Qctober1998 The Abaconian Page 3 Goombay Summer Is a Crowd Pleaser By Charlene Fernander The Abaco Goombay Summer Festival ended with a huge bang on the 4th of September after seven weeks of transforming the Abaco entertainment scene. In recent weeks Goombay has been held between Marsh Harbour and Treasure Cay attracting large enthusiastic crowds of tourists and residents alike. The lure of the Royal Bahamas Police Force Band and the Defense Force Band along with other entertainers who performed fire-dancing, street-dancing, the limbo, a fashion show, the plaiting of the Maypole and other island visual treats, brought viewers from the cays, from cruising boats and honeymooners to enjoy this quarter-century old Bahamian summer celebration. The Abaco Tourist Office, headed by Ms. Sherry Parker with the able assistance of Ms. Wynsome Ferguson, and in conjunction with the All Abaco Regatta Committee, staged a wonderful few weeks of fun. There were concession stalls each Friday night, which sold drinks and Bahamian dinners and snacks of all kinds to a hungry crowd. It was the first time many Abaconians had seen the Police Force and Defense Force Visitors at Tourism’s Gombay Summer Bands perform ever. Festival watch their conch salad get Although Abaconians are going chopped and assembled. Many _ native through a short period of anticlimax foods were offered including guava duff, awaiting the next major event, they will coconut jimmie, fried fish and other not have to wait too long. The 1998 All @e/ights. Abaco Family Island Regatta, a four-day happening, will set sail Halloween weekend as scheduled. Goombay Summer Festival even included a fashion show, showcasing our lovely models, sponsored by Ms. Sherry Burrows of Glamour Parlour