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UPDATED: Amistad's Barbados Visit Program E-mail
Written by Christal P. McIntosh   
Friday, 28 March 2008
Here is the latest on the events:

April 4 - Official welcome ceremony @ 7:00 a.m. at Fort Willoughby

April 4 – Invitation only cultural event @ 7:00 p.m. at the Museum for crew

April 4, 5, 11 & 12 - Bridgetown Walking Tours @ 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. by Morris Greenidge and Kevin Farmer, both extremely knowledgable on the areas in the city connected to the slave trade

April 10 - Lecture @ 7:00 p.m. at Sir Hugh Springer Auditorium at the BWU featuring Captain Bill Pinkney, speaker extraordinaire

April 17 & 18 - Freedom Concerts @ midday at Carlisle House car park including student tours

April 20 - Farewell event @ Fort Willoughby and all of Barbados is invited so bring your Bajan flag and come!

*Olympus Screening of the movie, Amistad, the Spielberg version – canceled because you movie goers apparently don’ t like old films more than new ones (please protest against this on our event wall; you might just have a small victory on your hands!)

**Daily Tours for the general public – still to be announced! I know but we really are depending on the crew's itinerary so bear with us. They do need to take in some tourist activities, as well as engage in some community activities as a part of their commitment to the destinations they visit, all of which we are working earnestly to set in place.

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QUESTIONS, QUERIES AND CONCERNS


Please message me regarding any queries about information disseminated in this forum.

I know some of you are anxious to attend the invitation only event and that is understandable by the laws of economics alone.

However, you may want to consider meeting the crew at other events such the tours or at the lecture.

The fact is that only so many people can be allowed at the museum event and the list is mighty long as it stands.

I will post images as soon as I can though, you know that.

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MAKE AMISTAD YOUR 2008 CHARITY


Folks, I am pleased to announce (if I haven't before) that there is no entry fee for the AMISTAD tours. It is as free as the air we breathe!

However, there is a catch. The ship needs money to function and therefore you are encouraged to give donations commensurate with, or above, the value of the experience you receive.

I believe the figure they need to cover this leg of the ship is in the region of US $50,000 (don't start removing yourself from this event now, please!).

Just give what you can and show your sincere appreciation to this living historical, monumental tour.

Cheers!

Christal P. McIntosh
Corporate Communications Specialist
Barbados Tourism Authority
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written by Sharon , April 02, 2008
Any update on tours for the public? I'd love to take my 9yr old daughter to see it.
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