Cayman Takes Time out for Thanksgiving

Cayman will take time out next Wednesday (17 November) for a National Day of Praise and Thanksgiving for protection and preservation of life during the recent passage of Hurricane Ivan. The event will be held in Heroes’ Square in the centre of George Town.

Adding a splash of colour and significance to the occasion, His Royal Highness the Earl of Wessex, in his second official visit to the Cayman Islands, will preceded by a parade of flags carried by Boy Scouts. The Earl, who visited last year as part of the Cayman Islands’ Quincentennial celebrations of 500 years of recorded history, has continued to take a special interest in the Islands. He is visiting the Cayman Islands and Grenada following the passage of Hurricane Ivan.

The event has been organized by the Leader of Government Business, the Hon. McKeeva Bush, OBE, who will deliver addresses, along with the Earl and the Governor, Mr. Bruce Dinwiddy, CMG.

Special bus service from East End will leave at 7:00am, from the Charles Dixon Park, with roadside pickup along the district’s main road. Similarly, bus service will be offered from West Bay, leaving the West Bay Town Hall at 7:30am. The bus will pick up persons along the main road from the town hall to the four-way stop and onwards down the Seven Mile Beach road.

A similar programme will be arranged in conjunction with Minster Juliana O’Connor-Conolly on Cayman Brac on Saturday, 20 November at 7:00 pm.