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Last Updated: Apr 28, 2017 - 2:03:37 AM |
The Hon. H. Ricardo Treco (centre), Bahamas Consul General to Miami, is pictured with Police Inspector Theodore Campbell (left), Band Director, and WPC Areba Ambrose following the band’s performance at the Historic Ingraham Building.
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Miami, Florida -- Members of the Bahamas Urban Renewal Music Masters
Youth Marching Band paid a courtesy call on the Hon. H. Ricardo Treco,
Bahamas Consul General to Miami, at The Consulate General in Miami on
Tuesday, April 25, 2017. They were welcomed by Consul General Treco and
Deputy Consul General Sandra Carey.
During brief remarks, Deputy Consul General Carey gave highlights about
the Consulate’s role and its history and described members of the band
as Ambassadors of The Bahamas, noting that they should stand tall and
proud to be able to put their talents and culture on display for The
Bahamas.
Band members arrived in Miami on Tuesday, accompanied by Police
Inspector Theodore Campbell, Band Director and Coordinator, and police
assistants Sergeant Oscar Dames, Corporal Rudolph Pratt, Corporal
Demetrius Rolle, Corporal Perise Simon, Corporal Sharon Davis, WPC Areba
Ambrose and PC Anthony Capron as well as several parents and
chaperones.
While in Miami the band visited Florida Memorial University in Miami
Gardens, where they gave an outstanding performance of Bahamian Music.
The band is instrumental in helping students to improve their academic
and musical skills and overall behavioral disposition. It includes
students from the Bain Town, Centreville, Englerston East/West, Fort
Charlotte, Fox Hill, Kemp Road, Nassau Village and Pinewood communities.
Members range in ages from 7 to 18 and play an assortment of
instruments, including trumpets, flutes, trombones, alto and tenor
saxophones, sousaphones, clarinets, snare and tenor drums, hand bells
and steel pans.
Members of the Bahamas Urban Renewal Music Masters Youth Marching Band that paid a courtesy call on Consul General H. Ricardo Treco.
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