CRUISE SHIP CIRCUIT

Posted By: CARLYLE HOULDER
Date: Wednesday, 29 December 2004, at 6:04 p.m.

TO ALL PAN PEOPLE.

JUST DROPING YOU A LINE TO SAY WHATS HAPPENING ON THE CRUISE SHIPS WITH PAN MUSICIANS. TOO MANY PEOPLE WE MEET DO NOT KNOW WHERE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IS LOCATED...THEY ALWAYS ASK..IS IT JAMAICA? I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO AGAIN..ITS TRUE THAT WE DON'T EXPECT EVERYONE TO KNOW EVERY COUNTRY...BUT ITS OVERBEARING...FROM THE TIME YOU DO NOT LOOK ANYWAY OTHER THAN AFRICAN YOU ARE JAMAICAN.

DENNIS AND I HAVE ME WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE 8 YEARS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON THE CRUISE SHIPS...WE HAVE HAD DURING THAT TIME INVITED PEOPLE TO VIST TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN HAVING OVER 20 PERSONS VISIT US.I MET SOMEONE FROM THE TOURIST BOARD SOMETIME AGO AND WHEN I TOLD THEM THAT WE HAVE VISITORS COME TO TRINIDAD TO VISIT US, I WAS TOLD THAT I MUST HAVE A LISCENCE FOR TOURISM TO HAVE GUEST AND TAKE THEM AROUND. IS THAT TRUE? WELL IF ITS SO THEN WE ARE BREAKING THE LAW EVERY YEAR. WE ARE NOW IN LOS ANGLES CRUISING OUT TO THE MEXICAN RIVERIA FOR THE NEXT 5 MONTHS AND WILL BE HOME IN MAY OF 2005. HAPPY NEY YEAR TO ALL. CARLYLE (HILLSIDE SYMPHONY)