Samuel Beckford is the first to try out the machines at Mandeville's new entertainment place, The Jamaica Palace Gaming Lounge. At last Friday's opening, he declared, "I have been waiting from day one for it to open." - Colin Hamilton/ Freelance Photographer

Folks in cool, cool Mandeville have one good reason to go out at nights, it's The Palace Gaming Lounge at Neptune Plaza in the town and the National Dance Theatre Company's new season is open.

This dancer goes through her routine at the Indian Cultural Society's 'Naach', an evening of dances and elegant dining at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, last Friday. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Governor General Sir Kenneth Hall (second right) greets Wyvolyn Gager, vice-chairman of the Council of Voluntary Social Services (CVSS) with a kiss, while his wife, Lady Hall, and Carlton Levy, chairman of the CVSS, look on at the opening of National Dance Theatre Company's 46th season of dance, playing at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, on Friday. - Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer

The Gleaner's Editor-in-Chief Garfield Grandison (left) congratulates new Press Association of Jamaica President Byron Buckley after his convincing win at the organisation's East Avenue, Kingston headquarters, yesterday. - Colin Hamilton/Freelance Photographer

Guest speaker at last Friday's opening of The Jamaica Palace Gaming Lounge, Finance Minister Audley Shaw (right), enjoys a joke with the function's master of ceremonies, MP Robert Pickersgill (left), and one of the owners of the lounge, Valentine Glave. - Colin Hamilton/ Freelance Photographer