Every November around Independence time the island has Creole Music Festival. It is a weekend, 3 full nights of concerts. Bands and artists come in from all over the Caribbean and perform at the new Windsor Park stadium. The tickets were very expensive; you could by night by night or season tickets for all 3 nights. Outside the park is vendors of BBQ chicken, fries, cheeseburgers(!), bakes, juice, beer, and rum. The event started at 10pm each night and bands perform until the sun comes up. I attended Saturday night and left the park about 5am. Things seem to completely end at 7am. After Sunday nights concert folks left the stadium at 7am and headed straight to work. Tough people!
The week leading up to the event was 4 days (Mon-Thurs) of "Creole in the park". This was an afternoon/evening event in the Botanical Gardens. Vendors outlined the park and a stage made entertainment from local school dances to famous Caribbean bands.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Rosalie Hike
There is about a 2 mile trail just below my home leading to a beautiful beach and river. For the first time I made the hike! It took about 1hr and 15mins. The track was not bad just muddy from the rain, it is so wooded that apparently it is rarely a dry path. 
BAMBOO!
This span will soon be a car-traveling road. The people have been asking for it for over 20 years now and finally it is in progress. It will be extremely beneficial and connect the village I live in to its neighboring village. As of right now if you want to drive to Rosalie you must drive about 1/2hour out of your way on the only road available. Here you can see the beginning of the project; it is estimated to take one year.
Independence celebration
The island of Dominica celebrates its Independence on November 3. The entire month consists of cultural events such as dancing, parades and music festivals. I was lucky enough to join my village during their weekend of semi finals in the dance competition. For three nights they traveled to different venues on the island to perform a variety of cultural dances. Each night was about 5 hours of dancing from high school age to adult age groups.
(Above) View from top of Cabrits national park (Below) Near entrance to dancing venue; This was the host of the third and final night of the semi final dance competition
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