Clearwater Beach came vividly alive Sunday as more than 600 members of the Burgess Basham clan enthusiastically flocked there for their first ever reunion picnic.A week ago, we reported how something radically different occurred on the post-1834 Slavery Emancipation interracial marriage scale when St Georgian John Samuel Burgess took as his bride Mary Ann Margaret Basham whose parents were white English. She was born in 1841. The norm at that time, particularly when the British Army was garrisoned in St. George's was for white soldiers to marry coloured ladies.From the interracial Burgess-Balsam union nine girls and two boys were born. Family tree researchers preparing for the reunion had established there were more than 400 known descendants who are alive today.Prime organisers Rose Smith Douglas and Sylvia Richardson Caines, both veteran school teachers by profession, confessed their minds were blown by the turnout of the cousins. "It went beyond my wildest expectations," said Sylvia. "It was awesome; the fellowship was heartwarming, providing avenues to forge future relationships."Rose declared she was "elated, excited, seeing how the people kept coming and coming. It was awesome such a genial, enthusiastic crowd; people who had reached the highest plains of academia; involved in business, the church, politics, all cousins, diverse."Mrs Douglas noted sports was a common thread throughout the family, and that cricket genes were most pronounced through the Packwoods, Smiths, Darrells and Richardsons. Some were involved in establishing the Somerset-St George's Cup Match and keeping its tradition going.Rose cited her own father, Clarence (Jigger) Smith, a Cup team captain. Special reference was made to Leroy (Tubby) Richardson, who was still charged up from the big 90th birthday party given the all-time great Cup Match star.Aside from the yesteryear veterans, Rose said there are several promising youngster making an impact as cricketers, including Jordan Smith, a young Bermuda international now in England.Two of the five known doctors in the family impacting abroad in their respective fields, were home for the reunion. They were Tubby's daughter Dr. Lynette Richardson Gibson, who has a PhD in Nursing and teaches in the Carolinas. And Dr Carol Simmons Brevett, daughter of Dr Erskine Simmons. She has a PhD in Chemistry, and is famed for having created and perfected a new chemistry game for students, called Atommate. It is a card game consisting of a deck of 49 playing-size cards with names, symbols and facts about the elements of the Periodic Table and is available on line under that trademarked name.