It was a Car­ni­val-like at­mos­phere at the launch of the Fourth an­nu­al Pan Amer­i­can Club Crew Cham­pi­onships in To­ba­go, yes­ter­day. The open­ing day's event took the form of a street pa­rade which start­ed at Tam­brin Square, Up­town, Scar­bor­ough and end­ing at the Scar­bor­ough Es­planade.

All 41 Clubs rep­re­sent­ing four coun­tries - Cana­da, Pana­ma, USA and Trinidad and To­ba­go pa­rad­ed the streets of Scar­bor­ough. The clubs were led by a mu­sic truck, mas­quer­aders and a steel band. Danc­ing drag­ons greet­ed the parad­ing teams dur­ing the event.