The Chocolate Dandies

The Chocolate Dandies was the toast of town as the
leading orchestral band of the early 1950s. Amongst
the greats in the band was Charles Carey, father of
political activist Lionel Carey. George “God Bless”
Symonette, (seen on the first tier next to Gladstone
Christie) George is the father of the legendary Edmund
Moxey, who would go on to create Jumbey
Village. Another major star of the Chocolate Dandies
was the legendary crooner George Symonette,
seen here on the piano, who literally was the
1950’s star of the dinner clubs and night clubs
of the day and reigned supreme in calypso and
Goombay tunes on the radio. Another luminary
was Freddie Williams, the husband of Eva
McPherson Williams, the co-founder of the Miss
Bahamas Beauty Pageant. The band played at
the Royal Victoria Hotel, the Montagu