‘Live Life to the Fullest!’, that was the theme of Senior Citizens Week that draws to a close this weekend.Certainly the week got underway with a great start highlighted by the 2013 Awards Ceremony and Luncheon at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess. Nearly a thousand attended the luncheon, forcing the hotel to capitalise on all of its adjoining overflow space.Government’s Department of Community and Cultural Affairs under its Senior Officer, Mrs. Heather Whalen, evidently succeeded in a well coordinated programme headed by Mrs. Jeannie Isaac, backed up by a Seniors Committee of 30-odd, meticulous experts themselves, who ensured the Seniors were fully pampered all along the line, as far as they reasonably could.Wit, good humour, and music, were welcome features of the luncheon, with barrister Leopold Mills, CBE setting the pace as Master of Ceremonies, and sustained by Premier Craig Cannonier at his effusive best, venturing to tell a joke that had some seniors on the edge of their seats, wondering what was coming next, which was great applause and laughter.Opposition leader Marc Bean had a hard act to follow, bringing thought provoking sentiments that gained both applause and more ‘amens’ from his audience than are often heard in some church services. Hon Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, Minister of Health and Seniors was not left out, being applauded for rounding out her speech reciting from memory and great emphasis, the poem ‘The Test of a Man’ which her father (Dr. E.F. Gordon) kept posted on his office door.Of course, the truly big highlights of the luncheon revolved around presentation of awards to nearly 40 senior citizens, who were magnificently photographed and bio-graphed in a 100-page book produced by the Ministry. Also here were a record number of six centenarians awarded and seven special couples cited.