August 1, 2013
VOLUME 21
NUMBER 15
The Abaconian
Section A
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August 1st, 2013
Goombay Summer Festival highlights Bahamian culture for locals and tourists alike
Final two concerts feature KB and Geno D
By Rachel Ahrnsen On Thursday, July 18, Sea Spray Resort held their 4th annual Goombay Festival, which has been sponsored by Kalik and Commonwealth Brewery. This night was the second to last of the four week festival, which had celebrations every Thursday night at the resort. The crowd was entertained that night by nationally recognized performer, KB. There was a large crowd of both tourists and Bahamians, who celebrated Bahamian culture together. The evening began with a local calypso band playing, while festival goers enjoyed a buffet of traditional Bahamian food, drinks, and perused local jewelry and crafts that were for sale. The headliners of the festival were DJ Emerge, and Bahamian legend Kirkland Bodie, who is better known as KB. KB was an energetic and interactive performer, and encouraged the crowd to come forward and start dancing as soon as he got onstage. KB was friendly with the audience, and he began his performance by naming different countries and areas of The Bahamas, asking the natives of these places to raise their hands. The crowd was extremely excited to hear the famous Bahamian Please see
Goombay
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Above: a young man carries his younger brother through the Junkanoo rush during the recent Goombay Festival held at Sea Spray Resort on Elbow Cay.
Man-O-War celebrates Independence with day of traditional games
Min. Dorsett visits pilot logging project in Spring City
Man-O-War Cay has always celebrated Independence with a game full of family and traditional games. Above: the slippery pole is the always-popular highlight of the day. See page 10. Above: logging trainees and BNT coordinators stand by lumber produced from Abaco Pine. By Mirella Santillo The Minister of Environment and Housing, the Hon. Kendred Dorsett, came to Abaco on July 15 to visit sites of the pine forest. His inspection of the established forest in the north of the island was followed by a long visit to the site of the Bahamas National Trust logging pilot project in Spring City.
The BNT logging project, which started on July 1, is aimed at training young men with the operating of chain saw, sawmill and the various equipment necessary to facilitate logging and to determine economic feasibility. The site of the operation is located in the pine forest Please see
Logging
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