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Please note that our committee followed the website poll and have secured the Royal Bahamas Police Force Marching Band and we will also have Junkanoo Rush both nights of the Festival. Many thanks for your votes!
Island Roots Heritage Festival Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas Friday 6th May 2011 Schedule
11:00 Festival Site Gates open
Friday Stage Schedule: 12:00 Opening Prayer and National Anthems 12:30 Maypole Demonstration 1:00 Royal Bahamas Police Force Marching Band and Beat Retreat 2:00 Lassido Boys Rake and Scrape Music 2:30 Tug of War Competition 3:00 Brer Bookie and Brer Rabbie Storey Telling 3:30 Ring Play in front of stage 4:30 Royal Bahamas Police Force Band Prelude 5:00 Opening Program: Featuring Royal Bahamas Defense Force Rangers and Amy Roberts Primary School 7:00 Wesley College Folk Dancers 7:30 Torch Light History and Parade by Amy Roberts Primary School 8:00 Lassido Boys Rake and Scrape Music 9:00 Junkanoo Rush with Green Turtle Slammers and Spring City Rockers 10:00 Royal Bahamas Police Force Pop Band
Friday Kid’s Activities Schedule: All Day: Kid’s Korner Craft Tent: Face Painting, Games and Crafts 11am to 6pm: Junkanoo Museum activities (check the tent for schedule) 1:45 Kids Games: Traditional and African Games (end of festival site) 2:30 Tug of War Championship (in front of stage) 3:00 Brer Bookie and Brer Rabbie Storey Telling (side stage) 3:30 Ring Play (in front of stage) 4:00 Kid’s Games: Traditional and African (end of festival site)
Other Activities on Friday on the Festival Site and in New Plymouth
12:00 to 5:00 Family Tree Research at Gospel Chapel Education building is open for everyone to inquire about their family roots. Joy Lowe Jossi, Peter Roberts, Laurie Baker and Chris Farrington will help with your discoveries. Schedule appointments to insure time with a researcher to discover or share your family history. 11:00 to 6:00 Traveling Junkanoo Museum on the Festival Site Learn all about Junkanoo: Past to Present, shared by Silbert and Arlene Ferguson with opportunities to learn how to create traditional costumes and play cowbells and drums
1:00 Vertrum Lowe’s Ship Shop Tour (one hour) Vertrum Lowe’s father, Albert, taught his this craft and he wants to share his talent and passion with you at his work shop located next to Curry’s Food Store
All Day:Sign up all day until tomorrow 3pm at the IRHFC tent for The Great Slam Down Domino Tournament 4p Saturday Sponsored by Burns House $10 Entrants Fee
Festival Site Informational Tent: Noon to 5 pm
The Family Tree Information Table is open for everyone to inquire about their family roots. Joy Lowe Jossi, Peter Roberts, Laurie Baker and Chris Farrington will help with your discoveries. Schedule appointments here to meet with a Family Tree researcher at the Gospel Chapel Education Building across from the church.
Bahamas National Trust Information Table and Display Meet with the Executive Director Eric Carey, the Deputy Executive Director Lynn Gape and Abaco’s Chief Park Warden David Knowles Discover what Bush Medicine Plants are all about.
Informational Display Boards
Daytime in the Settlement:
The Captain Roland Roberts Environmental Center: opposite the Administrator’s Office and Post Office and will be open for you to see all they do. Please stop by and discover how the Richard ‘O Blue’ Jones Bush Medicine Garden has grown this year! The Albert Lowe Museum Come discover our past by exploring this historic home The Memorial Sculpture Garden Explore the garden to discover the unique history of Abaco and The Bahamas
Friday’s Informative Talks at the Anglican Church Hall Located next to St. Peter’s Anglican Church close to the Festival Site Air Conditioned comfortable seating for 70 or more. 11:00 Bob Carr: Finding Bimini, Ponce de Leon’s Quest for the Fountain of Youth 12:00 Darius Williams: The African Heritage of Abaco 1:00 Dr. Gail Saunders: Telling our Story. A look at some important sources especially relevant to Abaco 2:00 Jeffrey Poitier: How Bahamians shaped South Florida 3:00 Dr. John Nordt 4:00 Arlene Nash Ferguson: The History of Junkanoo 5:00 Peter Roberts: The Bahamas DNA Project: How to find your African Roots using DNA
Island Roots Heritage Festival Green Turtle Cay, Abaco, Bahamas Saturday, 7th May 2011 Schedule
Saturday Stage Schedule:
11:00 Welcome, Opening Prayer and National Anthem 11:30 Tiny Turtles Presentation: African Spirituals with Brer Bookie and Brer Rabbie Storey Telling 1:00 Royal Bahamas Police Force Marching Band and Beat Retreat 2:00 New Direction Gospel Music 3:00 Conch Horn Blowing Contest 3:30 Maypole demonstration with audience participation 4:00 Lassido Boys Rake and Scrape Music 6:30 Raffle Drawing and Certificate Presentations 7:00 The Lassido Boys Rake and Scrape Music 8:00 The Chipman Family: Drum, Fire and Dance Show 9:30 Junkanoo Rush with Green Turtle Slammers and Treasure Cay Explorers 10:30 to closing: The Gully Roosters: #1 Band in the Nation!
Saturday Kid’s Activities Schedule: All Day: Kid’s Korner Craft Tent: Face Painting, Games and Crafts 11am to 6pm: Junkanoo Museum activities (check the tent for schedule) 12:00 Kids Games: Traditional and African Games (end of festival site) 2:00 Scavenger Hunt (meet at Information Tent for instructions) 3:00 Conch Horn Blowing Contest (in front of stage) 3:30 Maypole demonstration with audience participation 5:00 Kid’s Games: Traditional and African (end of festival site)
Other Activities on Saturday on the Festival Site and in New Plymouth
12:00 to 5:00 Family Tree Research at Gospel Chapel Education building is open for everyone to inquire about their family roots. Joy Lowe Jossi, Peter Roberts, Laurie Baker and Chris Farrington will help with your discoveries. Schedule appointments to insure time with a researcher to discover or share your family history All Day: Sign up all day until today 3pm at the IRHFC tent for The Great Slam Down Domino Tournament 4p Saturday Sponsored by Burns House $10 Entrants Fee 1:00 Vertrum Lowe’s Ship Shop Tour (one hour) Vertrum Lowe’s father, Albert, taught his this craft and he wants to share his talent and passion with you at his work shop located next to Curry’s Food Store 2:00 Scavenger Hunt: Join the Pirates at the Information Tent to join in the fun! 2:30 Richard (O Blue) Jones at the Reef Relief Environmental Center at the Captain Roland Roberts House will present: Bush Medicine and how it can help you and the world. Followed by a Bush Tea tasting (45 min) 2:30: Conch Cracking Contest: back of festival site (30 min) 3:00 Conch Horn Blowing Contest in front of the stage (30 min) 3:00 Green Turtle Style Antique Roadshow at the Albert Lowe Museam Bring your treasures to the Museum for Bob Carr and Alton Lowe to identify (60 min) 4:00 The Great Slam Down! Domino Tournament under the Kalik tent Sponsored by Burns House 4pm until Winner is declared!!! Sign up at IRHFC tent until Sat 3p $10 entrants fee
Festival Site Informational Tent: Noon to 5 pm The Family Tree Information Table is open for everyone to inquire about their family roots. Joy Lowe Jossi, Peter Roberts, Laurie Baker and Chris Farrington will help with your discoveries. Schedule appointments here to meet with a Family Tree researcher at the Gospel Chapel Education Building across from the church.
Bahamas National Trust Information Table and Display Meet with the Executive Director Eric Carey, the Deputy Executive Director Lynn Gape and Abaco’s Chief Park Warden David Knowles Discover what Bush Medicine Plants are all about.
Informational Display Boards
Daytime in the Settlement:
The Captain Roland Roberts Environmental Center: opposite the Administrator’s Office and Post Office and will be open for you to see all they do. Please stop by and discover how the Richard ‘O Blue’ Jones Bush Medicine Garden has grown this year! The Albert Lowe Museum Come discover our past by exploring this historic home The Memorial Sculpture Garden Explore the garden to discover the unique history of Abaco and The Bahamas
Saturday’s Informative Talks at the Anglican Church Hall Located next to St. Peter’s Anglican Church close to the Festival Site Air Conditioned comfortable seating for 70 or more. 11:00 Darius Williams: The African Heritage of Abaco 12:00 Dr. Gail Saunders: Telling our Story. A look at some important sources especially relevant to Abaco. 1:00 Bob Carr: Finding Bimini, Ponce de Leon’s Quest for the Fountain of Youth 2:00 Dr. John Nordt 3:00 Jeffrey Poitier: How Bahamians shaped South Florida 4:00 Arlene Nash Ferguson: The History of Junkanoo 5:00 Peter Roberts: The Bahamas DNA Project: How to Find your African Roots using DNA
Sunday Service of Thanksgiving Sunday, 8th May 2011 9am
Please join us at the Festival Site stage area to give thanks for yet another joyous time together, celebrating family and friends and being able to share our rich Bahamian heritage with the world.
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