[1] In February 1983, the government of Saint Kitts and Nevis announced a competition to find a national anthem and requested submissions.
[2] Kenrick Georges (1955–2019[3]), a trumpeter and arranger for a popular brass band,[4] decided to compose a submission on the last day at 2:00 am.
[2] On 3 June 1983, Chairperson of the National Anthem Sub-Committee Pamela Wall announced the winner of the competition.
[2] On Saint Kitts and Nevis's first independence day, 19 September 1983, Prime Minister Kennedy Simmonds awarded Georges for his contribution as composer and writer of the national anthem.
Georges stated in a 2008 interview that he considered writing the anthem the high point of his musical career.