Jamaican Embassy’s Inaugural Reggae Night Honors VP Records Co‑founder Miss Pat Chin

Patricia "Miss Pat" Chin, co‑founder of VP Records, received a citation recognising her "extraordinary contribution to Jamaica’s music and culture" when the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, D.C., staged its inaugural Reggae Night as part of Reggae Month programming. Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, presented the honour and highlighted Chin’s "visionary leadership and entrepreneurial excellence."

The event took place at the Embassy on February 26, 2026, and was presented by the Embassy of Jamaica as its first Reggae Night. Guests arrived for a program that began with Ambassador Anderson greeting Patricia Chin prior to the citation presentation and proceeded through an official opening of a new pictorial exhibition tied to VP Records.

Ambassador Anderson officially opened the exhibition titled "A Reggae Music Journey," which, according to the Embassy’s program notes, is "showcasing the work of VP Records over the past six decades." The exhibition was described as a pictorial retrospective; Patricia Chin was shown explaining the concept of the display to Ambassador Anderson during the opening, linking the citation to the archive on view.

After the exhibition opening, the Embassy turned to musical programming. Guests were "taken on a musical journey by DJ Najair," whom the Embassy described as "one of Jamaica’s renowned DJs in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV)." The sequence on the program followed the exhibition opening and then the DJ set, reflecting the Embassy’s intent to pair archival celebration with live celebration.

Photographer Derrick Scott supplied images of the night that captured a lighter moment after the citation presentation: Ambassador Anderson (fifth left in the image), Patricia "Miss Pat" Chin (centre), and members of the Embassy staff sharing a scene of recognition. The press material supplied by the Embassy emphasizes the institutional nature of the tribute, positioning the Reggae Night as a formal salute to Chin’s career and to VP Records’ six‑decade output.

The inaugural Reggae Night combined diplomacy, curation, and performance - a deliberate framing by the Embassy to mark Reggae Month and to single out Miss Pat Chin as one of Jamaica’s industry pioneers and trailblazers. The citation, the exhibition "A Reggae Music Journey," and the DJ Najair set together signalled an Embassy event that both honoured a living industry founder and showcased VP Records’ archival footprint in Washington.