Now in its 27th Year! Nov 13 - 19, 2014 Vol.27, No.10
YouR FRee Guide
to our islands’ happenings
Cultural Week
Parade & Food Fair November 14th, 2014
Also this week: on the Rocks Bar Crawl • taste of the BVi • Restaurant week • Fandango sunday @ scaramouche
Photo Courtesy of GIS
This Week’s Feature Story by Jan Critchley
Culture Week This week marks the 20th Anniversary of Culture Week with events running from November 10th to 14th. The focus of the week is to celebrate the cultural heritage of the Virgin Islands and to pass on traditions and information to the younger generation. All the schools in the BVI have some part to play, and the week culminates with the annual Cultural Parade and Food Fair in Noel Lloyd Park. Mrs. Luce Hodge-Smith, Director of Culture said, “The school’s get very excited about Culture Week every year and all of them take part by arranging activities. These range from plat pole demonstrations, storytelling, harvest services and inviting guests to demonstrate the making of crafts and traditional food. For example, this year Elmore Stoutt High School is hosting a Cultural Day where they are honoring cultural bearers, those in the community that keep important traditions alive such as artists, craftsmen, farmers and fishermen and they will also be recognizing the former Ministers for Culture.” Other events include, a book launching ceremony for Out From Under My Rock by Dr. LuVene Baptist that will be held in the Central Administration
Complex Breezeway on Thursday, 13th November at 5pm. One of the highlights of the week is the Cultural Parade and Food Fair. The Cultural Parade will begin on Friday, 14th November at 10:30am from the grounds of the Sugar Works Museum and will include the schoolchildren who will be dressed in their cultural attire. At 11am, the Taste of the BVI – Cultural Food Fair will begin at Noel Lloyd Park. This year, the Department of Culture is joining together with the BVI Tourist Board and the Agriculture Department for this event, which is also part of Restaurant Week. Once at the park there will be lots to do and see, with music playing and seniors showing how they make their traditional crafts including a demonstration on the making of cassava bread. There will also be food vendors selling traditional types of food including Mrs. Boyce and her husband who will be selling their local drinks. So dress in Territorial Wear this Friday and show your support of our cultural heritage and to those that keep it alive in the BVI. For more information contact the Department of Culture on 468-3701.
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By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway
A Raw Skillz Experience: ‘Money Well Spent’ In my 28 years as a journalist, I’ve never had an “I wanted them to see if this is what they want to answer like the one I got from Virgin Gorda’s “Raw do – hear it from the professionals – hearing about Skillz Track Club” Coach Erwin “Redz” Telemaque, how they live, the struggles they went through to get when asked how was his club’s weekend trip to where they are,” he explained. “Basically, it was letMiami? ting the athletes hearing it and seeing it for them“Money well spent,” was his utterance. “My athselves instead of hearing it from me so that they can letes got a full weekend training make the decision if this is really with professionals. Friday we what they want to do.” had the pleasure of training with During the camp, they interJoey Scott and our very own acted with legendary coach Clyde Tahesia Harrigan and had a full Hart who coached Michael session with them. Then the Johnson to the 1996 Olympic main event on Saturday, the athGames 200/400m gold medal— letes got to train with London the only athlete to accomplish 2012 Olympic Games 400m that feat in Olympic Games histochampion Sanya Richards Ross ry. They also met Sanya’s strength and her whole team. It was a fun coach, her nutritionist and psyfilled experience for them.” chologist. Virgin Gorda's Raw Skillz Track Club members The journey began after “Sanya said without her psyTelemaque saw the SRR Sports Clinic ad on Facebook chologist she didn’t know if she would have won the and decided he would attend on his own. However, 400m gold in London after failing to do so in Beijing after he made contact with Sanya’s team, they gave 2008 when she said she was ready to perform and him an offer he couldn’t refuse—a $1000 scholarship failed to deliver,” Telemaque noted. They also met for two of his athletes to attend the camp and he’d Sanya’s husband and Ravens cornerback Aaron Ross. pay for another to attend. He then went to the Virgin “But the key in all of this was Sanya’s mother Gorda community for support. whom she described as her Momager-not manager,” “They made the whole experience successful for he explained. “She was the one who granted us the us,” he said as Jassnique Frederick, Shaniah Caul and $1000 to get to Miami. My athletes learnt and took a Gezira Alexander were selected along with Club lot from it and also learned a lot that they might not Manager, Lucianne Jackson. have gotten from me. At the same time, it was a learnThe goal Telemaque noted was for his athletes to ing experience for me too. We all went and had a experience track and field at the professional level to learning experience so that we can come back and try enhance what they do. to better ourselves and get further.” Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide
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Your Guide to British Virgin Islands Events
By Jan Critchley Cook-Off. Our own local chefs will be competing for the title “Best Chef” in this exciting flavorsome event. The Cook-Off competitions will begin at 12 noon on both days.
On the Rocks Bar Crawl Photo Courtesy of BVITB
Restaurant Week BVI Restaurant Week is celebrating its third year and runs from November 14th until November 23rd. The event invites the local community and visitors to immerse themselves in the local culinary culture with its flavorful cuisine and artfully prepared dishes that are offered throughout the BVI. Participating restaurants will feature mouthwatering dishes and attractive discounted specials until November 23rd. Go to www.bvifoodfete.com for a list of participating restaurants and booking information.
Taste of the BVI Restaurant Week kicks off with its Taste of the BVI – Tortola to be held on Friday, 14th November between 11am and 3pm at Noel Lloyd Park. Restaurants and provisioners will gather in a marketstyle setting offering free samples of food, wines, spirits, mixes and juices. The Taste of the BVI – Virgin Gorda will be held on Saturday, 15th November at the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour also between 11am and 3pm. As part of these Taste of the BVI events on both Tortola and Virgin Gorda, come and watch as the BVI’s most talented chefs challenge Food Network’s Chopped champion, Roshni Gurnani in a Celebrity
If you want to explore the bars of Virgin Gorda and do your bit for the BVI Movember fundraiser, then look no further than the On The Rocks Bar Crawl on November, 15th at 5:15pm from Spanish Town ferry dock. The stops include Leverick Bay, Hog Heaven, Bath & Turtle Rendezvous Bar, Saucez and Rock Café. Tickets are $30 (if you are on Virgin Gorda) or $45 if from Tortola (includes round trip ferry ticket) – and you get a T-Shirt and transportation on the party bus. There will be drink specials, discounted finger food as well as lots of games and prizes, so come have fun and dress to win! Get your tickets and further information from Caribbean Cellars on 494-4483 or 340-6800.
Fandango Sunday Head to Scaramouche Lounge Bar, this Sunday, 16th November for some early evening house music vibes at their Sunset Party. DJ Commodore will be spinning the decks from 5pm and there will also be a free aperitif buffet, so go watch the sun go down in style at Soper’s Hole.
Semi-Steel The BVI Triathlon Federation is hosting their second Semi Steel event at Beef Island this Sunday, November 15th at 2pm. A warm-up event for the BVI Steelman, the event comprises a 700-metre swim in Well Bay, a 12.5-mile bike leg lapping the road from the airport to Beef Island Bridge, and ends in a three9
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live music • events • concerts •
THURSDAY - NOV 13
WEST END
ROAD TOWN
PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm. Live
PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm.
music by saxophonist Glenroy Charles 7-9pm.
SHARKY’S — Happy Hour from 5-7pm. Ladies’
CANE GARDEN BAY
Night 7pm-until
MYETT’S — Sunset Happy Hour 5-7pm. Roll the
CANE GARDEN BAY
dice boutique sale up to 60% off
MYETT’S — Sunset Happy Hour 5-7pm. Roll the dice
SATURDAY - NOV 15
boutique sale up to 60% off. PARADISE SPORTS BAR — Lobster dinner with
ROAD TOWN
music by Oren Hodge, stay and watch the game with-
PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm
drink specials
CANE GARDEN BAY
VG & OUTER ISLAND
MYETT’S — Sunset Happy Hour 5-7pm. Roll the
PETER ISLAND — Wine Dinner from 6-11pm
FRIDAY - NOV 14 (REST WEEK NOV 14-23)
dice boutique sale up to 60% off
ROAD TOWN
EAST END
PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm.
BEEF ISLAND — Semi-Steel Triathlon at 2pm
SHARKY’S — Happy Hour from 5-7pm.
TRELLIS BAY — Triathlon Kids event 4pm
SUGAR WORKS — Cultural Day Parade at 10:30am
VG & OUTER ISLAND
NOEL LLOYD PARK — Taste of the BVI & Cultural
VG YACHT HARBOUR — Taste of the BVI 11am -
Food Fair 11am - 3pm & Celebrity Cook-Off 12 noon 3pm & Celebrity Cook-Off 12 noon TORTOLA SPORTS CLUB — Registration for SemiFERRY DOCK (VG) —On the Rocks Bar Crawl at Steel event between 5:30-6:30pm 5:15pm
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ts • parties • sports • movies and more
SUNDAY - NOV 16
SAVE THE SEED — Zumba Classes with Doniesha
ROAD TOWN
Maduro Findlay at 7pm
SHARKY’S — “Bubbles, Breeze Sunday Brunch start-
SAVE THE SEED — Pilates Classes with Pamelah
ing from 11:30am LONG BAY
UPCOMING EVENTS
Antoine from 5:45pm CANE GARDEN BAY
‘1748’ RESTAURANT — Sunday Brunch from MYETT’S — Sunset Happy 5-7pm. Margarita 11am - 3pm with 10% discount for parties of 6 or more Mexican Monday. Roll the dice boutique sale up to WEST END 60% off.Restaurant Week specials PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm. Live music by saxophonist Glenroy Charles 7-9pm.
TUESDAY - NOV 18
SCARAMOUCHE — Fandango Sunday with DJ
CANE GARDEN BAY
Commodore & FREE aperitif buffet from 5pm
MYETT’S — Sunset Happy Hour 5-7pm. Roll the
CANE GARDEN BAY
dice boutique sale up to 60% off. Restaurant Week
MYETT’S — Special Brunch Menu & Bottomless
WEDNESDAY - NOV 19
tique sale up to 60% off. Restaurant Week specials
ROAD TOWN
MONDAY - NOV 17
SHARKY’S — Happy Hour from 5-7pm. Salsa &
PUSSER’S — Daily Happy Hour from 5-7pm
Restaurant Week — Nov 14-23 Fundraiser for Cancer @ Myett’s — Nov 22
specials
Mimosas. Sunset Happy Hour 5-7pm. Roll the dice bou-
ROAD TOWN
Anegada Lobster Festival Nov 29 - 30
Quiz Night. Trivia begins at 7pm. Salsa Dancing 8pm CANE GARDEN BAY
Mrs. BVI Presentation @ Maria’s — Nov 22 HLSCC Old School Reggae Showcase — Nov 22
SHARKY’S — Happy Hour from 5-7pm. Service MYETT’S —Sunset Happy Hour 5-7pm. Roll the dice Industry Night bring in pay stubs for discount specials from 7pm
boutique sale up to 60% off. Restaurant Week specials
Thanksgiving — Nov 27 Hudson & The Hoo Doo Cats — Nov 27 NTL The Nutcracker — Nov 29
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mile run along the roads and trails of Beef Island. Registration is between 5:30pm and 6:30pm on Friday, 14th November at the Tortola Sports Club. Also new for this year, there will be a kids event on the same day at 4pm at Trellis Bay.
Also This Week Enjoy a fabulous lobster dinner on Thursday, 13th November at Paradise Sports Bar and Grille in Cane Garden Bay. Oren Hodge will be playing live, and your first drink is included with dinner. Stay for the game, Bills vs. Dolphins and get 2 for $5 Coors Light and $4 well drinks during the game. Barbadian piano bar entertainer, Alan Sheppard will be playing throughout November from 8pm till 1am (except Sundays) at Sam’s Piano Bar at The Rock Café in Virgin Gorda. A seasoned and versatile entertainer, he is guaranteed to make your party rock.
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By Arlena Smith
Beautiful Virgin Islands Last Sunday morning I stepped outside to be greeted by a sunny and quite beautiful view of the ocean surrounding my home in Frenchman’s Cay. It’s a view that I’ve seen many times before but on that morning it struck me in a way unlike any other. The lush green hills dotted with houses of all shapes, sizes and colors were splended against the blue, slightly cloudy sky as the nearby trees swayed in the breeze. It was only then that I realized how much of an effect the recent rainfall, had on our little island and how easy it is to lose sight of why we all love liv-
silt on the roads being churned up by vehicles and
ing here. After just a little bit of rain the trees on the
the increasing number of pot holes. This not only
island look so lush and green.
makes it difficult to breathe at times but also has
With so many near misses this past hurricane
most vehicles looking as though they’ve just
season much of the landscape was dry and with the
returned from an off-road adventure.
on-going water woes faced on island the rains were
But, after what I consider to be a very dry, wet
welcomed by all many of whom, were glad their cis-
season and quite a humid summer, we can go about
terns were being filled alleviating the need for the
our daily lives and take a moment, like I did on
water trucks.
Sunday morning, to forget about the problems
Another problem that comes after the rains is
around us and take in some of the things that make
the dust in the atmosphere as a result of the dried
these The Beautiful Virgin Islands.
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Ask Koren
Your personal E-therapist, is in the house!
Going to the Barber Is Embarrasing
Ask Koren
Dear Koren, I had locks from since I was 19 and just started to cut my hair when I got a job in a business place. I am now 23. The strange thing is that every time the barber cuts my hair, I get aroused. I’m not gay and I don’t want them to notice and think I am. I don’t remember that happening when I was younger. It is embarrassing and I don’t want back the locks and I can’t cut my own hair like that. What do I do about this situation? –Young Man
You can also consider learning to cut your own hair. Sometimes in life, we have to do things we are not used to when we are backed into a corner. Take control of the situation and get good mirrors and a proper machine and learn how to cut your own hair. Until you have mastered it, you can have your girlfriend help you or a close friend or family member. If anything happens, at least you are in the privacy of your own home. Although you don’t want to hear this, you still should consider if you have any sexual desires or fantasies that could have been buried underneath the layer of what you consider normal. If you are really concerned you can see a doctor to ascertain if it is a problem that requires any serious attention. Everyone has the right to enjoy basic services and grooming is one of them. Just ensure that you are in a comfortable environment so that you can deal with or not be bothered by the after effects.
Dear Young Man, What you are describing sounds uncomfortable and I recognize your frustration. It sounds like the reaction is involuntary; our bodies are so unique and wonderful and they sometimes react in a way that that is unexpected. Maybe it has something to do with the machine that is used and because it is moved around your entire head, maybe it touches a very sensitive spot that you didn’t even know you had before. I don’t know much about male hair cutting and the various options available, but if possible, I suggest you try to find a barber who does not use a machine and instead uses a scissors or razor or something that does not have the same buzzing or throbbing effect. Your hair might not look as nice, but at least you are spared the reaction that you dislike.
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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By Claudia Colli
Locke Locke has only one character on screen – a man in his car. The man, Ivan Locke is on a 90-minute journey, which is also the duration of this film. In that time he grips his steering wheel, keeps an eye on the mesmerizing display of headlights, road signs and passing cars that whiz by on a busy nighttime highway, and speaks to business associates and loved ones on his hands free cell phone as he attempts to put out fires and save a sinking marriage. Ivan Locke’s problems are not just any old problems. He is a site manager for one of Britain’s largest construction projects, and the next morning there will be a battalion of concrete trucks lining up to pour a vast amount of concrete. It is a crucial operation requiring the planning of a military campaign. He has seen to every detail so the pour will take place faultlessly, the only hitch is he won’t be there to oversee it. Ivan Locke is played by Tom Hardy, whose malleable face displays a range of emotions from hopefulness to despair. But mostly hopefulness. He had a difficult childhood, abandoned by an alcoholic and abusive father and he is trying to prove to himself that he is different, a responsible person, who doesn’t shirk his responsibilities. And there are many. There is that concrete pour for instance. He can’t be there, but he has to persuade his assistant Donal – his next in command – that yes, he can do this, on his own. It’s a hard sell. But Ivan takes Donal through the process step by step, over the phone, all the while driving from Birmingham to London. The situation is far from straight forward. We hear panic in Donal’s voice as he realizes just what he is getting into. Other calls are being made. The phone rings incesLimin’ Times Entertainment Guide
santly. Some are from the woman he had a brief fling with and is now carrying his baby. She is in her forties, she is in labor in the hospital and the birth is not going well. Ivan is on his way to be with her at the hospital and in each call to her – or from her – we hear the rising alarm in her voice as she describes her situation. Ivan’s response is always soothing. He is on the way, he is now just an hour away. He will be there. While Ivan is driving towards the mother of his new child, he is driving away from his family of many years. His two teenage sons call him to let him know the latest football scores and he has to come up with an explanation for why he won’t be there to watch the game with them. His most difficult call is to his wife. He has to explain why he is not going to be home, and we hear her express anger and hurt. As he speaks to each of these people and others – city councilmen, the police officer in charge of road closures, his boss – the tension continues to build. Ivan is in the car alone, but he isn’t in a vacuum. You can hear and virtually see the people that he has to deal with. Ivan’s drive is not an easy one, but it is one worth making. 16
By Jay Bobbin
Jane Seymour Is Holiday Royalty Jane Seymour is perfectly comfortable playing Queen. The British actress rarely has portrayed a monarch, but she rules subjects – if not her on-screen son’s love life – in A Royal Christmas, a Hallmark Channel movie debuting Saturday, Nov. 22. Queen Isadora isn’t thrilled when Leo (Stephen Hagan) comes home for the holidays with his American girlfriend Emily (Lacey Chabert), to the degree that she enlists his ex-flame Duchess Natasha (Katherine Flynn, Seymour’s real-life daughter) to distract him. “It was a fun role,” Seymour says of depicting a Queen who has a crusty demeanor through much of the tale. “She has a journey, as does everyone in it, and that’s why it’s a lovely movie ... and, of course, a Hallmark movie. “She is absolutely determined that when her son comes back, he’s going to marry the appropriate girl and do everything the way she wants. Her kingdom is a bit of a joke, though. She is, too, in the way she manages everything. When you realize what her backstory is, though, you understand that underneath is a deep love from someone who was never allowed to fulfill her own romantic destiny.” A Royal Christmas marks Seymour’s return to Hallmark Channel, which used to run repeats of her series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. A special bonus for her is the chance to work with daughter Flynn, whom Seymour says auditioned for her part “without me knowing. “I wanted her to do ballet; she never did. I wanted her to speak with a British accent; she resisted that. She became a soccer player and a bit of a hippie and
a brilliant comedy writer, and I found it hysterical that when she got the role, she called me and said, ‘Mom! Mom! I need to know how to walk (royally).’ I said, ‘Well, I gave you years of possible experience.’ And she looked it up on the Internet.” Seymour recently guest-starred on the ABC series Forever as Abe’s (Judd Hirsch) ex-wife, a role she might reprise. She’s also working on the PBS series Feel Grand With Jane Seymour, which she calls her Katie Couric/Oprah thing as she interviews medical experts about aging. A veteran of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars and such movies as the James Bond adventure Live and Let Die, Somewhere in Time and Wedding Crashers, Seymour is making the theatrical rounds again as well, but not on camera. She’s an executive producer of Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me, a documentary about the music star’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease. “I just went to a screening of it in Nashville where 4,000 people gave it a standing ovation,” Seymour says, “so it’s a very exciting time.”
By George Dickie
Couple Live Every Parent’s Nightmare In The Missing Losing a child either through death or abduction is a nightmare most parents can’t begin to fathom, but it’s a reality faced by a British couple in a new Starz limited series.
The Missing, an eight-episode series premiering Saturday, Nov. 15, stars James Nesbitt of The Hobbit:
The Desolation of Smaug and Frances O’Connor of Mr. Selfridge as Tony and Emily Hughes, whose 5year-old son, Oliver disappears during a vacation in France and sends his panicked parents on a desperate search for the child. In a unique concept, the story unfolds slowly over two time frames, in 2006 when the boy vanishes, and
I’m a mother, too, I guess it was easy to kind of
in 2014 when the case is reopened. In the intervening
answer those questions, I guess, because it’s such a
years, the Hugheses divorced, she remarrying one of
horrible thing that any parent would connect to on
the detectives (Jason Flemyng of, Rock Star) on the
some level.”
case and he becoming obsessed with finding the
Nesbitt, by contrast, got to know his character
child to the point of self-destruction.
Tony first and let things follow from there.
The wear of those years becomes apparent on
“I tried to immerse myself as much as I could into
both in different ways: He’s drinking heavily, while
the role,” says Nesbitt, a father of two teenage girls.
she’s shut down.
“I lived in an apartment like Tony. I lived alone like
The lead actors took differing routes to finding
Tony. I had the art department give me all the police
their character’s pain.
reports, all the newspaper cuttings that Tony would
“I think I did a lot of what if, what if,” explains
have had. They were all over my flat. I tended to go
O’Connor, the mother of a 9-year-old son with
out and eat by myself. So that helped me locate and
Scottish actor Gerald Lepkowski. “What if somebody
find Tony so that when I would go to work, I was kind
called me and said, ‘Your son is missing.’ What’s the
of already sort of living a bit of his life, and then from
reality of that? A lot of the time, it is about processing
that I was able to really sort of then be in the
information and whether it goes in or not ... . Or when
moment.”
does it hit, when does it not hit? So I guess I used the
James Nesbitt and Frances O’Connor star in The
active ‘what if’ in a lot of this ... . And I think because Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide
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The objective is to fill the full 9x9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 “sub-grids” that compose the main grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9 – with no repeats within each row or column within the entire square. A partially completed grid is usually provided, which typically has a unique solution. See next weeks Limin’ Times issue for solution. 19
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