Tobago Event 

for the next 2 months of 2014

August :

14th - 17th  The Caparadi Choral Festival (3551809)
      Produced By: Signal Hill Alumni Choir

     Location: Shaw Park Cultural Complex
     

23rd :            The Carib Great Race ( 620-9066) Boat race 

Boats will gather outside the Yacht Club and then proceed on a parade to the Hyatt Waterfront where the race will start at 7.45 am. Boats in the 70 miles per hour (mph) (S1) Class, 80mph (S2) Class and 60mph (D) Class, will get a head start over the 90mph (B) Class and higher boats. They will then proceed to Five Islands, where the smaller boats will pass. The larger boats will pass on the outskirts of Cronstadt and Gasparee Islands and onto the First Bocas then Maracas Bay. The racers will then head towards Grande Riviere where the smaller boats will race directly to Scarborough. Faster boats will head to Store Bay through Lambeau and back into Scarborough, which will wind up the 115-mile race. Peake also advised spectators on boats and vessels to be careful and to stay out of the way of the racing vessels. (extract from Guardian Media Limited)

31st :            Independence day ( Public Holiday) (6392125/4636)

Trinidad and Tobago gained its independence from Great Britain on August 31st, 1962.  At midnight on 30th August, 1962, the Union Jack (British flag) was lowered and the Trinidad and Tobago flag was raised for the first time. Bells tolled and sirens rang out to herald the birth of the newly independent nation. This first Independence Day was marked by more than a week of festivities and events across the country from August 28 to September 05, 1962 (See: Independence Celebrations, 1962 - Programmes and Events). Several international dignitaries were present for this auspicious occasion including the Queen’s representative Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal who read the message sent by Queen Elizabeth II, relinquishing her rule. 

(extract from(http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/IndependenceDay/tabid/183/Default.aspx))

 Today it is celebrated on the 31st of August

September :

 24th:              Republic Day ( Public Holiday)

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO REPUBLIC DAY
Trinidad and Tobago became a Republic on August 1st, 1976. The event is celebrated as a public holiday on September 24th because this is the date when the first Parliament met under the new Republican Constitution. The date was removed from the official calendar of holidays from 1999 to 2001 to make way for the Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day which is celebrated on March 30th. The Republic Day holiday was reinstated in 2002. extract from (http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Research/SubjectGuide/RepublicDay/tabid/250/Default.aspx)

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