On the 10th September is our National Day which is the biggest celebration on the Gibraltar calendar. It is a day where the whole of Gibraltar comes together and celebrates the Gibraltarian identity, and we also celebrate a turbulent time in our recent history which is the 1967 referendum where we chose not to be Spanish but to remain British.
This year as always the week running up to National day has been a busy one with different events taking place around Gibraltar. The annual fair was also during the same week this year. It was changed just so it could be part of National week but I think I would have left it as before – this year not so many kids could attend as National week fell after the new school term has begun.
The highlight of this year’s National Week was the 1st Gibraltar Music Festival which really was a mega concert with different local bands performing but also UB40. The night ended with a performance from Jessie J.
National Day came and this year there was a nice change in the venue, from the Piazza to Casemates Square which is bigger and more spacious. This year the old format had returned - a political rally, which is a good thing in some points of view, but I still did not see the point of having UK MP’s coming here to say a few words to the crowd and then do nothing about the Gibraltar issue in the UK.
The most important part of National Day is of course to show the world that we want things to stay as they are now and this is shown by everyone dressing in our national colours - red and white, and going down to Casemates for the party and the release of 30,000 helium balloons.
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