ABOUT CHECKMATE INC
Checkmate Inc. is a Turks and Caicos family based Production, Entertainment and Event Planning company who’s specialize in creating innovative, sophisticated and cutting edge events. 

With over twenty years of experience in entertainment and productions, we have developed a rich knowledge and understanding of Event, Production and Entertainment worlds. resulting in our reputation for creating truly unforgettable moments.

We don’t just want to plan a event; we want to understand what our clients want to accomplish, we want to understand their culture, and we want to understand their people. When we know this, we can create an event strategy that is uniquely relevant for that client.

Optimism, Innovation, and Tenacity are at the core of Checkmate’s culture. We truly believe anything can be accomplished given creativity, innovation, and planning. We believe it is our responsibility to stay tuned into the Event Industry, watch for new production ideas and entertainment trends, and be thought leaders. Only then can we be at our best and keep our events fresh. 

We are the Turks and Caicos leading experts in creating events that inspire, motivate and wow! By designing temporary environments, creating fresh experiences, awakening the senses, and evoking emotion.

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“Understanding the order of time is important to anyone hoping to manifest a dream,” says Valerie June. “There is a time to push, and a time to gently tend the garden.”

Since the release of her 2013 breakout Pushin’ Against A Stone, June has been patiently at work in the garden of song, nurturing seedlings with love and care into the lush bloom that is her stunning new album, The Order Of Time. Some songs grew from seeds planted more than a decade ago, others blossomed overnight when she least expected them to, but every track bears the influence of time. See, time has been on June’s mind a lot lately. It’s the only constant in life, even though it’s constantly changing. It’s the healer of all wounds, the killer of all men. It’s at once infinite and finite, ever flowing with twists and turns and brutal, churning rapids that give way to serene stretches of placid tranquility. Fight against the current and it will knock you flat on your ass. Learn to read it, to speak its language, and it will carry you exactly where you’re meant to be.

The Strypes are 4-piece rhythm and blues band hailing from Cavan, Ireland, formed in 2011 by Ross Farrelly (lead vocals/harmonica), Josh McClorey (lead guitar/vocals), Pete O'Hanlon (bass guitar/harmonica) and Evan Walsh (drums).

The group has spent the past 18 months launching their explosive R&B assault on the clubs and festivals of Ireland, the UK and Europe, viciously hammering out a no-nonsense blues repertoire drawing from the songbooks of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Slim Harpo and more with the passion and venom of British blues groups such as Dr. Feelgood, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones and The Animals. 

Having already been met with critical acclaim from greats such as Jeff Beck and Paul Weller and been tipped by NME as the No. 1 new band to watch, it seems things can only get better for The Strypes.

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