Updated June 20
Saturday’s Jubilee Fest was not canceled, despite an errant message that went out to some Islanders who had registered to attend the event.
A spokesperson from the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association said that the message had gone out as a mistake, saying that the Jubilee had been canceled, when the event had only changed venues.
The errant message prompted the president of the Martha’s Vineyard chapter of the NAACP to say that the event could have been sabotaged.
The event, due to rain and possible thunderstorms, was moved to Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs, instead of the Tabernacle.
The time of the event was also pushed back later in the day.
The Jubilee included music, a community sing, and talks, including from Nikole Hannah Jones of the 1619 Project.
The Camp Meeting Association said that a glitch in their email system sent the errant message.
Well the website of Inkwellbeach.com who’s sponsoring the event should at least be updated with the new location and time – it still reads the Tabernacle! Hard to believe it was moved because of rain though, why the change in location and moved to 3 pm?? I came back from Union Chapel as I though Nikole was going to speak at 2!
Is it just me, or is there something vaguely distasteful about registering inkwellbeach.com as a domain name and using it for commercial purposes?
Bert, have you ever wondered what the com in .com stands for?
Amazon.com knows.