The bus tour is open to the public for a donation of $35 and is scheduled to meet local residents at approximately 8:30am (Kmart, Lem Turner Road ). For trip details, please call (904) 962-7284.

Aug. 19 bus trip will leave from Kmart parking lot, 9459 Lem Turner Rd., headed for Nassau County to the historic Little Mount Olive Baptist Church, 941336 Old Nassauville Rd.,(CR 207 South) and will arrive at 10 A.M. for an ancestral tribute and libation ceremony at Goffinsville Park.

11:00am -Noon will consists of a fellowship brunch/lunch back at Historic Lt. Mt. Olive.

Noon we will proceed from Nassauville to American Beach for a short ceremony at Nana and then onward to Kingsley Plantation. .30 minutes will be spent at Kingsley Plantation and from there, we will proceed to Ft. Mosé in St. Augustine, FL. We will have a historic reunion at Ft. Mosé with dignitaries at approximately 4:00p.m. til 6:00pm, with return to Jacksonville by 8:15pm.

FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO CONTINUE TO FT. LAUDERDALE FOR THE TRAVELING FESTIVAL THROUGH AUG. 22ND >

On Friday August 20^th the Festival will continue south. Activities includes historic tours and reunion activities in both Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida.  Discount rooms are available at the Ramada Inn. To obtain room specials, please mention “Gullah/Geechee travel” when calling 954-584-4000.

On Saturday August 21^st the grand reunion will rise early with dance and drum sessions, food and live music, educational panel discussions, traditional crafts and art presentations created by natives of the Gullah/Geechee and Seminole Nations. These family fun-filled activities will take place at Samuel Devloe Jr. Park and the African American Research Library and Cultural Center in the beautiful city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition’s Alkebulan Archive will launch a special exhibit that will be on display inside the African American Research Library and Cultural Center in the fall.

Sunday August 22^nd the participants at the festival will journey by cruise to Grand Bahamas Island.  The activities on the island are sponsored by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism.  They are looking forward to this international event returning to their country again this year. The journal from the event will become a part of their archives as well as the archives of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition here in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.

The Jacksonville Coordinator for the Festival is Mr. Jermyn Shannon-El.   For details, please email jermyn[at]blacksonville.com or contact the national number listed above.

Peace,

Kwame Sha
Co-Founder, Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™

For the first time in history the Gullah/Geechees and Seminoles will reunite in Florida with a kickoff ceremony in the celebrated St. Augustine, Florida at notable Fort Mose.

For additional accurate information on the Gullah/Geechee Nation, go to www.gullahgeechee.net and www.officialgullahgeechee.info

Hunnuh mus tek cyare de root fa heal de tree!

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