Culture 101's honoured guest at Celebrating Our Bahamian icons, Mr. Kermit "KC" Strachan
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Nassau, Bahamas - The
local group, “Cultural Legacy”, is putting on a production to showcase Bahamian
Culture starting from the 1900’s through the 1960’s. This will include music,
dance and drama works from Bahamian trailblazers such as Paul Meeres, Blind
Blake, Freddie Munnings Sr., George Symonette, Eloise Lewis, Maureen DuValier,
“Peanuts” Taylor, John “Chippie” Chipman and the BBC Singers. There will be a
Gala event at the Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts on Friday, March 20th
at 8:00pm with a cocktail reception immediately following and a second
performance on Saturday, March 21st at 6:00pm.
Today’s
artists will be depicting each cultural icon in song and dance. The Dicey Doh
Singers and Freddie Munnings Jr. will join in as well as others to share the
works of our talented trail blazers. Peanuts Taylor and John ‘Chippie’ Chipman
will be on stage together, doing what they do best – drumming! Other featured performers include Ronald
Simms, Claudette ‘Cookie’ Allens, Patricia Bazard, Sweet Emily, Chase Miller, Ryan Albury, Marcel
Sherman and more.
In
addition to reliving the history of these great legends of the past,
Celebrating Our
Bahamian Icons will
recognize a well known artist from our community. Mr. Kermit Strachan, affectionately known as
“KC”, the lead singer in the popular Dicey Doh Male Chorus, has performed on
the Dundas stage for many years and has traveled around the world as an
ambassador for the Bahamas, always as a performer either in drama or in
song.
This
event will acknowledge “KC” Strachan, as well as share the history of the
people that have paved the way to establish our uniquely Bahamian culture in
the performing arts; also to encourage the continued excellence of our artists of today.
This
production is called “Culture 101”, which indicates that there is more to come.
The Cultural Legacy committee anticipates this being a continued event going
forward, acknowledging all of our Bahamian artists not only in drama, but
music, art, poetry, playwriting, storytelling, etc. Through this venue, the
group hopes to get the youth more knowledgeable and more involved in culture
that is uniquely our own.
Tickets
are available at The Dundas Centre for the Performing Arts on Mackey Street and
at Custom Computers, Harbour Bay Shopping Plaza and Custom Computers in Cable
Beach.
