Culture, cricket for Princes Town anniversary

Carnival came early in Princes Town as the streets of the southern town were filled with the pulsating sounds of tassa drumming and upbeat music from the Fire Services band on Monday at the annual Princes Town Day military parade. 

With every step in beat and every seam in place, smartly dressed cadets, Fire officers, Prisons Officers and Scouts marched through High Street, Princes Town as the town marked the 133rd anniversary of its renaming from Mission Savannah Grande to Princes Town. 

Brightly coloured-orange steam rollers, trucks, tractors and backhoes formed a beeline through the streets of Princes Town on Monday, not for the rolling out of a major construction project, but as part of the corporation’s celebrations.

Monday’s activity created excitement among students of the St Stephen’s Anglican Primary School as they gathered outside their school to wave to the passing parade. 

While the students enjoyed seeing the parade party marching in unison, they seemed more enthralled with the corporation’s orange-coloured heavy equipment. 

Shrieks of excitement could be heard above the loud rumble of the heavy equipment as the drivers sounded their horns and waved to the enthusiastic students.

As National Diversity and Social Integration Minister and Moruga/Tableland MP Clifton De Coteau and Princes Town MP Nela Khan explained, at a special service at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Princes Town to commemorate the occasion, Mission Savannah Grande was renamed Princes Town in honour of the visit of British Princes Albert and George. 

They said the event was a significant milestone in the history of the town and urged students present at the church service to remember the importance of the occasion.

Corporation chairman Ramraj Haripersad announced that a week of celebrations will be held in the southern town to mark the 133rd anniversary.

He also national cricketers Shannon Gabriel, together with Samuel Badree and Jason Mohammed, will have three sports fields within their hometown of Princes Town renamed in their honour. 

Haripersad said the three cricketers continue to make their hometown proud. 

On Sunday, when T&T beat Guyana at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia to retain its Caribbean Twenty20 title for the third successive year, Gabriel was named Man of the Match. 

Haripersad also announced that as part of celebrations to commemorate the town’s 133rd anniversary, a T20 competition, culminating in a grand final at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, will be held.

Carnival came early in Princes Town as the streets of the southern town were filled with the pulsating sounds of tassa drumming and upbeat music from the Fire Services band on Monday at the annual Princes Town Day military parade. 
With every step in beat and every seam in place, smartly dressed cadets, Fire officers, Prisons Officers and Scouts marched through High Street, Princes Town as the town marked the 133rd anniversary of its renaming from Mission Savannah Grande to Princes Town. 
Brightly coloured-orange steam rollers, trucks, tractors and backhoes formed a beeline through the streets of Princes Town on Monday, not for the rolling out of a major construction project, but as part of the corporation’s celebrations.
Monday’s activity created excitement among students of the St Stephen’s Anglican Primary School as they gathered outside their school to wave to the passing parade. 
While the students enjoyed seeing the parade party marching in unison, they seemed more enthralled with the corporation’s orange-coloured heavy equipment. 
Shrieks of excitement could be heard above the loud rumble of the heavy equipment as the drivers sounded their horns and waved to the enthusiastic students.
As National Diversity and Social Integration Minister and Moruga/Tableland MP Clifton De Coteau and Princes Town MP Nela Khan explained, at a special service at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Princes Town to commemorate the occasion, Mission Savannah Grande was renamed Princes Town in honour of the visit of British Princes Albert and George. 
They said the event was a significant milestone in the history of the town and urged students present at the church service to remember the importance of the occasion.
Corporation chairman Ramraj Haripersad announced that a week of celebrations will be held in the southern town to mark the 133rd anniversary.
He also national cricketers Shannon Gabriel, together with Samuel Badree and Jason Mohammed, will have three sports fields within their hometown of Princes Town renamed in their honour. 
Haripersad said the three cricketers continue to make their hometown proud. 
On Sunday, when T&T beat Guyana at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia to retain its Caribbean Twenty20 title for the third successive year, Gabriel was named Man of the Match. 
Haripersad also announced that as part of celebrations to commemorate the town’s 133rd anniversary, a T20 competition, culminating in a grand final at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, will be held.