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Charles Town Maroon International Conference Magazine June 2018
SUNDAY 24 JUNE
Maroon Victory Day Celebration
1:00 - 6:00 pm
Blowing of the Abeng
Procession of Colonels and Gaa’man
Welcome – Master of Ceremonies
Libations
Welcome – Acting Colonel Marcia Douglas,
Charles Town Maroons
Performance – Charles Town Maroon Drummers & Dancers
Tribute to Colonel Noel Prehay of the Scotts Hall Maroons
Greetings & Performance – Moore Town Maroons
– Scotts Hall Maroons
– Accompong Maroons
– Flagstaff /Trelawny Maroons
Greetings – Gaa’man Gloria “Mau Mau G” Simms
– Surinamese Maroons
– Jamaica Tourist Board, JCDT, other sponsors
– Japanese Embassy
Addresses – Honourable Minister Darryl Vaz, MP
– Diana McCaulay, Jamaica Environment Trust
“It happened in this very place: how community and home connect”
– Danielle Andrade-Goffe, Goffe Law
“The Escazu Agreement: people power to protect the environment”
– Dr. Ruben Ravenberg
"The Maroons in Suriname and the current challenges"
Keynote Speaker – Hon. Mr. Justice Dennis Morrison, QC, OJ
President of the Court of Appeal of Jamaica
“The Impact of the Maya Leaders Alliance v The Attorney General of Belize”
Performances – Captain Paddam Douglas and Moustafa Reds
Capoeira Cativeiro Jamaica
Rastafari Indigenous Village
Charles Town Maroon Junior Drummers & Dancers
Charles Town Maroon Drummers & Dancers
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