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From: Khaka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Fwd: Documentary on Uganda to premiere on Travel Channel, Dec. 2
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:39:37 -0800

--- UgandaAmerican Assoc GNY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 23:26:09 -0800 (PST)
> From: UgandaAmerican Assoc GNY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Fwd: Documentary on Uganda to premiere on
> Travel Channel, Dec. 2
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> Discovery hosts reception and screening for Uganda
> President Museveni 
> and 
> 500
> guests
> 11/12/2003
> 
> On Thursday, November 6, more than 500 guests
> gathered
> at the AFI 
> Silver
> Theatre and One Discovery Place in Silver Spring,
> Maryland for a 
> special
> screening
> and reception in honor of President Yoweri Kaguta
> Museveni of Uganda 
> and the
> Travel Channel's world premiere of Uganda: The
> Presidential Tour.
> 
> President Museveni attended the event with members
> of
> his Cabinet 
> including
> the Foreign, Defense and Tourism Ministers as well
> as
> a leading Ugandan 
> dance
> troupe called Ndere Troupe that dazzled guests with
> their performances 
> in 
> the
> lobby of One Discovery Place and at the AFI Silver
> Theatre.
> 
> Also attending Thursday's event were several Members
> of Congress 
> including
> U.S. Reps. Donald Payne, Rush Holt and Sheila
> Jackson
> Lee, as well as 
> journalist
> Forrest Sawyer, who warmly introduced President
> Museveni to the 
> audience.
> Before the screening, President Museveni presented a
> special gift to 
> Judith
> McHale  a basket called an "Orugari," which is
> used
> by African women 
> to
> separate
> the good millet from the chaff.
> 
> The fifth year anniversary of the Discovery Channel
> Global Education 
> Fund 
> was
> also recognized at the event. Judith McHale
> introduced
> a short video of 
> the
> Fund's work in Uganda before the main screening. In
> Uganda: The 
> Presidential
> Tour, Forrest Sawyer joins President Museveni in
> leading viewers 
> through
> 
> Uganda's dazzling natural beauty, legendary
> wildlife,
> and fascinating 
> culture.
> After the screening, the Ndere Troupe led guests
> back
> to One Discovery 
> Place
> with a dance across Georgia Avenue. Uganda: The
> Presidential Tour 
> premiers 
> on
> the Travel Channel on Tuesday, December 2, at 9 p.m.
> ET.
> 
> 
> 
> Julian B. Kabenge
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> =====
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> 
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