M. Bahamas

Melissa Major – Bahamas Breast Cancer Initiative Foundation

MUSIC


Baha Men – Night & Day

Brandon “Sosa Man” Major – Road to Recovery

Julien Believe – Live and Wine

Rik Carey – No Ordinary Fling

Visage – Happy Hour

SPORTS – Presented by BMW

Antoan Richardson – Baseball

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace – Swimming

Kyle Chea – Rowing

Shaunae Miller – Track and Field

Tureano Johnson – Boxing

TOURISM

Alfredo Bridgewater – CocoNutz Cruisers (Grand Bahama)

Ava Burke-Thompson – Ministry of Tourism

Danny Knowles – Dan Knowles Tours

Nikia Deveaux – Tourism Today

Captain Robbie Smith – Bimini Big Game Club (Bimini)

Youth Development

Chef Jamal Petty – Food Fight

K. Darron Turnquest – Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture

Nikita Shiel Rolle – Young Marine Explorers

Philip Simon II – Junior Achievement Bahamas

Sammie “Sammi Star” Poitier – Starrboy Inc.

The nominees announcement can be viewed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOQPCBM76Sk.



The Bahamian Icon Awards Committee will also present our Lifetime Achievement Award to Ronnie Butler for his undeniably stellar contribution to growth and development of the music industry.

Winners will be announced at the 2015 Bahamian Icon Awards Ceremony held at Melia Nassau Beach on July 11, 2015. The show will be broadcast live on Cable 12 with Red Carpet coverage beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now at SIDDA Communications Group, Ltd in the Shirley Street Plaza. For more information visit www.bahamianiconawards.com.

About the Bahamian Icon Awards

The Bahamian Icon Awards acknowledges the exemplary achievements of men and women who have excelled in various industries thus contributing to the overall development of the Bahamian community.

Our mission is to provide an achievable goal that inspires and encourages consistent efforts to achieve excellence and the fostering of good will.

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