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Bermuda Social Events
Calendar for November 2009
Monthly diary for
visitors, with many main events in this 400th year of settlement
By Keith
Archibald Forbes (see About
Us) exclusively for Bermuda
Online
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November 2009
Public Holidays.
Bermuda
Public Holiday
(Remembrance Day).
Bermuda All Breed Club
International Dog Show. Bermuda Botanical Gardens.
Cruise ship season ends.
8th November, 2 pm to 6 pm.
Bermuda Botanical Society Fall Festival, Botanical Gardens. A
little later than usual in 2009. With a Guy Fawkes theme.
National Audubon Society
of USA annual bird count (the Bermuda Audubon Society has participated for
28
years).
Bermuda Culinary Arts Festival. Conservation Weekend Annual Debbie Franklin
Memorial Golf Tournament.
Speaker's Annual
Dinner.
World Rugby Classic Schedule..
With former internationals again representing their countries in
Bermuda-based international competition.
Thanksgiving Day
USA (celebrated in Bermuda at restaurants
serving visitors and with Annual American Thanksgiving Day Interfaith
Service with US patriotic songs, hymns and readings by the Governor.
Organizers include the American Society of Bermuda).
Annual Christmas
Parade organized by Bermuda Jaycees.
Warwick
Parish crest.
Candlelit
Evening at Verdmont. Bermuda National Trust.
Sunday, November 22. Restaurant
and retail festival, provided by the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, starting
with an arts and crafts demonstration at the No. 6 Terminal in Front Street,
Hamilton, and which includes a series of events featuring retailers and
restaurateurs, such as restaurants offering three-course fixed price menus for
the first week and traders holding a retail festival with discounts on goods
bought in store starting on Saturday, November 28.
Premier's
Concert. November 28. Will honour youth in the performing arts and
will bring back past performers for this special show.
2008 Event winner
December 2009
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Public Holidays. Christmas Day (25th) in Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Bermuda,
Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
USA. December 26 in Australia (Boxing Day), Austria, Bermuda
(Boxing Day), Canada (Boxing Day), Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland.
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Annual
Festival of Lights.
- British style Bermuda
Musical and Dramatic Society Christmas pantomime, very much a part of the
Christmas tradition. It is always a sell-out. Based on the UK pantomime
tradition, it has a plot, jokes, political asides, costumes galore and fun. .
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Bermuda Festival 2009 tickets available. .
- Bermuda National Trust Christmas
Walkabout.
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Bermuda
Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI) Christmas Boat Parade &
Fireworks Extravaganza, special event to mark the end of Bermuda's 400th
Anniversary Year. E-mail boatparade@ibl.bm.
December 12, 2009. Expected to have more boats and a bigger fireworks
display.
Captain John Smith
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Also
- Bermuda's national daily
newspaper The Royal Gazette
annual, very popular, Christmas Short Story with a Christmas and Bermuda
traditions theme. It is an annual writing competition - open to all
residents, adults and those under 18. Cash prizes are presented in three
categories, under -13s, under-18s and adults. There is a Bermuda $400 first
prize for winners, $250 for runners up, $125 to those with exceptional
promise regardless of category and certificates for honorable mentions.
Entries from adults and youngsters are published in the Christmas Eve
edition. Hundreds of stories
are
judged, from adults and children. Each year the judges look for vivid local
Christmas themes and local references, content, correct spelling, correct
grammar and punctuation. Entries must be typed and should not exceed 1,500
words. Manuscripts must be submitted to The Royal Gazette clearly
marked, “Christmas Short Story Contest”, and indicating the category
entered. Whether it is an adult entry or an under 18 entry must also be
indicated. Stories may be fiction or non-fiction. Manuscripts may be submitted
by hand in the drop-off box in the lobby of The Royal Gazette, by mail to
"Christmas Short Story Contest", The Royal Gazette, PO Box
HM1025, Hamilton HM DX, or by e-mail.
The full name, address and telephone number of the author must be given. Pen
names will not be accepted. Stories received after the deadline will not be
considered. A panel of judges decide the winning entries which will be
published in The Royal Gazette's Christmas Greetings Supplement on
Christmas Eve. The Royal Gazette reserves the right to publish any or
all of the stories submitted.
January 20
10
Named after
Roman god Janus, protector of gates and doorways.
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Beginning of Bermuda's 400th
Anniversary Year.
Public Holidays. New Year's Day
(1st) in Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA. Epiphany
(6th) in Austria, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observed in USA
(3rd Monday in January). Australia Day in Australia.
Notable days.
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (actual).
Harness racing.
Bermuda International Race
Weekend. 3-day
event including Bermuda Invitational Front Street
Mile, Bermuda International Marathon and
Half Marathon and Bermuda International 10K and 10K Charity Walk.
City of Hamilton crest
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- Bermuda
Festival (evenings).
- Onion Series.
- Bermuda Regional.
January 24-30. Bermuda Bridge Club.
February 2010
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Coolest month.
Black History
Education
month.
Bermuda Budget Day.
PLP Founders
Day.
Loquats ripen.
February
1 thru 28. Bermuda Festival
continues in evenings.
Princess to Princess Road
Race.
Bermuda Society of Arts annual photographic show.
February 10. Bermuda
National Trust, annual Children's Nature Walk at Spittal Pond, 9:30
am-12:30 pm
February 21.
Midshipman Dale Ceremony – St. Peter's Church, St. George’s
Heart Smart Month.
Bermuda
Heart Foundation. Contact Bermuda Heart Foundation at 239-2052.
Devonshire Parish
crest
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March 20
10
March 1. St.
David's Day. St. Patrick's Day. Mothering Sunday UK)..
Hasty
Pudding Theatricals, from
Harvard University, at Hamilton City
Hall. First
came in 1963. Oldest theatrical company in North America. First began as a
secret society in 1795. Sponsored by the Bermuda Government's Department of Tourism. Ticket prices
and times and information at phone 295-1727.
Bermuda International Film
Festival
Annual Calcutta
Tennis Tournament, Coral Beach Club.
Hamilton Mini Grand Prix
Karting races.
Hamilton Parish
crest
Bermuda Ladies Amateur Golf
Championship.
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Harvard Krokodiloes, Harvard University's oldest a cappella singing group,
have been coming to Bermuda to delight audiences with their harmonious
renditions of popular songs from the 1920s through the '50s.
. The all-male,
tuxedo-clad group was created in 1946 by four members of the Harvard Hasty
Pudding Club and they have performed for kings, presidents, princes, and
ambassadors all over the world. The ultra
exclusive Hasty Pudding Club, whose membership includes five former United
States Presidents, was created in 1795 by 21 Harvard students whose goal was
to "to cultivate the social affections and cherish the feelings of
friendship and patriotism". The club
acquired its name through a mandate that "the members in alphabetical
order shall provide a pot of hasty pudding for every meeting". For
the past 30 years the Harvard Krokodiloes have made Bermuda their spring
break destination, singing for their supper at some of the finest hotels and
restaurants the island has to offer. In
1992, their first performance for the BNG was held at the Tucker's Town home
The Jungle. They have been coming back to perform every year since then.
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Bermuda
National Gallery. The
current exhibition is Changing Gears the Art of the Bermuda Motorcycle,
Contemporary Conversation: Kevin Morris, and The History of Art in Bermuda
with a Focus on Photography. The exhibitions have been extended throughout
the summer with the closing date to be announced.
Bermuda Men's Amateur Golf Championship.
International
Woman's Day.
Annual Ladies Pro-Golf Classic.
Bermuda Horse & Pony Association Spring Show at National
Equestrian Centre.
St. Patrick's Day Dinner at St. Patrick's
Church.
Emerald Isle Society Dinner Dance and imported Irish
entertainment.
Evian 10-mile Road Race.
Bermuda Society of
Arts Spring Members Show.
International Dog Show.
Lobster season ends.
Bermuda
Karting Club races at Southside, St. David's.
Professional
Bowlers Association Bermuda Southern Regional Tournament at Warwick
Lane.
Bacardi Seniors Tennis Tournament at Pomander Gate Tennis
Club.
Show Jumping Challenge, National Equestrian Centre.
April 2010
Notable days.
April
Fools Day (1st). Good Friday. Easter Sunday.
Proper
(not "official") Birthday
of Queen Elizabeth II (21st). Earth Day (22nd). Secretaries Day in USA. Arbor Day.
Spring Into The Arts
festival. Soccer season ends, cricket begins. International Race Week Sailing
begins.
Bermuda Philharmonic
Spring Concert.
Harbour Nights festival begins
weekly on Wednesday evenings to October).
Bermuda Masters Squash. Bermuda’s most
elite sporting event.
Ross Blackie
Talbot Charity Classic Golf.
Annual Exhibition. The Ministry of the Environment,
Telecommunications and E-Commerce celebrate Bermuda’s agriculture
and environmental heritage. The theme will incorporate
re-enactments and displays from the 1609 period. The Botanical
Gardens will be flourishing with four new gardens based on the
oldest formal garden themes, The French Parterre, Persian Garden,
English Victorian Maze and the Japanese Zen Garden; a new
Agricultural Museum commemorating 400 years of farming in Bermuda;
among other exciting displays. Bermuda Botanical Gardens. Fee for
admission.
Paget
Parish Crest
Peppercorn Ceremony, St. George's.
GALLERY 400 by the Bermuda Society of Arts (BSOA). One month
exhibition, to entertain, remind and inspire all Bermudians and visitors,
artists and non-artists. There will be four unique receptions which will feature
competitions, music, dance, fashion and special culinary delights. They will be
held on on April 3rd, 9th, 17th and 24th from 5-7pm at BSOA, top floor, City
Hall.
May
2010
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Public
Holiday. Bermuda Day - Bermuda Heritage Month, first swim
of the year for locals, plus Bermuda Heritage Day Parade. Bermuda Day half marathon. Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Races. Gombey
Competition. Open Golf Tournament.
.
Annual End to End
Charity Pledge Walk & Bike Ride
Annual Reunion of
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps Overseas Association at Warwick Camp on first Saturday in
May.
Seniors Golf Amateur Championships.
Saddle
Club of Bermuda annual show.
End-to-End Race by
Swan's Running Club.
Island-wide Clean Up
Week.
Pembroke
Parish
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- End-to-End Race by
Swan's Running Club.
- Island-wide Clean Up
Week.
- Harbour Nights in
Hamilton and (on Tuesdays) Market Nights in St. George's. Front Street Bed Race.
- Hotelier of the Year
Award Banque
t.
June 20
10
Queen's Birthday
in Bermuda.
By order of the Bermuda
Government no longer a Public Holiday from 2009.
Father's Day (USA and UK).
Harbour Nights
festival (weekly on Wednesday evenings to early October).
Pomander
Gate Tennis Tournament.
Port Royal Tennis
Championships.
Bermuda
Fitted Dinghy Races.
Glow worms begin shining in the ocean at
night.
Annual Fish Chowder Festival, St.
George's.
Yacht
race starts
from USA.
A classic. Held every other
year.
Bermuda Society of Arts Summer Members
Show.
Round the Island
Seagull Race.
Rubber Duck Derby,
race between Ordnance Island and White Horse restaurant; and Family Fun
Fair, produced by Agape House & Friends of Hospice.
Sandys
Parish
Hurricane season starts. Lasts until November 30. Forecasters predict more hurricanes this
year than in previous years.
The Royal Gazette
Annual Hole-in-One Golf Tournament, at Riddells Bay Golf Club. With many
tournament merit prizes. Categories include Juniors 10 years and younger;
Juniors 11-12 years; Juniors 13-17 years; Men's Open; Ladies Open; Driver
Open; Seniors Open (Over 55 years). Those who succeed in getting a hole-in-1
become a member of The Royal Gazette Hole-in-1 Club.
Bank of
Bermuda Foundation International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Ranking
Junior Tournament.
July 20
10
For a full lusting of daily
events see The Royal Gazette daily
newspaper.
Canada Day
celebrated in Canada and Bermuda.
Independence Day
(4th) celebrated in USA and Bermuda. .
Bermuda Big Game Classic
July 14 Bastille Day celebrated in France and Bermuda.
Harbour Nights
festival (weekly on Wednesday evenings through October 8).
Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Races.
Annual Bermuda
Big Game Classic (fishing)
July 29. In 2010
it will be the 136th anniversary of Emancipation
Day (First day of Cup Match Public Holiday.)
Two
days of Cup Match cricket. Somerset
in dark blue and red, St. George's in light blue and dark blue. See
Public Holidays. An
annual favourite Bermuda event between these two teams, steeped in tradition and
history (since 1902). Non-cricket
players will also find this well worth seeing. Bermuda's leading
attraction by far among locals, with plenty of food, music, an occasion for
fashionable clothing, revelry and fun. Cricketers are officially the main
attraction, with cash prizes for spectacular plays amid thunderous cheers from
the crowd and much bravado from the players. The uniquely Bermudian gambling
game of Crown and Anchor is much in evidence in the carnival-like atmosphere.
Expect heavy road traffic to and from the event.
July 30. Somers
Day. 2nd day of Public Holiday, annual cricket Cup Match Classic.
Smith's
Parish crest
Hurricane
season.
August 2009
Public Holidays.
Friendship Day (USA).
Emancipation Day
celebrations continued, for August 1.
Botanical Gardens. Including music, lectures, films, crafts, and the play
'Emancipation: A Love Story', which revolves the relationship between a black
man and a white woman over 400 years of history.
Harbour Nights festival
(weekly on Wednesday evenings to October).
13th (in 2009) International
Sand Sculpture Competition, Horseshoe Bay..
Non-Mariners Race by Society of
Non-Mariners, at Mangrove Bay in Sandys
Parish.
Concert in the
Park - Victoria Park in City
of Hamilton.
Around
the Island Boat Race. From Ferry Reach.
Bermuda Billfish Tournament.
Bermuda Fitted Dinghy Races.
Flybridge Tackle Junior Fishing Tournament.
Trunk Island Swim.
Around the Island Sea Gull Race.
Glow worms begin shining in the ocean. Festival of August Moon.
August 1 to November
30. Hurricane season.
Southampton
Parish
September 2010
Public Holidays.
Labor Day (USA and Bermuda).
Notable days.
Patriot Day (USA). Grandparents Day (USA). Rosh
Hashanah). Citizenship Day (USA). Yom
Kippur (USA). Swimming ends for many
Bermudians until May 24. Soccer season begins, cricket ends.
More events
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Harbour Nights festival (weekly
on Wednesday evenings to October).
Bermuda Jazz
Festival at former Royal Naval Dockyard. Glow worms stop shining in
the ocean. Last Fitted Dinghy Races until May. Lobster season starts. Annual Wahoo Tournament.
YouthNet Fun Charity Golf
Tournament
September
Bermuda National Gallery and the Bermuda National Trust present an
exhibit of historical and contemporary art works.
 Bacardi
Cup: Bermuda National Match Racing Championship, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda.
Sailed in International One Design sloops.
Annual CD&P Grand Prix cycle race, Front Street.
Exhilarating competition between some of the world’s best cyclists.
From now to November 30.
Hurricane season.
St.
George's Parish |
October 2010
Golf PGA Grand Slam in Bermuda.
Annual Gombey Festival 2010. In 2009, seven troupes perform4d 15 to
20-minute dances.
Gombey tales were told and a history of the
local troupes was read.
SPCA Animal Expo & Fair at the Botanical
Gardens. 10.00am to 4.00 pm Free Entrance Fun Day for the
whole family with exciting dog ring events and displays. Entrance: Berry
Hill Road. Call 236 7333 or email info@spca.bm
Bermuda Boarding School Fair.
Secondary School Fair.
YES Classic Golf
tournament, Belmont Hills Golf Club. Annual event (since 2004) of the
Bermuda Chamber of Commerce.
15th Annual Bermuda Music Festival
2010..
Bermuda Bravery Association Awards.
Bermuda Tattoo
2010, a series of music, dance and
military performances. in 2009, i
n addition to the Bermuda
Regiment Band and Corps of Drums, there were bands from Nova Scotia and
St. Kitts. The
United States Army Drill Team was one of the spectacles in honour of the Island's 400th anniversary
celebration. The
group joined the Bermuda Regiment and more than 400 musicians, dancers
and performers from around the world for the event Drill
members use bayonet-tipped 1903 Springfield rifles, with a unique drill that is not normally performed in standard shows.
It involves the drill team's signature maneuvers the Hat Band, the Ripple
Line, the Soloist Performance and Front-to-Rear-Overhead Rifle Toss. The
latter is a routine where members from the front row alternately toss and
spin ten-pound rifles to a member in the back row. The throws can reach as
high as 15 feet and are caught with one hand. The
US army brought 16 soldiers to Bermuda on October 18, 12 of which are
involved in the primary performance unit. The
drill team was established in 1948. Soldiers are required to concentrate on
precise marching and crisp rifle drill. The
event will take place at the Bermuda Maritime Museum Keep Yard and starts at
7.30 p.m. In the 2009 event, tickets cost between $40 and $80.
Round-the-Sound Long Distance Swimming
Race.
Sir John Cox Annual Yacht
Race.
World Bird Count.
Bermuda
Gold Cup, Royal Bermuda Yacht Club,
Hamilton Harbor.
Bermuda International Open Golf
Championships.
Daylight Saving ends.
Halloween
From now to November 30. Hurricane season.
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November 18, 2009
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