GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (November 29, 2002)— Three cable TV stations in the North of St. Martin will celebrate St. Martin’s Thanksgiving Day on December 1, 2002 with a lively cultural feature broadcast.
The television feature is called Culture, the roots of us all, first aired in 1997 as a live panel discussion about the roots and development of the St. Martin culture on St. Maarten Cable TV, Ch. 15.
The Thanksgiving Day 2002 program will air on MSR Cable TV at 8 am and 5 pm, on AAA Cable TV in French Quarter at 7 pm, and on Sandy Ground Cable TV at 8 pm—all on Sunday, December 1.
Shujah Reiph and Fabian Badejo hosted the unprecedented televised discussion. The panel consisted of Lasana M. Sekou, Alex Richards, Drisana Jack, Daniella Jeffry, Clara Reyes and Louis Laveist.
Organized by the Conscious Lyrics Foundation, the program was high touted in 1997 as the most mature and informative televised discussion on St. Martin culture to that date. Conscious Lyrics is also coordinating the Thanksgiving Day 2002 broadcast with the generous participation of the three cable TV public access channels.