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Now in its 28th Year!

Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2016 Vol. 28, No. 31

Your Free Guide To our islands’ Happenings

45th Anniversary of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival Mar 28th - Apr 3

Also THis week: BVi steelman Triathalon • Funds for Fighters @ Noel lloyd Park • Food drive for FsN • The odd Box Arts & Crafts store

This Week’s Feature Story by Arlena Smith

45th Anniversary of the BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival The 2016 BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival at Nanny Cay from March 28th to April 3 is up and sailing. Celebrating its 45th Anniversary, the regatta known for its “warm water and hot racing” is upping the ante and by adding, “cool parties – hot music” to its repertoire!

The event kicked off on Monday, March 28th where there was a Welcome Party at Peg Legs and sailors registered for the Sailing Festival that runs from Tuesday until Thursday. Thursday, March 31st the Regatta Village at Nanny cay turns into party central from noon and the beach bar area will be awash with eager sailors happily discussing tactics for the race days ahead. Registration for the Regatta will be open from noon to 6pm with the skippers briefing at 5:30pm. The fun then really kicks into high gear that evening with the Annual Mount Gay Welcome Party, followed by entertainment by MJ Blues band from 7pm to midnight.

Friday April 1st, after a full day of some of the best racing in the Caribbean, the boats will arrive back to the sounds of the steel pan band, Shooting Stars that will get everyone into the groove for their evening ahead with A Type of Toad on hand to get everyone rockin’ from 7pm to midnight.

Following the racing on Saturday, April 2nd there will be the ever-popular swimwear fashion show – this year showcasing the designs of Tortolian designer, Kristin Frazer and her Tréfle brand. Later, dance the night away at the Black and Gold Party with your toes in the sand to the musical styling’s of The Elmtones.

Sunday will wrap up the racing and the colorful Mocko Jumbies will dance and play to welcome weary sailors back at the village, as everyone gets ready for the Award Ceremony at 5:30pm. Only the best will take home an award, but there will be more fun for all later with the fireworks show following the award ceremony and Chef Al & the Hot Sauce Band by Absolut taking the stage for the final party.

So head to Nanny Cay and enjoy the warm water, hot racing – cool parties and hot music! See the ad on page 5 for a full list of events and timings.

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Vol. 28, No. 31 • Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2016

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known you would find out at some point, so it is unlikely that he was trying to hide it.

Also, what you think is attractive, might not even appeal to him.

I think you need to think about your reaction and what it means. He does not have to discuss with you who he hires. If you were married and owned the business together, by all means, but not as a single man running his own business. He has a right to choose who he thinks will do the best job be it male or female. Unless there was some agreement between you two on your contact with members of the opposite sex, I don’t see his actions as a problem. Be aware that your jealousy and insecurity could drive him away. We should not try to control others, but rather accept that sometimes it is okay to disagree. It is important to trust the person you are with because you cannot be with them 24 hours a day. If that is missing from a relationship, you will always have problems and the other party will feel stifled. You have already expressed your dissatisfaction, now just let the situation run its course and behave like you are the one he is with, because he chose you.

Dear Koren, I’m seeing an older guy who has his own business and I have not gone to his store since I helped out during the Christmas season because things were so busy. I stopped in there last week to collect something from him and noticed a new staff who is female and very attractive. I asked him about it and he said I knew he was planning to hire someone so what’s the big deal? Shouldn’t he have discussed it with me if he was hiring a female employee?

–Upset Dear Upset Girlfriend, I can understand that for you it would feel uncomfortable to have an attractive woman in the same building with your boyfriend day after day; if you have any uncertainties or insecurities about him or the relationship it would be magnified by the thought that perhaps he might be drawn to her. Also, if he is someone who you perceive as weak or flirtatious, it could be a problem.

Let me ask you a question. If he had hired a man, would you have expected him to discuss it with you? I doubt it. It’s all about trust. You don’t trust him to be around an attractive female without him falling for her but the thing is, attractive women are everywhere so if someone wanted to cheat, they don’t need to have someone working with them to do it. He must have

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.

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By Jane Bakewell

Mount Gay Party As one of the principal BVI Regatta sponsors, Mount Gay (purveyor of Barbados produced rum) has two more nights of special giveaways, in case you missed the Red Cap Party on the 28th. Thursday, March 31st is the “White Shirt Special ”– buy three drink tickets and get a Mount Gay T-shirt all for $20.

The T-shirt Promo (white with red collar trim and print) is good during Happy Hour from 5pm to7pm. The final big blowout, “Black & Gold” party on Saturday, April 2nd features free Black & Stormy drinks from 6pm to 9pm – a good excuse to come out and celebrate with the sailors.

Breast Cancer Awareness The Breast Cancer Awareness Club’s motto is to “educate, support and entertain”. All three will be happening at their Funds for Fighters event beginning at 3pm on Saturday April 2nd at the Noel Lloyd Positive Movement Park. The whole family is invited out for music, games and good company. Trinidad food specialties such as “Pholouries and Doubles” will be available pre-sold for $5. Come out to support a worthy cause and enjoy a day in Road Town’s social park.

Food Drive for FSN Nagico Insurance has taken up the banner to assist in food collection for the Family Support Network, a non-profit agency that works in counseling and physical support for families in the Territory. There will be a tents set up outside Riteway Pasea as well as One Mart at Port Purcell between 9am and 1pm on Saturday, April 2nd with baskets and signs to encourage shoppers to buy some canned or boxed goods for

FSN food cupboard. For more details about how you can contribute call Shaquilla at 494-6433.

New Arts & Crafts Store For those seeking a central place to get their craft supplies, The Odd Box at Wickham’s Cay 2 in the Belisarius Building up the stairs from Moor Seacure is now open with regular hours Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5pm and Sunday 12pm to 4pm. A wide range of arts and crafts materials for crocheting and painting; including water colors, acrylics, oils and brushes are available as well as handmade gifts and framed photo prints. For more information call 5432448.

Maxi Yacht World Championships While the BVI Regatta races are coming to a finish this weekend in Tortola, Virgin Gorda is getting prepared for the Maxi Yacht World Championships hosted by Yacht Club Costa Smeralda (YCCS). This Rolexpartnered Caribbean Cup is an inaugural event in the BVI and will be held over five racing days from April 4 to the 9th with Maxi 72 classes to Super-Maxis and JClass yachts all expected to participate. The YCCS clubhouse will be where guests and racers enjoy after racing parties, but all are welcome to walk the docks, have a drink and enjoy the sight of the Maxi Yachts racing in the North Sound area.

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Vol. 28, No. 31 • Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2016

live music • events • concerts •

THURSDAY - MAR 31 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm NANNY CAY NANNY CAY — Annual Mount Gay Welcome Party 5-7pm. Music by MJ Blues Band 7pm-midnight. (see regatta ad on pg 5 for detailed schedule) CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — “No Cruise Ship Day” Breakfast/brunch/lunch & dinner daily. Sunset happier hour with live music by Candyman 4-7pm.

QUITO’S — Open from 11am for lunch & dinner.

Live Music by Marcus Mark at lunch & Happy Hour 5-6.30pm. Caave Stoutt playing from 7pm.

ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:30-6pm & 2 for $5 Carib Beer. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm WEST END D’BEST CUP — Open daily from 7am till 5pm for great coffee and delicious breakfasts till 2pm.

PUSSERS — George Worthmore from 7-9:30pm VG & OUTER ISLANDS MARINA CAY (VG) — “Rob White Bar” Glenn Lamonthe “Eon Starzs” from 5-7:30pm FRIDAY - APR 1 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm PIER PARK — ”Myett’s Chill Zone”TGIF Party with Local DJ NANNY CAY NANNY CAY — Shooting Stars Steel drum Band 46pm. Music by A Type of Toad 7pm to Midnight (see regatta ad on pg 5 for detailed schedule) WEST END D’BEST CUP — Good Friday Menu Specials from 7am-2pm

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CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — “No Cruise Ship day” Breakfast/brunch/lunch & dinner daily. Sunset Happier Hour w/ live Steel Pan music by Marlon 4-7pm.

Tortola’s own Evoltution Band 7pm w/ Limbo & Dance Contest.

QUITO’S — Open from 11am for lunch & dinner.

Live Music by Oren Hodge at lunch. Caave Stoutt for Happy Hour 5-6.30pm. Quito & the Edge playing from 8.30pm ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:30-6pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm.

Beach BBQ. Music by Jeff Ross 7-10pm SATURDAY - APR 2 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm PIER PARK — ”Myett’s Chill Zone” Local DJ NOEL LLOYD PARK — Funds for Fighter event from 3pm RITEWAY PASEA — Food Drive for FSN from 9am - 1pm ONE MART PASEA — Food Drive for FSN from 9am - 1pm NANNY CAY NANNY CAY — Tréfle Swimwear Show 5:306:30pm. Black & Gold Party 6-9pm. Music by The Elmtones 7pm to Midnight (see regatta ad on pg 5 for detailed schedule) CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — “No Cruise Ship Day” Breakfast/brunch/lunch & dinner daily. Marlon for Happier Hour 4-7pm. Evolution Band from 7pm w/ Limbo & Dance Contest QUITO’S — Open from 11am for lunch & dinner.

Live Music by Marlon Pan Jazz at lunch. Too Smooth for Happy Hour and later.

ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:30-6pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm.

WEST END PUSSERS — George Worthmore live from 7-9:30pm

ts • parties • sports • movies and more

VG & OUTER ISLANDS MARINA CAY (VG) — “Rob White Bar” Glenn Lamonthe “Eon Starzs” from 5-7:30pm SUNDAY - APR 3 NANNY CAY NANNY CAY — Moko Jumbies 4-5pm. Spring Regatta Awards Ceremony 5:30pm. Fireworks Show. Chef Al & the Hot Sauce Band by Absolut 7pm to midnight (see regatta ad on pg 5 for detailed schedule) CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Breakfast/Lunch & Dinner daily. Sunset Happier Hour 4-7pm. Marcus Mark live on stage 7pm QUITO’S — Open from 11am for lunch & dinner.

Live Music by Marlon Pan Jazz at lunch.

ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:306pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm. Beach BBQ. Music by Jeff Ross 7-10pm WEST END PUSSERS — Pan Vibes 12-3pm VG & OUTER ISLANDS PUSSER’S (MARINA CAY) — “Rob White Bar ”Stell N’ Snuggs from 5-7:30pm MONDAY - APR 4 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm PIER PARK — ”Myett’s Chill Zone” Margarita Mondays 2 for 1 Margaritas & Tacos WEST END PUSSERS — George Worthmore from 7-9:30pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Breakfast, brunch, lunch & dinner daily.

Sunset happier hour music by ‘Candyman’ 4-7. Mexican Monday 2 for 1 Margaritas and Mexican Munchies.

Music by “Al The Singing Chef” QUITO’S — Open from 11am for lunch & dinner.

Live Music by Marlon Pan Jazz at lunch. Happy Hour 5-6.30pm with Caave Stoutt.

VG & OUTER ISLANDS MARINA CAY (VG) — “Rob White Bar ”Stell N’ Snuggs from 5-7:30pm TUESDAY - APR 5 ROAD TOWN PUSSERS — Daily Happy Hour from 5pm - 7pm WEST END PUSSERS — George Worthmore live from 79:30pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Breakfast/brunch/ lunch & dinner daily. Sunset happier hour with Candyman 7pm.

QUITO’S — Open from 11am for lunch & dinner.

Live Music by Marcus Mark at lunch & Happy Hour 5-6.30pm. Quito Solo from 7.30pm.

ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:30-6pm & 2 for $5 Carib Beer. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm.

VG & OUTER ISLANDS MARINA CAY (VG) — “Rob White Bar ”Stell N’ Snuggs from 5-7:30pm WEDNESDAY - APR 6 CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Breakfast/brunch/lunch & dinner daily. Sunset happier hour with live music by ‘Candyman’ 4-7. Tortola’s own 3D Band 7pm.

WEST END PUSSERS — George Worthmore live from 7-9:30pm QUITO’S — Open from 11am for lunch & dinner.

Live Music by Marcus Mark at lunch. Happy Hour 5-6.30pm with Quito. Too Smooth from 7.30pm.

ELM’S — Lunch daily 11am-4pm. Happy Hour 3:30-6pm. Serving Caribbean Fusion Dinner 6-9pm.

VG & OUTER ISLANDS MARINA CAY (VG) — “Rob White Bar ”Stell N’ Snuggs from 5-7:30pm

UPCOMING HAPPENINGS

Nai Ni Chen Dance Company @ HLSCC – April 16 Mooring’s Yacht Ownership Open House — April 7-9 BVI Steelman Race — April 10 HM Queen Elizabeth Celebration - Roadshows to Territory’s Schools — April 11-15 Buy BVI Trade Expo — April 16-17 Foxy’s Taboo Masquerade Full Moon — April 16-17 Queen’s 90th Birthday Parade — April 21

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Upcoming Events BVI Steelman Triathlon Sunday, April 10th will be a testing day not just for the fit, but the “extreme fit,” as the BVI Triathlon Federation puts on their most challenging event of the calendar year, the BVI Steelman – an Olympic distance triathlon. Registration for the event will be at the BVI Sports Club on Friday at 5:30pm. The entry fee is $20 per person and includes an exclusive BVI Triathlon Federation water bottle, which you will most likely need. The race starts at 6:30am at Well Bay where the first leg is a 1500-meter swim, followed by a 25-mile bike leg in a series of 9 laps on Beef Island ending with a final 6-mile run. For more information on the event go to www.tribvi.com.

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Vol. 28, No. 31 • Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2016

By Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway

Sprinting Into New Territory For the last two years, Rikkoi Brathwaithe’s name was not in the sporting news. He’s been missing in action since the end of 2013. He returned this year and on Saturday night, narrowly missed the Carifta Games U18 Boys 100m bronze medal by .03 seconds after running a personal best 10.69 seconds.

“I was out for about three years because I had two injuries, my hip and my knee,” Brathwaite explained. “When they got better and I saw everybody doing their thing on the track, I got excited and wanted to come back because I missed the sport.”

He said he learnt that stretching is extremely important and share any pain you feel with coaches.

“I held back a lot of what I was feeling and when I told them, it was too late,” he said. “I learnt the hard way.”

Brathwaithe, who ran 10.92 second to claim the Sports Day 100m title, said he’s very much surprised by his growth and development after the injury.

“When I stopped, running in the 9 seconds range was my dream and that was far away,” said Brathwaite who became just the second male Carifta Games 100m finalist behind Derwin Scatliffe who made the U17 Boys final in 1987. “Now, it’s not too far away, so I’m extremely excited and I’m going to work hard towards that goal.”

Has it sunk in what he has achieved?

“Yes, by now it has,” he said. “I realize I have to work on my finish and building at the end.”

When he ran 10.92 before Carifta, Brathwaite said everyone was telling him it was extremely fast, but he wanted to run in the 10.8/10.7 range. The 10.92 he said, gave him more drive to try and get that time.

In his Carifta Games debut, race, he recorded a time of 10.88 seconds. He wasn’t surprised by was Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

Rikkoi Brathwaite, right

‘very happy’ and the surprise came when he ran 10.69.

“I was expecting to run 10.7,” he said. “I wasn’t expecting to drop it by so much. This helps me to realize my potential and I know not to ever doubt myself, but to keep training hard.”

Since he’s turning 18 in 2017, he’ll be competing in the U20 Class. So, what can he build on for next year?

“Definitely, I have to be more poised in my race,” he noted. “I have to work on the end and the finishing of my races and I can take the experience from this division up to U20.”

How mentally tough was it going through the experience?

“You have to be mentally tough and it was hard to keep focused,” he pointed out. “But, it was hard because of all the pressure. During the warmups, knowing I had to run against somebody that was phenomenal, 10.25 seconds, I knew I had to try and stay with him.”

And how was he able to stay focused, sandwiched between the region’s best U18 athletes?

“I was just saying repeatedly in my head, ‘Don’t let him get away from you,’” he said. “That’s all I was saying and I was very satisfied with my start.”

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By Claudia Colli

Elementary, Homeland & More I have always been a great movie fan, and look forward to the release of a top reviewed film on DVD, or iTunes. But with the advent of streaming on Netflix, and an ever-increasing number of quality television shows, I‘ve also become an enthusiastic TV viewer.

I have several favorites at the moment.

Elementary is yet another take on the Sherlock Holmes theme. This time, Sherlock (British actor Jonny Lee Miller) resides in New York City in the 21st century. He is a former drug addict and consultant to Scotland Yard, who came to New York to kick his drug habit and work with the NYPD. Joan Watson (Lucy Lieu), an Asian American physician, is a nice twist on the Holmes/Watson relationship. Retired from her profession, she is hired to be Holmes’ “sober companion.” Although she is there to make sure he doesn’t lapse back into addiction, under his tutelage, she becomes a skilled investigator in her own right.

Sherlock’s brilliant deductions, razor sharp wit and interactions with Joan (and an array of quirky characters), is always entertaining to watch.

I am now on my third season of Homeland, and although it is a very different series to Elementary, the main protagonist, Cary Mathison is as damaged, if not more so, than Sherlock. Cary (Claire Danes) is a brilliant CIA analyst, who also happens to be bi-polar. In the first season, Nicholas Brodie (Damien Lewis) is an Iraq war veteran who had been captured and tortured

by Al-Qaeda, and returns to the US a war hero. Using intel from her sources in Iraq, Cary is the lone voice warning that this war hero may actually be a terrorist planning a major attack on American soil. Well-writ-

ten, with stellar performances by Danes, Lewis and Mandy Patinkin, who plays Saul Berenson, Cary’s superior, Homeland is gripping viewing.

I was also taken by the first season (the second season not so much) of the highly rated British series Broad Church, about the murder of a young boy in an English seaside town. David Tenant (of Dr. Who fame) plays a cop with issues (to put it mildly), who is determined to find the murderer, even if it means digging up a town full of dirty secrets. Again, fine performances and a well-written script.

The latest series I am watching is a eight-part BBC adaptation of War and Peace which I downloaded from iTunes. “Whoa,” you are saying, War and Peace?

Isn’t that the staggeringly long book by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy? It is, and although I myself could never wade through the book, this lavish adaptation is sumptuous and addicting. Set in Russia in the year 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars, a group of aristocrats fall in love, and as the title suggests, go to war – their lovers and families left behind. The costumes are extravagant and the acting is top notch. It is romantic and sweeping, with brutal battle scenes and aristocratic splendor that presages the revolution that would upturn the world just over a century later.

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Vol. 28, No. 31 • Mar 31 - Apr 6, 2016

By Julian Putley

Under the Sea One of the joys of the tropics and especially the BVI is the undersea world. Visitors from all over the planet come here to enjoy exceptional snorkeling and scuba diving, often as an added attraction to a sailing adventure. The BVI is fortunate that it has so many outter islands and cays, many of which are either uninhabited or sparsely populated and this fact alone means that the reefs are largely intact despite the invasive nature of fledgling snorkelers, fisher folk, careless divers and boaters.

The undersea world is indeed fascinating. I always don a mask and snorkel every time I go for a swim, about four times a week, for entertainment and exercise. Swimming is an aerobic sport; it stretches the whole body loosening up stiff muscles and offering relaxation for joints with the almost neutral buoyancy of the saline sea. With energetic strokes the lungs are stretched and exercise oxygenates the blood and provides an increased pulse rate. After a long swim I feel like a new person.

But it’s the beauty, tranquility and slow rhythm of the underwater world that is magical. Everything moves in harmony; the seafans and gorgonians wave in unison and the schools of brightly colored fish swim leisurely about. The colors and shapes of the different corals add to the panorama and all seems at peace. We know that fish and sea creatures have to eat to live but we rarely see the carnage. We also know not to step on a sea urchin, brush up against a stand of fire coral or touch a box jelly fish.

Then, when humans blunder into the underwater world, they often unknowingly cause disruption to the tranquility. A lobster diver may tear up a tranquil Limin’ Times Entertainment Guide

habitat, a boat anchor may destroy coral or sea grass, a fisherman may leave fish with torn mouths and bleeding wounds, an inexperienced snorkeler can snap off limbs of coral with a wayward fin, and pollution in all its guises can cause significant damage.

The amazing thing is that, there is not a jot of aggression from the underwater world towards us disruptive humans. Sharks attack humans you may say, but that more likely, is mistaken identity, mistaking us for their prey. Commercial fishermen scoop up tons of fish in nets and just dump unwanted species, dead or without fins (in the case of sharks) back into the water.

When we humans invade a marine habitat we are accepted by those species that live there regardless of the destructive actions of those who may have come before us. We can all learn a lesson from these wonderful marine creatures – one of acceptance and tolerance. And although this tolerance may not be a cognitive action, it is the way of the world and it works, and those with a long and deep understanding of the sea – scuba instructors, conservationists and photographers in particular – treat our underwater world with a deep and abiding respect.

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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 “subgrids” 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.