Season Of Entertainment Opens with Self Help Songwriting Workshop

On February 23, the Flex opened the Season of Entertainment with a discussion with the CEO of the New Self Help Community Foundation about their upcoming free Songwriting workshop for teens with lead facilitator, recording artist, award winning song writer and talent pomoter E.A. Porter.

Our Determined Youth Of the Week was once again Tiffany Cole for her 2 minutes :30seconds run in the 800m at the George Town Track Meet on Saturday. She shaved 29 seconds off her personal best.

Our Person of the Week who "Perspires toInspire" others was professional champion boxer Charles "the Killer" Whittaker.

We featured music from Local Grammy Award Winner Jason 'JG' Gilbert with "Focus" and the Song of the Year "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum

Season Finale

Season of Determination Finale

On February 16th the Flex bid farewell to the Season of Determination with a roll call of the all of the "Determined Youth of the Week" throughout the season. Some were too busy on Wednesday to join us but those that came had a blast. They were Alikie Kandler, Elsie Boone, Allena Rankine, Tiffany Cole, Brittney Rose Bodden, Jevaughnie Ebanks, Jaryed Myles, Julian Jervis and Lorrenzo Williams. We got apologies from Michael Testori, Alex Hennings, Alexandra Franklin and Karlie Lovinggood

Honouring Womens Month Youth Photo & Poetry Contest & Triple C Spotlight Talent Show

On February 9th the Flex had Mrs. Miriam Foster of the Family Resource Centre in studio to promote the upcoming Honouring Womens Month Youth Photo & Poetry Competition. We also took the opportunity to talk about other programmes the FRC offers the Cayman community.

Our Determined Youth of the Week was PSA All-Star Footballer Alex Hennings of St. Ignatius High School

Our Person of the Week who "Perspire to Inspire" others was John Gray High School Business Studies Teacher and mentor Ms. Forbes.

Our Artist of the Week was local recording artist Natasha Kozaily

The Word of the Week was "VICTOR"

We also had Jonathan & Chris Peguero of "Soaring Down" stage a mini concert on air featuring their new sinlgle for Valentines "Red Rose". Their stage debut will be at the Spotlight Talent Show of Triple C School.

Private School Association 7-A-Side Football Tournament

On February 2, 2011 Youth Flex had Jeremy Moore the Head of High School at Cayman International School as our in studio guest to promote the long awaited Interscholastic Football tournament. The format was a 7-A-Side tournament of the private High Schools in the Cayman Islands. There are plans to include Public School Academies in the future. This year the Private Schools will form an All-Star team to challenge Cayman Brac High, John Gray High , The Cayman Islands Further Education Centre and Clifton Hunter High School to home and away matches.

Determined to make History one way or another

Flex Crew with Sterling on Talk Today


Sterling with Flex Crew on YouthFlex


On January 26th YouthFlex Crew made history by being guests on Radio Cayman's Talk Today programme with host Sterling Dwayne Ebanks and then having him as our guest on YouthFlex. On Talk Today, Sterling asked to Flex Crew of their views and opinions as young Caymanian growing up in the new economic and social climate of Cayman. Then on the Flex the Crew asked Sterling of his passions and his convictions.







Our Cayman Brac broadcast was postponed until later in the year. We will inform you of the Cayman Brac, just keep listening to the Flex.







Our "Determined Youth of the Week" was John Gray High School's Head Girl and CIYA Representative Alexandra Franklin and our Person of the Week who "Perspires to Inspire" others was 2011 Premier Award Recipient Coach Roy 'Hoota' Ebanks of Future Sports Club

Youth Film Contest, Young singers and Palm Beach Atlantic University Open House

One last ting b'fore I go!


Flex Crew with Jru, Gio and Matt their promoter



Flex Crew with Josue & Jamie of Palm Beach Atlantic University




Flex Crew: Tre, Kim and Lorrenzo with Rita of CNCF

On January 19th the show was packed with excitement. We had Rita of CNCF as our guest to share information about the Youth Image Makers Short Film Competition, she was followed by Jamie and Josue of Palm Beach Atlantic University to promote their first open house here inGrand Cayman, they also visited CaymanBrac too, and as expected THEY LOVE OUR ISLANDS. The show's final in studio guest were teenage rising superstars Jru & Gio. They gave us a tease of their new singles that they plan to launch real soon. So listen out for Jru's "Lil Boss" and Gio's " Xbox" tearing up the air wave on radio stations around the globe. We also got a telephone call from Shane "Nobie" Edwards to promote the upcoming East End Surf Challenge that is scheduled for Heroes Day Holiday on January 24th. We got some great photos and Andrel captured some video that you can see on our facebook page, search for YouthFlex Radio Show. Check it out when you get a chance

We featured all local music on the show this week

"Jus Think [The Mission]" by Juspee

"11:59 All Night" by Caystyle Movement

"Me and my Crew" by Memory of Justice and the tease drops of "Lil Boss" and "Xbox"

Our "Determined Youth of the Week " was Saskia Hurlston of Cayman Academy

Our person of the week who "Perspires to Inspire" others was past YouthFlex Host and creator of Perspire to Inspire Takiyah "Kitty" Smith

Buck Toe saw Abruna flying solo because Dooksie had the flu.

NOTE" Our Cayman Brac remote broadcast scheduled for January 26th has been postponed until further notice. We will be malking the trip soon thanks to contributions from Lee's Office Products, ORB Computer World, Tony's Toys Car Boutique, PKF Cayman Ltd, Sport N Zone, Al La Kebab, Funky Tangs, Motor World and Cayman Brac Power & Light.

So next week wednesday we plan to make history by being guests on Talk Today and then having the Talk Today's host Sterling Dwayne Ebanks as our guest on YouthFlex to discuss "Current Affairs"

Determining The Way Forward for Youth Development in Cayman for 2011

On Wednesday January 12th the Flex had the staff of the Youth Services Unit as guest to talk about New Years resolutions and the plan and vision of youth development in the Cayman Islands for 2011. The YSU staff talked about how well or not welll they did on last years resolutions and shared their resolve 2011.

The show was broadcasted remotely from the Youth Services Unit on Mary Street, as the unit is scheduled to be relocated soon to another district. The Flex will keep you all infromed as to the new location.

The show featured the music of Gospel artist Jermaine Edwards

"Make you Smile" and "Love and Devotion". His album will be available in the Cayman Islands at our good friends Funky Tangs, your music and more store on Shedden Road.

Check out the photos

Ending 2010 with our 5th Flexathon fundraiser

On December 29th the Flex held its 5th Flex-a-thon fundraiser to fund its remote broadcast from Cayman Brac in 2011. The fundraiser was quite sucessful raising $700 of the $1,100 target. Thanks to the financial support from Lee's Office Products, ORB Computer World, PKF Cayman Ltd, Sport N Zone, Tony's Toys Car Boutique, Al La Kebab, Cayman Brac Power & Light and our friends at Funky Tangs. We will be seeking four more companies in the upcoming weeks to help us reach the needed funds to make the trip and the show possible.

Youth Flex has not broadcasted from CaymanBrac since October 2008. The Radio Show had a Flexathon in December 2008 to bring "A Day of Joy" in Cayman Brac in January 2009 after the passage of Hurricane Paloma, that was a great sucess thanks to HSBC Cayman and other sponsors.

The YouthFlex Crew had a blast hanging out with Radio Cayman's on air personalities all day on December 29, 2010 and some of the sponsors of the Flexathon. Here are some pictures

Who determines Childhood Obesity? and who is healthy?

This Wednesday November 23rd saw Miss Cayman Cristin Alexander, Sports Coordinator for Women Mrs. Merta Day and Dr. Dalton Watler discuss the issue of Childhood Obesity and the attitudes surrounding the matter. We also had folks from the Cayman Islands Vollyball Federation share the plans for the upcoming Spikefest on the weekend along with the official training clinic for volunteers. Here are some pictures

Determining the standards for Men's Etiquette

On November 17th past Youth Flex host Victor Crumbley, Mitch Ebanks of UCCI and Mr. Steve McField were our guest to determine the standards and expectations of men in our society. Men's Etiquette was examined and the discussion was enlightening as expected. The passion and emotions was felt in every word. We will be posting some audio from the show soon. We did not have photos of the show.

CIFEC to determine new features for Pirates Week

On November 10th the Flex turned its attention on Pirates Week. Since the Further Education Centre students had an assignment to introduce something new to the week of activities , we wanted to determine if their idea would be a welcomed one. They talked about new activities and introducing a new energy drink tothe festival. Maybe their ideas might be used next year. Check out the pix Our Determined Youth of the Week was Alena Rankine of Prospect Primary the 2010 Optimist Class Youth Sailing Champion

The Youth Services Unit and the CIYA Determined to shape the future of Cayman

On November 3rd our guest were staff members of the Youth Services Unit and members of the Cayman Islands Youth Assembly. They were talking about the upcoming 3rd National Youth Forum and some of the issues the CIYA have resaerched in the past and has presented their position on the issues in terms of Position Papers to the Minister responsible for Youth Affairs. Here are some shots of the show

Season of Determination continues in October

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the Cayman Islands. So on October 27th we had three very young and beautiful breast cancer survivors on the show to tell their stories Mrs. Veronica Ebanks a mother of three, Ms Susan Barnes a mother of one and Mrs. Becky Ebanks a mother of two. The show was powerful and riveting. We also had the newly crown Miss George Town Mahaylia Seymour in studio to talk about her pageant experience.Here are some pictures of the show

Determining the Next Community Youth Icon

On October 20, 2010. YouthFlex had as guest the 2010 YCLA recipient Collin Anglin and YCLA Coordinator Melissa Wolfe to talk about the nomination process in selecting the next YCLA Recipient. Also on the Flex was Hilary & Kieshagay of Women's Media Watch of Jamaica who has partnered with the Estella Scott-Roberts Foundation in a public awareness campaign called "Silence Hurts". Our finally guest on the Flex was Mr. Wiekert of the Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman to share with young people the wonderful opportunity offered to them to atend the Key Leaders Conference scheduled for the weekend.

Our Answer mi dat Question of the week was; What year was the first YCLA Gala Dinner held?

YouthFlex Determined Youth of the Week was Alikie Kandler of Weslayan Christian Academy . She dances, she sings, she attends John Gray Memorial Friday Night Youth Group, she acts and she choregraphes presentations and was voted and chosen as Camp Girl last summer at the United Church Residential Teen Camp.

Our Flex Person of the Week who "Perspire to Inspire " others was our sprint Queen and Commonwealth Games 200m Female Gold Medalist Cydonie Mothersill