This is what Matric Student Robin Bailey (20) had to say about his special night: "The Matric Dance was outstanding! Everyone looked so lovely and it was a dream come true. I never thought that I would ever be in Matric, not to mention attending my own Matric Dance. It was out of this world and we had a ball of a time."
Erika Lee (New York) spoke elegantly, sharing the story of teenage runaway Oscar Hammerstein who started out sweeping in a cigar factory at 15 years old and ended up opening his own theatres in the heart of what is now known as Times Square (he is referred to as the father of Times Square). His son went on to become the famous modern composer Oscar Hammerstein II. The story was encouraging to the matrics because of the parallels that can be drawn between their experiences and teenage Oscar's troubled young life, proving once again that it is not where you begin but where you end that matters most.
