Thousands of revellers jumped up, gyrated and 'wuk-kup' themselves into a frenzy as they partied themselves behind 21 bands on way from Barbados NBridgetown City Guideational Stadium to Spring Garden to bring curtains down on Crop Over 2002.

Twelve point seven inches of rain did not dampen spirit of revellers in their passion, an intensity, matched only by pulsating beat of drums and calypso music.

A sea of shimmering colors, blue, green, red, yellow, and orange stretched for miles and miles. A generator failure during first half of Heineken Beer/EAS Field White Rum Pic-0-de-Crop Finals at National Stadium did not prevent Red Plastic Bag (Stetson Wiltshire) from being selected Calypso Monarch 2002, for sixth time in his 20 year career. RPB had just begun his first tune when lights went out. He returned later to finish SAM, a powerful presentation of twin towers labelled love and peace, with RPB appearing in a Bin LaWorldwide Concert and Event Ticketsden costume followed by an armed soldier on hunt for him.

The crowd was captured by song in which Red Plastic Bag referred on several occasions to Bin Laden, with chorus of "terror, terror" and warning to United States by Bin Laden. He ended his presentation with two loud explosions on stage followed by collapsing of two towers.

When RPB was announced as Calypso Monarch, pandemonium broke loose as hundreds of fans swarmed stage, catching police off-guard and sending them scurrying on stage to form a barricade around Prime Minister Owen Arthur. Newsmen and photographers were also caught off guard, but only momentarily.

Worldwide Concert and Event TicketsThe new King drove away with a fully-loaded Subaru Impreza, two first class tickets to New York on Caribbean Star, a trophy presented by Prime Minister, and $10,000.

Most of those in finals night at National Stadium came out with blazing guns, ready to take crown, but RPB came out on top, dressed for first half with blazing red and later with a white Bin Laden outfit including a turban. In Stadium there were thousands of red flags, umbrellas, clothing, plastic bags, scarves, rags, flashing lights, and even men painted red.

Kid Site, another veteran on scene came in second and received a $5,000 check from Barbados Prime Minister. Kid Site was a crowd favorite from moment he went on stage, touching on several matters facing Barbados: unemployment, inflation, corruption in Government circles, and serious economic issues facing Barbadians. His first presentations were entitled 'Too Malicious' and 'Dangerous', followed in second half with 'Stop De Cover-up'. Both songs were well received, and from crowd's reaction, it became clear that it was a close race between Kid Site and RPB.

Third place winner, John King received a check for $1,500. His first rendition as 'Fuh Cree' was well received. He opened his presentation with a film dramatization of an old calypsonian named "Cree", asking King to render a song for him. This was followed by 'Body Talk' featuring two models. It spoke of a woman's body in its entirety and projected women in a different light.

The fourth prize of $500 went to li'l Rick with his first presentation, entitled 'Doh Tell Me So', followed by an upbeat performance entitled 'Owing'. Owing was well received as a good effort with necessary ingredients of good presentation.

The competition set stage for Becks Beer/Cockspur Surge Cohobblopot, also held at National Stadium. The Queen's competition came before King's competition and first place went to Spring Garden, a costume worn by Pat Harding, which displayed in colors of green, white, and silver. It was sponsored by Mount Gay Rum and is described as 100 percent Bajan.

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Waikiki, Ipanema, Bondi, and Malibu, and one you probably have not paid too much attention to, but it is actually one of finest beaches in world, with great things to do - Cable Beach, in The Bahamas, surrounded by capital - Nassau - and former British outpost archipelago.

Click For Nassau City GuideA National Leisure Travel Monitor poll of 1,351 leisure travelers taken during first quarter of 2002 reflects that when families go away together, they also want to play together.

Even before events of September 11th, this trend surfaced, as was identified in Portrait of Family Travel - a 2001 survey of 284 adults who traveled with children and 424 children between ages of 6 and 17 years, in which nine out of 10 parents indicated "my kids' interests are an important factor in planning vacations."

To meet need for family recreational activities, at three of The Bahama's Cable Beach's premiere resorts: Wyndham Nassau Resort & Crystal Palace Casino, Radisson Cable Beach Resort, and Nassau Beach Hotel, have select activities that take needs for family fun seriously.

There are lots of activities whole family can enjoy together: snorkeling, a leisurely day sail, fun at outdoor pool, complete with thrill of a free-form waterslide. While resort's beachfront RainForest Adventure Golf, a miniature golf course, offers up such themed holes as Temple of Doom, Extreme Sand Castle, and Loop to Loop.

The Wyndham Nassau Resort also has many fun activities of interest to families, Flamingo Bar & Grille, located poolside, offers kid-friendly menu items such as hamburgers, hot dogs, fries and milk.

Additional area attractions and activities include: Adastra Gardens & Zoo (4 miles), Botanic Gardens, Fort Charlotte (5 miles), Island Cruises (5 miles), sailing (5 miles), Straw Market (5 miles).

The all-inclusive Radisson Cable Beach Resort offers innovative incentives for all family structures. Single parents traveling with children under age of 17 pay applicable double occupancy adult rate, rather than price applied to a single room. Camp Junkanoo is this resort's daily, supervised kids program, for children ages 4-12.