The Tribune

BIG-NAME fashion insiders, Grammy-Award winning producers and songwriters and more than 1,500 stopover visitors are all expected to descend on Nassau next summer for the first ever

Music, Model and Talent Showcase of the Islands (MMTS).

THE PTG Marketing and Modelling Agency is launching this new talent scouting event designed specifically to bring global attention to the vast talent pool in the Bahamas and the Caribbean.

A casting call is now going out to residents in New Providence between the ages of five to 65, both males and females, to attend a free auditioning session at Mario’s Bowling Palace, Tonique Williams Darling Highway, this Saturday, beginning at 11am.
The casting, which will also take place throughout the Bahamas and the Caribbean, is the prelude to the inaugural week-long conference scheduled for July 13-19, 2015, at the Meli� Nassau Beach Resort.

The event is already creating buzz in the ears of top international fashion and talent scouts, personal managers, casting directors, booking agents, record labels, modelling and talent agencies, as well as with Grammy Award-winning producers and songwriters, who will judge MMTS competitions and conduct seminars, all the while searching for new and unique talents in these respective areas.
Additionally, agents from US, Europe, South Africa, China and Canada will spend a week in the Bahamas scouting for new talent from the participating Caribbean islands, offering contracts and representation opportunities. 
Some very recognisable names in the industry are already confirmed and excited to participate, MMTS organisers said. “There is great anticipation that the next big star will be discovered at MMTS 2015.”
In addition to the Bahamas, some 34 countries including have already confirmed their interest and participants. On board are: Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St Croix, St John, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Maarten, St Thomas, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tortola, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos.

MMTS is being billed as a one-of-a-kind event for the islands, and is the only modelling and talent showcase in the world specifically targeting the Caribbean market. MMTS is the brainchild of Pia T Glover-Rolle, who heads up the PTG Marketing and Modelling Agency.

MMTS organisers said they expect the event to bring approximately 1,500 plus stopover visitors to Nassau from July 13 to 19, 2015. 
Online registration is required on the website: islandmmts.com.