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Tributes paid to Roots junkanoo group founder
Tributes paid to Roots junkanoo group founder
PAUL "Diamond" Knowles, 62, best known as one of the founders and leader of the Roots Junkanoo group, died on Saturday evening, family and friends have confirmed.
Paul Knowles, founding leader of Roots Junkanoo group, dies at 62
Paul Knowles, founding leader of Roots Junkanoo group, died at his home on Saturday after a long illness.
He was 62.
Knowles, an attorney by profession, was a founding partner of Knowles, McKay and Culmer law firm.
He was considered an icon in the Junkanoo community.
In a statement, Roots said he is credited with introducing remarkable designs and materials used in modern day Junkanoo.
"His Junkan...
Royal Bahamas Defence Force Band Tours Junkanoo Summer Festivals
Nassau, Bahamas - Junkanoo
Summer Festival audiences in several islands have been treated to Royal
Bahamas Defense Force Band performances as the band carries out an island
hopping expedition this summer.
The
annual festival takes place on eight islands this summer, and the Defense
Force Band is scheduled to perform on almost all of them.? On Saturday,
July 26, Nassau's festival participant...
SOT – Prodigal Sons Repay Junkanoo Seed Funding
SOT – Prodigal Sons Repay Junkanoo Seed Funding
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Prodigal Sons junkanoo group has repaid the $30,000 in Junkanoo seed funding.
Prodigal Sons return Junkanoo Seed Money
Prodigal Sons return Junkanoo Seed Money
Today, I am pleased to announce that a meeting took place this morning at my Ministry with Mr. Eric 'Scrap' Knowles, the esteemed leader of the Prodigal Sons group. Iam thrilled to report that Mr. Knowles exhibited outstanding integrity during our discussion and presented the Ministry with a check in the amount of $30,000.00 (thirty thousand dollars). These funds were initially allocated to Mr. Kn...
More groups to give back Junkanoo seed money
More groups to give back Junkanoo seed money
FIVE more Junkanoo groups could follow the Prodigal Sons and be required to refund the government's seed money for failing to participate in the Boxing Day and New Year's Day parades, according to Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg.
Prodigal Sons Junkanoo group returns $30,000 seed funding
NASSAu, BAHAMAS- Minister of Youth, Sports & Culture Mario Bowleg has confirmed to Eyewitness News that the Prodigal Sons Junkanoo Group has returned its $30, 000 seed funding the his ministry on Monday morning. The Junkanoo group was asked, by the government, to return the seed funding after it failed to participate in the 2023 [...]
Cars stolen, broken into during Junkanoo parade
Cars stolen, broken into during Junkanoo parade
The cars of more than seven persons were either stolen or broken into during the Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade.
Police sources told The Nassau Guardian yesterday that they got multiple reports of car thefts during and following the parade. Several of the cars parked near the C. R. Walker High School on Blue Hill Road and cars parked near the Main Post Office on East Hill Street were targeted, police ...
Hundreds enjoy the Cat Island Junkanoo Parade
Hundreds enjoy the Cat Island Junkanoo Parade
Locals and visitors alike enjoy the music and artistic expressions on display at the Cat Island Junkanoo Parade, held on February 3, 2024, at the Cultural Village, in New Bight Cat Island.
19 Years and Counting: Here at One on One, We Live Junkanoo!
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - They may be small in stature but they're a giant in the Junior Junkanoo community.