Dr. Hopeton Dunn (left) , chairman and chief executive officer of the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC), unveils the logo to launch the CPTC 21st anniversary celebrations in Kingston yesterday. Assisting him is Lilla Wray, CPTC's longest-serving employee. - Junior Dowie/Staff Photographer

THE CREATIVE Production and Training Centre Limited (CPTC) is hoping to use its 21st anniversary as a platform from which it can review its performance to date and chart its future directions.

Dr. Hopeton Dunn, chairman and chief executive officer of the CPTC, at the media launch of the celebrations yesterday, announced that the activities will officially begin on Sunday, April 1 with a thanksgiving service and will extend throughout 2005.

Senator Burchell Whiteman, the minister of information, will deliver a special anniversary message at the service while the event will be transmitted live on radio and television.

OPENING CEREMONY

This will be followed by the opening ceremony for the anniversary celebrations and historical exhibition at the Caenwood Complex on Monday, April 11.

Other events slated to mark the celebrations are an inaugural CPTC public lecture, an awards ceremony, the publishing of a special CPTC newspaper supplement, the screening of a just completed documentary entitled The Green Tunnel at the Palace Cineplex and a visit by Governor-General Sir Howard Cooke to the CPTC.

"While we will be celebrating our past achievements, the events marking the 21st anniversary will also provide an opportunity not just for reflection, but also for listening to our publics and for sharing our vision for the future," Dr. Dunn said.

In recognition of his contribution to the training of media professionals and the development of media communications in Jamaica, Wycliffe Bennett, former CPTC chairman and CEO, and voice and speech expert, has been invited to conduct a master class at the CPTC on Monday, April 4.

Meanwhile, in a collaborative agreement between the CPTC and Palace Amusement, a new one-minute visual rendition of Jamaica's National Anthem will be displayed in cinemas across the circuit.

The new video, which will replace the existing version, depicts various aspects of Jamaica's civic life and cultural heritage, highlighted by graphic images of Jamaican people, landscape and events including a scene of sprint queen Veronica Campbell's gold medal winning exploits at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Other benefits which will accrue from the agreement include a production of additional public service announcements by the CPTC relating to civic duties, courtesies, and the public responsibilities of citizens, which would also be displayed on cinema screens.