Party for a cause – Save The Bays announces a Chillin by the Dock of the Bay ‘fun-raiser’ set for February 28, 4 pm, at Flying Fish Restaurant, Grand Bahama. Preparing for the concert are l-r, Save The Bays director Joseph Darville, well-known local singer Derek Gape, leading Bahamian musical artist Kirkland ‘KB’ Bodie, popular Grand Bahama restaurant owner, chef and musical talent Tim Tibbitts and highly respected author and singer Marina Gottlieb Sarles – all Bahamians participating in the event aimed at raising funds and environmental awareness while providing a laid-back family friendly evening under the stars on one of Grand Bahama’s famous bays. Not pictured, participating artist Steve Persaud, master guitarist.
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Popular environmental advocacy group
Save The Bays is putting music where
its heart is – in a ‘Chillin’ by the Dock of the Bay’ concert featuring top Bahamian performer Kirkland ‘KB” Bodie and others.
The event, set for
Saturday, February 28, at
4 pm
will be held at the Flying Fish restaurant in Grand Bahama, rated the
island’s number one eatery and home of Chef Tim Tibbitts,
a Bahamian who returned to his roots after a successful performing
career in Canada and is now ranked as one of the Caribbean’s 25 best
chefs.
“We
wanted to host a fund-raiser in Grand Bahama where Save The Bays’
impact, particularly in the education arena and among young Bahamians,
has been so great,” said Save The
Bays director Joseph Darville. “We did not want to do anything too
formal or fancy, just something that represented what we are all about –
preserving the waters for all of us to appreciate and for future
generations to enjoy so what better place than on the
waterfront. Since Tibbitts hosts a weekly acoustical evening
on Sunday nights in this relaxing atmosphere under the stars on one of Grand Bahama’s beautiful bays, it just seemed a natural.”
Once
the idea of ‘Chillin’ by the Dock of the Bay’ was born, he said, it
caught on, with one musician after another signing on to donate all
proceeds to the cause that is fighting
on several fronts for environmental protection and careful stewardship.
Headlining
artist and the country’s leading musician in sales, KB, a director of
Save The Bays, said the concert was a “perfect opportunity to mix the
message with the medium
to deliver it.
“As
I get older, I realize how important it is for my music to mean
something and this cause of protecting the environment of my Bahamas is
so close to my heart,” said the songwriter
and singer who made his name with songs like ‘Bush Mechanic’ before he
took on the philosopher musician persona. Today, said Darville, you are
“more likely to hear KB on radio talking than you are to hear him
singing because he has reached a stature in the
Bahamas of being a national treasure so we are very honoured that he
will be taking part in this concert and that of all the causes he cares
about, Save The Bays occupies such a high priority.”
Other
performers include recording artist Tim Tibbitts, well-known local
singer Derek Gape, respected author and singer Marina Gottlieb Sarles
and master guitarist Steve Persaud.
The Tibbitts, owners of the Flying Fish, are donating the premises and
catering for the show.
“We
are very grateful to Flying Fish for coming on board and making this a
true fund-raiser with easygoing Bahamian music, chillin’ -- no loud
speakers or heavy metal, just
vocals and guitars, possibly a keyboard, a touch of the past as we
preserve our resources for the future,” said Darville.
Tickets are $75 and will be limited to 150 persons. The price includes two drinks and light appetizers. Concert starts at
4 pm and is expected to last past
7 pm. Tickets are
available at Barefoot Marketing and at Flying Fish Restaurant.
The restaurant will be open for diners following the event.
Funds
raised will help defray legal and operational costs of the organization
that has filed several legal actions to hold environmental protection
violators accountable and
force remediation of damage caused by oil pollution or unregulated
development.
Launched
less than two years ago, Save The Bays has grown from a fledgling
newcomer to the fastest growing NGO in the environmental movement with
more than 17,200 Likes on its
active Facebook pages. Its petition calling for an environmental
protection act and a freedom of information act is nearing 7,000
signatures and its support from internationally respected scientists and
environmentalists has won headlines in several countries.