The recent heavy rainfall, which caused severe damage to roads leading to San Sauveur, has taken its toll on the celebration of the popular Feast of St. Isidore.
This, organizers say, has forced them to drastically scale down the event this year.
“This year we have decided to host the activities to mark the Fete Isidore on a smaller scale for several reasons,” one of the organizers of the event, Dione Durand, told DNO. “Chief among those is the problems with our roads.”
According to Durand, the road issue was given serious consideration during the planning phases for the feast because, “we were not sure how it would turn out, and whether we would be in a position to host many people this year; or whether people would even make the trip to celebrate with us.”
She said one of the feast’s highlights, the Miss Isidore pageant, has been scrapped. “There will be no Miss Isidore this year,” she said.
Events for the scaled-down version of the feast include a panel discussion, which took place on Wednesday. There, villagers discussed the opportunities available in the fishing industry. A fish night is slated for Saturday (May 18) and a mass on Pentecost Monday at the San Sauveur Roman Catholic Church, followed by a parade and a dance.
Music for the event will be provided by Millenium Sounds from Castle Bruce and entertainment will come from local DJs Kenny and Kenny from Petite Soufriere.
Durand is promising a bigger celebration next year. “Next year we hope to come back bigger and better,” she said.
stop blaming the parl rep and government for you guys stupidity and arragance, i remembered vividly many yrs ago the then prime minister miss charles tried relocating you guys from the hell holes (god 4saken place) you guys are living in and you guys strongly oppose…….. think about that and stop blaming the government and the hardest working parl rep in our country as for the reuion centre we don’t even wanna get into that because we are to hypocritical
In any case, for the last five or so years that I visited San Sauveur for that feast, all I got for my time was bar-b-cue smoke, loud blasting music in every corner and a whole set of rum drinkers behaving foolishly. Best all you scrap this up. Not me again! NEVER!
As far as I am concerned, we do not have any representation in Government. Just look at the appalling state of disrepair of the Reunion center in Castle Bruce! What a disgrace!
Keep your hands glued to your backsides still and wait for a government to repair YOUR Reunion Center for you! This Center was and is a community project. Or, have you forgotten?
SMH!
Just call off the event this yr nuh. No use putting people at risk on these roads.
Isn’t that what in essense the story acknowledges?Hence the reason the celebrations are localized.
ugh
I would sincerely like to thank the Govt of the C/wealth of D/ca for :
1. Depriving a village from celebrating their feast in a manner they would have normally done.
2. Depriving me of income that I would have gotten if the feast went ahead normally.
3. The shameful manner that the Parl Rep for the area cannot address the situation. Its not the first time rain falling in the area. Yet up to now vehicles are still dodging rocks and tunnels.
Thank you very much Govt.
NATURE
One day you guys will have no choice but to blame yourself and not the government. it is so much easier to blame somebody else for our ignorance
oh well all road leads to grandbay, to bad i goin miss this one, party starts from friday dont be left out
well apart from these natural disaster you all will still put them back to power when they should be doing what they have to do to avoid this.
Is it necessary to be rude? FYI Fete Isidore was celebrated in San Sauveur before Grand Bay. By all means go to Grandbay but don’t be disrespectful.
who cares where isidore was held first u a real sour puss, fete isidore was maybe there first but so what? most organised isidore celebrations will forever be grand bay ANYWAY
This is just an Ignorant statement. read and understand before you start typing
Just dont do anything, it’s that simple! off to grandbay we go
Lmao! I love that one
Athelstein Jr that’s you? you going down again? carnival wasn’t enough?