VOL 31, 34

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Vol. 31, No. 34 Dec 5 – Dec 11, 2019

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Vol. 31, 34 / Dec 5 - Dec 11, 2019

In this Christmas movie, a ski resort begins to buzz when a celebrity chef becomes the new head chef. Clara isn’t excited like most of her coworkers about her new boss, but as their paths constantly cross, she realizes they may have much more in common than they first thought.

The movie opens with the restaurant crew watching what appears to be celebrity chef Shane (Scott Cavalheiro) winning a competition and they are equally excited for his win. Can you imagine their excitement when they hear he is coming to work among them?

Clara (Kaitlyn Leeb) is the first to meet Shane when he checks into the resort and they run into each other – or should I say her mishap caught his attention. Soon, her friend Bonnie (Kristen Kurnik) can’t seem to hide her excitement to meet Shane.

Word quickly gets out that Shane is now working at the resort and it prompts fans to go there just to see him. One group of ladies is lucky enough to get to meet him and later on, to eat breakfast with him.

Hugh Peters, the owner of the resort has a business idea and needs Clara’s help in sealing the deal. The owners of the place that he is interest-

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ed in are Frank and Jackie Haven. They are friendly and also are great friends of Clara’s and eventually begin to love Shane.

Shane and Clara go on a date and start spending time with each other.

Things are going fine until Clara lets him in on a secret and his reaction causes her to get mad at him.

Confiding in her mom Lydia (Vivica A. Fox), Christmas Eve becomes a blur for Clara. Her mom encourages her to go where she wants to be, but it is interrupted when she gets a call from her boss asking her to deliver some documents for him.

Before heading to her boss’ office, she meets up with her friend Bonnie and encourages Clara to give her and Shane a try. She also tells Clara that she is not engaged as the couple goes with Clara to retrieve the documents.

Meanwhile, Shane is with the Havens and he finds out the answer to a truth he is seeking.

Does Clara get the documents delivered in time and did she ever speak to Shane again? What was Hugh up to and what was Shane seeking? Christmas With a View can be streamed on Netflix.

Magic Show Island Vibe Entertainment Agency & Characters in Motion present Lighting Christmas with Shabum Magic, Saturday from 4–6pm at UP’s (Cinema 1). Enjoy performances

by Nouveau Royale, Adagio Dance School, Minnie, Mickey, Baby Shark, BVI Dance School, Lady Rams Cheer Squad, Arabian Cheer Squad and more.

The event will be hosted by Sophie B and tickets are $15 (more at the door). There will be food, drinks and toys on sale.

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.

Sunday’s show is on Virgin Gorda from 3–5pm at the Catholic Community Center. Activities include face painting by Happy Faces and Klassic Invasion, photo-shoot with characters, balloon sculptures, raffles and more. Tickets are $12 (more at the door).

There will be prizes to be won.

Tickets for both events can be purchased by Laddiva’s (VG), Road Town Fast Ferry and by calling 545-4334/441-4334 (Tortola).

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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Gathering inspiration after hosting her daughter’s Christening party and her first birthday celebration in 2012, Jerilee Hopkins launched The Party Boutique in August of 2012.

A native of Virgin Gorda, Jerilee recalls pulling out all the stops with nine mascot characters parading at the Jeffrey Caines arena in Virgin Gorda during the halftime of a Summer Jam game held that year.

The Party Boutique has since grown in leaps and bounds and now provides, event planning, décor services, graphic design, mascot rentals, business services, tutus and newly introduced in 2019 for BVI culture week – hair bows and bow ties.

Jerilee told Limin’ Times that the Party Boutique caters for both children and adult birthday parties, weddings, baby showers, graduations, seasonal events such as grand openings, Easter egg Hunts, Mother’s and Father’s Day, Christmas and Valentine’s Day just to name a few.

The have also catered for intimate events including the wedding of Jerilee’s own mother where she served as the wedding planner taking care of each and every element - right down to the dress. She has also been invited to speak at various public schools as a speaker.

The Party Boutique is also active in giving back to the community, including special appearances in mascot character costumes for several years during Reading is Fun Week on both Tortola and Virgin Gorda.

“My passion to be unique and creative is the energy behind The Party Boutique,” Jerilee explained to Limin’ Times. “I feel the power from focusing on what excites me and then the results are just breathtaking, even exceeding my customers’ expectations,” she told us

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while adding that no detail is too small and no task is too big as The Party Boutique aims to create memories as stated in their tagline “Creating Memories is a Priceless Gift”.

However, Jerilee cautioned that event planning and the execution of an event does have its share of frustration and stress sometimes, including last minute changes requested by customers and persons who are unsure if they want to proceed with the event at the last minute after preparations had already been made.

While Jerilee was quick to add that she also takes on some last minute events once they do not conflict with other bookings, she always encourages her customers to contact her at least one month in advance or 3 weeks ahead of events as planning ahead is something that nearly everyone would agree is important, advantageous, and allows her to think a few steps ahead to ensure every detail is on point.

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Christmas on DeCastro Street

Bay Market Bar & Grill from 5–9pm. Also, happy hour is from 6–8pm, so come out and live your best life.

Quiz Night This and every Friday night is quiz night with quiz master David at Red Rock Restaurant & Bar. For reservations, please call 442-1646.

Red & White Party This Friday and Saturday bring the family out to the 21st annual Christmas on DeCastro Street. Enjoy treats, food, shopping, live entertainment and much more.

This Saturday, Aqua Sports Bar & Night Club presents a Red & White Party. Entertainment will be provided by DJ Mac Milli, DJ Carly Cartel and VIBE. Admission is $20, gates open 9pm and action starts at 10pm.

Good Body Gal

Christmas Concert Elmore Stoutt High School presents their annual Christmas Concert on Saturday at 7:30pm at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium. Tickets are $15 adults, $5 children under 12 and can be purchased at the school.

Vybez & Chill This Friday’s edition of Vybez & Chill at Trellis Bay Bar & Grill features entertainment by DJ Gong from 6–10pm. Happy Hour is from 4–6pm. To place orders from their famous menu, please call 495-1421.

Karaoke Night This and every Saturday enjoy Karaoke at Trellis 7

On Saturday, Petal & Marjlee present A Day & Night Rave called Good Body Gal fi get things – The Bruk out edition. Entertainment will be provided by DJ Fyah T, DJ Gong and the Farm Family, DJ Lefty and 624 Ent. Admission is free, just support the bar.

Wine Tasting This Friday, 6pm at TAG Showroom, come out to the Wine Tasting – A fundraising in support of the Humane Society. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at TAG, Humane Society & members, Caribbean Cellars, Captain Mulligans, Nagico and Tico.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

THURSDAY – DEC 5 ROAD TOWN

EAST END

TOUCHDOWN BAR – Ladies Night

RED ROCK – Quiz Night and 1/2 Pizzas 3–7pm

CANE GARDEN BAY

TRELLIS BAY PUSSER’S @ MYETT’S – Open 10am

serving lunch & dinner. Happier Hour 4-7pm. Elm Tones 6:30-9:30pm.

PARADISE CLUB – Open 11am-until.

Lunch & dinner on the beach. Jalena live 6pm.

FRIDAY – DEC 6

DJ Gong 6–10pm. Enjoy their full menu.

SATURDAY – DEC 7 ROAD TOWN Christmas on DeCastro Street PIER PARK – ‘Pancake Paradise’ Good Body Gal UP’S CINEPLEX – Shabum Magic, 4–6pm

ROAD TOWN

RiteWay PASEA – Rotaract Club of Tortola Bake Sale, 9AM

Christmas on DeCastro Street

RAMON BAR – Social Fridayz w/DJ Millennium King & DJ Malie

DUFF BOTTOM

BAMBOUSHAY LOUNGE – Entertainment

by The Steve Experiment, 6–9pm

SEA COWS BAY

CLUB AQUA – Red & White Party, 10pm

SLANEY

Yard Sale across in the lot across from St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 8am

TAG – Wine Tasting, 6pm

KINGSTON

DUFF BOTTOM

CEDAR INT’L SCHOOL CAR PARK – Car Boot Sale, 9:30am

AQUA SPORTS BAR & NIGHT CLUB – Ent.

By DJ Lefty, 9pm NANNY CAY

PARAQUITA BAY

CAPTAIN MULLIGANS – Feel Good Fridays w/DJ Wiz, 6pm

EILEENE L. PARSONS AUDITORIUM – Elmore Stoutt High School Annual Christmas Concert, 7:30pm

CANE GARDEN BAY

BELLE VUE

PUSSER’S @ MYETT’S – Opens 10am,

BELLE VUE METHODIST CHURCH – Walk-athon 5:30am

serving lunch & dinner. Happier Hour 4-7pm.

PARADISE CLUB – Opens 11am. Lunch &

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TRELLIS BAY MARKET – Vybes & Chill w/

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CANE GARDEN BAY

VIRGIN GORDA

PUSSER’S @ MYETT’S – Open 10am

CATHOLIC COMMUNITY CENTER – Shabum Magic 3–5pm

serving lunch & dinner. Happier Hour 4-7pm. Marlon Da Pan Man 4-6pm.

Caribbean Cook-out w/Evolution Band 6:30–9:30pm.

PARADISE CLUB – Opens 11am. Lunch

& dinner on the beach. Happy hour 4-7pm.

EAST END

RED ROCK – Serving lunch 11am–3pm, Dinner 5pm–10pm TRELLIS BAY TRELLIS BAY MARKET – “Karaoke Night”

11am–10pm drink specials.

SUNDAY – DEC 8 ROAD TOWN

UPCOMING EVENTS Full Moon Party – December 12

MONDAY – DEC 9 CANE GARDEN BAY PUSSER’S @ MYETT’S – Open 10am

serving lunch & dinner. Happier Hour 4-7pm PARADISE CLUB – Opens 11am. Lunch

and dinner on the beach. Happy hour 4-7pm

Kinky Boots – Dec 7 Good Body Gal – Dec 7 Red & White Party – Dec 7

TUESDAY – DEC 10 CANE GARDEN BAY PUSSER’S @ MYETT’S – Open 10am serving

lunch & dinner. Happier Hour 4-7pm. Al the singing Chef 6:30–9:30pm

Bless De Mic – Dec 14

PARADISE CLUB – Opens 11am. Lunch

Street Vibes – Dec 20

THE AVENUE – Latin hour w/DJ Don Mello

and dinner on the beach. Happy hour 4-7pm

CANE GARDEN BAY

EAST END

PUSSER’S @ MYETT’S – Serving Sunday

RED ROCK – Seafood Tuesdays, when in season Grilled Lobster and Cracked Conch.

Regular Alligator, Mussels, Calamari, Curry Octopus, Stuffed Soft Shell Crab, Tiger Prawns and Coconut Shrimp

Santa in the Bay – Dec 21

CLUB DIPLOMAT – Latin Sundays

Brunch 10am–3pm. Akeem on steel pan 1-4pm PARADISE CLUB – Opens 11am. Lunch

& dinner on the beach. Serving bottomless Mimosas from 11am. Happy hour 4-7pm EAST END RED ROCK – Serving Brunch 10am-3pm, Dinner 5pm-10pm TRELLIS BAY TRELLIS BAY MARKET – Serving lunch &

dinner from noon-8pm. Chill Day, bar opens 11am & live music from 5pm

WEDNESDAY – DEC 11 Public Holiday – State Funeral for the late.

Hon. Ralph T. O’Neal ROAD REEF LE CABANON – Quiz Night 7pm CANE GARDEN BAY PUSSER’S @ MYETT’S – Opens 10am

serving lunch & dinner. Happier Hour 4-7pm.

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Social Fridayz

On Saturday, Cedar International is having a Car Boot Sale in the School Car Park, 9:30am– 12pm. Sell out of your car for $15 or rent a table for $10. To book your space, please email, ptacouncil@cedar.vg or contact Clare Chitton or Helen Kiernander.

Yard Sale On Saturday, join the 3rd District for a Yard Sale across from St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 8am.

Registration is $10 and you can do so by calling 499-6176.

Live at Aqua This edition of Social Fridayz at Ramon Bar features entertainment by DJ Millennium King from 6–10pm and DJ Malie, 10pm.

On Friday at Aqua Club, come out and enjoy entertainment by DJ Lefty from 9pm. Admission is $5 all night.

Bake Sale

Walk-a-thon The Belle Vue Methodist congregation is hosting a fundraising walkathon on Saturday at 5:30am starting from the church to the Watch House in Fahie Hill and back. If you would like to participate and/or purchase a t-shirt, please contact 441-1896.

Ride Out On Saturday, it’s Shemba’s 26th Bike Day Rideout. Gathering is at the Pier Park at 12:30pm; event begins at 1pm and ends at 5pm at Hope Hill Gazebo with the after party to follow. Safety gears are required. There will be food, drinks and live entertainment.

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The Rotaract Club of Tortola is having a Bake Sale on Saturday from 9am in front of Riteway Pasea. Proceeds to fund community Service Projects.

Party at the Ave Unwind to some music or party at The Avenue this weekend. Kicking off the pre-weekend vibes tonight (Thursday) is Young Money Sounds. On Friday music will be provided by DJ Mac Milli and Millennium King. On Saturday entertainment will be provided by DJ Don Mello. Then on Sunday be entertain by Topman Kee.

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Devious Minds Chapter 7

After a few weeks of pondering what she’d been hearing forever, Diamond got up with major plans for her Saturday. Passing her sisters in the kitchen with a mere morning greeting, she was soon out the door. Before she walked out of her apartment complex though, she made sure to call her parents and let them know she was fine and would be unreachable for the day and texted the gang.

She told them that she would see them at the end of the day. The gang didn’t take it in any way, since Diamond was accustomed to finding a café to draw new designs in peace.

Today was not that Saturday.

After a twenty-minute walk, she walked into a black door and ask for Mrs. Brown.

“Hi, I’m Mrs. Melany Brown, but you can call me Melany, I love when my clients feel comfortable with me. You’re Diamond, my 10AM I presume?”

“Hi, yes I am,” Diamond replied to the beautiful melanated woman standing in front of her.

Once they entered Melany’s office, she told Limin’Times Entertainment Guide

Diamond to make herself comfortable.

“So, tell me, what can I do for you today Diamond?” Melany asked.

“Well you see, I have so many doubts about many things and I don’t know how to maneuver through them, can you help me?” Diamond enquired.

Diamond began to tell Melany what she did for a living and explained that although she was a designer, she had no desire to be a fashionista, she simply wanted to design and sell clothing. She told Melany about how she was perceived because of her attire and said all she really wanted was to be respected by her peers.

After listening to her, Melany realized that there was a root to all that she was hearing and she encouraged Diamond to dig deep and reveal her demon.

Once the session was over, Diamond left her psychiatrist’s office feeling a lot better than she went in. She went across the street for some lunch then headed on to the next thing on her agenda. By the time she executed everything on her list, it was well into the night.

It was around 9pm when she called her sisters Cont. -> 12

and told them she was coming home and asked if they needed anything from the outside. They needed nothing, but told her they were about to order pizza and said if she was hungry they could include her.

After dinner the sisters headed to their own spaces as they had promised their parents that they would attend church service the next day. ************ Slapping her alarm as it disturbed her sleep, Diamond rolled out of bed and stepped into her shower to get ready to head out with her sisters. Looking over herself in the mirror one more time before heading out her room, she

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wondered if this was something she would be able to maintain.

Once she came out and her sisters noticed her, their mouths hit the floor. To them they were looking at their sister but they were still very doubtful. When they caught themselves, they began to scream and hug her.

“Omg! WTF! When did you? How did you?” the girls were so excited at the transformation they were seeing that they could barely get any words out.

“Ya’ll are crazy, let’s go before mom and dad kill us for being late,” Diamond told her sisters.

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Nagarit Ensures Half Marathon Title Stays Home Long gone are the days when distance runners Dale Abrahamson, Tuluchi Farrington or Freddy Gibbs, could be seen running around the island for the sheer joy.

Our current focus is solely on the glamor of sprinting and distance young runners who might be interested aren’t encouraged.

Over the last 34 years, long distance running has slowly gained traction. However, while there are 3.1 and 6.2 mile races, outside of the annual Mourant HLSCC College Classic Series that began in 1996, there’s a significant fall off in natives participating in races over 2 miles.

In 2006, Simon Cook, a Deloitte employee told me it’s time to have a race longer than 6.2 miles in the territory and he ushered the birth of the BVI Sunrise Half Marathon, a race from Jolly Roger in West End with a loop around Road Town to finish at the Tortola Sports Club, for 13.1 miles. Runners not only challenged themselves, but had to contend with the wind.

In 2011, Zebalon McLean—a former mid distance runner who’s still competing—ran 1 hour 34 minutes and 45 seconds to break Marc Downing’s 1:35.52 from 2006, for a new BVI national record in the Half Marathon. Dawn Peters ran 1:54.54 in the inaugural 2006 race, for the BVI women’s national record. This year saw the debut of former Long/Triple Jumper Claudius Rymer, in a time of 1:52.09.

On Saturday, Ras Alula Nagarit—who already holds the BVI Marathon record with a time of 2 hours

36 minutes and 54 seconds—created history, when he debuted in the 14th Deloitte-Ogier BVI Sunrise Half Marathon, to claim his second national record.

Nagarit, competing in the territory for the first time since 2008, became the BVI’s first winner when he led from start to finish and stopped the clock at 1 hour 17 minutes and 44 seconds—marking the fourth fastest race in event history.

In the process he chopped 17 minutes off Zebalon McLean’s 2011 mark of 1:34.45, for a new BVI Half Marathon national record.

“It was a good race, but the course is not really a good course,” Nagarit said. “Too many curves, you had to stop, cars in the road. I could have run faster, but there was nobody there to push. So, in order to get a faster time, you need competition to push and you need the course to have less curves. So for the future, they can improve the course to have the race much faster.”

Race Director Kay Reddy said this race doubled the size of previous editions. “It’s the first time a BVI runner has taken the trophy home,” Reddy said. “We’ve given the trophy away to St. Martin, to St. Thomas, to St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago and New Zealand, and this time the trophy stays at home which is really nice.”

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Last Issue Answers (Vol 31, 33)

How to win: The object is to insert numbers in the boxes to satisfy only one condition: each row, column and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 through 9 exactly once.

It’s harder than it sounds!

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