Casan­dra Thomp­son-Forbes

De­spite the in­clement weath­er on Fri­day, hun­dreds of To­bag­o­ni­ans came out to be a part of the youth ral­ly and cul­tur­al pro­gramme, at the Gar­den­side car park in Scar­bor­ough. The ral­ly was one of the many ac­tiv­i­ties held by the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) in com­mem­o­ra­tion of the 30th An­niver­sary of the for­ma­tion of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly.

The cul­tur­al pro­gramme saw acts from Dig­i­cel Ris­ing Star win­ners Don­nel Job and Kay Al­leyne, so­ca artists Swap­py and Princess Adan­na and Gospel Artist Pos­i­tive. The fea­ture ad­dress was de­liv­ered by Vi­sion on a Mis­sion CEO and mo­ti­va­tion­al speak­er Wayne Chance, who brought a pow­er­ful mes­sage to the young peo­ple about stay­ing out of trou­ble and valu­ing their free­dom in so­ci­ety.

He al­so urged par­ents to stick by their chil­dren no mat­ter what mis­takes they make in life. The week of ac­tiv­i­ties be­gan last week Thurs­day with the launch of an ex­hi­bi­tion of the works by the var­i­ous di­vi­sions with­in the As­sem­bly at Gar­den­side car park. A tree-light­ing cer­e­mo­ny was al­so held at the at Botan­ic Sta­tion, Scar­bor­ough, lat­er that Thurs­day.

A church ser­vice was held at the Sev­enth-Day Ad­ven­tist Church at Rock­ly Vale on Fri­day morn­ing. TTPost al­so print­ed a spe­cial is­sue of postage stamps to com­mem­o­rate the oc­ca­sion. The sale of the stamps would be launched at a cer­e­mo­ny at the Mount Irvine Bay Ho­tel to­day.