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Dr. Samuel Waymon - Caribbean Festival of Arts CARIFESTA XV
Funding is sought in support of Dr. Samuel Waymon's journey to Barbados to participate as an observer and honored elder statesman at CARIFESTA XV - Caribbean Festival of Arts (August 22 - 31, 2025).
https://www.carifesta.net/
Your support will facilitate travel by Dr. Waymon and a documentary film crew.
Under the direction of Producer Melvin H. Cox and Director of Photography Jeff Chambers, the team will capture essential sounds and images emanating from this major international festival of music, theatre, film, painting, sculpture, multimedia and the culinary arts.
Dr. Waymon will tour festival venues, participate in social activities, meet with CARIFESTA youth delegates (ages 16 to 19) and be honored as an internationally celebrated elder statesman during the festival’s Closing Ceremony at the Richard Stoute Amphitheatre in the National Botanical Gardens on August 31st.
A native of Tryon, North Carolina (USA), Dr. Samuel Waymon is the youngest of eight children born to Rev. Mary Kate (Irvin) Waymon (1901 – 2001) and her husband, John Divine Waymon (1898 – 1972).
Samuel began playing the piano at age three under the direction of Mrs. Muriel Mazzanovich (lovingly known as ‘Miss Mazzy’) who also trained his late sister, Eunice (Nina Simone).
Waymon’s long career has brought success in many areas of the music and entertainment industries.
You can make a difference by donating today to The AFRICAN CONNECTIONS Research and Education Fund, Inc. (ACREF).
The AFRICAN CONNECTIONS Research and Education Fund, Inc, (ACREF) was created in direct response to the numerous distortions, half-truths and omissions seen almost daily in the popular media regarding Africa, her people and the African Diaspora.
https://africanconnections.com/
ACREF's principal mission is to illuminate, to educate and to provide a balanced viewpoint that celebrates genuine achievement and service to humanity.
ACREF is deeply honored to participate as the fiscal sponsor of this important project.
Thank you for your support!
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PLEASE NOTE: Any funds received by ACREF after the fundraising target is met will be donated to the Nina Simone Project.
The project is responsible for the collective preservation efforts of Nina Simone's rich legacy and for preserving and revitalizing her childhood home in Tryon, NC, which is designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Nina Simone Project is a collective effort of the following organizations: National Trust for Historic Preservation, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, The Town of Tryon, and the preservation easement held by Preservation North Carolina.
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CARIFESTA XV Media Kit:
https://tinyurl.com/4v2zcyyt
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