So­ca star Machel Mon­tano has do­nat­ed a quar­ter of a mil­lion dol­lars to Queen’s Roy­al Col­lege (QRC), to fa­cil­i­tate the re­con­struc­tion of the school’s sci­ence lab.

The an­nounce­ment was made on Sat­ur­day night while Mon­tano was per­form­ing at QRC’s an­nu­al Car­ni­val fete, pop­u­lar­ly known as Fete Royale, at the school’s St Clair com­pound.

Dur­ing his set, Mon­tano paused his per­for­mance and called QRC prin­ci­pal David Si­mon and Old Boys’ As­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent Ken­rick Har­rin­auth on stage. He then pre­sent­ed a pro­mo­tion­al cheque and ex­plained to the pa­trons why he was do­ing so.

“We want to bring about cul­tur­al aware­ness and we want her­itage restora­tion for our youth ... So per­son­al­ly, I would like to make a con­tri­bu­tion to QRC right now. I would like to present you guys with a cheque for $250,000,” Mon­tano told Si­mon and Har­rin­auth.

“This is to re­build the sci­ence lab be­cause we need some sci­ence in here. So please give a round of ap­plause to these gen­tle­men for un­der­stand­ing. We’re not just about art and mu­sic. We are about hard work. We are about show­ing the youths the fu­ture is in your book bag. And the ed­u­ca­tion is key.”

He added, “So give a round of ap­plause for QRC. Thank you very much, gen­tle­men. I hope this will make a won­der­ful lab and teach them some mu­sic too right.”

He added that the do­na­tion was al­so be­cause the school had stood by him.

It is not clear what Mon­tano meant by that, as he is a past stu­dent of Pre­sen­ta­tion Col­lege in San Fer­nan­do.

Fol­low­ing his com­ments, the ten-time Road March win­ner then con­tin­ued his per­for­mance by singing some of his clas­sic songs much to the de­light of the crowd.