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--> DEXTER ON STAGE WITH HIS DAUGHTER CELENA SEUSHAHAI AND MC SHELDON FRANCIS (SKF) Saturday night's main event for fans of Carnival   By Stephen Weir for the Caribbean Camera Sunday morning at the Grand Deluxe Ballroom in North Toronto and sunrise only three hours away. It was very late even for a Mas Band costume launch, when Tribal Carnival founder Dexter Seusahai and daughter Celena Seusahai wearing the show stopping costume lowered the music and told the wildly clapping fans where their family run band is heading. "We have been up. We have been down. Now the sky is the limit!" yelled Dexter Seusahai. He told the 500+ strong audience that Tribal Carnival will compete for the first time in three years in the large band class (1,000+) for this year's August 4 th Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Caribana) Parade, 2018. Established in 2007 Tribal has emerged as one of the festival’s most successful Mas Bands. Tribal has not only competed su

  Cayman Brac   “The Russian Destroyer” Cayman Brac - Reef Divers' crew prepare for a morning dive on the Russian Destroyer Wrecked  - Diver Magazine Feature by Stephen Weir September 2012. Sidebar 3 The Russian destroyer was actually a Russian Patrol Frigate based in Cuba. It was Patrol Vessel 356 until just before her sinking when she was named the Dive Captain Keith Tibbetts Length 330’ Width 42’ Commissioned in 1984 Decommissioned in 1992 Sunk in 1996 Last passenger on ship – Jean Michelle Cousteau Armament – Two 5” deck gun. Reef Divers, Cayman Brac visit the Destroyer almost daily, and occasionally will dive her at night.   The Cayman Aggressor live-aboard usually dives her weekly.   When conditions are right, she can be dove from shore. Reef Divers at Brac Reef Beach Resort Cayman Brac 1-800-594-0843 info@866thebrac.com Full Story: http://stephenweirarticles.blogspot.ca/2012/08/cover-story-diver-magazine-september.html 

Wreck to be sunk at popular dive site - story written for divermag.com. A 63-year old decommissioned US Naval vessel will soon be acquired by the government of the Cayman Islands and is slated to become Grand Cayman’s newest dive attraction. At a recent press briefing held in Toronto, Tourism, Environment, Investment and Commerce Minister Charles Clifford told Diver Magazine that he expects the USS Kittiwake to be sunk off the popular Seven Mile Beach in June, 2009. Just a few days before speaking to Diver Mag, Minister Clifford signed an agreement on behalf of his government with the Cayman Islands Tourists Association. The agreement formalizes the government's plan to acquire the decommissioned naval ship in order to create a new dive site and give “desired relief for some of our frequently visited dive sites.” For years the Tourist Association has been trying to acquire a US navy ship to sink off Grand Cayman. Spearheading the campaign to find and sink a ship is Canadian diver