{"id":24490,"date":"2011-05-31T00:32:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T04:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=24490"},"modified":"2011-05-31T00:32:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T04:32:05","slug":"50th-anniversary-ambassador-bockarie-stevens-and-team-steal-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=24490","title":{"rendered":"50th Anniversary : Ambassador Bockarie Stevens and team steal the show"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was indeed a fitting climax to a memorable 50th Anniversary celebration and the glory to steal the show fell on the man President Ernest Bai Koroma sent to the United States to be what everybody is now hailing as the People\u2019s Ambassador. You can love the man or hate him, but one thing you will admit without hesitation is that Ambassador Bockarie Stevens is excellent. He knows how to excel . One of the sons of the former President of Sierra Leone, the late Dr. Siaka Stevens, knows how to organize anything to bring people together in the cause of the nation and yesterday he did it again. \u00a0Last night\u2019s 50th Anniversary Banquet and Awards Night staged by the Ambassador with the help of his competent staff at the Sierra Leone Embassy to the U.S. and the Jubilee Celebrations Organizing Committee easily climaxed into a master class that was the best occasion in the whole celebrations . It was the most dramatic finale to a successful jubilee that saw record-beating events staged in many parts of America, especially New Jersey.\u00a0 (Photo: Ambassador Stevens (In white gown ), Ambassador Conteh (Right ) and some of the dignitaries)<\/em><\/p>\n

Everybody who has a stake in the destiny of Sierra Leone was there last night; from foreign diplomats \u00a0to Sierra Leone\u2019s Ambassadors and diplomats assigned in Africa and Europe , to retired peace corps volunteers, to prospective investors, \u00a0to representatives of all the political parties in Sierra Leone, to Sierra Leone\u2019s intellectuals in the continental U.S, to supporters of President Ernest Koroma; to distinguished citizens from all walks of life in America, to musicians, young, aspiring artists \u00a0and journalists and to everybody who sensed a grand event in the making and decided to be there to be part of history. A man blessed with the ability never to be awed by any event, however huge, Ambassador Stevens towered over it all with his splendid organizational skills , humour , inclusiveness , congeniality \u00a0and that lovable spirit that is his hallmark and with the help of his staff and the Committee , made everybody in the hall experience the thrill of a well-organized program carefully put together to sizzle . This is a program that will be spoken about for generations to come. Held\u00a0at the Martin Crosswinds, 7400 Greenway Center Drive, Greenbelt, Maryland, the Banquet and Awards Night was too exciting for the right adjectives to describe it. The show had everything. There was plenty to eat and drink, brilliant company, \u00a0eye-popping fashions and of course enjoyment (dancing ).<\/p>\n

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Ambassador Bockarie Stevens addressing the crowd<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mrs Musu Stevens, the Ambassador praised his wife for giving him support<\/p><\/div>\n

Credit was also given to the Ambassador and his team credit for their marvelous work.\u00a0 Below are full \u00a0names of the members of the Organizing Committee :<\/p>\n

Ambassador Bockarie K. Stevens<\/address>\n
Ambassador Ibrahim S. Conteh<\/address>\n
Ambassador Rassie Kargbo<\/address>\n
Sheku Misali<\/address>\n
Saspo I. Conteh<\/address>\n
Alan C.E. Logan<\/address>\n
Elizabeth Foray<\/address>\n
Mohamed L. Bah<\/address>\n
Alimamy Bangura<\/address>\n
Jeneba Bishop<\/address>\n
Mohamed Koya Bangura<\/address>\n
Bernadette Kamara Bangura<\/address>\n
Nanah F. Bangura<\/address>\n
Rev. Gloria Cline-Smythe<\/address>\n
Francis A. Conteh<\/address>\n
Alhaji Deeney Davies<\/address>\n
Yaya Fanusi<\/address>\n
Kwame Fitzjohn<\/address>\n
Eric Johnny<\/address>\n
Abdul Bero Kamara<\/address>\n
Bernadette Kamara<\/address>\n
Morlai Kamara<\/address>\n
Hassan Kamara<\/address>\n
Giileh Kebbie Scholz<\/address>\n
Daniel Koroma<\/address>\n
Mabinty Koroma<\/address>\n
Dorothy Dinkins Marah<\/address>\n
Lucy Nahim<\/address>\n
Suna Nallo<\/address>\n
Audrey Pabs-Garnon<\/address>\n
John Sandy<\/address>\n
Tejan Savage<\/address>\n
Victor Tarmoh<\/address>\n
Yolanda Thompson<\/address>\n
Patricia Omo Thorpe-Finney<\/address>\n
Mariama Turay<\/address>\n
Rev. Yvonne Washington Turay<\/address>\n
David Vandy<\/address>\n
Abubakarr Wurie\u00a0<\/address>\n

By Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the UN, New York, USA<\/em><\/p>\n

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