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May 14 - 20, 2015 Vol.27, No.36

Your Free GuiDe to our islands’ happenings

Also this week: the BVi Dinghy Championships• NPt Flower Festival • hlsCC spring Concert

This Week’s Feature Story by Arlena Smith

HLSCC Spring Concert The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College’s five musical ensembles will bring the curtain down on the 20th season of the 2014-2015 Performing Arts Series with a final concert at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, Paraquita Bay on Saturday, 16th May at 8pm.

The ensembles are led by Dr. Allison Flax-Archer (Woodwind Ensemble), Eric Christian (Sting Ray Singers), André Braithwaite (Jazz Ensemble), and Shelly Urquhart (HLSCC Chorale).

The HLSCC Chorale, led by Shelly Urquhart

The Spring Music Concert has become the tradi-

McCartney, and the Bond movie theme song “Live

tional finale to the College’s annual Performing Arts

and Let Die” by Paul and Linda McCartney. The Vocal

Series. The colleges musical ensembles are general-

Jazz group has performed hits such as “You Made Me

ly featured two times a year – in late May just prior to

Love You” and “The Nearness of You” among other

graduation exercises and at Christmas time.

pieces. The chorale will feature a variety of selections

As in previous concerts, the ensembles are

that are sure not to disappoint. Tickets are $20, avail-

expected to perform a combination of classical and

able at Bella Blooms, HLSCC Bookstore, and Sunny

jazz selections, including a broad range of music

Caribbee.

spanning many centuries. The ensembles have per-

For more information, or to reserve tickets, please

formed such hits that included renditions of

call Coordinator of Auditorium Events and Special

“Norwegian Wood” by John Lennon and Paul

Projects Linette Baa, tel. 852-7223.

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Ask Koren

Your personal E-therapist, is in the house!

Am I Being Taken For A Fool

Ask Koren

Try to ignore gossip; it serves no useful purpose except to stir up trouble and breed strife and some people gossip because they are jealous or have nothing better to do. One person saying something does not make it true. What you should focus on is your marriage and the fact that it is a happy one. Your husband is the one you plan to be with forever, not his mother. I’m hoping that he chose you for all the right reasons and you will have a life of love together.

If you really need the reassurance, then talk to him. He cannot control the gossipers, but he can make it clear that you are the woman he loves and wants to be with. If it turns out in the future that he had ulterior motives, then you can seek legal guidance to know what your options are for redress. You will also need support to get over the feelings of betrayal. Let us hope it does not come to that.

Your time at home should be an enjoyable one to reconnect with your culture and to recuperate. Don’t waste time focusing on the wrong things. Enjoy your marriage and be thankful for what you have. Don’t let anyone steal your joy.

Dear Koren, I’m from the Caribbean and live in New York and met my husband when he came for Labour Day. We dated for over a year and we have been married for 2 years now. I thought all was well until I got 3-month disability leave from work and came home to spend some time. I was disappointed that his mom has not one picture of me in her house and she has the local in-laws. I’m also hearing some kind of gossip that he only married me for papers and his mom prefers his ex-girlfriend for him. Our marriage seems real to me, how do I know what’s the truth? –Distraught Wife Dear Wife, So counting back, I can see that you are with your husband for over 3 years and you do not seem to have any complaint about your relationship with him.

Either he is where he wants to be or he is an actor of the highest quality. You shouldn’t bury your head in the sand, but based on what you have seen in his actions and behaviour, you did not have any reason to doubt him. Now you have come home and seen no pictures and heard gossip, you are suddenly feeling very insecure. If it is really important to you that she has your picture displayed, then you can ask her if she would like a picture of you and her son to put up; but it is her house, so she can choose what to put up or not. What is more important than the picture is how she treats you.

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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Your Guide to British Virgin Islands Events

By Claudia Colli

Flower Festival The beauty of the Virgin Islands will be on display at the Festival in the Gardens flower show on Sunday, 17th May sponsored by the National Parks Trust of the VI. There will be a plant and floral exhibits from both members of the community and professional florists, as well as a hat making competition. The hat making competition categories are Juniors 5-8 years, Intermediate (9-11 years-old) and Seniors (12-16). Adults can also display hats, but there will be no judging.

“We are trying to shake things up and be a little different,” explains Diehdra Potter, National Parks Trust Environmental Outreach Officer. “We really want people to be as creative as possible. Other activities will include a plant and fruit tree sale, face painting, waffle therapy, Adagio Dance School performance, live music, majorettes and mocko jumbies. Local food and drinks will also be on sale. The Festival will be held from 12pm to 5pm and the entry fee is $5 for adults and $2 for kids.

Bowling Matinee Looking for something to do with the kids on Sunday afternoon? The Energy Centre at Save the Seed in Duff’s Bottom is having an “Alley Matinee” on Sundays from 3pm to 6pm. Kids can bowl a 10-frame game for only $5 which includes shoe rental! The Centre also does bowling birthday parties. Strike points with the kids and take them out for a fun and wholesome family afternoon out at the Energy Centre.

Staycations The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board is promoting low-rate local vacation packages available right

here in the BVI. So, why go away? You can vacation right here at home with no passports, no lost luggage and no stress. There are rates as low as $80 per night, sailing packages, day sails, jeep rentals, villa rentals, spa packages and local attractions. Additional special offers include private catering, resort and hotel and inn discounts to be a tourist in your own home. Go to www.bvistaycation.com or call 494-3134 for more information.

Drinks on Me A great evening is to be had this Saturday, May 16th when “Drinks on Me” gets underway at Club Ecstacy on Virgin Gorda. This Cay Productions event will feature entertainment by the ever popular Prime Time band, and the party sounds will continue with additional music by DJ Lefty, Dj Swagga and DJ Wiz. And don’t forget to try the evening’s signature drink, Pink Apples. The admission is $20 all night for this VG turn up!

The BVI Dinghy Championships Come out and support some of the top local and regional youth dinghy sailors this weekend at the BVI Dinghy Championships which will be held at Nanny Cay from May 15 to 17. For more information see Dean Greenaway’s column on page 13.

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live music • events • concerts •

THURSDAY - MAY 14

NANNY CAY PEG LEGS — BVI Dinghy Championships registra-

ROAD TOWN

tion from 4:30-6pm

LE PETITE — Ladies Night w/ music by DJ Krusha &

CANE GARDEN BAY

$4 drink specials

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm. $2 Caribs

CANE GARDEN BAY

& Coors Light w/ special priced menu. Evolution Band play at 7pm w/ dance contest and specialty pizza PARADISE CLUB — Feel Good Friday w/ Groovy House Music. All you can eat Pizza Buffet 6-10pm. All day Happy Hour w/ 2 for 1 Island Cocktails

SATURDAY - MAY 16 NANNY CAY MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour w/ Candyman 5-7pm. $2 Caribs & Coors Light w/ special priced menu

tion from 9-10am. Skippers meeting at 10am. Race starts at 11am

PARADISE CLUB — All day Happy Hour w/ 2 for 1 Island Cocktails

PARAQUITA BAY HLSCC — HLSCC Performing Arts Series Finale

VG & OUTER ISLANDS

Spring Concert from 8pm

PIRATES BIGHT — Daily Happy Hour 4-6pm SOGGY DOLLAR — Love City Country Music Fest

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PEG LEGS — BVI Dinghy Championships registra-

CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm. $2 Caribs &

FRIDAY - MAY 15

Coors Light w/ special priced menu. Awesome Crew play

ROAD TOWN

live @ 7pm.

LE PETITE — Party Night w/ DJ Young Turbo &

PARADISE CLUB — All Day Happy Hour w/ 2 for

Happy Hour from 5-7pm w/ free wings & $2 off

1 Island Cocktails

mixed drinks

PIRATES BIGHT — Pan Vibes live from 7

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ts • parties • sports • movies and more

VG & OUTER ISLANDS

MONDAY - MAY 18

CLUB ECSTACY — Drinks on Me Party featuring

CANE GARDEN BAY

Prime Time & DJ Lefty, Swagga & Wiz

MYETT’S — Margarita Mexican Monday w/ 2 for

SUNDAY - MAY 17

1 speciality margaritas & munchies. Happier Hour

ROAD TOWN

w/ Candyman at 5pm. Singing Chef Al Show

LE PETITE — Latin Night w/ 2 for $5 Coors Light & Presidente BOTANICAL GARDENS — National Parks Trust Flower Festival from 12-5pm SAVE THE SEED — Alley Matinee at Save the Seed every Sunday 3-6pm NANNY CAY PEG LEGS — BVI Dinghy Championships Race starts at 9am CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — No Cruise Ship Beach Day! Volleyball &

UPCOMING HAPPENINGS

7:30pm.

TUESDAY - MAY 19 CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour with $2 Caribs & Coors Light w/ special priced menu. Live music by Oren Hodge.

PARADISE CLUB — Open Jam with Al Broderick - All Day Happy Hour w/ 2 for 1 Island Cocktails

WEDNESDAY - MAY 20

Leverick Bay Poker Run May 24

BVI Exquisite Boat Show — May 21-23 Jon Gazi @ Paradise Club — May 21

ROAD TOWN

beach Games. Watersports Rentals. Sunday Brunch

LE PETITE — Karaoke Night

w/Bottomless Mimosas. A complimentary glass if you

CANE GARDEN BAY

mention Limin Times. DJ Jephet at Beach Bar 4-6pm.

MYETT’S — Sunset Happier Hour 5-7pm. $2

Live music on stage 7-9pm.

Carib & Coors Light w/ special priced menu. Live

PARADISE CLUB — Beach Bum Bingo from noon to

local entertainment by 3D Band Dinner & Dance

sunset. BBQ on the Beach. All Day Happy Hour w/ 2 for

PARADISE CLUB — All Day Happy Hour w/ 2

1 Island Cocktails

for 1 Island Cocktails

Mardi Gras Fest @ Cane Garden Bay Beach — May 22-23 Jon Gazi @ Myett’s — May 22 Foxy’s Wooden Boat Regatta — May 22-24 Type of Toad @ Myett’s — May 29 CIL Health & Wellness Expo — May 30

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Vol. 27, No. 36 • May 14 - 20, 2015

By Greg Smith

Let's Vote!

With the upcoming election I began to think about our contribution in the election process and how voting is a responsibility of great importance.

Most people often blame our government when they perceive something to be wrong in their society.

Everyone should therefore express their agreement or disagreement with the government’s policies when the opportunity to do so is offered.

Politics affects lots of everyday stuff such as where you live, the food you eat, your night out, travel, sports and even music! Politics sets hygiene standards for restaurants and take away and controls the use of additives, colourings and preservatives in food. Politics also affects licenses for music festivals, the prices of CDs and prevents your neighbors playing their music too loudly. Yes, politics even controls the planning and building of new roads and houses, keeping the streets clean, whether to maintain sporting facilities and which entertainments you can watch for free on TV. Consider the future of the family and yourself before making the decision to not vote. Don’t let the accidental winds of neglect steer which direction your country sails.

Citizens whom are not eligible to vote do not have to sit at the sidelines; you can encourage, educate and assist those that are. An expression I have often-heard is that people get the kind of government they deserve. This implies that a broad-based, active participation by the people entitled to vote on voting day is the best guarantee of electing a government truly representative of the governed.

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Many people think their vote does not count or that they are too busy – family, work and other life events "get in the way" of voting. Voting at the polls is a process that people can fear or feel intimidated by. Lack of interest is probably the most common reason for not voting. People often do not vote because they do not like the bickering and fighting or mud slinging between candidates. Some people say they do not vote, because the "lines are too long". While others say that they cannot even get to the polling place to vote. Perhaps you don’t feel that you have a strong enough opinion and think your vote will not make a big difference in who gets elected. I'm sure there are many more excuses to furnish a decision to not vote.

Make sure you're registered to vote! On Election Day get to the polling station. The polling station is usually a nearby school or local hall/center near to where you live.

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By Jay Bobbin

You Asked...We Answered Q: One of my favorite new shows of the past season was “Crisis.” I was told we would be seeing the final two episodes on June 21, but an old movie was shown instead. Obviously, that irritates me.

A: If it’s any comfort, you’re not the only one irritated. We’ve received a number of queries from viewers in your area about this. NBC did air those episodes of the Gillian Anderson-starring series that night, so the pre-emption with the movie was made on the local level.

Admittedly, Crisis wasn’t a ratings success — the reason it got only one season — but for those who did follow it, we can’t disagree that it would have been nice to have access to the finale. If you haven’t done so already, take a look at the On Demand channels if your cable company offers them. The one that includes NBC programming should have at least the last several Crisis episodes.

Q: I was surprised to hear that Diane Sawyer is leaving “ABC World News.” It doesn’t seem like she’s been the anchor of it all that long. When did she start?

A: She succeeded Charles Gibson on the program on Dec. 21, 2009 ... thus getting a “soft launch” in the job, since she was expected to start that January.

When David Muir becomes her successor Sept. 2, she’ll move into a new ABC News unit covering “big issues,” per the network.

Q: It’s nice to see Ally Walker back on television in Taxi Brooklyn.” What else has she done since Profiler?

A: She’s actually had a couple of other series,

HBO’s “Tell Me You Love Me” and Lifetime’s “The Protector.” However, she’s also spent a lot of the inbetween time in her real-life role as mom; she has three children with husband John Landgraf, who’s the president of FX Networks and the man who decided to bring viewers such series as American Horror Story, The Americans, Justified and Louie.

Q: If CBS is going to have football on Thursdays this fall, when will The Big Bang Theory be on?

A: Fans of Sheldon, Leonard, Penny and the gang won’t be without them ... that show is such a major element of the CBS lineup, the network would never let that happen. For the early weeks of the new season, The Big Bang Theory will return to Mondays while the NFL games air on Thursdays.

Then on Oct. 30, Big Bang will move back to Thursday and be joined there by the season premieres of The Millers, Two and a Half Men and Elementary, along with the debut of the sitcom The McCarthys.

Q: I was surprised to see George Stephanopoulos give the clues in a Jeopardy! category recently. Did he get paid for that?

A: Undoubtedly — but since all the questions in the category were about him, he might not have minded doing it even without pay. It’s interesting to note that confidentiality agreements had to be signed by everyone who was present for that taping, so that word of his appearance wouldn’t leak out early.

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By Arlena Smith

Big Hero 6 Big Hero 6 transports us to the world of San Fransokyo, an east-meets-west futuristic city where young Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter) and his big brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney) spend their days and nights inventing advanced robotics.

However, where Tadashi works on robots that can help better the world, Hiro squanders his gift hustling for cash in the underground robot fighting circuit. That changes when Tadashi finally manages to inspire Hiro towards a greater goal of attending the Robotics University where he and his four best friends create brilliant new tech designs in their nerd lab think-tank.

Hiro’s has to do a presentation before he is accepted to the university and his invention of mentally controlled micro-robots turns out to be a massive hit. But before they could celebrate his success, tragedy strikes and Tadashi dies in the crossfire.

With Tadashi gone, Hiro’s life takes a downward spiral, he never leaves his room, he ignores his acceptance to attend the Robotics University, and has cut all communication with his friends. That is until he meets Baymax (Scott Adsit), the inflatable health care robot his brother once created as a companion for him.

While attempting to help Hiro overcome his emotional pain, Baymax stumbles onto the plot of a mys-

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terious man in a mask, who seems to have stolen Hiro’s micro-bot technology. With revenge on his mind Hiro convinces Baymax – whom he made a few upgrades too and his friends – the think-tank nerds into becoming tech-enhanced vigilantes. However, anger and pain quickly prove to be a bad recipe for justice, but when Hiro realizes this fact it seems too late, as he may be leading his new friends to their collective doom.

In the end, Big Hero 6 is family fun – an action and adventure movie suited for any age. It combines Disney with Marvel and offers viewers a fresh journey and interesting characters to meet. Now playing at UPs cinema.

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By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

BVI Dinghy Championships Weekend After competing in as far away as South and North America, BVI sailors will compete at home on Saturday and Sunday in the BVI Dinghy Championships.

The event, which starts at 11 am on Saturday and wraps up with an award ceremony on Sunday afternoon, gives the newest sailors their first opportunity to compete.

Julie Deakin said 40 boats have preregistered and more were expected. She noted among those registered are the IC24 Class, which is more adult sailors.

“We have Optimists in the Red, Blue and White fleet and we have 15 boats registered in the Green fleet – a lot of new upcoming sailors so that’s an excellent turnout – and we’ve got five in the Laser Fleet,” Rhodes pointed out. “We have final registration from 4:30-6:30 pm on Friday at Nanny Cay and then again from 9-110 am on Saturday morning.”

The start of Saturday’s races, Rhodes noted, will be delayed until 11 am to accommodate some boats from St. Thomas that are unable to come over on Friday. “The first warning is at 11, sailing through till about 5 p.m. and then again on Sunday, first warning at 9 o’clock, off the water by about 1:30 so that we can get the results done and have the prize giving at Nanny Cay,” Rhodes said. “We have 12 boats coming from St. Thomas and about eight from St. Croix.”

Sailors to watch includes Rayne Duff, as this is the third event in the Triple Crown – the first leg was in St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands Optimist Dinghy Championships followed by the Cruzan Open in St. Croix – and Duff will be one of the few sailors to have competed in all three legs.

“He’ll definitely be one to watch in this event,” Rhodes said. “St. Thomas’ Teddy Nicholosi is another

Lots of Action for Optimist Dinghy's Planned

top sailor to look out for, then we’ve got some newer sailors in the Green Fleet. Ryan Lettsome did particularly well in St. Croix, winning the Green Fleet there – and he has only been sailing since June.

The BVI Dinghy Championships are among the final tune up for the North American Optimists Championships. Typically, because of their small size, over the last several years, BVI and USVI sailors have been training together on weekends.

St. Thomas’ coach Agustin “Argy” Resano said that since St. Thomas and BVI sailors have a smaller fleet the BVI Dinghy Championships that had 30 entries last year and the International Optimist Regatta in St. Thomas with over 80 was good preparation for the sailors.

“Usually, you get from 70-90 boats on the starting line when you go overseas,” he noted. “A starting line with 70 boats is a different game than one with 20 boats. Placement at the starting line, strategy and tactics are really very important and we try to train for the big fleet because that’s when some kids step up and others get intimidated with the bigger fleet and their results are not the same as in smaller fleets.”

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Weekly Suduko

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.