Nevis Activities

A list of water sports, events, and other items of interest to do while in Nevis

Saint Kitts – Nevis – Carifta Games Update

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 09, 2008

The regional administrators of the CARIFTA Games left St. Kitts and Nevis on Wednesday, confident that preparations for the athletic tournament are proceeding at a satisfactory rate.

A six-member delegation, headed by President Neville “Teddy” McCook of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC), spent the last three days touring the island and meeting with stakeholders as time draws near for the March 21 to 24 event.

On Tuesday, President McCook and others joined Minister of State responsible for Sports Honourable Richard Skerritt and Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Lester Hanley on a site visit of the Bird Rock athletic stadium. The Class 2 Track and Field facility is being prepared as the home of the 2008 CARIFTA Games.

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Nevis Honours Alexander Hamilton

Charlestown, Nevis
January 8, 2008

Premier of Nevis, Hon. Joseph Parry is scheduled to make remarks on the topic: Preserving Nevis’s Heritage, at a Preview Party for the opening of the exhibition, “Alexander Hamilton: The Man who made Modern America.”

The celebration will take place at Hamilton House on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 5:30p.m.

A full program will be observed as the Executive Director of the Nevis Historical Conservation Society (NHCS), Mr. John Guilbert will make the opening remarks for this auspicious occasion.

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Nevis Hosts Miss Teen Caribbean Party

Miss Teen Caribbean Contestants In Nevis

Nevis Premier With Miss Teen Caribbean Contestants

Charlestown, Nevis
December 31, 2007 

“If we truly want the Caribbean to be one, we have to learn to communicate; not by words nor television, but by travelling and meeting one another,’ said Premier of Nevis, Hon. Joseph Parry.

Premier Parry made the statement on Thursday, December 27 at the Digicel Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant cocktail held at the Old Manor Hotel.

The Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen pageant has been a part of St. Kitts Carnival for over 20 years.

This year, this outstanding show has played host to thirteen young ladies hailing from Anguilla, Antigua, The British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda and the United States Virgin Islands. A short but rather interesting ceremony formed part of the cocktail, with the National Anthem being played on Steel pan by the very talented Leroy Parris Jr, remarks by Mr. Halstead “Sooty” Byron, as well as Committee Chairman, Mr. Antonio Maynard.

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St. Kitts – Nevis “Night Of The Stars” New Year’s Eve Ball

Basseterre, St.Kitts – Nevis
December 25th 2007

Reigning Road March Champions the sweetest band in the world, The Small Axe Band and the Caribbean’s new hot soca group, d’Vybz Band in addition to the up and coming young , talented Lights Out Band will all this year combine their musical skills to host what is no doubt the  most anticipated and largest event for the carnival season , the Night of Stars NewYear’s Eve Ball.

According to organisers, the spectacular gala evening is being dubbed, “Night of the Stars 2 “”¦”¦ “A Red Carpet Gala Affair”.  The gala event will feature two of the regions top DJs and radio personalities in “Magic Fingers” Ronnie Rascal and Leslie “Sugar Bowl Kid” Morton.

The setting for the grand gala event will be the stunningly beautiful and luxurious Bird Rock Beach Hotel’s Diana’s Terrace and will be staged on Sunday 31st December”¦Old Year’s Night, from 10:00PM.

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St. Kitts – Nevis National VCT Day

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis December 17, 2007 National VCT Day a regular component of the World AIDS Campaign takes place December 19, this year. VCT or Voluntary Counseling and Testing involves pre-test counseling which includes a discussion of what …

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