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February 04, 2011Annual General Meeting
Location: 930 Balmoral Road
                   Victoria BC
Time : 16:00 (4pm) PDT
Please contact info@ahavi.org if you have any questions or concerns.
February 25, 2011
AFRICA CELEBRATES @ 5PM: 
For the program, the opening dancers will be performing  "The Arrival of
the Mask"- CCPA Dancers 
Join us for an evening of food, music, entertainments and dancing celebrating the many cultures of Africa

DOORS open 5 pm February 25th (Saturday)
Adults $25
Students $20
Kids $15
FREE for AGES 5 & Under
African Dinner, Guest performance, Music, and Dance at Garth Homer Centre – 813 Darwin Ave (Saanich)
Saturday, February 25, 2012 – Doors open at 5:00 pm
Contact: Fiifi @ 250-686-3976 or info@ahavi.org, 
see All About African Eloquence Event

 July, 2012 Afro-Caribbean Dance (Adult & Youth Invited)
Black History Month 2012




By Black Awareness Society:

EVENTS:

 1) Go Do Some Great Thing: A documentary film that focuses on black pioneers of British Columbia and the first black settlers in Victoria, Saanich and Salt Spring Island.
 
Wednesday February 1st: 7:00 - 8:30 pm @ Bruce Hutchinson Library, Arbustus Room.

4636,Elk Lake Dr, Saanich.4636 elk lake drive, saanich
Click the map to open an interactive map in a new window.

2) Ross Bay Cemetery Tour: A guided tour of the graves of many Black citizens of long-ago Victoria.

Sunday February 19: 2:00-3:30, $5/person Meet in front of Starbucks Coffee Fairfield Plaza,  1516Fairfield

3)Tribute to Mahalia Jackson: A gospel performance by Gergana Velinova accompanied by Pablo Cardenas
 Son of Afrcville: A monologue play by Justin Carter

Friday February 10: 8:00pm(doors open 7:30) Metro Studio Theatre, 1411 Quadra Street at Johnson. Tickets available at the door, Cash only-$15($10 students/Seniors) or in advance at or 250-590-6291.


4) Bc Black History Heritage Day: Screening of new NFB documentary film, Mighty Jerome: The Greatest Comeback Ever, which follows the life of Harry Jerome, one of Canada's greatest athelete.

Saturday February 25: 1:00-4:00pm James Bay New Horizons Centre, 234 Menzies St.