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Last Updated: Dec 17, 2018 - 8:49:13 PM |
Slide show: (BIS Photos / Eric Rose)
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Nassau, The Bahamas - Governor
General, Her Excellency the Most Hon. Dame Marguerite Pindling and
Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Lanisha Rolle, her
Ministry (MOYSC) and the National Junkanoo Committee joined with Cabinet
Ministers, senior Government officials, Junkanoo stakeholders and
well-wishers in welcoming 18 inductees into the National Junkanoo
Legends Circle, on December 14, 2018, at Government House. Among those
present for the ceremony were Minister of Education the Hon. Jeffrey
Lloyd; Minister of Health Dr. the Hon. Duane Sands; Minister of State
for Legal Affairs the Hon. Elsworth Johnson; Member of Parliament for
Centreville Reece Chipman; MOYSC Permanent Secretary Rhoda Jackson;
Executive Director of
Culture Rowena Poitier-Sutherland; Director of Sports Timothy Munnings; Co-Chairs of
the National Junkanoo Committee Kishlane O'Brien and Dr. Dwight Marshall
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Chairman of the Junkanoo Corporation of New Providence Silbert
Ferguson, and current members of the National Junkanoo Legends Circle.
The 2018 Inductees are as follows: Father Reginald “Reggie” Demeritte;
Mr. Gilbert Davis; Mr. John “Johnny Moon” Archer; Mr. Tyrone “Zap”
Peterson; Mr. Aaron “Butch” Burrows; Ms. Deborah “Debbie” Jackson; Ms.
Mitzi Chipman-Neely; Mr. Samuel “Sammy” Heastie; Mr. Harold Chipman; Mr.
Henry J. “Lefty” Gardiner; Mr. Cyprian “Papa San” Dean; Mr. Felix
“Spider” McPhee; Mr. Timothy Turnquest; Rev. James Pratt; Mr. John
“Labbs” Barrett; Mrs. Sabrina Moss; Mr. Loran “Big Horse” Bastian; and
Mrs. Kim Curtis. (BIS Photos / Eric Rose)
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