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About  Chippies

About  Chippies

Who We Are
The Legacy

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The Legacy

Trail Blazer. Cultural Icon. Legendary is what resonates when you hear the name John "Chippie" Chipman.

 

Born the 5th of October 1928 to Howard Nelson Chipman & Ethlyn Taylor; this dynamic Bahamian with goat skin drum in hand & passion in heart laid the cultural foundation for entertainment with remorseless tenacity governed by Bahamian pride.

How It All Started

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How It All Started

With a career spanning over six (6) decades & counting his contribution has had mammoth affects in the world of Junkanoo & entertainment, crushing taboos & ushering a new generation of entertainers destined to be great. Chippie was blessed with a wonderful life partner, Mend, and gifted co-artist, his wife, Rebecca Oliver-Chipman, ("Queen Becky").

 

The cultural couple formed a beloved performance team as dance partners in their early years. Famed as the Queen of the Fire Dance and godmother of culture, Mrs. Chipman subsequently went on to become a pioneer female fire dancer in a male-dominated field at a time when there was great prejudice against female entertainers in the islands. Born to lift her culture. Queen Becky is still recognized as one of the Bahamas' leading cultural pioneers. Alongside Rebecca Becky Chipman they cultivated the art of tire dance & raised four generations of Chipmans who are blowing coals in the tire: keeping the art alive.

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