The sounds of goat skin drums and horns fill the air as we close out 2012 with the dazzling Junkanoo street festivals.
The festival springs from our African roots. Musicians and dancers come together in an explosion of colour in the wee hours of Boxing Day, the holiday after Christmas, and New Year's morning.
It often follows a night of Church, revelry and spectacular firework displays stretching from the Cable Beach hotels in the west to Clifford Park and then in Nassau harbour under the shadow of the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island.
The fireworks from private parties and the yachting clubs join in and the sky is a jewelled kaleidoscope of shape and colour.
As midnight ushers in the New Year, the horns of the mail boats berthed under Paradise Bridge and the brilliantly lit cruise ships in Nassau Harbour join together in a stirring crescendo.
Party goers line the shore and the bridge to toast in the New Year.
It's a scene we never get tired of and we realise how lucky we are to have all of this at our fingertips.
We wish you all the best for 2013 and we pray for Peace.
We look forward to serving you in the New Year.
Talk to you soon! We're off to listen to the National Youth Choir. Listen