Celebrating Bahamian Creatives, Artjoy awards Ju Byron the award for Pro-Team Production!!!

 Celebrating Bahamian Creatives, Artjoy awards Ju Byron the award for Pro-Team Production!!! He displayed his skills early on as a contributer to the Artjoy Concert Series production team. Not only is he one of the Bahamas' best performing artists, he has helped us as a videographer, editor, and graphic artist!!!



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