*Bravo reality television super model, star and actress Mrs. Cynthia Bailey has confirmed to be the celebrity guest to help The Gullah Museum of Hilton Head kick off their 1st Annual Gullah Food Festival on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 12 Georgianna Drive Hilton Head Island, SC.
The event, which is free to attend, will be a full day of music by the Smooth ‘N Groove Band and family entertainment for everyone to come out and enjoy – rain or shine. Food and art vendors, bouncy houses, pony ride will be on-site, along with Cynthia Bailey.
When marketing guru Andrea Murray, who is contracted to market this event for the museum, announced that she will place a call to someone who can help kick this first event off, everyone’s one mouth dropped.
Murray recalls telling them:
“I’ll just get one of the stars from Housewives of Atlanta- Cynthia Bailey and I didn’t have to say much after that.”
Murray was responsible for bringing the first circus to Bluffton in 2010 and 2011. She comments, “As you remember those event were sold out and had caused a traffic jam on Bluffton Parkway.” So, she is also expecting a huge turnout for this event. “Phones are ringing and the emails are coming in,” she said.
The public is invited to come out as vendors will serve up their best pot and recipes of Shrimp and Grits, Seafood Gumbo, Devil Crabs and Stew Chicken, and more. There will also be a celebratation of the heritage and the tradition of the island. Overflow parking will be at Hilton Head Island School and the Boys and Girl Club on Hilton Head Island. Shuttle services will be provided from the High School to the festival.
Since 2003, the Gullah Museum of Hilton Head, a 501(c) 3 organization has been committed to maintaining the Gullah customs, traditions, language, stories, and songs. Through the generous support of individuals and institutions the Gullah Museum of Hilton Head has successfully preserved its first structure The Little House.
Louise Miller Cohen’s great-grandfather, William Simmons, who was born in Beaufort, was a slave who herded cattle on the Barnwell Plantation. Later as a freed slave, he enlisted in Company B, 21st U.S. Colored Troops and served in the Civil War. At various times during his service, he was based on Morris Island and Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island – The land on which The Little House now stands. William Simmons died in 1922, and his daughter Celia sold the land to a member of her family.
The Gullah Museum has The Little House which is on Georgianna Drive was built in 1930 for Mr. Simmons’ grandson, Mr. William Duey Simmons whom Mr. Simmons had raised. Mr. Simmons’ granddaughter Georgianna, who was Dueys sister, brought the land from one of her cousins Georgianna raised Louis and when Georgianna died. Louise inherited the land and the house. Through the generosity of Louise Miller Cohen, this land is now the site of the Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island.
The Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island’s mission is to revive, restore and preserve the Hilton Head Island Gullah History for the benefit of all.
For more information about this event and/or on how to participate as a vendor, visit www.gullahmuseumhhi.org
source:
Andrea Murray
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