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2008 |
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8-15 (tentative) Biennial Arts Festival
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22 A Beautiful Party for a Beautiful Cause
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The Arijah Children's Foundation Inaugural
Benefit Party Saturday March 22, 5:00-
9:00pm. www.arijahchildrensfoundation.org
- 27-30
Moonsplash
Annual Music Festival
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The festival showcases Caribbean and international
talent at the Dune Preserve, rendezvous Bay
Beach
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| May
2008 |
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- 01
Labour Day
09-11 Anguilla Yacht Regatta
12 Whit Monday
24 Leeward Islands Talented Teen Competition
30 Anguilla Day Round the Island Boat Race
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Commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian
Revolution which took place on May 30th, 1967.
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| June
2008 |
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14 Miss Venus Swim Suit Competition
16 Celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's
Birthday
- (8:00 am parade
at the Ronald Webster’s Park)
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| July
2008 |
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- 06
John T. Annual Cycling Race
13 Miss Tiny Tott Pageant
20 NBA Peter Perkins Boatrace
26 Miss Ecstasy - regional talent & beauty
pageant
- 27
Miss Anguilla Swim Suit Competition
- A
pre Summer Festival event that showcases the
contestants of the Miss Anguilla
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31 Opening of Summer Festival
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| August
2008 |
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- Anguilla
Summer Festival
- Colourful
expressions of Anguilla culture through dance,
song, parades & Boatracing!
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- 03
Heineken Cup Boat Race
- At
Sandy Ground
04 August Monday
- Jouvert
Morning - at the crack of dawn, people from
all over the island dance in the streets of
the Valley until noon.
August Monday Boat Race
- At
Sandy Ground
07 August Thursday
- August
Thursday Boat Race - the national sport of the
island. Handmade racing boats compete everyday
of carnival for the grand prize. Great Party
also!
- Miss
Anguilla Pageant
- at
the Landsome Bowl Cultural Center. The crowning
event of carnival festivities - talented young
ladies compete for the title of "Miss Anguilla"
08 Parade of Troupes
- Colorful
parade of troupes through The Valley
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| November
2008 |
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- 6
- 9 Tranquility Jazz Festival
- Enjoy
the mellow rhythms of jazz set against
the backdrop of one of Anguilla's unique
sunsets...great music, great people, great
atmosphere...
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- 24-30
Tourism Week
30 Anguilla's Race against Aids
- Public
awareness campaign to raise funds for
AIDS related services.
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| December
2008 |
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- 04-13
Festival de Noel
- 24
Annual Lightening of the Christmas Tree
in the Valley next to the Trough
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