Las Tortugas Pirates Captain Darvin and crew member posing with Little Cayman Committee Members, Christophel Stewart, Vaneta Samuels, Kerry Scott, and Clive Samuels.

Little Cayman residents braved the heavy rains last weekend to participate in the island’s annual heritage Festival. Even though the float parade was postponed to the public holiday on Monday due to bad weather, on Saturday 7 November, locals from Grand and Little celebrated in style on Saturday night with tunes blazing from local DJ and mix master DJ Matrixx.

Starting with the CI$1,000 cash prize Domino Tournament, teams sat outside on Hungry Iguana’s porch and enjoyed a few good rounds with a great sea breeze blowing in and the rain drops making music to their ears. Winners of the tournament were local couple Mark and Siobhan Scott.

One highlight for the weekend was the wedding that took place at the Little Cayman Beach Resort with famous steel pan player and teacher Earl La Pierre performing.

The Las Tortugas Pirates were also in full force as Captain Darvin and his crew provided great laughter and entertainment for all on island. This was a first for the crew and for Little Cayman who have never had visiting pirates before.

“Kerry Scott, Vaneta Samuels, Clive Samuels, and Christophel Stewart of the Little Cayman Committee did an excellent job in the planning of this event,” said Casandra Hibbert, Director for the National Festival, Pirates Week.

“They were quick to deal with the pending storm and revert to plan B ensuring communications were sent out. We would like to thank them for their hard work and also Little Cayman Beach Resort for providing my deputy and me with rooms over the weekend – for anyone that has not visited over in Little Cayman for awhile, the rooms at the Little Cayman Beach Resort are on par with the Ritz and the food was 5star excellent quality and variety,” she noted.

The Little Cayman Committee thanked the following sponsors for their support: Digicel, Village Square, Little Cayman Beach Resort, Ministry of Tourism, Hungry Iguana Restaurant, My Way Resort Cottage, Hon. Juliana O’Connor Conolly, Graham Rankine of Cayman Firepower Displays, and District Administration.