Now in its Now in its 27th Year!Year!dec 4 -10, 2014Vol.27, No.13

Your Free Guideto our islands’ happenings

Also this week: trellis Bay Full Moon Party • BVi steelman • eshs Christmas Concert • save the seed Anniversary

Style BVI 2014Sunday, December 7th

Special Guest Performance by Melanie Amaro

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A Virgin Islands’ Christmas SpecialThis Week’s Feature Story by Jan Critchley

Christmas is just around the corner and to start offthe celebrations in the traditional way, make sure youget along to one of the highlights of the season, AVirgin Islands’ Christmas Special which is taking placeon DeCastro Street this Friday andSaturday, the 5th and 6th December.

Speaking to Mrs. JanisBraithwaite-Edwards, Co-Chairpersonof the Christmas on Main StreetCommittee, she explained. “This yearit was decided that the event wouldbe a “Christmas Special” focusing onchildren and the artists of the BVI. Forus to create this, with all the activities and perform-ances we will have, we needed a location that couldaccommodate all. So for this year, the venue will beDeCastro Street and the community can look forwardto all the traditions of years gone by and the opportu-nity to bring a different part of our city to light.”

DeCastro Street will be transformed and becomemagical under the twinkling lights and this year, thekids activities take centre stage and include a water-slide and a wagon ride for kids that the parents canride in too! The Moko Jumbies will be there, weavingtheir sky defying way through the crowds and the

Boys Choir of the BVI will be singing their carols from6pm on Friday evening.

Following them at around 7pm, the BVI DanceSchool, featuring 20 dancers between the ages of 11

and 18 will take to the stage wherethey will perform a modern and tradi-tional combination of crowd-pleasingdance routines that will include mod-ern pop (think Bruno Mars), jazz and asprinkling of traditional Christmaswith a Hawaiian Christmas “Hula”dance. Not to be missed.

Artists and artisans of the BVI willalso be given plenty opportunity to display their tal-ents, and displays will be placed throughout the areafor everyone to enjoy.

There will be all the traditional hallmarks of previ-ous years. The stalls will feature lots of goodies suchas homemade candies, toys, tree ornaments, jewelryas well as locally made West Indian dolls and othercraft items. While you meander among the stalls, geta taste of traditional fare such as guavaberry wine andblack cake. This is an event that kicks off the holidayseason with plenty of sparkle and flair – so we will seeyou there!

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Trellis Bay Full Moon Don’t miss one the BVI’s top cultural events of the

month, the Trellis Bay Full Moon beach party, this

Saturday, 6th December. Fungi band, The Razor

Bladez will be headlining and the famous fireballs will

be lit around 9pm. Come early for the amazing

Caribbean buffet, see the sky high Moko Jumbies

dance through the crowd. Don’t miss this one of a

kind party where there is something for all the family.

Save The Seed AnniversaryCome along and celebrate Save The Seed’s sec-

ond anniversary and customer appreciation day on

Saturday, December 6th from 9am. There will be an

open house at The Energy Gym with FREE classes.

Also get 20% off annual gym membership and first 50

new members get a free T-shirt! You can also bowl all

day for $2 per game & $2 shoes. Call 494-7353 for

more information.

Style BVI 2014Singer, Melanie Amaro, X-Factor Winner will be

the guest star at Style BVI 2014 this Sunday,

December 7th from 4pm at UP’s Crystal Ballroom. This

event showcases hair and beauty salons across the

BVI and has competitions in seven categories includ-

ing the $1000 cash prize for the most outrageous

style. The celebrity judge for the evening is Glenda

“Ms J” Jemison who stars in a reality show on the

Oprah Winfrey Network, Houston Beauty. In addition,

there will be a fashion show and entertainment by

Soca Monach 2014 winner - BMore, Glenroy Charles

on saxaphone and a special guest performance by

Melanie Amaro. Tickets are $25 in advance from

Hazem’s Beauty Supplies or $30 on the door.

Give Peace a ChanceTake a stand on International Human Rights Day,

Wednesday December 10th 2014 and join the March

Against Violence that will begin at 4pm from the

Governor’s House Parking Lot to the Noel Lloyd

Positive Action Park. Once there, a balloon release will

take place and the Celebration of Life Concert will take

place between 5pm and 7pm.

2014 BVI SteelmanIt’s the last triathlon of the year – BVI Steelman,

taking place on Beef Island this Saturday, December

6th at 2pm. The event comprises a 1500 metre swim

in Well Bay, a 40k bike leg lapping the road from the

airport to the ramparts of Beef Island Bridge, and

ends in a 10k run along the roads and trails of Beef

Island. The event is open to teams and individuals and

registration is at the Tortola Sports Club on Friday

from 5:30pm to 6:30pm.

By Jan CritchleyYour Guide to British Virgin Islands Events

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live music • events • concerts • parties • sports • movies and more

THURSDAY - DEC 4

ROAD TOWN

PUSSER’S— Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm

CANE GARDEN BAY

MYETT’S— Candyman Live at Sunset Happier

Hour 5-7pm

FRIDAY - DEC 5

ROAD TOWN

PUSSER’S— Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm

TORTOLA SPORTS CLUB — BVI Steelman

Registration 5:30-6:30pm

DECASTRO STREET — 16th Annual A Virgin

Islands’ Christmas Special

NANNY CAY

NANNY CAY — Registration for Gustav Wilmerding

Challenge at 6pm

WEST END

PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm. Live

music by saxophonist Glenroy Charles 7-9pm

CANE GARDEN BAY

MYETT’S— Sunset Happy Hour 5-7pm. Tortola’s

own Evolution Band 7pm. Limbo Contest 8pm

ELMS BEACH BAR— Beach BBQ w/ the

Elm Tones

SATURDAY - DEC 6

ROAD TOWN

PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm

THE MOORINGS — Market Day 7am-2pm

DECASTRO STREET — 16th Annual A Virgin

Islands’ Christmas Special

SAVE THE SEED— 2nd Anniversary Celebration

with lots of activities and discounts!

ST. WILLIAMS CHURCH HALL— Hurry, Hurry -

Come for Curry! from 7pm

BRIERCLIFFE HALL— ESHS Christmas

Concert 7:30pm

TORTOLA SPORTS CLUB — Festive Fashion Fayre

from 11am - 3pm

NANNY CAY

NANNY CAY — Gustav Wilmerding Challenge

at 10am

CANE GARDEN BAY

MYETT’S— Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm w/

Awesome Crew Band Live 7pm. Limbo Contest 8pm.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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EAST END

TRELLIS BAY — Trellis Bay Full Moon Party w/ the

Razor Bladez, Mocko Jumbies & Fireballs at 9pm

BEEF ISLAND — BVI Steelman Triathlon at 2pm

SUNDAY - DEC 7

ROAD TOWN

THE MOORINGS — Market Day 7am-2pm

U.P’S — Style BVI 2014 w/ BMore, Glenroy Charles &

special appearances by Melanie Amaro & “Ms J”

BRIERCLIFFE HALL — 3rd Annual Clash of the

Carolers at 3pm

WEST END

PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm. Live

music by saxophonist Glenroy Charles 7-9pm.

CANE GARDEN BAY

MYETT’S— Sunday Brunch Menu & Bottomless

Mimosas. Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm. DJ Jephet.

ELMS BEACH BAR— Beach BBQ w/ the Elm Tones

MONDAY - DEC 8

ROAD TOWN

PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm

CANE GARDEN BAY

MYETT’S— Margarita Mexican Monday. Specials

5-7pm. Chef Al on stage 7pm

ELMS BEACH BAR— Stoli Happy Hour 4-6pm

w/ House Music

TUESDAY - DEC 9

CANE GARDEN BAY

MYETT’S— Sunset Happy Hour 5-7pm mention

Limin’ Times & buy one dinner & get one 1/2 price.

ELMS BEACH BAR— Elms House Rum “GS”

Happy Hour Rum Punch Specials 4-6pm

WEDNESDAY - DEC 10

ROAD TOWN

GOV. HOUSE— March against Violence at 4pm to

Noel Lloyd Park.

NOEL LLOYD PARK— Celebration of Life Concert

5-7pm

CRUISE PIER— BVIPA Shining Stars Chorale

CANE GARDEN BAY

MYETT’S—Sunset Happy Hour 5-7pm. Dinner

& Dance w/ Too Smooth 7pm

ELMS BEACH BAR— Pizza & Shepherds Pie

Night & other local dishes w/ entertainment

The Island Last ResortOpening Party— Dec 12

A Type of Toad @ CocoMaya — Dec 13

Christmas in SpanishTown — Dec 12 & 13

Commodore’s Cup — Dec 13

Art Festival @ Myett’s — Dec 14 & 28

HLSCC ChristmasConcert — Dec 13

Guavaberry Contest @Myett’s — Dec 21

Tarrus RileyDec 13

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ESHS Christmas ConcertThe Elmore Stoutt High School invite you to their

Annual Christmas Concert on Saturday, December 6th

at 7:30pm at the Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall. There will

also be performances by the HSHS Choir, Steel, Jazz,

Fungi and Concert bands. Tickets are $15 adults and

$5 for ESHS students and children 16 years and under.

Hurry, Hurry - Come for Curry!The Catholic church invites you to come out and

support their annual, “Hurry, Hurry - Come for Curry”

on Saturday, December 6th at 7pm at St. William’s

Church Hall. There will be entertainment, door prizes

and an array of delicious curry dishes from the

Caribbean and beyond. Tickets are available on the

door, $20 for adults and $10 for children.

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Ferry FrustratingLiving in the BVI, we sometimes need to, as we

locals say, “Get off the Rock” whether for medicalreasons, to do some shopping or simply to clear ourminds and relax. Well I recently went for my dailydose of relaxation and I had a wonderful time until Igot to St. Thomas and it took me four hours to gethome. After what was already a long day of travelingmy ferry ride home made my day that much longer.

At first I was delighted to hear that the ferry wasrunning a bit late and that meant I would be able tomake it home and not have to spend the night in St.Thomas but soon my delight turned to despair andfrustration. You see, the ferry wasn’t just a few min-utes late it was two hours late. I know that we havecome to accept that the ferry system in the BVI canbe unreliable at best but this is the worst experienceI have had in all my years living here.

Many angry passengers wanting to know thestatus of the boat, or if it was even coming at all?Finally, the long awaited vessel arrived. Then therewas another 40-minute wait because the luggagehad to be loaded first. Once this was all done wewere on our way. We made good time to Tortola butonce we got to the dock that’s when the real dramastarted.

Among all the frustrated passengers were agroup of guys who seemed to be having the time oftheir lives. It looked like they were coming from abachelor party or golf tournament or somethingbecause they were all wearing medals and most of

them were clearly intoxicated. I mean they weredrinking and singing the whole time in the terminalin St.Thomas, so I knew this meant the long waitplus more drinks could only make things more inter-esting.

I was not wrong, after such a long wait it isunderstandable that tempers begin to flare.However, when we arrived at West End, I thought,“Great we’re here at the dock – we can disembark,clear customs and wait for our luggage to be offloaded.” Well that wasn’t to be the case as it tookanother 30-minutes once we arrived before we wereallowed to disembark the boat and a few passengersat this point had had all they could take.

After all the long lines, the long wait and all thedrama we decided that next time we would justsleep in St. Thomas and take the first ferry in themorning. Hopefully we won’t run into any angrymobs and drunk passengers.

By Arlena Smith

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By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Meet Gymnast Kourtney ChinneryDespite being a small country, there’s boundless

talent from offspring of sons and daughters of the soil

abroad. While we are known internationally in several

sporting disciplines, provided the red tape can be cut,

one day we could be sitting in our living rooms watch-

ing Kourtney Chinnery handling business with the

best gymnasts on the planet.

Just 14, Kourtney, who lives in Virginia, is already

building a name for herself. She got involved in the

sport at 15 months when her mother Debra enrolled

her in a gymnastics class. She fell in love with the

trampoline and all the fun things she experienced

there. At two years old, she enrolled in a Tumble Tots

class and has been in the sport since then and has

advanced through the different levels.

She ended her 2011 season as the Level 9 Eastern

Vault champion. Now a Level 10 Gymnast since 2012

at the World Class Gym where she trains with Coach

Tami Harrison, she does all the women’s events—

floor exercises, uneven bars, vaults and the balance

beam. While not having a particular favorite she likes

the vaults and floor exercises.

She has competed in state, regional and national

championships and last season she was among the

top five in the USA Jr. Olympics National

Championships and was the 2012 and 2013 Jr.

Olympics NIT Vault Champion. “I’m now trying to qual-

ify for elite which is international competition,” she

noted. Gymnastics, Kourtney says, is fun and exciting.

“There are so many people that can possibly be

involved in gymnastics and can go so far in it and I

think once you put your mind to it and have fun with

it, you can get far in the sport,” she pointed out. “God

has given me this ability and so many other people

and I think if anyone likes it, they should pursue it.”

When asked about her biggest challenge being a

gymnast, the 10th grader who kicks off her season on

Dec 20, said – like in all sports there are good and

rough days.

“I think it’s persevering the rough days because

on rough days, you really have to put your mind to it—

that’s where the mental toughness comes out,” she

noted. “If you can persevere and get through the

rough days and train your mind that you are going to

get through it, then it’s mind over matter. You have to

remember that whatever your mind thinks or your

heart believes your body will follow. Even on the rough

days when you don’t feel like going to practice or

maybe you’re having a rough time with a skill, you

always have to remember that I’m here for a reason

and that I can do it. You always have to remember to

trust God and trust yourself.”

Kourtney Chinnery

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By Claudia Colli

Quirky and heartwarming, In A World stars Lake

Bell (who also directed and produced) as Carol

Solomon, a voice coach and aspiring voiceover artist.

These are the resonant and almost exclusively male

voices we hear on Hollywood movie trailers. Carol

lives with her father, Sam (Fred Malamed) –

Hollywood’s preeminent voiceover artist, who relishes

his fame and feels that there is no room for women in

this closed boys club.

His ego is great and his sensitivity to his daugh-

ter’s needs and aspirations is small. At the age of 30

Carol is still living at home, but when her father wants

to move a much younger girlfriend in, he has Carol

move out.

With few options, Carol moves in with her sister

Dani (Michaela Watkins) and her husband Moe (Robb

Corddry) who are going through some life (and mari-

tal) crises of their own. Dani has experimented with

going out with another man, although she doesn’t

carry through with the intended infidelity. But that’s

another story. This movie is filled with small stories

and interactions that interweave throughout Carol’s

life as she tries to move forward in a world that is

stacked against her.

In the meantime, Carol is also floundering on the

romance level. In her job as a voice coach she works

with Louis (Demetri Martin), the proverbial nice guy,

who is clearly infatuated with her, but Carol is too

myopic to see this. She instead ends up having a one-

night stand in a closet filled with exotic memorabilia

with Gustav (Ken Marino), a megalomaniac and the

next most sought after voice-over artist in Hollywood.

Carol’s father is trying to coach Gustav to be the heir

to his voice-over throne, and the cream job that he is

seeking for Gustav is for Amazon Games, a Hunger

Games type movie being hyped for the young teenage

girl market.

As Carol continues to work with her voice stu-

dents, trying to turn squeaky and high pitched voices

into mature and resonant tones, an opportunity

comes up for her to also audition for the Amazon

Games trailer. She practices and practices and even

though the odds are stacked against her, she wins the

job. It is a coup that is more than a win for Carol, but

also one for women in general seeking to compete for

jobs in male dominated fields.

When her father finds out, rather than being proud

and supportive, he is furious. He is up for a presti-

gious lifetime achievement award, but the loss of the

job for his protégé Gustav, and especially to a woman,

is initially a massive blow to his self-esteem and his

view of his place in the world.

Even though life lessons can be hard, many are

learned in this lighthearted look at romance, father-

daughter relationships and the largely overlooked

profession of voiceover artists.

In A World

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