#nita lorraine

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Nita Lorraine in Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)

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Man in a Suitcase: Night Flight to Andorra (1.30, ITC, 1968)

"You know we're not in this for kicks by now, don't you?"

"I heard a story about Buck, whoever Buck might be, something about taking me behind the sheds and murdering me."

"Ha. Well, old Buck watches a lot of TV, ma'am."

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Nita Lorraine

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Zeta One | Michael Cort | 1969

Nita Lorraine, Valerie Leon

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I’m a sucker for a girl in a towel....Nita Lorraine

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Barbara Rush.

Filmografía

Cine

- Los Goldberg (1950) como Debby Sherman

- Quebec (1951) como Madelon

- La Primera Legión (1951) como Terry Gilmartin

- Cuando los mundos chocan (1951) como Joyce Hendron

- Flaming Feather (1952) como Nora Logan

- Príncipe de piratas (1953) como la condesa Nita Orde

- Vino del espacio exterior (1953) como Ellen Fields

- Taza, hijo de Cochise (1954) como Oona

- Magnífica obsesión (1954) como Joyce Phillips

- El escudo negro de Falworth (1954) como Meg

- Capitán Lightfoot (1955) como Aga Doherty

- Beso de fuego (1955) como Princesa Lucía

- Mundo en mi esquina (1956) como Dorothy Mallinson

- Más grande que la vida (1956) como Lou Avery

- Vuelo a Hong Kong (1956) como Pamela Vincent

- ¡Oh hombres! ¡Oh mujeres! (1957) como Myra Hagerman

- Sin pago inicial (1957) como Betty Kreitzer

- Los jóvenes leones (1958) como Margaret Freemantle

- Harry Black y el tigre (1958) como Christian Tanner

- Los jóvenes de Filadelfia (1959) como Joan Dickinson

- The Bramble Bush (1960) como Margaret 'Mar' McFie

- Extraños cuando nos encontramos (1960) como Eve Coe

- Fecha límite: San Francisco (película de televisión de 1962)

- Ven a soplar tu cuerno (1963) como Connie

- The Unknown (película para televisión de 1964) como Leonora Edmond

- Robin y las 7 capuchas (1964) como Marian

- The Jet Set (película de televisión de 1966)

- Hombre (1967) como Audra Favor

- Estrategia del terror (1969) como Karen Lownes

- Mannix (serie de televisión de 1969, S2Ep06 'Una copia del asesinato') como Celia Bell

- De repente soltero (película para televisión de 1971) como Evelyn Baxter

- Cutter (película para televisión de 1972) como Linda

- Los ojos de Charles Sand (película para televisión de 1972) como Katharine Winslow

- El hombre (1972) como Kay Eaton

- Moon of the Wolf (película para televisión de 1972) como Louise Rodanthe

- Crime Club (película para televisión de 1973) como Denise London

- Peege (corto de 1973) como Mom

Superdad (1973) como Sue McCready

- Tontos, mujeres y diversión (película para televisión de 1974) como Karen Markham

- El último día (película de televisión de 1975) como Betty Spence

- Death Car on the Freeway (película para televisión de 1979) como Rosemary

No puedo detener la música (1980) como

- Amantes del verano (1982) como Jean Featherstone

- La noche en que cayó el puente (película para televisión de 1983) como Elaine Howard

- A su servicio (película para televisión de 1984) como Barbara Stonehill

- Web of Deceit (película para televisión de 1990) como Judith

- El beso de la viuda (película para televisión de 1996) como Edith Fitzpatrick

- El peinado de mi madre (corto de 2006) como Destino

- Corazones sangrantes (corto de 2017) como Barbara Irons.

Créditos de teatro

- El Balón de Oro (1937) debut en el escenario

- The Little Foxes USC Santa Barbara, 1948 y 1975

- Antonio y Cleopatra (1950) Teatro de Pasadena

- Stock de verano (1951) con Anthony Perkins

- La loca de Chaillot (1951) con Jeffrey Hunter

- La voz de la tortuga (1953), con Jeffrey Hunter

- Siempre abril (1969)

- Gira nacional de 40 quilates (1969-1971,1972)

- El cuatro con cartel (1971)

- La insumergible Molly Brown (1972)

- Las mariposas son libres (1972, 1981)

- Private Lives (1973) gira nacional con Louis Jourdan

- Gira nacional del Día del Padre (1974) con Carole Cook

- Toques finales (1974, 1978)

- Fiebre del heno (1975, 1980)

- Los hijos de Kennedy (1975, 1976)

- Especies en peligro de extinción (1976)

- Gira nacional a la misma hora, el próximo año (1976-1978)

- Noche de la iguana (1978)

- Ramitas (1980)

- The Supporting Cast (1982) gira nacional con Carole Cook y Sandy Dennis

- Espíritu alegre (1982-1983)

- Genio discapacitado (1983)

- Mujer de medios independientes (1983-1988) Broadway y gira nacional

- Steel Magnolias (1988-1989) gira nacional con Carole Cook, June Lockhart y Marion Ross

- Cartas de amor (1990-1993)

- Monólogos de la vagina (1995-1997)

- Un delicado equilibrio (1993)

- La edad de oro (1997)

- Hazme un lugar en Forest Lawn (2002-2007).

Televisión

- Lux Video Theatre (1954-1956, 4 episodios) como Cathy / Ruth / Charlotte / Joyce Gavin

- Playhouse 90 (1957-1960, 2 episodios) como Liz / Clara

- La undécima hora (1962, 1 episodio) como Linda Kincaid

- Saints and Sinners (1962-1963, 4 episodios) como Lizzie Hogan

- The Outer Limits (1964, 1 episodio: " Las formas de las cosas desconocidas

Dr. Kildare (1965, 2 episodios) como Madge Bannion

- El fugitivo (1965, 2 episodios) como Marie Lindsey Gerard

- Custer (1967, 1 episodio) como Brigid O'Rourke

- Batman (1968, 2 episodios) como Nora Clavicle

- Peyton Place (1968-1969, 75 episodios) como Marsha Russell

- Mannix (1968-1975, 2 episodios) como Rebekah Bigelow / Celia Bell

- Marcus Welby, MD (1969-1972, 2 episodios) como Dorothy Carpenter / Nadine Cabot

- Medical Center (1969-1974, 4 episodios) como Claire / Pauline / Judy / Nora Caldwell

- Amor, estilo americano (1970, 1 episodio) como Carol (segmento "El amor y el motel")

- The Mod Squad (1971, 1 episodio) como Mrs.Hamilton

- Ironside (1971-1972, 2 episodios) como Lorraine Simms / Mme. Jabes

- Night Gallery (1971, 1 episodio) como Agatha Howard (segmento "Cool Air")

- Maude (1972, 1 episodio) como Phyllis 'Bunny' Nash

- Las calles de San Francisco (1973, 1 episodio) como Anna Slovatzka Marshall

- El nuevo show de Dick Van Dyke (1973-1974, 3 episodios) como Margot Brighton

- Cannon (1975, episodio "Lady on the Run") como Linda Merrick

- La mujer biónica (1976, 1 episodio) como Ann Sommers / Chris Stuart

- Los misterios de Eddie Capra (1978, 1 episodio)

- Fantasy Island (1978-1984, 3 episodios) como Mildred Koster / Kathy Moreau / Professor Smith-Myles

- The Love Boat (1979, 2 episodios) como Eleanor Gardner

- Los buscadores (miniserie de 1979) como Peggy Kent

- Flamingo Road (1980-1982, 38 episodios) como Eudora Weldon

- Knight Rider (1983, 1 episodio) como Elizabeth Knight

- Magnum, PI (1984-1987, 2 episodios) como Phoebe Sullivan / Ann Carrington

- Murder, She Wrote (1987, 1 episodio) como Eva Taylor

- Los corazones son salvajes (1992, 1 episodio) como Caroline Thorpe

- All My Children (1992-1994, 35 episodios recurrentes) como Nola Orsini

- La ley de Burke (1995, 1 episodio) como la jueza Marian Darrow

- The Outer Limits (1998, 1 episodio) como Barbara Matheson

- 7th Heaven (1997-2007, 10 episodios) como Ruth Camden.

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Rush

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True Dare Kiss  -  BBC One -  June 28, 2007 - August 2, 2007

Drama (6 episodes)

Running Time:  60 minutes

Stars:

Pooky Quesnel as Nita McKinnon

Lorraine Ashbourne as Beth Sweeney

Paul Hilton as Dennis Tyler

Paul McGann as Nash McKinnon

Dervla Kirwan as Phillipa Tyler

Esther Hall as Alice Tyler

Brendan Coyle as Kaz Sweeney

Ciarán McMenamin as Bryce Waghorn

David Bradley as Stanley Tyler

Supporting cast

Elliott Tittensor as JJ

Samantha Blakey as Lola

Helen Moon as Nancy

Nick Fletcher as Dougie

Nicky Bell as Ethan

Carlton Dickinson as Georgie

Anji Kreft as Lois

Martin Wenner as Sven

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Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and civil rights activist. She is perhaps best known for originating the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of A Raisin in the Sun (1961). Her other notable film roles include The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), and Do the Right Thing (1989).

For her performance as Mahalee Lucas in American Gangster (2007), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Female Actor in a Supporting Role.

She was a Grammy, Emmy, Obie and Drama Desk winner. She was also a National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award recipient.

She was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed, until his death in 2005.

Early life

Dee was born Ruby Ann Wallace on October 27, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Gladys (née Hightower) and Marshall Edward Nathaniel Wallace, a cook, waiter and porter. After her mother left the family, Dee's father remarried, to Emma Amelia Benson, a schoolteacher.

Dee was raised in Harlem, New York. She attended Hunter College High School and went on to graduate from Hunter College with a degree in Romance languages in 1945. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta.

Career

Dee joined the American Negro Theater as an apprentice, working with Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Hilda Simms. She made several appearances on Broadway. Her first onscreen role was in That Man of Mine in 1946. She received national recognition for her role in the 1950 film The Jackie Robinson Story. In 1965, Dee performed in lead roles at the American Shakespeare Festival as Kate in The Taming of the Shrew and Cordelia in King Lear, becoming the first black actress to portray a lead role in the festival. Her career in acting crossed all major forms of media over a span of eight decades, including the films A Raisin in the Sun, in which she recreated her stage role as a suffering housewife in the projects, and Edge of the City. She played both roles opposite Poitier.

During the 1960s, Dee appeared in such politically charged films as Gone Are the Days and The Incident, which is recognized as helping pave the way for young African-American actors and filmmakers. In 1969, Dee appeared in 20 episodes of Peyton Place. She appeared as Cora Sanders, a Marxist college professor, in the Season 1/Episode 14 of Police Woman, entitled “Target Black" which aired on Friday night, January 3, 1975. The character of Cora Sanders was obviously, but loosely, influenced by the real-life Angela Y. Davis. She appeared in one episode of The Golden Girls' sixth season. She played Queen Haley in Roots: The Next Generations, a 1979 miniseries.

Dee was nominated for eight Emmy Awards, winning once for her role in the 1990 TV film Decoration Day. She was nominated for her television guest appearance in the China Beach episode, "Skylark". Her husband Ossie Davis (1917–2005) also appeared in the episode. She appeared in Spike Lee's 1989 film Do the Right Thing, and his 1991 film Jungle Fever.

In 1995, she and Davis were awarded the National Medal of Arts. They were also recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. In 2003, she narrated a series of WPA slave narratives in the HBO film Unchained Memories. In 2007 the winner of the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album was shared by Dee and Ossie Davis for With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together, and former President Jimmy Carter.

Dee was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for her portrayal of Mama Lucas in American Gangster. She won the Screen Actors Guild award for the same performance. At 83 years of age, Dee is currently the second oldest nominee for Best Supporting Actress, behind Gloria Stuart who was 87 when nominated for her role in Titanic. This was Dee's only Oscar nomination.

On February 12, 2009, Dee joined the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College orchestra and chorus, along with the Riverside Inspirational Choir and NYC Labor Choir, in honoring Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday at the Riverside Church in New York City. Under the direction of Maurice Peress, they performed Earl Robinson's The Lonesome Train: A Music Legend for Actors, Folk Singers, Choirs, and Orchestra, in which Dee was the Narrator.

Dee's last role in a theatrically-released film was in the Eddie Murphy comedy A Thousand Words, in which she portrayed the mother of Murphy's protagonist. Perhaps, her penultimate film role is in 1982, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and was released on home video on March 1, 2016. It is unknown whether her final role will ever be seen, as King Dog was in production at the time of her death, and no release date has ever been announced.

Personal life and activism

Ruby Wallace married blues singer Frankie Dee Brown in 1941, and began using his middle name as her stage name. The couple divorced in 1945. Three years later she married actor Ossie Davis, whom she met while costarring in Robert Ardrey's 1946 Broadway play Jeb. Together, Dee and Davis wrote an autobiography in which they discussed their political activism and their decision to have an open marriage (later changing their views). Together they had three children: son, blues musician Guy Davis, and two daughters, Nora Day and Hasna Muhammad. Dee was a breast cancer survivor of more than three decades.

In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Dee's name and picture.

Dee and Davis were well-known civil rights activists. Dee was a member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the NAACP, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Delta Sigma Theta sorority and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1963, Dee emceed the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Dee and Davis were both personal friends of both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, with Davis giving the eulogy at Malcolm X's funeral in 1965. In 1970, she won the Frederick Douglass Award from the New York Urban League.

In 1999, Dee and Davis were arrested at 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the New York Police Department, protesting the police shooting of Amadou Diallo.

In early 2003, The Nation published "Not In My Name", an open proclamation vowing opposition to the impending US invasion of Iraq. Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis were among the signatories, along with Robert Altman, Noam Chomsky, Susan Sarandon and Howard Zinn, among others.

In November 2005 Dee was awarded – along with her late husband – the Lifetime Achievement Freedom Award, presented by the National Civil Rights Museum located in Memphis. Dee, a long-time resident of New Rochelle, New York, was inducted into the New Rochelle Walk of Fame which honors the most notable residents from throughout the community's 325-year history. She was also inducted into the Westchester County Women's Hall of Fame on March 30, 2007, joining such other honorees as Hillary Clinton and Nita Lowey. In 2009, she received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Princeton University.

Death

Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home in New Rochelle, New York, from natural causes at the age of 91. In a statement, Gil Robertson IV of the African American Film Critics Association said, "the members of the African American Film Critics Association are deeply saddened at the loss of actress and humanitarian Ruby Dee. Throughout her seven-decade career, Ms Dee embraced different creative platforms with her various interpretations of black womanhood and also used her gifts to champion for Human Rights. Her strength, courage and beauty will be greatly missed."

“She very peacefully surrendered,” said her daughter Nora Day. “We hugged her, we kissed her, we gave her our permission to go. She opened her eyes. She looked at us. She closed her eyes, and she set sail.” Following her death, the marquee on the Apollo Theater read “A TRUE APOLLO LEGEND RUBY DEE 1922-2014".

Dee was cremated, and her ashes are held in the same urn as that of Davis, with the inscription "In this thing together". A public memorial celebration honoring Dee was held on September 20, 2014, at the Riverside Church in Upper Manhattan.

Work

Filmography

Features:

Short subjects:

Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975)

The Torture of Mothers (1980)

Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)

The Unfinished Journey (1999) (narrator)

The New Neighbors (2009) (narrator)

TelevisionStageDiscography

The Original Read-In for Peace in Vietnam (Folkways Records, 1967)

The Poetry of Langston Hughes (with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, no date, TC 1272)

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (with George Grizzard. Caedmon Records, 1970, TC 1324)

Tough Poems For Tough People (with Ossie Davis and Henry Braun. Caedmon Records, 1972, TC 1396)

To Make A Poet Black: The best poems of Countee Cullen (with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, 1971, TC 1400

To Be A Slave (with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, 1972, TC 2066)

The Lost Zoo, (Caedmon Records, 1978, TC 1539)

Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People's Ears and Other Tales with Ossie Davis. Caedmon Records, 1978, TC 1592)

What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 1: Black Women's Speeches (Folkways, 1977)

What if I am a Woman?, Vol. 2: Black Women's Speeches (Folkways, 1977)

Every Tone a Testimony (Smithsonian Folkways, 2001)

American Short Stories, Vol 2: Various Artists(eav Lexington, no date, LE 7703)

American Short Stories, Vol 3: Various Artists (eav Lexington, no date, LE 7704)

I've got a name, Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1968, CSM 662)

At your own risk, Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1968, CSM 663)

Conflict, Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1969, CSM 816)

Sight lines, Various Artists (Holt's Impact, 1970, SBN 03-071525-3)

Roses & Revolutions, Various Artist (D.S.T. Telecommunications,Inc. Production, 1975)

New Dimensions in Music (with John Cullum. CBS Records, 1976, P 13161)

Awards and nominations

Awards

1961: National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress – A Raisin in the Sun

1971: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – Boesman and Lena

1971: Obie Award for Best Performance by an Actress – Boesman and Lena

1973: Drama Desk Award Outstanding Performance – Wedding Band

1988: Induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame

1991: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie – Decoration Day

1991: Women in Film Crystal Award

1995: National Medal of Arts

2000: Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award

2003: Women of Vision Award - Women in Film & Video-DC

2007: Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album – With Ossie And Ruby: In This Life Together (tied with Jimmy Carter)

2008: African–American Film Critics Best Supporting Actress – American Gangster

2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role – American Gangster

2008: The Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Medal Award

2008: She was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP.

Nominations

1964: Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – The Doctors and the Nurses: Express Stop from Lenox Avenue

1979: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special – Roots: The Next Generations

1988: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special – Lincoln

1990: Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series – China Beach: Skylark

1993: Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series – Evening Shade: They Can't Take That Away from Me

1995: Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Whitewash

2001: Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Little Bill

2002: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Actress – Saint Lucy's Eyes

2003: Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – Little Bill

2008: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – American Gangster

2008: Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – American Gangster

2008: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture – American Gangster

2009: Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Female Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries – America

2010: Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Event – America

Wikipedia

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NY-17 Candidate Catherine Parker Interview (PBP Radio Episode 261)

NY-17 Candidate Catherine Parker Interview (PBP Radio Episode 261)

Black Westchester presents the People Before Politics Radio Show (COVID-19 Check-in Edition) Episode 261 with Damon K. Jones and AJ Woodson and co-hosts Lorraine Lopez. Our guest is NY-17 Congressional Candidate Catherine Parker who is one of 8 candidates running in the June 23rd Democratic primary for Congresswoman Nita Lowey’s seat.

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Last rites for Deaconess Maguerita Ferguson age 69 of Georgetown, Exuma and formerly of Rolletown, Exuma will be held on Saturday 21st March, 2020 at 11:00AM at St. John’s Union Baptist Church in Georgetown, Exuma. Officiating will be Rev. Daniel Morley, assisted by Rev. Lynden Clarke and other Ministers of the Gospel. Interment will follow in Rolle Town Public Cemetery. She was predeceased by her parents Wilmore and Sylvia Rolle. She is survived by her Husband: Pastor Emeritus Rev. Dr. Clemon Ferguson; Children: Elvis, Palma (Brian) Strachan, Idena Rolle, Shanikia, Anwar, McDonald (Sheena) & Ashford (Jaqueline) Ferguson, Siblings: Esther Johnson, Linda, Wilmore Jr., Timothy, Jenny, Duke, Rollins (Boston, Massachusetts), Michael Rolle, Sarah Robinson, Elizabeth Knowles and Christine Rolle. Adopted Sisters: Theresa Black, Mrs. Shelia Brown,  Sharon Beneby, and Zilpha Musgrove, Adopted Children: Patrick Davis, Michelle Cutris, Vincent Adderley, Michelle Armbrister, Karen Deveaux, Octavia Ferguson, Allison Bowe, Machquel Outten, Sherek Taylor and Whitfield Munroe, Grand Children: Raul & Reheem Ferguson, Lexton, Alden &, Alexia Strachan, Tyler Rolle, Gio, Dyontae & Jamal, AJ and A’sha Ferguson, Clydia & Anfernee Tate, Great-grand child: Raniyah Charlton, Sisters-in-laws: Lucia and Betsylee Rolle, Berthamae Bowe, Monique Romer, Sambriana Walkine, Andrea Ferguson, Vanderlyn Stubbs (Atlanta, Georgia), Bertha Bullard, Martha Ferguson, Betty Romer and Ledoris Ferguson, Brothers-in-laws: Edmund Johnson, Charles Robinson,  Philip Knowles, and  Prince, Derek, and Stanley Romer, Gladstone & Nathan Ferguson, Sunny Walkine and Adrian Stubbs, Niece and nephews: Kelson, Elton, Shonell, Antonio, Erica, Monique, Stephen, Kevin, Darren, Nicoya, Lorraine, Ashton, Ashley, Ajanay, Jeremy, Denise, Sophia, Kimberley, Melissa, Nya, Kyanna, Michael Jr., Keanna, Kyle, Courtney, Ryan,  Brenda, Kenny, Keenan, Bradley, Omar, Sheena, Gia, Adrian, Vanessa, Magnolia, Nelda, Etta, Simone, Colette, Tyrone, Hollis, Wade, Emitt, Garvin, Eula, Avanell, Madonna, Jacquelyn, Blanch, Tiffany, Mannx, Lindsey, Vasco, Winifred, Iris, Norma, Kimberley, Hilda, Katina, Aileen, Monique, Alicia, Trinette, Sandy, Teresine, Kristen, Nita, Stephanie (Rev. Wilton McKenzie), Daphne, Arthur, Sonia, Jennifer, Cleotha, Nyoche, Jarred, Kelvin, Kenneth, Patrick and Darrell, Aunt & Uncles: Henrietta, Mildred, Frances & Aaron Rolle, Cousins: Norma, Frances, Jacqueline, Lamar, Flavia, Rosetta, Stephen, Hillary, Devon, Soloman, John, Maurice, David, Dentry, Elmore, Hilton, Wilton, Samuel and Jason, Sheena, and Nell, God-children: Teeka Thompson, Elton Johnson, Michael Taylor, Veronica Smith-Jarreth, Cleave Bowe, Renyelle Romer, Pedro Minnis, and Sammyah Smith, Caregiver: Amanda Robinson, A host of other relatives and friends: Rev. Daniel Morley& Family, Mr. & Mrs. Black, Mrs. Shelia Brown, Maxine Curling & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Bethel & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Willard Cunningham & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Theophilus Cox & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Randy Musgrove & Family, Rebecca & J.T Thomas & Family, Ferne Miller, Steve Ampleman & Angelique Guerlin, Stephane Blouin & Marie-Claude Ratte,  Mark and Stephenie, Rev. Garth Rolle, Rev. Franklin McKenzie, Rev. Lynden Clarke & Family, Rev. Kendal & Juanita McKenzie, Rev. Hueton Rolle, Rev. John Rolle & Family, Rev. Adam Brown & Family, Retta Dames & Family, Jeannymae Rolle & Family, Jessie Rolle & Family, Priscilla Morley & Family, Shirley Marshall & Family, Clifford Strachan & Family, Milton Strachan & Family, Mary Dames & Family, Angela Bethel & Family, Mr. & Mrs. Kendal Mcphee & Family, Linda Johnson & Family, Lerlean Mckenzie & Family, Deaconess Elisemae Smith & Family, the entire St. John Baptist Church Family, Mount Carmel Baptist Church Family, & Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Family and the Rolle Town & Forbes Hill Communities. The body will repose on Friday at Curtis Memorial Mortuary – Ramsey, Exuma at 1:00PM and at the church on Saturday from 10:00AM until service time. The post Maguerita Ferguson | Funeral Service appeared first on The Nassau Guardian. source https://thenassauguardian.com/2020/03/19/maguerita-ferguson-funeral-service/

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Wanting to get out of Mikes Brewery before the hoardes descended on Saturday morning Sarah and I set off on the next part of the Safari. The plan was to meet at the Kawaroa Park on the waterfront in New Plymouth where Dave had received special permission from the local council for the group to camp over and above the 15 allotted spots for freedom campers.

On our arrival it quickly became apparent that our motorhome like some others in the group would not fit in one of the allotted spaces anyway as these are designed for motorhomes not much bigger than a car rather than ones that stretch to 9 metres and beyond. As we had arrived here first we parked across 2 spaces in the row down from the designated area.

I am not sure to be thankful or not but as the weather was less than accommodating the carpark was basically empty  so as the other safari members rolled in we were able to form two lines across the car park and somewhat dominated the carpark area.

With the motorhome settled we decided to head off for a quick explore of the area. With the coastal walkway running right past the parking area we decided to head right towards the port. It was an enjoyable walk even if rain was seriously threatening with lots to see and something I would recommend that you do if visiting this area.

With most of us settled in and a break in the weather Sarah started having a chat to some of the other freedom campers, sadly the conversation with one of them about drunken youths in the carpark and playground next door the previous night made her feel very uncomfortable especially after our recent night at the Mangakawa Reserve.

Staying on a Friday or Saturday night wasn’t really an option for Sarah so leaving the rest of the group to it we moved to the new NZMCA Park at Bell Block. The weather really wasn’t playing it’s part so it was a great chance to catch up on some domestic chores around the motorhome and write the first of my blogs about this safari as the rain continued to bucket down.

The Park at Bell Block has only recently been opened and makes the 36th Park we have visited out of 43 so we are slowly getting there but will need to get back to south island to complete things. One thing that this Park has that no other Park we have encountered does and that’s clearly defined parking spaces. With each camping area bordered with two white posts laying flat in the ground that you park between. This innovation will make it a lot easier to use the reservation system and will stop people taking over more space than they should. 10 out of 10 for this.

This is the first time we have been in an NZMCA Park since the space reservation system came in and it was interesting to see a few spaces had been reserved. In this park where spaces are clearly defined it’s easy to see the system working well but I think it will be much harder in the other parks where lines can get blurred.

When we arrived at the park there were plenty of available spaces in the Park but as evening approached and I got out to take a few photos the Park had almost filled with only around 4 spaces left. I am not sure of the capacity but it certainly looked like a lot of campers here.

The following morning with the sun peaking through the clouds it was out with the bikes early to take advantage of the dry start to the day. We also figured if we left early enough that we could get down to where the others were and maybe join them for a ride. It’s just a short ride down De Havilland Drive (where the park is located) to the start of the cycle trail down towards the beachfront. The work done by the council in developing this cycle way is fantastic with a smooth mostly concrete path for most of the way making for easy riding.

Arriving at the new Te Rewa Rewa Bridge we managed to capture these shots of the mountain framed through the span of the bridge. It was just as well we got this shot when we did as when we rode back with the others the mountain was obscured by cloud and remained so for pretty much the rest of the time we stayed in New Plymouth.

Arriving back at the Kawaroa Park we found the others just about ready too head off on their cycles. Turns out they would have departed half an hour before we got there but one of the people staying in the official freedom camping area had complained to the council about the group staying there. The person who came down from the council was actually the one who granted the exemption so it was quickly sorted.  We rejoined the group for their bike ride along the coastal trail. It was great that the weather had lifted enough allowing this group ride.

Heading first back towards the port and beyond where Dave pointed out to us the very first oil well sunk in the area. For those that don’t know the whole area around the port is oil and gas rich with oil seeping out of the ground across large areas here. Whilst the original oil well is no longer operating there was one at the port that was creating some interest among the group.

All seven of us on this bike ride had different types of E Bikes and whilst it’s a flat and level ride it’s good to have the power if you need it or if like Roger have had one hip and two knee replacements because you can still get out and about and enjoy the great ride. From the port we headed back towards Bell Block first passing the Wind Wand a very interesting sculpture that gets all bent and twisted depending on the strength of the wind. It was here that we came across John and Lorraine another couple from our group who have proper bikes and had ridden away before the rest of the group departed.

The coastal trail also takes you past a number of other installations including one that has 4 smaller wands, the mirror curve you can see in the photo and a number of other smaller sculptures so if you aren’t too busy trying not to knock down one of the hundreds of people out walking the trail you can take the time to admire the works people have created.

There is a part of the trail that dips down closer to the sea that they actually close during extreme weather due to the danger of people being backwashed of the path. Nita was telling us that when they did the test run on this safari she actually took an unwelcome shower from one rather large wave as they rode through this area.

With a group of riders it’s difficult to measure your pace to the slowest if you aren’t used to it and Dave, Neale and myself found ourselves riding ahead of the rest and then waiting for the group to catch up. This did have the advantage of putting myself in a position to capture some photos of the group arriving at various destinations along the route.

One thing I did discover along the route was another of the freedom camping areas offered by the local council at the Waiwhakaiho River Mouth. Although they have closed half of the carpark to campers there is still a large area available. It was interesting to see also a number of people out whitebaiting along the riverbank. We asked them how many they had caught with the answer that today was quite disappointing it is however usually a very reliable spot according to the fishers.

From here we rode through to the end of the coastal walkway where we farewell the others and then returned upwards to Bell Block and back to the motorhome. The next two nights were to be in New Plymouth with the chance to visit some of the local gardens that are open during the garden festival. In the next blog we move to another location that I will cover along with some of the gardens that we get to visit.

As I mentioned previously there are 11 motorhome couples traveling on this safari a couple of them we have met before and that includes Den and Bren who were with us on our trip around the East Cape to the opening of the new NZMCA Park in Te Araroa. They are the oldest couple on the safari by age but Den is easily the youngest at heart. Their motorhome is a Mitsubishi Fuso they brought earlier this year to replace their aging Nissan Civilian.

Rose and Wayne hail from Tauranga and have had their current Trailite motorhome for 7 years. The design of this van is really spacious inside in fact so spacious we have had a couple of happy hours inside when the weather has been less than ideal.

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Camping at NZMCA Park Bell Block Wanting to get out of Mikes Brewery before the hoardes descended on Saturday morning Sarah and I set off on the next part of the Safari.

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Passion for Fashion by mkrish featuring earring jewelry

RtA brown long sleeve top, 12,560 INR / RE/DONE re done jeans, 37,055 INR / IRO slouchy booties, 36,080 INR / Lauren Lorraine peep toe ankle bootie, 8,385 INR / Tumi Nita Commuter Briefcase, 28,345 INR / Of Rare Origin earring jewelry, 94,265 INR / Alexis bittar ring, 16,575 INR / MAHA LOZI ring, 13,160 INR / Mercedes Salazar earrings, 8,775 INR / Kendra Scott 14 karat gold necklace, 12,675 INR

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Curse of the Crimson Altar | Vernon Sewell | 1968

Mark Eden, Derek Tansley, Lita Scott, Nita Lorraine, Denys Peek, Nicholas Head, Barbara Steele

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I’m a sucker for a girl in a towel....Nita Lorraine