Spanish Point three days before the referendum.

The concert at the park popularly known as Pontoons will feature "5,000 kids screaming: `Yes to the referendum' at the top of their lungs,'' Mr. Andrew Phillips predicted.

Mr. Phillips is president of Dred & Baha Productions -- the company which gave out about 1,200 "Vote yes'' to Independence T-shirts at a Spanish Point reggae concert on Saturday night.

Lawyer Mr. Philip Perinchief -- who has broken ranks with the Progressive Labour Party over its call for a referendum boycott -- helped distribute the shirts, Mr. Phillips said.

"We did this because we would like to encourage people to get involved and vote yes to Independence,'' he said.

The concert, which was attended by 3,000 people and lasted until 3 a.m., was "incident-free'' and the park grounds were left "impeccable,'' he said. Not one shirt was found on the ground afterwards.

Many young people in Bermuda feel they have been ignored, Mr. Phillips said.

"They're interested in the political system when the political system starts showing some interest in them.'' Mr. Phillips said frequently-aired radio commercials promoting another upcoming concert would include the tag: "Remember, freedom and unity equals strength and power.'' Further concerts were planned on August 2 and August 12, he said. Mr. Phillips would not say whether either would feature pro-Independence speeches as well as music.

"I don't think it's so much the youth vote that we're after,'' he said.

"We're after the youth making their own stand and making their opinions felt.

"We're letting them know that they have an opinion and they have a right to exercise it.''