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June 12 - 18, 2014 Vol.26, No.39

YouR FRee GuiDe

to our islands’ happenings

BVI Children’ s Dancefest at Sir Rupert Briercliffe Hall Saturday, June 14th @ 6:30pm

Also this week: Beat N’ Run • Queen’s Birthday Parade • Father’s Day • Full Moon Parties • Bashfest @ last Resort

Photo by Anya Brewley Schultheiss

This Week’s Feature Story by Jan Critchley

BASHFEST 2014 Day on bass, this band will also welcome special guests Dalan Vanterpool and Steve Butcher from The Elm Tones.

Last but not least, DJ Mehow will be spinning the decks around midnight to take the party into the early hours. Hot Sauce founder, Al Broderick said, “This is going to be a fabulous night of music, dancing, great food and drink. It's time to get back to that crazy little island in the middle of Trellis Bay – so come one, come all!

We are very excited to have such an eclectic line up of BVI musicians for our very first BASHFEST 2014. There is a wealth of diverse musical talent in the BVI and we are always keen to collaborate with other artists and bring together all of our different styles for everyone’s enjoyment.”

The event is sponsored by TICO and there will be specials on Absolut Vodka drinks to keep you cool throughout this hot night. There will also be the Photo Booth, Fire Dancers and great food. The ferry will run back and forth from Trellis Bay all night long and the $20 entry fee (on the door) includes a complimentary drink.

For more information, contact the BASH hotline 542-0108 or e-mail info@bashbvi.com.

Don’t miss one of the hottest live music lineups this summer at the inaugural BASHFEST 2014.

Described as a night of music, dance and intense revelry – this is one event that will have you strutting your funky stuff, getting down on the dance floor and dancin’ till dawn.

Brought to you by BASH Productions and Party on the Rock, this musical delight is a great opportunity to enjoy an eclectic mix of BVI bands and artists at the Last Resort, famous for its incredible parties, in Trellis Bay from 7pm on Saturday, 14th June.

The golden voice of Oren Hodge will be getting the night underway in style, followed by the great MJ Blues who will be playing a Jimmy Hendrix tribute set as a three-piece band, with his son Mario on drums and Geoff Day on bass. Then, for a change of musical styles is Ruben’s Latin Jazz Combo – an excellent seven-piece band who recently played at the Jazz on the Hill event.

At around 10pm, The Elm Tones from Cane Garden Bay will take to the stage followed by the amazing sounds of Hot Sauce, which was formed when the band was the resident band at The Last Resort.

Featuring Al Broderick on vocals and guitar and Geoff

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Vol. 26, No. 39 • June 12 - 18, 2014

Ask Koren

Your personal E-therapist, is in the house!

Sister Being Physically Abused

Ask Koren

Dear Koren, I need some advice as to how to deal with a situation. My mother is constantly "abusing" my sister and doesn't care what anyone thinks or says. The young lady is 17 yrs old and is beaten for everything and not with a belt, even when she is not wrong and when this is done she is left with bruises about the body and face. Each time I have to step in, it turns out to be cursing and I just can't deal with it any more.

triggers a reaction from your mom and perhaps you can help her to minimize whatever behavior your mom sees as provocation.

If your mom appears to be frustrated or angry, what can you as children do to alleviate some of her stress? Try to behave better? Help with more housework? Talk to her when she is calm or call other close family members to have an intervention? These are possibilities to consider.

If in spite of all your efforts, her behaviour continues, unfortunately, you will have to make a report to the Department of Social Services as your sister’s wellbeing is at stake. They will conduct an objective investigation to determine what the facts are. That way, your mom has an opportunity to explain her actions and your sister will get a chance to share her side of the story too. Your situation is a challenging one, but several persons are being hurt here and your mom might need to be saved from herself now, before she ends up in prison or your sister in hospital.

I hope that your loving heart and caring attitude does make a difference for your family.

–Fed Up and Disgusted Dear Fed Up, It is wrong for someone to be punished for something they did not do and even when they did something wrong, the punishment must fit the crime.

Beating a child with objects until their face and body are bruised is child abuse. Children should be appropriately disciplined for their wrongdoings; otherwise instead of teaching them lessons about consequences, making better choices and love, we are only demonstrating and perpetuating violence and aggression.

Talk to your sister to help her to cope with the situation. I have seen many instances where tension at home and abuse has led to children running away or hurting themselves. Prevention is better than regret, so encourage her to share with you how she is feeling, watch to see if there is anything she says or does that

Lime ... “to hang around idly” or “to go out on the town.”

Source: The Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole by the late educator and historian Lito Valls.

The Limin’ Times brings you all the news about when and where to “lime” in the British Virgin Islands.

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Send your questions confidentially to askkoren@live.com or via twitter at @korennorton

While every effort is made to ensure that information is correct, we cannot accept responsibility for any errors, changes in schedules, ads or other information in this magazine, which is intended as a guide only.

If you have an entertainment event coming up that you would like published, give us a call at 494-2413. Special Notice: Purchase of advertising space in this publication does not guarantee editorial coverage of any event.

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Vol. 26, No. 39 • June 12 - 18, 2014

Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of Black Pearl

By Jane Bakewell

The Jewish Cardinal The very title of this film may appear a bit “oxymoron” – two seemingly contradictory expressions, however it is a true life story of a Jewish convert who rose in the hierarchy of the church, yet maintained his identity as a Jew. John–Marie (Aaron) Lustiger was born in Paris in 1926 to Polish Jewish immigrants.

During the Nazi German occupation of France, he and his sister were sent secretly to live with a Catholic woman and John-Marie converted and was baptized at 13 years old. His sister remained true to her faith.

The film opens with John Marie, who has joined the priesthood, now having been appointed as ArchBishop of Paris by Pope John Paul II. His father who

However, his loyalties are severely tested when a

survived the war is at odds with his son’s conversion,

group of Carmelite nuns settle within the walls of

especially due to the fact that his wife died at the

Auschwitz with plans to build a convent there. The

Auschwitz death camp, but agrees to attend the

Jewish community is outraged that a place they con-

installation ceremony. In his old age he never fully

sider a Jewish gravesite and memorial would be des-

accepts his son’s abandonment of Judaism but asks

ecrated in this way. Jean-Marie’s father also passes

that as a final wish, Jean-Marie say the Hebrew

away and in his Catholic priestly role, he does not feel

mourner’s prayer the “Kaddish” at his gravesite.

he can pray the Kaddish for his father, which alienates

Much of the film shows the close relationship of

his sister. Actor, Laurent Lucas does a wonderful job

the Pope and Jean-Marie, who becomes a Cardinal

of portraying the complexities of faith and cultural

and the Pope’s personal advisor. The two enjoy swims

identity and one of the most moving scenes is shot in

in the Vatican pool and Jean-Marie gets a private

Auschwitz, when John-Marie walks the barracks, sees

viewing of the famous “Pope-mobile” designed for

the ovens and mourns the death of his mother.

his safety. However, the media continues to probe

The film ends by crediting Cardinal Lustiger as

and taunt this idea of being Jewish and Catholic at the

one of the major influences for the Vatican II imple-

same time – yet, Jean-Marie responds that he is no

mentation of a Catholic–Jewish Liaison Committee

different than Jesus, a Jew, the originator of the

that helped foster sensitivity and understanding

Christian faith.

between the two faiths. [French with sub-titles]

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Your Guide to British Virgin Islands Events

By Jan Critchley

BVI Children’s Dancefest

Queen’s Birthday Parade

This Saturday, 14th June head out to the Briercliffe Hall for 6:30pm to watch one of the most anticipated events of the year – the BVI Children’s Dancefest. Over 300 children between the ages of four and 18 will be performing all styles of dance, from ballet to contemporary and hip-hop to jazz in their colorful costumes which is sure to have the audience enthralled. Funds raised help students of the BVI Dance School to attend dance classes, provide costumes and dance workshops held throughout the year. Tickets are on sale at Bolos or on the door – $10 for adults and $5 for children.

Celebrate the birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday, June 14th at 4pm and attend the Grand Parade at the Festival Grounds in Road Town. Represented at the event will be uniformed officers, youth organizations, schools and service clubs.

His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Boyd McCleary will inspect all present, following which will be a march past, the hoisting of the Governor’s Standard and the Royal Salute which is given in honor of Her Majesty.

Those attendees who have been honored with medals are asked to wear them to the event.

Full Moon Don’t miss another special Full Moon party at Trellis Bay on Thursday, June 12th. This month will see the Strawberry Moon rising over the bay while you enjoy the soulful sounds of Dalan Vanterpool on sax followed by the Razorblades. Get there early for the Caribbean Buffet and stand by for the lighting of the Fire Sculptures around 9pm. On Friday, 13th June head to the Paradise Club in Cane Garden Bay for their full moon music party on the beach with Stoli specials.

Father’s Day Treats Treat Dad to a special Father’s Day this Sunday.

Scaramouche in Soper’s Hole has a special brunch from 11:30am to 3pm with handmade chocolates, and the party continues at 6pm with Oren Hodge playing live. Call for reservations on 343-1602.

Or head to Long Bay and be in to win a one night stay for free! Just book and pay for your Father’s Day brunch by Friday, 13th June to enter the lucky draw.

Brunch at their 1748 Restaurant is just $30, call now for reservations on 340-4252.

Beat ‘N Run Also this weekend is the second annual Beat ‘N Run pursuit race which is part of the Gosling’s Race Series. Registration is at 6pm on Friday, 13th June at the Fish ‘N Lime with a skippers briefing at 9am on Saturday. The first race will start at 10am with the Awards Ceremony at 6pm. Enjoy a cool and breezy happy hour on the dock with drink specials. Call John on 342-1100 for more information.

Tola Dice Run Fill the car (or anything on wheels!) with friends and take part in the Tola Dice Run, this Saturday, 14th June. This is a great fun event where you will have a blast and, even better, all proceeds go to the Eslyn Henley School for children with special needs. The run which will start at Capt Mulligan’s at 10am includes a number of stops along the way with games, surprises and lots of prizes to be won including the grand prize of $2,500 for the lucky roller. Myett’s is the place to be for the lunch stop, with a BBQ and lots of beach games. Remember, there’s no need for speed, be safe and drive responsibly.

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live music • events • concerts •

THURSDAY - JUNE 12

PARADISE CLUB — Full Moon Music Beach Party

ROAD TOWN

SATURDAY - JUNE 14

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

D’ BEST CUP — aka...The Barking Frog - Ladies Night. Happy Hour all night from 5pm TORTOLA SPORTS CLUB — Registration for Peter

ROAD TOWN PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm FESTIVAL GROUNDS — Queen’s Birthday Parade 4pm

Island-Athlon between 5:30-6:30pm

BRIERCLIFFE HALL — BVI Children’s Dancefest

CANE GARDEN BAY QUITO’S — Happy Hour 5-7pm. Dinner from 6:309:30pm feat. Quito solo at 7:30pm

show starts at 6:30pm

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour with ‘Sim’ 5pm.

Awesome Crew band 7pm

CAPTN MULLIGAN’S — Tola Dice Run from 10am WEST END FISH N’ LIME — Beat N’ Run Pursuit Race from 9am EAST END

EAST END DE LOOSE MONGOOSE — Entertainment by Candyman

DE LOOSE MONGOOSE — Karaoke Night

TRELLIS BAY — Full “Strawberry Moon” Party with

Hodge, The Elm Tones, MJ Blues, Dalan Vanterpool, Ruben

Dalan Vanterpool on Sax 6-8pm. Razorblades 8-12pm.

& DJ Mehow

Fire Sculptures. Mocko Jumbies etc.

LAST RESORT — Bashfest 2014 with Hot Sauce, Oren

GOOD MOON FARM — Environment Month Sunrise

FRIDAY - JUNE 13

service 5:30am ( Transportation from roundabout 5am)

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

CANE GARDEN BAY

CANE GARDEN BAY

THE ELM — Brugal’s Special Happy Hour, Live Music

THE ELM — Beach BBQ, Live Music “Elm Tones”

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm with Sim

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour with Candyman

and Awesome Crew at 7pm. 2 for 1 Paddle Board

5-7pm. Evolution Band 7pm

Rentals 9-5

QUITO’S — Happy Hour 5-7pm. Dinner from 6:309:30pm

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QUITO’S — Beach Bash 5pm until.Traditional beach BBQ menu. Live entertainment with Too Smooth 6pm

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ts • parties • sports • movies and more

SUNDAY - JUNE 15 - FATHER’S DAY

CANE GARDEN BAY

LONG BAY

MYETT’S — Mexican Monday with Specialty

LONG BAY BEACH CLUB — 1748 Restaurant

Margaritas, fish & lobster tacos. Candyman Sunset

Father’s Day Brunch Special & Promotion

Happier Hour 5-7pm. Singing Chef Al 7pm

EAST END

QUITO’S — Happy Hour 5-7pm half price drinks &

DE LOOSE MONGOOSE — Sunday Brunch from

apps. Dinner from 6:30pm.

10am-2:30pm

TUESDAY - JUNE 17

WEST END

ROAD TOWN

SCARAMOUCHE — Father’s Day Brunch from 11:30am

CANE GARDEN BAY

- 3pm. Party goes on at 6pm w/ live music by Oren Hodge

QUITO’S — Happy Hour 5-7pm half price drinks &

NORTH SHORE SEBASTIANS — Candyman plays live 7-10pm

Steel Pulse - July 5

apps. Dinner 6:30-9:30pm. Quito solo from 7:30pm MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm with Candyman. Fish-N-Chips

CANE GARDEN BAY THE ELM — BBQ Live Music “Elm Tones”

UPCOMING EVENTS

WEDNESDAY - JUNE 18

Scaramouche “A Night in Venice” — June 19 Golden Anniversary of Dance — June 21

EAST END MYETT’S — Father’s Day Brunch Special Menu & Complimentary Drink for Dad. Bottomless Bloody Mary & Screwdriver Bar. Pig Roast w/ Steel Pan Vibes 1-4pm.

Happy Hour 5-7pm.

QUITO’S —Father’s Day Brunch 11am - 3pm with complimentary drink for dad

MONDAY - JUNE 16 ROAD TOWN PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm

DE LOOSE MONGOOSE — BBQ Grill Party with live music & open mic with Verne CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm w/ Awesome Crew & Tortola’s Own 3D Band. Caribbean Dinner & Dance 7:30pm QUITO’S — Happy Hour 5-7 half price drinks & apps.

Quito plays solo from 5:30. Dinner from 6:30-9:30pm

Wine Tasting & Art Show @ Myetts — June 29 Jr. Miss BVI Pageant — July 13 Prince & Princess Show — July 20 Festival Monday Grand Parade — Aug 4 Festival Tuesday Horse Races — Aug 5 EE/LL Festival Parade — Aug 6

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By Jan Critchley

Don’t Worry…

Don’t worry – be happy. Just four little words that have been the subject of many bumper stickers, and of course, a catchy little song which encourages us to live our lives without a worry in the world and with a smile on our face.

So it was while listening to this song on the radio that I started to reminisce about a staycation that a friend of mine and I had last year, when we decided to take our holiday here on Tortola.

Now I should say here that this friend of mine is a diver who would be as calm as a cucumber should she come face to face with a ray, shark or jellyfish in the water. However, when it comes to land based animals, she is not so good.

We were staying in my friend’s house for our staycation and after making dinner one night, we were in the middle of clearing up when a frog landed at her feet. She almost leapt onto the food counter. Trying to stay calm, I said, “Don’t worry, it won’t hurt you,” as the offending frog hopped out of reach. A few hours later, I woke to a loud scream that sent me hurrying to her room. When I got there I found her leaping around the bedroom, along with the frog, which had apparently leapt on her! I managed to catch it and release it outside and all was fine – for now.

The next day, after a beach trip, we decided to grab an early dinner at a local bar and restaurant. As we walked up the steps a couple of their dogs came up to greet us, all friendly and tails a-wagging. Now, she has a particular problem with our four legged

friends but braved it out and made her way to a table with the dogs giving her a close escort! As we sat down to look at the menu, I said, “Don’t worry, they won’t bother you,” and no sooner than we had relaxed into our seats, the smaller of the dogs nipped her ankle! It was nothing serious, but still the errant mutt was locked away for the sake of her piece of mind.

It was when we were at Trellis Bay though, that I really understood the extent of the problem. As we arrived we stepped out of the car to get a coffee – when out of nowhere a chicken literally flew straight at her and got tangled in her hair. Now chickens are not that great at flying and she has a lot of hair so you can imagine the scene – sheer panic from both of them. Finally, she was free of the chicken and we were left to enjoy our coffee in peace. Thankfully, I did not have time to say, “Don’t worry…,” and even if I had, I think that my hopeful advice would have fallen on deaf ears.

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Vol. 26, No. 39 • June 12 - 18, 2014

By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Working the Trenches Size, speed, power, agility, finesse, good tackling and of course fitness are the key ingredients needed to make a successful Rugby team. Rugby is a game of pressure. Pressure and scoring points BVI coach Sherlock “Solo” Solomon noted, as well as tackling.

Team BVI however, had not been listening to Solo as they worked the trenches in their two most recent encounters at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Grounds against St. Vincent and the Grenadines and on Sunday vs St. Lucia, in their NACRA Rugby encounter, from which they have been eliminated.

A 2-points 24-22 loss to St. Vincent and the Grenadines – a game they should have won – got away from them.

“It all stared in the first half when we let them get too much into the game,” Solo explained. “We planned a particular game, our forwards were to do the job for us but, I don’t think they gave me 100% performance. Easing the pressure allowed St. Vincent back in the game and they had some reasonable plays of their own, put a couple points on the board and I think that won the game for them.”

In a further assessment, Solo said the rhythm wasn’t there all the time which he thought was a result of a lack of training and co-ordination between the team. “More time training increases the fitness levels, and increases the awareness of one another resulting in more togetherness in the team,” he explained.

On Sunday, it seemed that the BVI had learnt something when they faced St. Lucia – leading 13-5 at halftime – a lead they increased to 18-8. St. Lucia however, overcame the 10 points deficit, scored three tries within a 10 minutes span late in the second half to Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

BVI vs St. Lucia pressure moment

beat the BVI 29-18.

The stunning loss eliminated them from moving to the next round with one encounter left when they travel to face Curacao on June 21.

Solomon said the game got away from the BVI in the last quarter. “Sheer miss tackling and I guess a little bit of fitness took over,” he noted. “We went into the first half leading comfortably and I think we lost it in the last 20 minutes. We didn’t keep the pressure and they allowed the St. Lucians to bring the game to them and they missed a couple tackles. Tackling is a strong defense and if you can’t make tackles well then you’ll loose the game like that.”

The loss Solomon admits puts them under a lot of pressure in their next game against Curacao. He said to get a decent result – win or loose – they have to work harder.

“This game convinced us more that we have to dig in – we are not digging in hard enough for the level of competition,” he noted. We have to up the level of intensity. Up the level of fitness and play a little more of a team game.”

That’s how you work the trenches!

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