The national finals for the Festival of the Performing Arts began yesterday at the Little Theatre in St Andrew.

Thousands of performers from schools and other groups across the island are competing for national recognition in the areas of traditional folk forms, dance, music, drama and speech. Also included in this year's final is the national deaf dance competition, which will take place on Friday.

Schedule

TRADITIONAL FOLK FORMS

Tuesday, June 9

Wednesday, June 10

Thursday, June 11

DANCE

Tuesday, June 16

Wednesday, June 17

Thursday, June 18

Friday, June 19

Saturday, June 20

DEAF DANCE

Friday, June 12

SPEECH

Tuesday, June 23

Wednesday, June 24

Friday, June 26

DRAMA

Thursday, June 25

Tuesday, June 30

MUSIC

Wednesday, July 1

Thursday, July 2

Friday, July 3

Saturday, July 4