Cameraman, lighting engineer, production supervisor put the shot together to show off the beautiful setting at the Garden of the Groves Photo: Erika Gates
Grand Bahama Island - The "Icedancers" are returning to the Garden of the Groves this weekend for another photo shoot. The Garden had been the setting for photos for the Florida Panthers Ice Hockey Team's annual calender last year. The calender is sold during the Panther's home games at Bank America Arena and represents a wonderful tool for the promotion of Grand Bahama Island.
Garden of the Groves is becoming a popular choice for photo shoots internationally as well as locally. Recently the Garden and Grand Bahama Island received worldwide exposure while Miss Universe and eighty four contestants of the pageant were photographed by local and international press with the lush vegetation and water features serving as a fitting backdrop for such an event.
Popular local musician Willie Love is using the Garden as a backdrop for a musical video "Welcome to Grand Bahama" Photo: Erika Gates
Not only international photo shoots take place at the Garden but local promoters and artists make use of this tropical paradise to enhance their products. Singer and song writer, Willie Love, recently shot a promotional music video for the release of his latest CD "Welcome to Grand Bahama". In his mellow voice Willy sings......................" Garden of the Groves is a place you should go!"
And what a perfect setting the deck along the ponds and waterfalls provided for Miss Grand Bahama when she received her crown and was given the opportunity to conduct her first press conference there a couple of weeks ago!
Of course, any time there is a wedding at the Garden, hundreds of pictures are taken at numerous sites on the property that day. However, earlier this year we realized how much a wedding picture at the Garden meant to a newlywed couple from New York City. Their wedding ceremony had taken place in Nassau. The next morning they flew with their photographer to Freeport, got into a taxi that took them to the Garden and spent the morning posing for picture memories all around the Garden.They returned to Nassau that afternoon!
The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism's Film Commission Department has registered the Garden of the Groves as a site for of international film productions. We are keeping our fingers crossed that some day this tropical paradise on the Island of Grand Bahama may become the backdrop for a major motion picture!
