January
14th 2012
Youth
Fest 2011: And the winner is…Flora Jessy
Leonce!
Rae Anthony
Youth
Fest 2011? That was “the bomb!”
For those of you who aren’t aware, Youth
Fest is a singing competition which is held
annually. The show was hosted by Yo’s
very own “Scady Dot P” in Bean
Field Vieux Fort on the 18th of December2011.
It may seem a bit far, but we are all about
the youth and we would definitely go that
extra mile for you. Here’s a bit of
what went down at Youth Fest 2011.
Youth
Fest Highlights:
-
A number of giveaways
-Performances by: Mecca, Ricky T, Zionomi,
Cookie, Alley Cat, Ambi and Mongsta, Aisha,
Claudia Edwards, and a number of other artistes.
-Modeling from various modeling agencies.
We
got the opportunity to interview the winner
of the show.
Flora
Jessy Leonce
19
year old Flora is a graduate of the Saint
Joseph’s Convent, and current student
of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College.
She enjoys reading, singing having fun and
public speaking amongst other things. She
describes herself as a “social bug”.
Yo!
: What inspired you to audition for the competition?
Jessy: “It
was actually an accident. I was rummaging
through an old Yo! Magazine and I came across
the Ad. I was like wow! This is something
I would love to participate in! So I called
the office. It was already the deadline; I
asked whether it was possible to audition.
They asked me if I was sure I’m a good
singer, I responded with a confident “yes.”
Jessy says,
she grew up in the church singing, and she
began singing at a very tender age. Even as
an infant she said her mother said she would
be singing and humming her own tunes. She
rehearsed in front her mirror a million times
for the big day. “But nothing could
have prepared me for the big night.”
she said. Jessy said she was actually intimidated
by some of the contestants including the 1st
runner up in the teen’s category. Despite
the fact that she was a bit intimidated, Jessy
sang her way to the judge’s heart and
was cheered on by the crowd; they enjoyed
every bit of her performance.
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