Photos: CedarBridge Academy’s Bermuda Day

May 1, 2014

While Bermuda celebrates Heritage Month during the month of May, CedarBridge Academy has added multiculturalism as part of their Heritage Month celebration, paying homage to the fact that no less than 17 countries are represented at the school.

CedarBridge students and staff are today [May 1] celebrating their unique Bermuda Day with a series of events, including a fashion show and a musical concert.

A spokesperson said, “During assembly, there is to be a fashion show of sorts, were students and teachers can model their Bermuda dress. During the fashion show, participants and clients will be accompanied by videos that display scenes and songs about Bermuda.

“The show will open with the Bermuda national anthem, official and unofficial; “Bermuda is Another World” by Hubert Smith, “Proud to Be Bermudian” by Johnny Woolridge and others are examples of the other pieces to be played.”

“On May 7 and May 14, students will be involved in a speech competition on multiculturalism. Students have a topic to choose based on their level of experience as a speaker. The speech topic for the experienced speakers will be “Multiculturalism: A Threat to Nationalism”; the topic for inexperienced speakers will be “What Multiculturalism Means to Me.” Participating students will meet with an assigned teacher who will help direct the presentation.

“Multicultural Month culminates on May 23 with Multicultural Day. This will be the 12th year CedarBridge has held Multicultural Day; it began with people coming in dressed in clothing from another country and has evolved from there.

“There will be displays by advisory groups representing the 17 countries that exist at CedarBridge Academy. Students and teachers will dress in clothing representing their favourite culture, ending in a rally organized by members of the Multicultural Committee. The cafeteria will offer for sale multicultural dishes, and teachers will have a multicultural potluck.

“Today, several students wore Bermuda sweatshirts, Bermuda shorts and socks, and other Bermuda-specific clothing; one teacher wore a jacket made of the Bermuda flag, while another person had a Bermuda tuppence for earrings, and still another had earrings with the lighthouse as a design.”

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