Barry was one of my EARLIEST FRIENDS, we were friends from I was 5 years old and he was 6 years old in Kindergarten School at Barracks in Spanish Town (1948). He came to school in a Horse Drawn Buggy from Caymanas Estate where his Father was a Senior Overseer. During School Holidays his Father would arrange to transport me and some of his male cousins from Spanish Town to Caymanas Sugar Estate where we fished in the river and rode on Donkeys as we spent time with Barry. At the end of Holidays Barry and his four sisters would visit my house where my Mother, a Nurse and friend of his parents, would administer the usual doses of Castor Oil and Epsom Salts to “Detoxify” all of us, me and my siblings also, to rid us of all the various effects of eating many mangoes and fruits, some with worms, over the Holidays. We were healthy children, full of Vim and Vigour. Barry was a well admired Clothes Designer and he designed and made the Graduation Dress of my first Daughter Karen. Barry was a Genuine Friend to his friends and a loving Brother to his four adoring sisters. He will be missed. May His Soul Rest In Peace and Light perpetual shine upon him as he Choreographs the Dances of Angels. - Howie and Karine and the Cooper Family
The truth is I’m numb and I have so many words, but I find it so hard to find them...I hate goodbyes. What a beautiful human being, in every possible way! Uncle Barry you were everything GREAT! I am blessed to have been taught and mentored by the BEST! Thank you for all that you have done! Thank you for your kindness, love and most of all being an excellent role model and being one amazing UNCLE to sooooo many of us. The memories are endless and as tears fill my eyes while I write this I am grateful for your life and I will treasure all of you forever. Rest well Uncle Barry! We will miss you terribly. Love Always - Natalie Chung
Barry MONCRIEFFE Jamaican Dance ICON. Those Monday morning dance classes @09H00 there was Mr. Moncrieffe...No matter how friendly he was, when it came to dance he was all serious. Yet still he had you laughing at your errors while learning. I know there are loads of Barry dancing solos, duets, group sequences. Yeah he got the ‘Many rivers...’, ‘Court of Jah’ w/Monicia McGowan, ‘Forest Rituals’ w/Arlene Richards, The Solo in ‘Islands’, ‘Sulkari’, CoLead with Denise Francis-Robinson in ‘The Crossing’… Yes!!! I am the child of NDTC in the early 1980s. For me it was his role in the dance ‘Gospel According to...’ This is where he “lyric” the “hell” outta dat music. Dance on Barry, Uncle Barry, Mr. Moncrieffe! - Mark Ramsay
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