Comments on: BDOT Promotion: Gombeys Perform in Baltimore

By: Gombey fan

Gombey fan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:51:15 +0000

Actually it does work! Those who go through it and are there can tell you that it does work! U all make it seem like dancing gombeys are easy! Let me see you entertain ppl for 30min in a suit.. U think it’s that easy to just pick up a drum and just play? U ppl need to wake up and talk about things that really matter…

By: Gombey fan

Gombey fan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:47:17 +0000

Gombey are dancers who perform! What are you talking about

By: Gombey fan

Gombey fan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:45:32 +0000

Dept of tourist and dept of edu r two different dept! How can u be so negative when the island is trying to do something right.. Like u said it’s unknown to you so you shouldn’t speak out on things your not sure of

By: Gombey fan

Gombey fan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:40:49 +0000

Hello have you ever been on a trip with the gombeys? No! Cause if you did you would know that they do advertise our pink sand,hotels and our beaches! S speak for yourself

By: Gombey fan

Gombey fan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:36:15 +0000

Huh
Little do you know that gombeys has bought so many tourist to Bermuda! Might be repitition to you when you see gombeys but for the first time seeing them you are amazed by a number of things! Appreciate what you have and give credit where credit is do

By: BDAconserv

BDAconserv — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:29:02 +0000

As i was looking through BDANEWS, i stumbled upon this article. The first thing that came to my mind was; what a waste of money this ” promotion ” was, if we can call it that. The only difference between the cultural aspect of the ” native american indian ” and ” DE GOMBEY”, is the fact that, our so called gombey, is not ours. We adapted it for some reason; still unknown to me! Obviously the gombey has African roots, yet we so called Bermudians strive to make it ours.

lastly, will the department of tourism please stand up? Who do we have working in the department of tourism? Anyone with a brain? i mean, c’mon , cant think of anythnig better that piss poor idea.

PROBLEM NUMBER 1 = LACK OF EDUCATION.

By: Gombeys Scare People

Gombeys Scare People — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:45:08 +0000

Sorry folks, but if I was in Baltimore or Atlanta and saw the dancing balls of yarn, I would freak out and NOT want to go to Bermuda. I understand they are our heritage, but honestly, not many people get it. Bring some pink sand or videos of our beautiful water and beaches…not these odd dancers/performers/yarn wearers… NYC doesn’t promote tourism there by having Native Americans dancing around scalping people or trying to get it to rain. Just a thought…

By: bernews

bernews — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:23:20 +0000

Got it, its today…

“Come by the Mall at Peachtree Center on Wednesday, March 23rd from 8AM to 6PM, where representatives from Bermuda will be bringing a taste of the island to Atlantans and highlighting how easy it is to get to Bermuda with AirTran’s new nonstop daily flights from Atlanta Hartsfield (ATL) launching on May 26, 2011 – it’s under three hours away! We’ll have live island music and dance performances, tons of prizes and one lucky person that stops by will win a 3-night, 4-day trip to Bermuda including airfare on AirTran Airways and deluxe hotel accommodations at Tucker’s Point Hotel and Spa.”

By: Arthur Raynor - Atlanta

Arthur Raynor - Atlanta — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:20:17 +0000

Will do the photo shoot for Bernews if possible.
BTW..A few weeks ago I heard about a possible Bermuda Tourism event planned for Atlanta and I made contact with the Bda Dept Tourism and was told that the event was closed to the public and for Travel Agents only.
I wonder if this is the same event.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:01:43 +0000

I agree with the above difference between ‘dance’ & ‘performance’. In a performance entertainers will keep you interested for at least half an hour with whatever it is that they do.

In all seriousness, once you have seen gombeys for 30 seconds, you have…well…seen the gombeys. They are not going to do anything different than they did in the first 30 seconds of dancing. Nothing is choreographed. Each is doing his own thing. After 30 seconds it is plain old boring. In this sound bite, video clip world of people with very short attention spans gombeys & repetitive drums are nothing to all except a few Bermudians. It is the same for N American indian cultural events. Very little interest past a couple minutes except for those who have a cultural connection.

Been there. Seen it. Watched the average person walk away.

Visitors have very little interest in cultural tourism anyway. They want a clean updated room, good service, good food, things to do & all at a price that they don’t feel ripped off.

By: bernews

bernews — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:09:16 +0000

We asked BDOT for the Atlanta info, and will hopefully post that up. Then we will bother you to sneak us a few pics lol…

By: W.T.F.???

W.T.F.??? — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:15:04 +0000

Bunch of Gombeys

By: Arthur Raynor - Atlanta

Arthur Raynor - Atlanta — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:06:08 +0000

Would love to come out and show my Bermudian support for the Atlanta event but alas…they gave no location for the 22-24 event this week.

By: PEPPER

PEPPER — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:25:17 +0000

The gombeys have been tried all over the world to promote bermuda…enough of these so called dancers…………Hello… it does not work anymore !!!!!!!!!!

By: Ian Walker

Ian Walker — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:15:02 +0000

Great to see the Gombeys dancing in Baltimore. I lived in that area for 6 years and worked at the National Aquarium. Well done Dept of Tourism for hitting the DC, Baltimore, Annapolis Market!

By: Truth is killin' me...

Truth is killin' me... — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:14:53 +0000

@hmmm…stop making a performance out of it!!!

By: hmmm

hmmm — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:08:36 +0000

Can we use the word “dance” instead of “perform”? In many cases today, the gombeys do dance for crowds such as this baltimore one. But using words like “perform” ignores their culturally significant and very relvant history. A history in which it was a dance, not a “performance”. Tourism is a complicated thing, as far as its effects, but since I still see gombeys out on boxing day, new years, 24the of may, they are a living, dancing relic. NOT performers!