Poet Laureate Investiture Ceremony
May 17 2017
Master of Ceremonies, Ms. Fae Ellington
Pimento Players
National Librarian, Mrs. Winsome Hudson, speaks on the Poet Laureate of Jamaica Programme
Tribe Sankofa performs WORD SOUL: The Lorna Goodison Edition
Dignitaries at Investiture
Sir Patrick Allen and Lorna Goodison
His Excellency The Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, Governor-General presents Lorna Goodison as the Poet Laureate of Jamaica
Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison addresses the gathering in the King’s House Ballroom
St. Hugh’s High School student Brianna Miller presents the Poet Laureate with a bouquet of roses
Past Students of St. Hugh’s High School sing their school song at the Ceremony of Investiture of the Poet Laureate of Jamaica
Members of the Goodison family join in celebrating the Investiture of Lorna Goodison as the Poet Laureate of Jamaica 2017-2020
A section of the audience at the Ceremony of Investiture
