Emancipation

 

The Ministry of Culture and Social Rehabilitation and the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs would like to advise you of several upcoming events planned to honour Bermuda’s Emancipation in 2010

 

Sunday, 18^th July at 1:00 P.M.

Heritage Productions Presents “6^th Annual Emancipation Awards Luncheon”

Bermuda Industrial Union, Upper Level.

Tickets are $35, available from Brunswick Bakery, Nu-Look Barber Shop, Somerset Cricket Club and St. George’s Cricket Club. For more information, please call Kalmae Best on 296-1142.

 

Thursday, 22 July at 6:00 P.M.

Department of Community and Cultural Affairs in concert with Bermuda Friendly Societies Association Present “Stairway To Freedom”

A dramatic presentation preceded by a train tour of North Hamilton. Train departs Pitts Bay Road (in front of Barr’s Bay Park) at 6:00 P.M. “Stairway To Freedom” begins at 7:00 P.M.at Manchester Unity Hall (Union and Victoria Streets). Free train tickets are available from the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs. Please call 292 1681 to secure a ticket for the train tour.

 

Tuesday, 27 July at 5:30 PM

Film And Discussion Liberty Theatre

A screening of the film “500 Years Later” directed by Owen Alik Shahadah.

Discussion panellists: Dr. Quito Swan, Dr. Llewellyn Simmons and Ms. Victoria Pearman. Discussion Moderator: Dr. Radell Tankard.

Light Refreshments at 5.30 PM. Film begins at 5:45 P.M followed by discussion.

 

Thursday and Friday, 29^th July and 30^th July from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.

“Cup Match Heritage Tent” Somerset Cricket Field

A tent showcasing information on Emancipation. Open from 1 to 5 P.M. both days of Cup Match. Located next to the Somerset Cricket Club.

 

Sunday, 1 August: Emancipation Day at 6:00 P.M. “Service of Praise” Barr’s Bay Park.

Music, readings and dance. Dramatic performance by TROIKA. Members of the public are encouraged to wear white.

 

Tuesday, 31 August at 7:00 P.M.

5^th Annual Dr. Kenneth E. Robinson/Cyril Packwood Memorial Lecture: “Bermuda, Africa, Diaspora: Trilogy Of The Journey” Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.

Lecturer Dr. Michael Gomez is a Professor of History at New York University and is the author of Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora. Light refreshments will be served.

 

For more information please see the attached flyer.

 

 

 

Documents
1750_Emancipation_LG_poster.pdf