Sisters, Patricia Dean-Bazard (Pat) and Audrey Dean-Wright, formerly of John Road, off Blue Hill Road, are the leaders of The Bahamas National Children’s choir (BNCC). They write in an excerpt from the history of the BNCC quoted below:
“In the summer of 1990 two sisters, Dr. Patricia Bazard and Mrs. Audrey Dean-Wright, in an effort to give back to the community in which they were raised, formed a choir of twenty five (25) students from government and private schools in the Bain town area. The purpose was to enable the children to identify with their culture, cultivate their many talents and provide opportunities for their individual development. Students are expected to maintain a 3.0 grade point average.
“The members of the choir range in ages from five to fifteen years. The number of choir members has grown from 25 at its inception to approximately 120 active members to date. The choir is a complete representation of all economic levels (strata) of society.”
Pat and Audrey have literally taken the children of the BNCC around the world. In addition to performing for Government and national events and other organisations in The Bahamas the choir 
travelled to many historic cities throughout the world. They represented The Bahamas at the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival in July 1994 in Washington, D.C. and also performed at the Martin Luther King Library; they have toured the United States on several occasions, and performed at the Thirtieth Anniversary Independence Celebrations of The Bahamas in New York, and for the opening of Harlem Week. In 2001 they took part in the First World Youth Music Festival in Russia and, again in 2004, they performed at the VIII Moscow Children and Youth International Choir Festival, where they placed second over sixty-seven countries. The children of the BNCC have also performed in Haiti, Ghana, West Africa, on a Caribbean Cruise Tour, on two occasions in Poland, at the Young Prague International Music Festival when they won a bronze medal in 2010. Most recently in July 2012 the Choir won a bronze medal at the International Choral Festival in Beijing, China where they competed against sixty-nine other choirs.
Pat was the first director of The Bahamas National Youth Choir (BNYC) which was established by Director of Culture, the late E. Clement Bethel, on the occasion of The Bahamas’ tenth anniversary of Independence in 1983. Because of other commitments Pat relinquished her role of director of the BNYC and she recommended Cleophas Adderley to Mr. Bethel. Under Cleophas’ direction the BNYC has achieved great heights at home and internationally, having won many international choir competitions, including two gold medals and one silver medal in the 2012 World Choir Games in Cincinnati Ohio in July 2012.
Patricia is married to Lucito Bazard of Haiti and they have five children and twelve grandchildren. Audrey is married to Carleton Wright. They have three children and two grandchildren.
Patricia has had a long career in the Civil Service having worked forty-five years. Audrey is an accomplished musician and sought after pianist. She is an Associate Professor and Head of the Visual Arts and Performing Division at The College of The Bahamas.