PRIME MINISTER’S WIFE TO ATTEND BAHAMAS INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION IN D.C

**Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis and Mrs. Patricia Minnis**

.WASHINGTON, D.C., July 11, Mrs. Patricia Minnis, wife of the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, will “be in attendance” at the reception being held in Washington, D.C., on Friday, July 12, as one of the events celebrating the 46^th anniversary of The Bahamas’ attainment of independence from Great Britain, The Bahamas Embassy Consular Annex announced on its Facebook page on Thursday.

“Mrs. Minnis will be bringing special remarks and presenting our honourees with tokens of appreciation,” the Embassy Consular Annex said.

Sensational Bahamian entertainer Lady E will perform at the reception.

Guests the reception, which is being held at the InterContinental Hotel Washington, D.C. — The Wharf, 801 Wharf Street, S.W., are in for a special treat with a performance by Lady E, the sensational Bahamian entertainer known as the Road Fever Queen.

Lady E previously was a member of the world-renowned Bahamas Youth Choir and was the lead vocalist for popular bands such as Visage and Ting Um Dem before embarking on a solo career.

As a solo artist, she debuted with her Junkanoo Carnival hit “For You”, which was featured by Disney for the series Scrubs. She is also very well known for her super hit “My Islands in the Sun,” featuring Ira Storr.

Guests at the reception will be welcomed by His Excellency Sidney Collie, Bahamas Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the OAS, and Mr. Theo Neilly, Bahamas Consul General to Washington, D.C.

The 46th Independence Anniversary celebrations in the Washington, D.C. area got underway on Saturday afternoon, July 6, with a Bahamian-style cookout and picnic at Cosca Regional Park in Clinton, Maryland. Bahamians in diaspora in the Washington metropolitan area were joined by a number of friends of The Bahamas and some Bahamians visiting D.C. to enjoy an array of Bahamian cuisine at the well-attended event.

The celebration continued on Sunday, July 7, with the annual Independence Church Service at Our Father’s House Ministries Center, 2598 Business Park Center in Waldorf, Maryland, where Rev. Dr. B Spencer Brozozog II, a Bahamian, is the pastor.

A premier showing of the movie CARGO by Bahamian Kareem Mortimer at Landmark’s E Street Cinema, 555 11th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. on Tuesday July 9 was included in the independence celebrations.