Place: Hershey Sport Zone Hall, 5600 Rose Cherry Place, Mississauga Ontario

 PROGRAM

5:25 pm           Welcome the Official Dignitaries

5: 30 pm          Procession of the representatives of participating countries in traditional costume

5: 45 pm         Procession and welcoming the Traditional Chiefs and Royal families of Africa

5: 55 pm         Presentation of the Traditional Chiefs to the Official Dignitaries

6: 00 pm         Cultural performance

6: 05 pm         Welcome Speech by the President of the Africa Pavilion

6: 10 pm         Speech by an Anglophone Dignitary

6: 15 pm         Cultural performance by the children

6.20 pm         Speech by a French-speaking Dignitary

6.25 pm         Cake cutting     

6: 30 pm          Performances by various cultural groups of Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast & Nigeria

6:45 pm         Acknowledgements – Departure of the Dignitaries