Chil­dren from all over T&T, from as far as Rio Claro to Port-of-Spain, came out to par­tic­i­pate in the an­nu­al Re­pub­lic Bank's Down­town Ju­nior Pa­rade of the Bands on Sat­ur­day.

Be­decked in their cos­tumes the young peo­ple danced from In­de­pen­dence Square to the Grand Stand in the Queen's Park Sa­van­nah.

The hap­pi­ness on the faces of the chil­dren tell how they felt about the pa­rade. From to­day, adults will be­gin their two days of rev­el­ry.