Cayman Connection, supported by the Cayman Islands Government Office in the UK (CIGOUK) and the Friends of Cayman group has been promoting a virtual Christmas Caymanian culture gathering on Friday 18 December.
The event includes a partnership with Caymanian Chef Chad Scott, from GogoCarib, who will be making Cayman-style dishes delivered as holiday meals across the UK. And for dessert, rum cakes will accompany these holiday meals, thanks to Tortuga Rum Cakes which has also joined this special effort.
Originally envisaged as a small event to cater for Caymanians unable to get home for Christmas, DART Scholar stepped in to ensure that no Caymanian students staying overseas during difficult times would miss out on the food and fun after a hard year.
DART Scholar commented: “Dart Scholar is delighted to sponsor Cayman Connection’s Virtual Christmas. Around the world Christmas is a time to get together with family and friends and enjoy delicious food and entertainment. We know that for many UK based Caymanian Students this year will be different, some can’t come home, so we are helping Cayman Connection to deliver a little taste of home to them. We hope this virtual evening filled with the taste of home and heart-warming Caymanian entertainment brings some joy and we will look forward to seeing them all along with our Dart Scholars when they return. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone.”
The event includes Christmas performances by Caymanians in London and Manchester, spoken word poetry by a student in Liverpool, Cayman Christmas storytelling with Rita Estevanovitch and a performance by steel pan performer Olujimi “Jimmeh” La Pierre in Cayman, to bring a slice of home to those overseas.
Entertainment will be followed by Christmas games and virtual social engagement to bring some comfort to those far from home.
There will be surprises, including a fantastic offering from Cayman Airways!
Chef Chad Scott said “It was perfect timing to be approached by Cayman Connection, as I am relaunching my catering company GogoCarib and I am very happy to serve up food to Caymanians overseas at Christmas time. I am honoured to be a part of this network and event and pleased to be able to share my food and new brand. I am grateful for the promotion and support from Cayman Connection.”
Lauren Williams, student in Liverpool added “Being away from home is difficult particularly at this time, and being a student overseas has been very strange. So I am really happy to be a part of this event and to share my spoken word poem with other Caymanians in the UK and in Cayman.”
INITIAL RSVP has now closed – extraordinary RSVP for the event closes 11 December, email hello@caymanconnection.org.
Editors Notes:
Cayman Connection is a Caymanian not-for-profit Community Enterprise Company registered in the UK. www.caymanconnection.org.