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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Linville Johnson, Bahamas Ministry of Tourism, Florida presents a prize trip for a lucky Florida winner to travel to Grand Bahama for the kickoff celebrations of The first ever Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival. Left to right: Don Wiggins, Eagle Reign Media; Lionel Lightbourne, winner; Geniar Hepburn, Belearia Ferry Express; “James T” Hot 105’s Radio Personality and Linville Johnson.
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Liberty City, Miami, based Social Worker and his wife, will travel to Grand
Bahama with Hot 105 FM’s Radio Personality, “James T” this weekend to
enjoy the festivities, excitement and celebrations of the first ever
Bahamas
Junkanoo Carnival.
Lionel Lightbourne,
is the winner of a coveted trip that was sponsored by The Bahamas Ministry
of Tourism, the Grand Lucayan Resort, Freeport, Grand Bahama and the Belearia
Ferry Express. An excited Mr. Lightbourne shared, “For months my
wife and I have been talking about needing a break. ”Speaking on behalf
of his wife, schoolteacher, Tonya Watkins, he added, “This trip
is the answer to our prayers and is going to be exactly what we need to
rejuvenate.”
The Hot 105 FM Bahamas
Junkanoo Carnival promotion was organized by Don Wiggins of Eagle Reign
Media, with Mr. Linville Johnson, The Bahamas Tourist Office, Florida’s
Director for the African American Market. The promotion, on Hot 105 FM
featured Radio announcements and the contest for listeners to “Come Along”
with the radio Personality for his live broadcast. The broadcast
will take place from Freeport, Grand Bahama back to South Florida to an
audience of an estimated 2 million, stretching from W. Palm Beach in the
North to the Keys in the South.
The Live Broadcast
from Grand Bahama will focus on the myriad of events of what has been described
as the “biggest non-stop cultural kickoff party the island has ever seen.”
There will also be interviews, and prizes and Mr. Linville Johnson, representing
The Island’s Of The Bahamas, will host the Broadcast.
The Grand Bahama event
this weekend will be the official kick-off to the Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival
season and one of its main events will be The Music Masters concert. The
concert will be a stage for top contemporary artists of The Bahamas to
perform in competition. Twenty-five songs by nineteen artists and musicians
have been identified through the first ever Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival Song
Competition and will be performed
April 17th and 18th 2015. The top ten
songs from these semi-finals will then be performed in Nassau
May 8th 2015.
The festivities in
Grand Bahama will also feature a Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival Beach Party,
which will take place on Taino Beach in Freeport, featuring music, cuisine,
dance and culture.
A highlight of the
weekend will be the
Midnight Rush, early morning after-party for the Music
Masters Concert. No costumes or organized lines will be needed, as it will
be a massive street rush for spectators on the streets to participate in
Junkanoo without the confines of competition
.
The Rushout
will take place
Saturday April 18th at 12:00 a.m. through 6:00 a.m.
The Grand Bahama event
is a prelude to the Carnival events that will take place in Nassau, May
7-9th and will feature four main events over its weekend presentation:
Music Masters, Junka Mania,
Midnight Rush and Road
Fever.
Organizers
of The Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival 2015 have promised that its series of
events in Grand Bahama and Nassau will display a collage of Bahamian culture.
Also, that the festive celebrations will present the opportunity
for Bahamians and guests from around the world to be immersed in all things
Bahamian. “The carnival events will showcase Junkanoo, Rake -n- Scrape,
arts and crafts, Bahamian cuisine, visual art, music, dance and much more.”
Additional information
http://www.bahamas.com/
BahamasCarnival2015
or
www.bahamasjunkanoocarnival.
com
,
ABOUT
: The first
Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival, sponsored by BTC, is a collage of Bahamian culture
set for April 17th -18th in Grand Bahama and May
7th -9th, 2015 in Nassau. It is a festive weeklong
celebration where Bahamians and guests from around the world are immersed
in all things Bahamian in an entertaining and interactive manner. For more
information please visit our
www.bahamasjunkanoocarnival.
com
,
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Twitter
@carnivalbahamas,
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