In­nis Fran­cis

It was a kalei­do­scope of colour and ac­tiv­i­ty in the bor­ough of Point Fortin on Fri­day evening. Tra­di­tion­al and mod­ern Car­ni­val-es­que char­ac­ters and mem­bers of the bor­ough merged at the Vic­tor Chin Kit Park to be part of the of­fi­cial launch of the Point Fortin Bor­ough Day Cel­e­bra­tions 2010. This year marks the 30th an­niver­sary as Point Fortin may­or Vic­tor Mitchell de­clared the cel­e­bra­tions open with a sym­bol­ic rib­bon-cut­ting.

Mitchell ex­pressed his de­sire to see an arts cen­tre in the bor­ough, so the wealth of tal­ent could be show­cased to the world. He said this year's theme–per­spec­tive, po­ten­tial and pros­per­i­ty–was ded­i­cat­ed to the peo­ple of Point Fortin, "...in which love, to­geth­er­ness and beau­ty abound. We are still the clean­est and safest bor­ough in the coun­try," Mitchell said. Al­so at­tend­ing the launch were For­eign Af­fairs Min­is­ter Paula Gopee-Scoon, the Point Fortin 2010 del­e­gates for the up­com­ing Miss Point Fortin Queens and del­e­gates from the men's pageant On Point and the Miss Siparia Fete.

The band Roy­al­ty put their J'ou­vert cos­tumes on dis­play, Tema­ka Dar­ius sang the Bor­ough Song with pride and the band Hyp­not­ic pro­vid­ed en­ter­tain­ment. Some of the events over the three weeks are the May­or's char­i­ty Culi­nary Fi­es­ta, the Mil­i­tary Pa­rade, the May­or's Char­i­ty Ball, J'ou­vert cel­e­bra­tions and the Rumshop Lime.