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Pelican Point hosts sixteenth Annual Coconut Festival
By Elcott Coleby, BIS
Apr 25, 2014 - 12:42:03 AM

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Avvy delights the crowd with his energetic performance (Photo: Vandyke Hepburn/BIS)

Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas - The sixteenth Annual Coconut Festival was held recently in Pelican Point, Grand Bahama. This annual festival showcases the myriad of local cuisine and art and craft products from the coconut.

Opening the festival was Mr. Harrison Thompson, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism who brought brief remarks on behalf of the Hon. Obie Wilchcombe, Minister of Tourism.

The festival delivered a star studded line of local entertainers, including the Royal Bahamas Police Force Pop Band, Avvy and Kirkland Bodie, better known as KB.



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Avvy, left performs with the RBPF Pop Band (Photo: Vandyke Hepburn/BIS)


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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Harrison Thompson delivers brief remarks on behalf of the Tourism Minister. (Photo: Vandyke Hepburn/BIS)


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