She founded La Petite Musicale on 23rd February 1940. She expended great effort in travelling throughout Trinidad & Tobago collecting the folk music from the people in their own district and committing it to paper. Olive was made a Senator in 1960 and in 1975, La Petite Musicale was awarded the Medal of Merit Gold in the Independence Anniversary National Awards. Through her determination and efforts, the group travelled internationally and audiences have been introduced to the richness of the Folk Music of our Country.
Miss Rawlins was one of the first students to win a House Scholarship in 1938. She studied at McGill University in Canada, graduating in Music, and later went to the London School of Music, where she graduated with honours. On her return to Trinidad, Miss Rawlins joined the teaching staff of her alma mater in 1949, music being only one of her portfolios, and was later promoted to Vice Principal. Bishop Anstey girls blossomed under her tutelage in music and she was responsible for their outstanding record of successes at the Music Festival.
Some of her students are today musicians and singers in their own right. Mrs Spence was the founder of the Lydian Singers, which is still recognised as one of the leading choirs in Trinidad today. Mrs Spence was the recipient of the Humming Bird Medal (Gold). She died on 31st October, 1988.
Marjorie not only composed the national song "God Bless our Nation" and wrote the music for another, "Our Lands of Sun and Seas", but also created countless musical rhymes and jingles for the Ministry of Education School Broadcasting Unit. As one of the pioneering team of educational broadcasters in this country in 1960, she left the Government Teachers' College to pursue a career that would blend music and broadcasting. She was the first woman to head the Broadcasting Unit, a position she held until her departure for the post of Director of the School of Music established by the National Cultural Council in 1976. Marjorie gave over thirty years service to the Anglican church. She was awarded the Humming Bird Medal for her contribution to the Nation.
Jacqui Chan, daughter of the well-known family of photographers, studied classical ballet in Port of Spain and dance and drama in England. She has played leading roles in the theatre, films, television and radio. Miss Chan is also a Theatre Director, Choreographer and Storyteller. Her work has taken her to Great Britain, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Australia and Trinidad.
Natalie chose dance as a career from the age of 6. She attended the Caribbean School of Dancing, performed with the Performing Dance Company, La Chapelle/Douglas Dance Company, and Astor Johnson's Repertory Dance Theatre. She graduated from the world-renowned Juillard School in New York with a B.A. in Fine Arts. She was the winner of "twelve and under" television series. She was also the winner of the Russels E. Markert Fellowship Award, and a National Society of Arts & Letters Professional dance Scholarship Award while at Juilliard. Lead female dancer of the internationally-acclaimed "Garth Fagan Dance" of Rochester, N.Y. since 1989. Natalie has toured China, Egypt, Europe, Switzerland, New Zealand, Israel, Brazil, Australia and Jamaica. Natalie performed with other selected international dancers at the 66th Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science Oscar Awards in 1994.
Patricia has been involved with the Caribbean School of Dancing since 1967 to the present time, where she has been instrumental in moulding some of Trinidad's most famous dancers to date namely Natalie Rogers, Peter Condon, Caroline Potter, and Jeffery Carter, to name a few. She has choreographed works for television, Carifesta, Astor Johnson Repertory Dance Theatre, and the NCC's Carnival Kings & Queens show and Dimanche Gras. In 1993 she was the recipient of the National Dance Association Certificate of Appreciation and the President's Award for Creativity in the Arts in 1994.
The involvement of this consummate artist continues to widen and deepen with the years. First as a dancer, she majored in the Martha Graham Technique. As choreographer and teacher, working in the modern dance idiom, her work is compelling, intricate and demanding. She founded the Lilliput Theatre Company in the seventies for the young, and her own dance company NDDCI in 1984, where she offers modern dance for all ages. Carnival is very important to Ms Douglas and she plays an active part, and has choreographed many presentations of Peter Minshall's mas in Trinidad Carnival.
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