๐๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐
๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ โ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ
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Last Friday was mystically haunting as it was humbling, to be in the presence of musical, cultural and business geniuses or their descendants,โฆtheir arrows, who still live to tell the tale. Such was the mood at the ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ, ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ (๐) ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ . It was indeed a pleasure to โCelebrate Tobagoโs History and Legacyโ and to recognise the prestige these legends have carved out for our little island over the decades. In fine style we saluted:
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1. ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฒ-๐๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ, affectionately known as โ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐โ: [Calypso Icon; Musical composer of over 800 song and more than 20 albums; First female Calypso Monarch & Road March Champion; Cultural Diplomat and Humanitarian]
2. ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ.๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ซ: [Football Coach Extraordinaire; 1st English-Speaking Caribbean Coach at the World Cup; Certified FIFA Olympic Coach 1978; Public Service Medal of Merit Gold 1990]
3. ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ: [Professional; Former Clerk of the Assembly; Former Chief Administrator 1988-2008; Entrepreneur]
4. The late, ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฒ, affectionately known as โ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐโ: [Calypso Icon; Musical Composer, Road March and Soca Monarch King, 2001]
5. The late, ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐.๐. ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ: [Visionary; Pharmacist; Educator; Politician; Tobagoโs First member of the Legislative Council]
6. The late ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ: [Educator/ Professor; Anthropologist; National Awardee: The Hummingbird Gold Medal for Cultural Development and Research, 1971; T&T post Humous National Icon Award, 2013]
7. The late ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง: [Educator & Founder of Elizabethโs College]; and
8. The late ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง: [Educator & Founder of Elizabethโs College]
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On hand to receive the honour on behalf of those recognised posthumously were;
– ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฒ, son of โThe Mighty Shadowโ;
– ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ, daughter of Dr. Jacob Delworth Elder;
– ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ข & ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง; son and daughter of Aloysius and Edna Morean; and
– ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ-๐๐ง๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ & ๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ- ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง; great niece and nephew of James A.A. Biggart.
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Prominent streets in Scarborough and landmarks have been renamed as follows:
– Milford Road > ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐
– Wilson Road > ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐. ๐. ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐
– Shaw Park Connector Bypass > ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐- Calder Hall Road S. > ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง / ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐
– Shaw Park Roundabout > ๐๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ
– Auchenskeoch Roundabout > ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ
– Signal Hill Roundabout > ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐!
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