Museum Day 2001 There goes the Moustache 2001 saw the 10th Anniversary of the Museum's Opening and it was decided that the Museum Day this year would be when the Museum would celebrate this milestone. In life we all have to make sacrifices for good causes. Since the age of 18 the Museum Director, Nigel Sadler, had had a moustache, in fact for half of his life. Due to peer pressure: its amazing how many friends had wanted him to shave it off, he decided that it would Face painting take a good cause for this to happen. Well, he hit upon the idea of a sponsored shave, with all money raised going towards the Museum Endowment Fund, and what better occasion could there be to do it than the 10th anniversary of the Museum opening. The event raised $600. The moustache shaving was the last “event” that took place during the Turks and Caicos National Museum's 10th anniversary. Earlier the visitors had been entertained by a performance from Eliza Simons Cultural Show by David Bowen Primary School. But probably the highlight of the day was the Cultural show put on by David Bowen, supported by his wife Beth, Dennis “Foots” Penn, Jedrick Taylor and Andrea Bean of the Museum. David performed storytelling and along with his colleagues performed several well-known local songs. At the end he was joined on stage by some of the Children from the audience who danced with the performers. Throughout the day the Museum sold sweets and biscuits made by Museum Assistant Andrea Been, hot dogs and gave away free sodas to the Children, which had been donated by Mr Durham, a long time supporter of the Museum. The entertainment ended with a performance by Mitch Rollins. Mitch performed a special rendition of “Message In A Bottle” by the 1970s and 1980s pop group The Police to mark the forthcoming launch of the first 25 bottles as part of the Museum “Message In A Bottle” project. visitor's to the Museum had been given tours of the garden, the Museum building and the research building. During the tours they learned about the work that the museum is doing. The day had also seen a Children’s quiz, with questions based on the Museum Exhibits. The winners were Leigh-Marie Jagroup and Jernica Williams and the runners up were John R S Taylor, III and Cyre Ferguson, who were presented with their prizes at school during the following week. Contents of this story: Turks and Caicos National Museum Printed from Turks and Caicos National Museum (http://www.tcmuseum.org). Printed On: Sunday, July 20th, 2008