Packed Brickdam Cathedral left astounded by recent youth musical show

Dear Editor,
We have admired the agile cast of Jesus Christ Superstar: persons such as Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman, Barry Dennen and so on. This melodious and inspiring musical play is directed by Norma Jewison, and has become the favourite of many Christians and non-Christians alike because of its soothing lyrics and music.
A group of amateur young persons brought this play to our shores when they performed at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at Brickdam on Saturday last. This was directed by Paul Budhna and Ron Robinson, and the cast comprised young persons from different churches in Georgetown. They performed to a packed Cathedral, their melodious little voices filling the hearts and minds of the audience.
They astounded us with a great show. I was thrilled and simultaneously inspired by the message of Jesus Christ. Some of the cast, such as Jesus Christ, Mary Magdala, Pontius Pilate, and Judas Iscariot, are still hovering in my heart.
I would like to commend the cast that performed, and would like them to continue to persevere. I want to stress the point that our youth are truly talented, but they need opportunities to exhibit their hidden talents.
Thanks to Ron and Paul for extracting the best from these young persons. This is the milestone they have achieved by making these young persons work hard for the last two months. We will surely see many more young persons with talents sitting quietly because of the lack of opportunities.
Let us encourage our youth to come forward to show their talents in our churches, mandirs, mosques, schools, outdoors, and so on. Our leaders must acknowledge and appreciate the young talents that are at our disposal, and tap same right on time.

Rev Fr
Jerri Melwin Dias, SJ
Diocese of Georgetown