Posted by: Editor on Nov 12, 2004 – 12:13 PM
shows GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND – The Ministry of Tourism invites the entire Grand Bahama Island community to support and participate in the Sunset Village Street Festival, to be held in the historical community of Eight-Mile-Rock, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, November 13th, continuing each Saturday, through December 18th, 2004.
“The Communities of Eight-Mile-Rock and West Grand Bahama came together immediately following the September storms in the spirit of restoration, and an effort to create something special, which can possibly grow into an annual event and perhaps become the catalyst of significant community and business development in the area” said Minister of Tourism, The Hon. Obie Wilchcombe. Minister Wilchcombe, who is also the Member of Parliament for West End, will be on hand to officially launch the festival, on Saturday, November 13th.
The Street Festival will feature –
— Native dishes, drinks and freshly caught local seafood
— Bahamian Music performed by headline entertainers
— Arts and Crafts
— Childrens activities
The organizers created an extensive program of entertainment and the participation of many of Grand Bahamas top performers has been invited. The list includes the ever popular Church of God of Prophecy Brass Band, community church choirs, gospel groups, youth groups, rake ‘n scrape bands, cultural dancers, and junkanoo groups.
Veronica Bishop, ‘Little’ Joe Cartwright, ‘Dry Bread’, Arthur Rollins, Leo Rolle and the Sunglows, Matrix, the Conch Juice Band and ‘KB’, are all likely to perform, along with notable guest artists from Nassau.
The Sunset Village is located on several acres along the rocky southern shoreline of Eight-Mile-Rock, the largest community in the Islands of the Bahamas. Settled in the mid-1800s, a series of historical buildings dot the Eight-Mile-Rock seashore, including the legendary St. Stephens Anglican Church built in 1851.
The Community obtained its name from the eight miles of solid rock found along the seaside and is actually a string of settlements, each of which bears the name of the family who settled and still inhabits the land. Jones Town, Brady Point, Martin Town, Hanna Hill, Bassett Hill, Wildgoose Town, Hepburn Town and more recently, the Pinedale and Sea Grape settlements.
Recently developed as an indigenous attraction, Sunset Village is comprised of twenty-five simple but elegantly styled, multi-coloured establishments encircled by wooden decks all overlooking the ocean, towards little Bahama bank and an unencumbered view of the famous orange-coloured, Grand Bahama sunsets.
The Sunset Village Street Festival has become the second of two Ministry of Tourism sponsored weekly festivals during this fall. The Discovery Festival 2004 is held near the Torii Gate in the International Bazaar from 12:30p.m., each Thursday.
Note: The Ministry Of Tourism