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The Festival Event of the Year in Kumasi
* April 28, 2004
Book your Room at Four Villages
Inn now before we Fill Up!
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durbar of chiefs, queen mothers and people of Asanteman will be held on
Sunday May 9 at the Kumasi Sports Stadium to climax the celebration of
the Akwasidae Kese Festival. The Adae Kese Festival provides an occasion
for communion with the ancestors as well as the re-union of families. The
last Adae Kese was held in 1991. |
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Kese gives the opportunity to all chiefs in the domain of the of
Asante to renew their allegiance to the Asantehene, occupant of the Golden
Stool. This year's Akwasidae Kese is being celebrated under the theme:
"Asanteman Adae Kese: Promoting Traditional Leadership For Accelerated
Development." It coincides with the fifth anniversary celebration of the
enstoolment of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as the 16th King of the Asante
Kingdom. A special attraction of the durbar will be the display of the
Golden Stool, which is rarely seen in the public. |
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Other activities
include custom and traditional purification rites at some ancestral areas;
gospel music show; concert party show; drama; children's day (a Special
Kyekyekule); Asantehene's party for children; photo exhibition on Asantehene's
reign; cooking competition; food fair; Asante cultural exposition; indoor
games; Asantehene's golf cup competition and distribution of sponsored
dictionaries to selected schools. |
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scheduled are events lined up for: Special Soccer Contest for Asantehene's
Trophy by Kumasi Asante Kotoko, King Faisal, Obuasi Goldfields and Berekum
Arsenals; Awards and Dinner Dance to award deserving personalities and
an inter-denominational thanksgiving service on Sunday May 23 at Dwaberem,
Manhyia to end the celebrations. Click
Here for a Calendar of Activities
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Four Villages Inn Does It Again! ~ 2003
Tourism Award * April 16, 2004
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Villages Inn wins the Ghana Tourist Board "Guest House of the Year"
Award for 2003. Yes, we've done it again. We are two time winners of this
prestigious award, having won it at the last awards ceremony held in 2002.
the Award reads: This award is given to the accommodation establishment
which has exquisite, individually decorated facilities, excellent food,
warm service and peaceful surroundings."
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and Charity Scott are shown here accepting the award. |
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Get Your V.A.T. Receipt when in Ghana *
April 14, 2004
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VAT Receipt (Value Added Tax) ensures that the government receives the
taxes collected, while an "Official Receipt" from a business does not.
Be sure to always insist on having your government VAT Receipt, whether
for lodging or meals. At Four Villages Inn, this is our own small effort
to support national development. |
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government's slogan "... a few drops make a mighty nation" makes a lot
of sense. |
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Scott Trade Institute Caters Prestigious
Funeral * April 10, 2004
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the SCOTT TRADE INSTITUTE had the honour of catering the food and drink
service for an enormous funeral, commemorating the passing of Odeneho Oduro
Nunapau II, the Omanhene of Essmeja Traditional Area - Asanteman Benkumhene
and former President of the National House of Chiefs in Ghana. Shown in
the photo is the Queen Mother, Nana Adwoa Obro Pokuaa Ynankopon II (the
Essumehahemaa) dressed in mourning cloth and presiding over the funeral
ceremonies. |
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TRADE INSTITUTE offers catering services for large or small events under
the supervision of founder, Charity Scott who is a Canadian trained professional
chef. Advert
for Catering Services |
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A Poem from the Allen's of Philadelphia
* March 17, 2004
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| Here's
what recent guests Ronnie and Herbert Allen of Philadelphia, PA wrote in
our guestbook: |
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| An architectural gem
is Four Villages Inn, |
| Best guesthouse of the
year it deserves to win. |
| Lovingly decorated to
reflect Ghanaian pride, |
| Chris and Charity fill
the roles of host and guide. |
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VILLAGES INN gave the Allens the royal treatment. They were picked up at
their hotel in Accra and driven in airconditioned comfort back to Kumasi.
And for the next three days they saw the sights of Kumasi and surroundings.
Then they were driven to Cape Coast where they are pictured being dropped
off at the Elimina Beach Hotel near Cape Coast. AND ALL THIS WITHOUT A
HITCH! |
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Scott Trade institute Links to Prof. Anne
Bailey * March 17, 2004
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out the Outreach page of the Anne C. Bailey (Fulbright Scholar and Author)
web site at www.annecbailey.com.
Anne is a social activist who has taken a special interest in Charity's
non-profit school. |
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Collins Illustrated Birds of Western &
Central Africa * March 16, 2004
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To accompany
the three pairs of binoculars at your disposal, we now have a copy of the
above title so you can quickly identify species observed. A big thank you
goes to Dr. Gail and Dan Mitchner of Alberta, Canada (avid birdwatchers
themselves) who recommended and sent the book. Though we don't have a copy
of the National Audubon Society's Field Guide to African Wildlife, it too
has an excellent birdlist as well as comprehensive galleries of mammals,
reptiles and habitats: available for about US$16.00 through Amazon.com. |
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New Website Page for Senfi School *
March 11, 2004
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to our school have been so popular that we decided to add a special page
to the Four Villages Inn website to showcase this community project. We
will also use this feature to update news about the school, expansions
and our students' scholastic achievement. Click on the banner to visit
Senfi. |
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Ambassador from Japan at Four Villages Inn
* March 9, 2004
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VILLAGES INN was proud to recently host Her Excellency, Kazuko Asai. Her
comment on the guestbook reads:
"Best hotel in Ghana I have ever stayed." |
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Harriet Fulbright Visits Tamale *
March 6, 2004
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| In Ghana
to receive an honourary degree at the University of Development Studies,
Tamale, Mrs. Harriet Fulbright of Fulbright scholarship fame, stayed at
FOUR VILLAGES INN on her way back to Accra. Her comment in the guestbook
reads: "Thank You for a lovely, copmfortable stay." |
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was organized by the American Embassy in Accra who often book their VIP
visitors at FOUR VILLAGES INN. |
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Canadian High Commissioner at FVI *
March 6, 2004
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again FOUR VILLAGES INN has hosted the Canadian High Commissioner, but
this time with a difference. He was accompanied by his wife Ghislaine and
his 81 year old mother Claire Bolduc, who wrote in our guest book: |
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"Very nice place, I enjoyed
it alot and everything is perfect. Thank You for your kindness."
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A Sad Farewell * March 3,
2004
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At the
end of Februry, host Chris attended a farewell party for Mr. Mahmood Noman,
assistant country director of the British Council, Ghana. When visiting
Kumasi over the past three years, Mahmood called FOUR VILLAGES INN his
"KUMASI HOME". FOUR VILLAGES INN presented him with a four hook coat hanger
made in a traditional Ghanaian fashion "to hang up those winter clothes
when he again heads for Ghana or elsewhere in the tropics." Mahmood is
taking up a senior post at head office in London, that will see him working
in the IT sector in 110 countries and 220 cities. GOOD LUCK MAHMOOD! |
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A Happy Reunion * March 3,
2004
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80% of FOUR VILLAGES INN'S clientele are RETURNEES. Recently Christopher
Roy and Sarah Adams, both art professors at the University of Iowa, returned
after about a year and half's absence. Here's what they wrote in our guest
book: |
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"Again, a wonderful stay"
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C. Roy
"Like staying with family!!"
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S. Adams
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Four Villages Inn at Scott Trade Institute
* March 1, 2004
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| Needless
to say FOUR VILLAGES INN is a major donor of SCOTT TRADE INSTITUTE founded
by your host Charity. Besides sponsoring five girl-students yearly, Four
Villages Inn provides a ready market for jams and marmelade produced at
the school plus organizing tours to the school from the Inn. |
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| At the
recent commissioning of equipment and material bought with a CIDA Canada
Fund for Local Initiatives grant, FOUR VILLAGES INN purchased a hugh new
metal sign on which to acknowledge supporters of the non-profit school
upon which the school relies. |
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