Is it le­gal for loud mu­sic to be played on Mara­cas Beach? I am not al­lud­ing to pro­mo­tions set up by le­git­i­mate ad­ver­tis­ing agen­cies. I am re­fer­ring to young men last Sun­day who ar­rived at about 3 pm and bold­faced­ly set up speak­ers on stands and a boom box near the life­guard hut and bath­rooms and pro­ceed­ed to "treat" us to var­i­ous so­ca tunes.

Now I have noth­ing against sweet so­ca; I am a Tri­ni to the bone. But come on, Sun­day is pos­si­bly the one day of the week where fam­i­lies and friends can get to­geth­er to share some good food, a few drinks and a few laughs in peace. The thing is, I have seen these young men on more than one oc­ca­sion and I over­heard them telling the un­for­tu­nate beach­go­ers who hap­pened to be clos­est to them that they "al­ways" play there on a Sun­day. Who gave them per­mis­sion to turn the beach in­to a fete?

Mara­cas is so fab­u­lous on any giv­en day. Cool breezes, sump­tu­ous shark and bake, nice waves and the sweet sound of squeal­ing chil­dren as they splash in the icy wa­ter. Why spoil this tran­quil­li­ty with loud mu­sic? Please stay away and play it in your home. We don't want it. (Oh by the way, I took a lit­tle sur­vey and every­one was against it.)

Mar­garet Samuel

Diego Mar­tin