One love

Why is there a controversy?

This movie was absolutely wonderful.

 It's a story about the deep love between Bob and Rita Marley and their journey.

A sad ending but nevertheless a wonderful journey.

And the music. 

Overwhelming.

It's touching, authentic, warm story and yes, let who is without sin cast the first stone!

I cannot believe a 'diversion,' Cindy Breakspare, one of Bob's baby mothers, tried to insert herself into this story.

The nerve!

Thanks Ziggy for bringing this story to us.

 Thanks to the screen writers and producers who made the story so real and of course Kingsley Ben-Adir who brought Bob back to life so realistically and Lashana Lynch who played the touching role of Rita.

Everybody needs to see this movie at least once.

I can't wait to see it again.

One Love❤️.

This is the version for the Cindy's in his life🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Big up Rita.

 And below is another aspect of Bob's international influence.

A man of so many parts!

An enjoyable affair

 Dubbed Black History Month Fashion Show, the afternoon get together at Tamarac Senior Center was a hit with everyone.

M.C. Sam Munro and the volunteer organizers

We got a  rendition of the Black National Anthem "lift every voice and sing" from Holly Bowen, who has a wonderful voice and is described as a foundation member of the well known South Florida Caribbean Chorale. 

                  The songbird Holly Bowen.

Our art teacher Michelle (center) was there and posed with students Joan and Helena.

Michelle and Hellena

About half of those who attended wore some form of African dress and there were some really beautiful prints and styles.

It was from the participants that the  'models' were drawn.

Seniors in their colorful garb waiting in line for the door to open

Noor, another art student. She came in her Pakistani national dress. Very nice.

As I was one of those who thought I could model, I got no pics of that segment.😊

The Haitian drummer doing the cuckoo dance.

The food was delicious and I hear it was Sam the M.C who organized it all. 

It sure fuelled our bodies to get on the dance floor.

The drummers gave us solos before the proceedings officially started .

The drummers were Caribbean, African descendants of course. The lady was from Haiti and the gentleman from Clarendon, Jamaica.

It was a nice function from start to finish and all the seniors had a great time. 

According to the  M.C.  Sam, (who is also our Site Supervisor at the Tamarac Senior Center,)  the function was organized in record time by the volunteers above.

 He promised that it will become an annual affair during Black History Month. 

Great going guys.

P.S. 

Thanks to our wonderful art teacher Michelle, I finally got some pics of the 'models' in their African garb and a few other pics. 

I am sharing these memories of the wonderful day below.

Michelle with her students Helena and Jennifer 

At the table with top artist Diana

The models

Too good to be true!

 I love Tamarac Senior Center. Not only for the great exercises I can do there daily,  but also for the new friends one can make there.

New friends made on the trip

Another enjoyable aspect of activities there are the outings; shopping, theatre etc. 

For a while, these trips were on hold, so when I heard about a new one to Boca Raton Museum, I jumped at it, especially when I heard the price $3!!!!!

In front of Boca Museum 

According to Google, it was Richard Carlson an American author who came up with the saying; if it sounds too good to be true, it is.

Well, I fall for it every time 😬. 

So when the Senior Center promoted a $3 trip from the Center on Wednesday February 21st to Boca Museum, although it sounded too Xtra good to be true,  I swallowed it hook line and sinker.

And so did the almost 40 other seniors who boarded the bus today.

Some of the others who swallowed the bait😊.

Front of the museum

When we got there, we discovered to our chargin that the museum had not been informed that our group was coming, so no arrangements had been made for a tour.

$3? Hah.

 That was just for the bus ride for we had to pay another $10 each to enter the museum! 

So much for swallowing bait!

Sigh.

We all went in anyway and in my book it was more than worth it.

On the first floor, they had a section called Smoke and Mirrors where they showed how magic tricks were performed over the years and also debunked so famous fakes.

To explain the magic tricks, they used projectors to create the illusions. 

See some below.

Fascinating stuff and eye openers for gullible people like me!

This to me was more than  worth the money.

And there was more, as they had a section exposing some notorious evangelical frauds.

One was Peter Popoff.

I had seen his ads for miracles on tv and had marveled about his chosen name, as in our Jamaican language, Popoff means scam. 🤣🤣

 Well they exposed 'his miracles' fully, explaining how his wife worked the audience before the miracles, to set up everything,! 

The second floor was good too. It was pure art. 

I especially loved this one by Andy Warhol of Mohammed Ali and the Ancient Americans and African exhibits. 

Some pics are below.

A school trip was there too.

There were some good sculptures on the outside too, in the sculpture garden.

A sculpture outside.

Yup. It turned out to be a good day after all and we were carefully driven to and from the venue by the ever reliable Mr. Elliott.

Pics below of Mizner Park, in front of the museum.



An outstanding performance

 If Ron DeSantist ever saw the Musical Memphis, now showing at Lauderhill Performance Center in Florida, he would have a heart attack and ban it immediately!

I ran into leading man Samuel Cadieux on the way out.

For according to him, performances like that which highlight the racist past in the USA should never see the light of day. 

I am sure, given the chance he would even ban Black History Month! 

That musical is very appropriate for this period though.

'Scrabble' Camille and I got there early

It's a story partly about forbidden love, set in Memphis, Tennessee during the 'jim crow' period.

The main setting is this bar on Beale Street 

The leading man is Samuel (above) and the leading lady, the super-talented Sydney Archibald, an African American actress, who is also a fantastic singer.

Because of the period in which it is set, it is full of white rage and violence against the couple, so there is no-make believe happy ending to that affair.

However it is a marvelous production with non-stop energy, fantastic music, dance, love, comedy, hope and passion.

Really an outstanding performance, even worth seeing more than once!😊