20:10, 20/10/2010

A historical event took place today as the Girl Guides Association of the Cayman Islands joined in with the United Kingdom and other Girl Guides around the world to close out their centenary, 100 years of service to young ladies all over the globe. Girl Guiding has affected the positive development of approximately 10 million women and girls globally. Today the celebrations were held all over Grand Cayman and the Flex Crew and the Youth Services Unit was there to capture the moment on film and through still photo.

A Special Show for special folks

On wednesday October 13th the show had its first remote broadcast of Season 28, the season of Determination, hosted by Kim Carlos at the Mary Miller Memorial Hall. The show aimed to determine the dreams and drive of our Special Olympic athletes and student of the Lighthouse School [Special Education]. Also on the show were staff and students from Cayman Academy telling us of their Reading Week activities along with students from Triple C School promoting their Talent Show. Mr Archie Whittaker and several beautiful young ladies of North Side also graced the Flex with their presence to share information about their Heritage Festival Queen Costume Competition.

The "Determined Youth" of the week was Micheal Testori of St. Ignatius High School and our Person who "Perspires to Inspire" others was Coach Elbert McLean of Bodden Town FC

"Answer mi dat" Question of the week was: What year did the Lighthouse School move to Red Bay?

New Production Assistants

New additions to YouthFlex Production Team

YouthFlex production team has two new members Shanarah & Chadia from the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre. The two brilliant young ladies will be assisting in the production of YouthFlex until July 2011 as part of their BTEC course in Creative Media. They write scripts, they record vox pox, they edit recordings and they read the news, they take pictures and they run errands, they also pose for camera. See

Season of Determination Opens with Census 2010

Getting set for the Season of Determination


Students of Cayman Academy promoting their Reading Week



Ms Tammy Ebanks one of the three spokespersons of the 2010 Census

All together now "Census 2010, Everyone Counts"

Determining the happenings at Cayman Academy

Wednesday October 6th marked the opening of the Season of Determination hosted by Kim. The season opener featured the three spokespersons of the 2010 Census, Ms Tammy Ebanks, Charles Brown and 2010 YCLA Recipient Collin Anglin. The Census will determine the future plans for the population in the Cayman Islands and it will also determine how many people are usually resident in the Cayman Islands in 2010. We also had guests from Cayman Academy on the show to promote their upcoming Reading Week. Their interview was a bit brief so they will be back again on Wednesday October 13 to complete thier interview and fill us in on the happenings of their Reading Week.

Next wednesday we hit the road to hangout at the Lighthouse School to speak with Special Olympic Athletes, their coaches and the staff and students of the Lighthouse School to see how determined they are at meeting their goals in life.

Enjoy the pictures

Caribbean Youth Day Radio Dialogue

Advice from Primary School Students left host and listeners in awe


No more paparazzi! Mick with students from CIFEC

Mick threw his wieght around, and everyone had a fun time

Thumbs up from the Producer of the 3 hour Caribbean Youth Day dialogue

Season of Inspiration Finale on Caribbean Youth Day

A little dampened by the showers from Tropical Storm Nicole the youth of Cayman took to the airwaves on Wednesday to celebrate Caribbean Youth Day with a 3 hour radio broadcast thanks to Radio Cayman, The Youth Services Unit and Youth Flex Radio Show's sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers. Wednesday also marked the end of Season 27, the Season of Inspiration that was hosted by Takiyah Smith and Joshua McFarlane. The last week in September also means another year in the books for our beloved radio show YouthFlex who has been broadcasting the voices of the youth of the Cayman Islands since September 24, 2001.Nine years old!

The Caribbean Youth Day radio dialogue was hosted by the Regional Youth Caucus Representative of the Cayman Islands Mikhail McLaughlin and his co-hosts was past RYC Kyle McLean and Miss Teen 2010-11 Miss Leanne Ritch from 3-4pm and 5-6pm. Their guests were youth from the Cayman Islands Further Education Centre, John Gray Memorial Church After School programme, Bodden Town FC, and a young lady from Cayman Brac. The programme also took calls from listeners so they heard the voices of those young and young at heart as well.

YouthFlex closed it season of Inspiration with a dialogue with Year 6 students from the primary schools in the George Town district. These schools are George Town Primary, Red Bay Primary , Lighthouse School, and Prospect Primary. George Town Primary was represented by Elianna Anglin, Red Bay Primary was represented by Kalie Broderick and Prospect Primary was represented by Ethan Hydes, Lighthouse school representive Jonathan McField was unable to attend the show due to miscommunication on transportation. We promise to make it up to you Jonathan!

The next season is the Season of Determination hosted by Kimberly Carlos and our first remote brodcast will be at the Lighthouse School, God's willing in October. We will be speaking to Special Olympic Athletes, their Coaches and Jonathan McField.

Here is some pictures from Wednesday's show.

Miss Cayman Contestants & Cayman Islands Marching Band

On Wednesday September 22, the show was dedicated to the Miss Cayman Pageant and the Cayman Islands Marching Band. What a show that was. the audio will be posted soon. enjoy the pix

After school Programmes Anyone?

On Wednesday September 15, the staff of the Youth Services Unit were the guest on YouthFlex to talk about the myriad of youth programmes offered in the Cayman Islands. The show also saw the two Further Education Centre Interns of the Youth Services Unit in studio. [Shanarah and Chadia]They told everyone about the 2010 Youth Services Directory and encouraged everyone to pick up the poster version of the directory at their Post Office or their favorite super market

Community Inspiration

Today on YouthFlex, past host Mick caught up withthe 2010 YCLA Recipient Collin Anglin to get some words of inspiration from the community youth icon. Also on the show today was Mrs. Marissa Crawford and Tracy Rankine of Cayman Islands Girls Brigade to talk about the programme along with Bethany Smith and Nurse Joanna Rose Wright of the Health Services Authority speaking on Caribbean Wellness Day. Here are some pictures. The audio recording of the show will be posted on this blog in the not too distant future

Enjoy the pics

Miss Teen develops messages for her platform

Miss Teen 2010-11 Leanne Ritch is committed to making her platform known and felt in all of the land. She has teamed up with YouthFlex Radio Show to develop radio and television messages to promote the awareness of Domestic Violence and how people can stop abusing or stop being abused.

Teachers Inspiration with Mrs. Parris Hoyte

On September 1, 2010, schools reopened for the start of the 2010-11 school year. So YouthFlex thought it fitting to highlight and honour teachers and the inspiration they bring to the world. Who better to have as guest than a 2010 Golden Apple Award honouree Mrs. Parris-Hoyte who was also featured in our backchat segment on a common Commonwealth value in the Cayman Islands "Diversity". That was not all, we had Sister Cathy Craig, a volunteer teacher at Truth For Youth School in studio to talk about the school's 50 Years Anniversary Celebrations and she was selected as our Person of the Week who Perspires to Inspire others this week. We also had Miss Teen 2010-11 Leanne Ritch join us to talk about the Pageant and her platform. The Flex Crew has committed to helping her to promote her platform in whatever way she plans.

YouthFlex covers Miss Teen Pageant

The Flex Crew covered the 2010 Miss Teen Pageant . The coverage was done by Kim, Danielle, Josh & Ahmed. The boys worked the crowd and the girls went backstage and mingled withthe contestants. Miss Leanne Ritch will wear the crown for 2010-11. Here are some pictures of the Pagaent

2010-2011 Miss Teen Contestants on the Flex

Josh took over when Takiyah left for college. His first three shows was a series of interviews with the 2010-2011 Miss Teen Contestants. the first session featured Samantha, Monique and Celina. The second session was today with Ashleigh, Nadicia and Shanique. Here ar some pix.

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Season 27 of Inspiration hosted by Takiyah & Josh sponsored by PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Season 27 the season of Inspiration is hosted by Takiyah before she left for Oakwood University then the show was hosted by Josh for the remainder of the summer into fall and concluding on the last wednesday in September. YouthFlex 9th Birthday and the Celebration of Caribbean Youth Day. it shoulde be a blast but listen to the Flex every Wednesday4-5 pm, if you can on http://www.radiocayman.gov.ky/ and click the LISTEN LIVE button on Radio Cayman 1. 89.9FM.