Heritage Festival in full swing

For yet another year bmobile played an integral role in the staging of this year’s opening night production, which was themed His Story Her Imagination.

“It’s no secret that the Tobago Heritage Festival is a long-standing and prominent staple on the Tobago calendar. Not only do Tobagonians look forward to this time of year but visitors from Trinidad and around the world also descend on the shores to partake in this offering of rich cultural expression.

It’s our pleasure to share in this enriching experience, as bmobile continues to stand by its commitment to cultural development and diversity in this nation,” Onica Blackman, enterprise marketing and communications manager, TSTT , Tobago Operations, said in a media release.

Hundreds of patrons came out to witness an evening of high-quality storytelling, drama and dance produced by the highly- acclaimed theatre arts company in Tobago, THETA Company, spearheaded by Jared Prima, Olimall Gordon-Holder, Onika Henry, Farisai Spencer and Cindy-Lou Edwards.

Commenting on the event chairman of the Tobago Heritage Committee, George Leacock said: “I think it was a blast. I could only take credit for selecting a team of young people and allowing them space to operate.” On whether budgetary constraints affected the standard of the Opening Night, Leacock replied: “Yes definitely, it did. It made it better.” For director/scriptwriter Prima “it was a hectic 16 days to put everything together. I am happy it’s over. We are very pleased with the result of what we had 16 days to do. We wanted people to understand that even though Tobago is facing a challenging state of affairs at present, the only people who can bring change are Tobagonians themselves.” This year’s Festival was not launched in its traditional elaborate pomp and flair. Instead the youth on the cast were given the task of using flash mobs to launch the festival across TT .

The festival continues until August 1.