TELEVISION viewers know her as Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, or the talent in the Gerber Baby Food commercial with her twins. However, in real life she is the very talented actress, Jane Seymour, who James Bond fans may recall seeing in Live and Let Die.
Ms. Seymour, her husband James Keach as well as their 6-year-old twins, and their nanny, Debra Pearl, left Montego Bay a few days ago after a week's stay at the Ritz Carlton. However, their stay was not confined to the hotel property as it was a working visit for Ms. Seymour who did a photo shoot for the internationally circulated, Home & Garden Magazine.
A welcome addition to the star's itinerary was a Meet the People dinner organised by co-ordinator, Hyacinth Ford and hosted by Winston and Denise Dear at their home in Reading.
It was a real family affair as Ms. Seymour's children were able to interact with other children. In fact, the guest of honour and her husband, whose warmth was very evident, expressed their delight at being able to get away from the tourist crowd at the hotel and enjoying such a friendly home hospitality.
Among those sharing dinner were Ian Dear and children, Lauren and Jayson; brother Stephen with wife Linda and son Kristian; Shelagh Jardim and sons Max, Benjamin and Zakary, as well as grandparents Max and Joan Jardim who were visiting from Guyana; Ann and Kerry Bennett with son Kai; Neville and Sandra Martin; Molly Upton; Dalkeith and Jenni Hannah; Dollis Campbell and Audrey Anderson of the Jamaica Tourist Board.
Learning that Ms. Seymour loves spicy foods, the Dears ensured that the evening's fare included Jamaican jerked chicken alongside escoveitched fish and roast beef. And the Jamaica Tourist Board presented her with a basket of local spices. The Dear children also presented Ms. Seymour's twins with a book of children stories and when it was time to part, one of the twins went into hiding because he did not want to leave!
The Rover understands that the following morning Ms. Seymour and her family were speaking glowingly about their Meet the People experience over breakfast when another family overheard and called up the JTB asking for one. However, they were leaving the following day and time did not allow but they insisted that on their return they wanted to be included in a Meet the People home reception.
Happy birthday
Nine years ago Lytton and Rosemarie Jarman of Germany had their first visit to Jamaica. While in Montego Bay they met Cecil and Rose Morrison and a bond of friendship developed among them.
Each year, since, the Jarmans have been making it Jamaica, spending two or three weeks at a time. This time, they decided to stay for six weeks and their visit coincided with Rosemarie's birthday, last Sunday. So Rose treated her to a celebration dinner party at home.
Among those sharing in the occasion were John McDonald, Albert and Cecil Khouri, and Dr. Shanker Patel. The birthday lady was also presented with a gift by Hyacinth Ford, on behalf of the Jamaica Tourist Board.
Even before departing the Jarmans were looking forward to their return and have already booked their next visit.
Also celebrating birthday this past week was Montego Bay businessman, Fred Smith, but his drinking partners were not able to celebrate with him on Tuesday as he had to be off the island on business in Mexico.
Congratulations are also in order for Clayton and Doris Morgan who last Thursday celebrated their 24th wedding anniversary. Clayton, an attorney, is the current president of the Cornwall Bar Association.
And a bouquet goes out to Sean Johnson, past student of Cornwall College and the Montego Bay Community College, who has won a scholarship to study tourism and hotel management at Hocking College in Ohio, USA.
Sean is the son of the president of the Kiwanis Club of Providence, Joan Johnson and her husband Jackson.
Still on Kiwanis, the president of Kiwanis International Foundation was in Montego Bay last week on an official visit. He was special guest at a joint meeting of locals clubs, at The Wexford last Thursday. Last week, local clubs also had visits from Pennsylvania District chairman for International Relations, Roy Glick and his wife Loris.
