NATIONAL HONOUR FOR MRS. CARMEN TIPLING, FORMER CEO OF THE JIS CONT’D
Explaining her involvement in the arts, Mrs. Tipling points out that she studied playwriting at Culver-stockton College and wrote a few plays and a Jamaican pantomime.
One of her plays, Lunchtime Revolution, was published in Caribbean Examination Council textbook for drama, Three Caribbean Plays, she says. However, the jewel in Mrs. Tipling’s play writing crown was the 1992 writing and production of the musical, Arawak Gold, for which she collaborated with fellow playwright Ted Dwyer.
“That production ran at the Ward Theatre for about three months. In addition, the local production was performed in Miami and New York, while Yvonne Jones Brewster, produced a version of Arawak Gold in London. The musical which won three top Jamaican theatre awards, in 1992,” she shares.
For her service in the fields of communication and the arts, Mrs. Carmen Evelyn Lyons Tipling has been conferred with the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander (CD).
She will be among the more than 140 persons who will be honoured at the virtual National Honours and Awards Ceremony to be held on National Heroes Day, Monday (October 18).
“It is a pleasant surprise and most welcomed… I am pleased to be able to write CD after my name and for it to be positioned in the area of communications and the arts,” she says of the award.
She has been commended for the achievement by former Prime Minister Patterson. “He wished me continued success in all my endeavours and said that I should slow down, but never stop,” Mrs. Tipling shares.
Chief Executive Officer of JN Group Earl Jarrett describes Mrs. Tipling as a professional, a Jamaican at heart with broad knowledge on various subject matters.
“She also helped us to frame how we communicate with the diaspora in terms of not just the attraction of increase remittance flows, but also how we leverage the Jamaican Diaspora to improve the outcomes for Jamaicans,” Mr. Jarrett says of her contribution to the company.