19th Annual New Year's Grand Gala hosted by Douglas on January 3

The 19th Annual New Year’s Gala hosted by former St Kitts and Nevis prime minister and leader of opposition Dr Denzil L Douglas will be held at the Grand Ballroom of the St. Kitts Marriott Resort and Royal Beach Casino on Friday 3rd January 2020.

According to the organisers, the gala event will take place under the theme "A Legacy of Quality Leadership."

Tickets at a cost of EC$270 or US$100 are available at Unit A6, The Sands Complex in Basseterre. Telephone 465-0300 or 663-6700

The date of the guest speaker will be announced later.

Guest Speakers at previous galas included prominent United States Congresswoman, the Hon Maxine Waters; actress and Emmy Awards winner, Cicely Tyson of Nevisian parentage; Nation of Islam Leader, of Kittitian parentage, the Hon Louis Farrakhan; Emmy Award Winner and Broadcaster, Del Walters; Founder and President of TransAfrica, Mr Randall Robinson; African-American icon, musician and actor, His Excellency Ambassador Harry Belafonte, Publisher and founder of America’s Black Enterprise Magazine, Earl Gilbert Graves, Sr, the late Prime Minister of Barbados, the Hon David Thompson; former Jamaica Prime Minister the Most Honourable P J Patterson; actor Danny Glover, Travis Smiley, Kittitian-born Hon Randolph Bennet, and America’s well-known journalist and former CNN contributor Roland Martin.