Philipsburg:--- The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) and Festivité Carnavalesque De Saint Martin Le comité Festivités Carnavalesques De Saint Martin (FCDSM) met on Tuesday evening todiscuss areas of cooperation. "We will be assisting our French-side counterparts in the coming weeks and months ahead," remarked Stuart Johnson President of the SCDF. Present at the meeting for the FCDSM was its President Phillipe Richardson along with his three team delegation.
The SCDF and FCDSM outlined areas of support in terms of advice, volunteering and marketing ventures for the respective Carnivals. The Carnival celebrations of the French-Side will be February 12th to February 22nd, while the Dutch side Carnival will be April 19th to May 2nd with each having their own line up of pre-events.
"We will do our utmost to continue to be there for our French-side counterparts whilst continue to foster our working relationship with other islands, such as Aruba, Curacao and Anguilla," remarked Johnson. To kick off the initial joint venture the SCDF and FCDSM were guest on the popular PJD2 1300AM radio show of Lloyd Richardson on Sunday
morning. For this interview FCDSM President Mr. Richardson, FCDSM Public Relations Officer Robert Fleming, SCDF President Stuart Johnson, and Erno Labega SCDF treasurer were present. "We are grateful for the opportunities being afforded to us such as this media interview as we continue to apprise the public of the ongoing preparations. We surely are eager and excited as we continue to gear towards Carnival 2012 on the Dutch-side," Johnson concluded.
