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THE
12th INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL WEEKEND
Saturday & Sunday, 21st & 22nd October, 2006
Botanical Gardens, Chippingham, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. daily
Admission: $3.00 adults; $1:00 children
Theme: “United
In Peace & Understanding”
Number of Booths:
Seventy-nine (79)
Number of Countries
Participating: Thirty-three (33)
Regions:
AFRICA: Nigeria
ASIA: China, India, Japan, Philippines,
CARIBBEAN: Barbados, Cuba, Tri-Island State (Grenada, Carriacou,
Petit Martinique), Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks
& Caicos, Dominican Republic
EUROPE (U. K.): England, Ireland, Scotland
EUROPE (CONTINENT): Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Scandinavia
(Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden), Spain
LATIN AMERICA: Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala,
Panama, Peru
NORTH AMERICA: U. S. A., Canada
THE BAHAMAS
New Participants: Myanmar (Burma) and Singapore
Sponsors: Bahamas Fast
Ferries, Bacardi, Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola and Aqua Pure
Official Radio
Station: ISLAND FM 102.9 Radio
Booth
Competition: Regional: 1st, 2nd 3rd,
Consolation
Overall Best in Festival: 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
Consolation & Honourable Mention
Saturday: Royal
Bahamas Defence Force Band in concert at 11:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony at
12:00 noon: Royal Bahamas Defence Force Band; Parade of Nations;
Indian Prayer Dance; Brief remarks by the Hon. Fred Mitchell,
Minister of Foreign Affairs; Presentation of Regional Booth
Trophies. Cultural presentations follow and continue throughout the
afternoon. (See attached)
Sunday:
Royal Bahamas Police Force Pop Band in concert at 11:00 a.m.
followed by a Cuban Band. Cultural presentations begin at 12:30
p.m. and continue throughout the afternoon. Closing Ceremony at
5:00 p.m. Introduction of International Cultural Committee Members.
Presentation of trophies to Overall Booth Competition
Cultural Presentations
by: Cuba, Germany, Haiti, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Philippines,
Tri-Island State (Grenada, Carriacou, Petit Martinique), Bahamas,
Latin America, Nigeria, Turks & Caicos, Indonesia, among many
others.
For the children:
Adventure Learning (Animals), Girl Guides Kiddie Corner, Bouncing
Castle, U. S. A.
“Experience The World In Two Days”
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