Looking Back: Easter Weekend In Photos
The holiday weekend witnessed a return to traditional Bermuda Easter form: kite flying, fishcakes, chocolate eggs and church services dominated the three-day break rather than the tragedy which marked the same holiday in 2010.
The Bermuda Police Service had promised a heavy presence over the weekend, and could be seen out in high numbers day and night over the past three days. The weekend wasn’t free of all negative happenings – with an attempted robbery of a tourist and a car smashing into a wall – however a good time was had the majority of locals on the island.
The marquee kite of Good Friday was a massive homemade Bermuda-style kite, which attracted plenty of attention at the annual Gilbert Lamb Family Fun Day at St. David’s County Cricket Club.
Ernest McCallan said it was a 21-foot kite which was made with 16-foot lengths of 2×4, a 5-foot extended piece for the header and covered with plastic. [view videos here]
The Annual Bermuda Kite Festival hosted by Young United Bermuda at Horseshoe Beach, attracted locals and tourists alike to enjoy the day’s entertainment which featured a kite competition, tug-o-war match, the Gombeys, as well as a full lineup of homegrown talent. [view photos here]
James Butterfield won the Largest Kite Competition at the Annual Bermuda Kite Festival, with his intricately built life sized kite:
Fairmont Southampton hosted a Kite Making Extravaganza the evening before Good Friday, and visitors to the island made traditional Bermuda style kites. [view photos here]
Some of the children partook in other activities available during the event…which included Easter themed face painting.
Former press secretary Jamahl Simmons, the new Director of Public Relations for the Fairmont Southampton, was in attendance, and clearly in the full Easter spirit.
The ‘Mohawk Grand Prix’ takes place each Good Friday at the annual Gilbert Lamb Family Fun Day at St. David’s County Cricket Club [view videos here and photos here]
Trey Whaley, a Primary two student at Warwick Academy, won the 2011 BELCO Bird Kite Safety Poster Competition. Trey was presented with a $500 grand prize donation for his school, and also received a special Bermuda-made kite for winning the contest.
“Brakes are for losers,” was emblazoned across one Mohawk Grand Prix vehicle:
The Gombeys entertained the crowds at the Young United Bermuda Kite Festival at Horseshoe:
Some stayed out of the water during the Kite Festival at Horseshoe, while others broke the age-old “no swimming before May 24th”, and took a dip.
One Community Unified held an outdoor service at the Victor Scott school field on Good Friday, one year after a father-of-two was fatally shot during last year’s Good Friday event.
Dame Jennifer Smith, the St. George’s MP, hosted her annual Easter Egg Hunt & Party in St. George’s over the holiday weekend [view photos/videos here]
Little ones were very enthused taking part in the Easter Egg hunt, some grabbing more then they could handle:
The Bermuda-style celebrations weren’t restricted to the island, with transplanted ”Onions” carrying on local traditions. Bermudians at St. John’s University in New York City came together to partake in festivities such as playing marbles, flying kites, playing football, eating hot cross buns, cod fish cakes and more over the Easter weekend.
Bermuda wasn’t the only place with large traditional kites flying, as 21-year-old colleges student Michiko Campbell built, and flew, two 6-foot kites [one pictured below] at his Miami University.
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