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Police band at Sheraton

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Police band entertaining at the Sheraton-Kingston Hotel.

Sugar Belly

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"Sugar Belly Mento band, who won the lone Gold Medal awarded in the National Music Festival in Mento, giving a performance they had to repeat for the thrilled audience."

Organ loft - St. Peter's Church - Port Royal

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Interior of the St. Peter's Anglican Church building showing the organ loft.

Richmond Culture Band

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Bands (Music) - Jamaica; Musical instruments; Musicians - Jamaica

Abdoulie Samba and others at Institute of Jamaica

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"Abdoulie Samba (left) plays the hallam while Yankuba Saho (right) plays the cora for children at the Institute of Jamaica. In the background is Bakari Sidibe who is the Head of the Gambia Cultural Archives."

Students of Holy Family School

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"Students of Holy Family School perform in the band with sticks, cymbals and drums."

Mona Preparatory School orchestra

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"Doing their own thing: doing the "hussle" in Jamaica has its own connotation in the local vernacular as every "sufferer" well knows. And that exercise might take in just about any sort of activity which allows one to pay the piper.
The young ones…