Until We Meet Again
I can't believe it's over! A whole year of planning and just like that, the Gullah Festival weekend has come and gone. It's strange. As tired as we are leading up to the festival, you would think we/the volunteers, who have been working so hard, would be too tired to do anything. But the opposite always happens. We are energized by your smiles and your excitement. When we see your buses pull up, vans loading for tours, crowds watching the entertainment, people walking through the Lest We Forget walk through museum & the Vendor Market, etc... it just makes our hearts glad! (I had to stop making a video just so I could dance with you...at least for a few minutes! That's the kind of energy I'm talking about!)
You only turn 40 once! We had to do something special to commemorate this awesome accomplishment. It started with a conversation in a living room and forty years later, we are still bringing edutainment to the masses and we are not stopping. Your loyalty and continued participation encourage us to keep working hard to keep the Gullah culture alive all over the world. There is so much that people still don't know so we ALL still have work to do. We will continue to post on Instagram, Facebook and our YouTube channel. You can help by following us on all platforms and subscribing to our YouTube channel. That would really help us a lot. We rely on grants and other funding to make the festival happen so the more engagement we have, the better. (If you missed the festival closing fireworks, you can watch the video posted on Instagram.) Shout out to the young lady who helped me go LIVE for the fireworks!
In closing, I just want to say thank you! Thank you for supporting us over the years. You are more appreciated than you know. We look forward to seeing all of you Memorial Day weekend 2026! I pray for your health and strength until we meet again!
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I've been wondering how events like the Gullah Festival manage to create such a sense of community and celebration. It seems like every year, there's a renewed sense of energy, even after all the hard work leading up to it. I recently ran into an interesting resource while trying to learn more about how events keep their loyal participants engaged, and it mentioned the idea of how to play Chillies Trio. What do you think keeps people coming back year after year?
Gotta say, it’s wild how quickly the festival came and went this year. I had a blast at the Vendor Market, and it really got me thinking about how memorable experiences can spark so much joy. Just the other day, I found myself reminiscing and wanted to play Fairy Wings. How did your festival experience go?
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Reading https://fremovebg.com/ made me smile, thinking about how the volunteers' exhaustion must have turned into pure energy from all that excitement. I love that you had to pause making a video just to join in the dancing. It sounds like the 40th anniversary was truly something special to commemorate.