Rishi Ra­goonath

The Chris Bal­bosa In­sti­tute of Per­form­ing Arts brought the spir­it of praise to life with Mar­velous: A To­tal Praise Ex­pe­ri­ence at Na­pari­ma Bowl, San Fer­nan­do, on May 31. The event show­cased raw tal­ent, soul­ful wor­ship, and elec­tri­fy­ing per­for­mances.

From the very first note, the at­mos­phere was elec­tric. The choir, joined by Pas­tor Dr Kar­lene By­noe-Sookoo, opened the evening with Let Every­thing That Has Breath Praise the Lord.

They were fol­lowed by the Chil­dren’s Choir with a touch­ing ren­di­tion of The Lord Be Mag­ni­fied.

Chris Bal­bosa her­self de­liv­ered a soul-touch­ing per­for­mance of Silent Guest, and was giv­en a stand­ing ova­tion. Her voice, rich with emo­tion, trans­formed the Bowl in­to a place of wor­ship, where every lyric res­onate in the hearts of the au­di­ence.

Bren­don Small sang the heart­felt My Re­sponse, while Dariel Lara from the Siparia Open Bible Dance Min­istry pre­sent­ed a dy­nam­ic dance pan­tomime ti­tled Set the At­mos­phere.

The choir, fea­tur­ing Can­dace Caton, then de­liv­ered a breath­tak­ing per­for­mance of To­tal Praise.

Sean Daniel, who is no stranger to the stage, com­mand­ed the crowd’s at­ten­tion with a med­ley of songs, in­clud­ing Wor­ship the Lord, Call Him Up, and Can’t Stop Prais­ing His Name.

Kell­isha Collins opened the sec­ond half of the show with Let Us Wor­ship, fol­lowed by Ran­dall Payne singing How Great Thou Art, and Re­nee For­tune per­form­ing When God Walks In and Oil.

The en­sem­ble, ac­com­pa­nied by Reuel Lynch, did an African Med­ley.

The night end­ed in wor­ship when Blessed Mes­sen­ger de­clared Nev­er Fail Me Yet and Can’t Com­plain, leav­ing pa­trons spir­i­tu­al­ly ful­filled.