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SUMMARY:The Greater Newburyport/Bura Alliance (GNBA) celebrates 20th Year with African Dinner & Dance
DESCRIPTION:Newburyport's Sister City organization is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a gala dinner and dance for all ages on Saturday\, September 15 at the Elks Lodge\, 25 Low Street\, Newburyport.\n\nThe event begins at 6 PM and features a dinner menu of African dishes served against a background of African music.  The Mombasa bazaar will offer discerning Christmas shoppers a variety of East African jewelry and crafts.  Baskets from the Taita Hills of southern Kenya containing gift certificates and a variety of other desirable items will be raffled off to lucky winners.\n\nAfter the dinner\, popular drummer and deejay Greg Coles will get party goers swaying with the sounds of the African night.  Coles will give a dance demonstration and lesson as part of the program.\n\nProceeds from the dance support projects in Bura\, Kenya\, Newburyport's sister city. These include include schooling and school uniforms for HIV/AIDS orphans  a school soccer league program\,  reforestation and soil conservation programs and a primary school e-learning project.  All projects are developed on a partnership basis with groups in the Bura community.\n\nExchange visits between familiea in the greater Newburyport area and Bura Kenya have been going on for 20 years.  In 2013\, GNBA's goal is to bring two teachers from Bura to share their culture and life stories with the children of our community.  Exchange Committee members John Carroll\, Sue Crawford\, Susan Gabriel\, Joanna Hammond\, Katie Nye\, and Ted Van Nahl welcome your interest in sponsorship for these visitors.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: #1a2a37"><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif">Newburyport&#39\;s Sister City organization is celebrating its 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary with a gala dinner and dance for all ages on Saturday\, September 15 at the Elks Lodge\, 25 Low Street\, Newburyport.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: #1a2a37"><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif">The event begins at 6 PM and features a dinner menu of African dishes served against a background of African music.&nbsp\; The Mombasa bazaar will offer discerning Christmas shoppers a variety of East African jewelry and crafts.&nbsp\; Baskets from the Taita Hills of southern Kenya containing gift certificates and a variety of other desirable items will be raffled off to lucky winners.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: #1a2a37"><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif">After the dinner\, popular drummer and deejay Greg Coles will get party goers swaying with the sounds of the African night.&nbsp\; Coles will give a dance demonstration and lesson as part of the program.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: #1a2a37"><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif">Proceeds from the dance support projects in Bura\, Kenya\, Newburyport&#39\;s sister city. These include include schooling and school uniforms for HIV/AIDS orphans&nbsp\; a school soccer league program\,&nbsp\; reforestation and soil conservation programs and a primary school e-learning project.&nbsp\; All projects are developed on a partnership basis with groups in the Bura community.</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="color: #1a2a37"><span style="font-family: arial\, sans-serif">Exchange visits between familiea in the greater Newburyport area and Bura Kenya have been going on for 20 years.&nbsp\; In 2013\, GNBA&rsquo\;s goal is to bring two teachers from Bura to share their culture and life stories with the children of our community.&nbsp\; Exchange Committee members John Carroll\, Sue Crawford\, Susan Gabriel\, Joanna Hammond\, Katie Nye\, and Ted Van Nahl welcome your interest in sponsorship for these visitors. </span></span></span><br />\n
LOCATION:Elks Lodge\, 25 Low Street\, Newburyport.
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URL:https://business.newburyportchamber.org/events/details/the-greater-newburyport-bura-alliance-gnba-celebrates-20th-year-with-african-dinner-dance-09-15-2012-4605
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