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Posted: Wednesday 21 December, 2016 at 12:11 AM

Mrs. Carline Edwards to be honoured by SPBS at the St. Kitts Mariott on December 26, 2016

By: SPBS, Press Release

    December 21st, 2016 -- Religious Minister, Teacher, Educator, Musician, Composer are some of the key words that summarise the persona of Carline A. Edwards. To further demonstrate her versatility, she was also the School Librarian. Parented by Nellie Agatha Hutchinson and Herman Crawford, Carline was born and raised in Sandy Point, the town where she has lived all of her life. She was educated at the Sandy Point Infant, Junior and High School. 

     

    Mrs. Edwards’ career in teaching started in September 1978 immediately after graduating from the Sandy Point High School. By 1980 she had enrolled at the St. Kitts-Nevis Teachers’ College where she undertook two years of professional Teacher Training. She was adamant when she asserted “From a child I was drawn to teachers and I did not want to do anything else but teach”

    Music is undeniably her passion!  As an aspiring youth, she took it upon herself to take piano lessons as well as voice training. She repeatedly seized the opportunity to be an active participant in each available course in music and in the tuning of steel pans. She practically taught herself to play the saxophone, having received very little assistance from the professionals. She fondly recalls being driven to the South East peninsular by her husband so that she could practice playing the sax, without worrying about disturbing anyone. She also taught herself to play the guitar, and stretched her budget to buy a second-hand guitar with her limited cash. 

    Mrs. Edwards’ love for music and singing propelled her into forming a School Choir at her Alma Mater in the early 90’s. She was one of the happiest and proudest choir Directors ever! She recalls enrolling members who never left the Choir at any time during their career at SPHS! She remembers enrolling entire classes in one year, and even getting students who were very much off-key to get the right key. These she said are “very fond and pleasant memories and some very wonderful experiences.”  

    As the Maestro in Charge, she boasted a 120-member strong choir, which on occasions performed at many important and formal functions, including Independence celebrations, at Christmas, and at Government House.  A major highlight of her choir directing was the ‘Semi-annual Sandy Point High School Choir in Concert’ - a concert she speaks very fondly of, because it was during those times that the students really mastered difficult songs such as the Hallelujah Chorus. Enthusiasts from all walks of life came specially to hear the SPHS Choir in concert. 

    One of the major highlights of Mrs. Edwards’ teaching career was earning a Bachelor of Music degree from Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, where she studied Vocal Music Education from August 2000 to December 2003. Upon her return to the Sandy Point High School, she made history by successfully lobbying for the inclusion of Music in the school’s curriculum at the start of the 2004 academic year. She considers this a major achievement in her career, since it afforded her the privilege of teaching the CXC program in Music - a first in the Federation of St. Kitts-Nevis. As a direct result of Mrs. Edwards’ pioneering efforts, Music is now taught to all students in the lower classes of the SPHS/CEMSS, and remains as optional for the senior students who choose to pursue it at CXC General Level. 

    Kudos to Mrs. Carline Edwards! This musical prodigy is the gifted composer of our present school song.
     
    Mrs. Edwards retired from the teaching profession in May 2016 but her heart and soul is still tied to Music and its growth at the SPHS/CEMSS. Her fervent desire is to see more students taking Music, and her ultimate dream is for the school to obtain a fully developed Music Lab, complete with music-writing software, more keyboards, guitars, and many other instruments. She would also like the Music Department to have its very own recording studio housed at the school and she is aching for the day when the school has its own marching band. She would also like the Ministry of Education to consider offering Music at the CAPE level, thereby allowing students to go further than CSEC level with this prized subject, and help them to develop a deeper appreciation for Music. She would like to see music being generally elevated in St Kitts-Nevis, having had students from across the Federation, including Nevisians, under her tutelage.

    Mrs. Edwards was married to Pastor Stanley Edwards (a Past Principal of the Sandy Point High School) from 1988 until his passing in 2014. Her marriage to Pastor Edwards produced two handsome sons, both of whom are currently residing in Canada.
     
     
     
     
     
     
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