Congratulations to me! I am now officially certified.
A certified madd man you might ask. Well that too, but from September 2007 I can now state that I am a certified advanced level Events and Promotion planner having received official certification from University of Cambridge England.

Above is a picture of me receiving my certificate from Principal of Caribbean Training institute, Mr. Wendell Callender. Do I look good or what? I am so damn good looking then, however let’s not digress. The point I want to make here – in addition to showing off – is that often we use the employment description of “entertainer” as a way of shirking educational opportunities to better ourselves.

You do not have to pass an exam to call your self an entertainer like is needed to be an architect or a lawyer. So therefore it is left to up to us to decide if we will look to educate our selves. We need to recognize that every once in a while we need to attend a course if we are serious about being more effective entertainers. So with that in mind I recognized the fact that I was spending my life specializing in something that I did not have accreditation in, so I registered for a course and one year later here I am receiving my certificate.

We need to continue in continue a never ending quest to better our selves, whether we are postmen accountants or entertainers. It is our responsibility as entertainers to educate our selves to be the best that we can be, so we personally benefit and our industry benefits.

* You see that jazz workshop mentioned below we need to get off our lazy asses and take advantage of that free opportunity. Will see you there…

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