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Vol. 29, No. 33

Saturday, 15th ALSO THIS WEEK: Easter Festival • PAW Fun Day • Feaster • Spring Brunch @ Myett’s Chill Session • Easter Egg Hunts • Chutney Show • Till Dawn

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Paw BVI Goes Country Every one is welcome to the Diamond Estate farm to meet the PAW team as well as all the animals that call Countryside Adventures home.

Kids will get to partake in the inaugural Canines, Cats and Critters Egg Hunt. A thrilling Tortoise Derby, complete with a 10-runner race card, will follow after the hunt.

Adults and kids alike will also have a chance to ride some of the farm’s ponies, watch horseriding displays, bottle feed an orphaned lamb, interact with real Easter bunnies, play country games and win prizes from Bleu Chocolat. On the menu are a cake stall, BBQ lunch and drinks for your enjoyment.

While everybody there will be an animal lover, don’t forget to leave your pets at home!

Need more information? Please call Countryside Adventures at 542-2070.

Animal lovers of all ages won’t want to miss the fun on Saturday, 15th when PAW BVI and Countryside Adventures will come together and have a fun family afternoon at the Diamond Estate Farm & Country Centre.

Gates will open at noon to raise funds for PAW. PAW – Promoting Animal Welfare ¬– is a nonprofit organization established in February 2014.

The organization’s main activity is getting pets and stray dogs and cats spayed or neutered to help make sure the animals’ population stays under control. Their main goal is to improve the living conditions for as many animals as possible within the BVI. In addition to “fixing” cats and dogs, PAW also has them tested for diseases and vaccinated.

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.

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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He Is Risen!

Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ resurrection from the dead.

It’s also Christianity’s most important holiday which is celebrated on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21st.

Therefore, Easter is observed anywhere between March 22nd to April 25th each year.

Unlike other holidays that have fixed dates Easter is called a moveable feast because it doesn’t always fall on the same date each year.

Since the holiday is based in the faith, naturally churches here in the BVI celebrate the Easter season.

Apart from church celebrations, there is also the Virgin Gorda’s Easter Festival and this year is their 50th anniversary.

Each year we also see a growing number of Easter egg hunts and family events being hosted by various groups and organizations.

For more information on Virgin Gorda’s Easter Festival and other events please see our round up on page 7 and 8.

In addition to Easter’s religious significance, there is also a commercial side, as evidenced by the mounds of jellybeans and marshmallow chicks that appear in stores each spring. Treats like Easter eggs, bunnies, baskets and candy have all become a standard part of this holy holiday. It is said that over 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are made each year.

Since I became a mom, I’ve been celebrating Easter Sunday with the Anglican Church, fist attending their church service and then the Easter party for the children of the church that follows.

This year, my family and I will not only celebrate Easter Sunday with the church but we also have a fun early evening planned and we will be attending the Easter Festival parade over on Virgin Gorda on Easter Monday. Like so many other public holidays, we’re going to use the time off to enjoy each other’s company.

How will you celebrating your Easter season? Share with us on our Facebook page.

Happy Easter!

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50th Golden Jubilee

DJ Momos of DR, Unity Sounds, Millennium The finale of Vir- King, DJ Dre and DJ Kuga will provide music. gin Gorda’s 50th Easter celebrations are Archery Nationals from April 15th-17th.

The VIAA will be holding their 1st NASP Na• On Saturday, tionals (National Archery in the Schools) this 15th, there is the Saturday, 15th at the A.O. Shirley Recreational Food Fair at the Yacht Grounds.

Habour from 10am. The Fisherman’s Jamboree at There will be light snacks and drinks on sale Mermaid Dockside starts at 6pm. Village enter- and first flight starts at 10:15am. tainment for the night is Sistah Joyce, Hardcore The Jr. National team along with coaches Band, VIBE, Jah Cure, R.City and Stylee Band. and senior archers will be participating in the • On Sunday, 16th check out the Lions Club Juan Enrique Barrios Cu in Puerto Rico from April Easter Egg Hunt at the Walter Recreational Park 22nd-May 6th. Archers will get the opportunity to from 2-5pm. The Fisherman’s Jamboree contin- train at the Olympic center, interact with top-level ues Sunday, or you can lime at the Wet Fete at St. coaches and other archers. The VI coaches will be Thomas Bay. Over at the village, the Calypso Show attending coaching seminars and clinics. begins at 7pm, followed later that night by Hypa 4000, Queen Shereen, Showtime Band and Destra. Fun @ Myett’s Cane • On Monday, 17th the rise and shine J’ouvert On Thursday, 13th Myett’s Cane Garden Bay begins at 4am and the Easter Festival Parade will is having Absolut Fun with Dab That Tune. The follow at noon. After the parade, Elvis White Band, night features $3 specials on Absolute Vodka all OMG Band, It’s a Secret Band featuring Shereen night starting from happy hour at 5pm and great and Claudette Peters, and Asa Bantan will bring Absolut prizes for Dab That Tune Winners. Come the Easter Festival to an end. join the fun!

Tortola residents should contact Speedy’s for boat times and special rates throughout the holi- Spring Brunch at Myett’s day weekend.

This Sunday, 16th Myett’s Cane Garden Bay is having a Spring Brunch and Fun Day. Feaster Live entertainment starts at one and there is The Teamwork Family presents Caribbean also a DJ at the beach bar. The under water Easter Feaster on Sunday, 16th at Island Sizzle Restau- Egg Hunt for snorkelers will start at 2pm and the rant, Bar & Night Club parking lot. beach Easter Egg Hunts for the little ones will folThe fashion show will feature models from low at 3pm. Don’t forget the Sand sculpture conTortola, Philippines, Dominican Republic, Guyana, test is at 4pm. Sounds like an event you won’t Trinidad and Jamaica. There will also be fun and want to miss so bring out your family and enjoy games for the kids, food, bars and much more dur- Easter Sunday on the beach with Myett’s. ing the day.

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Cane Garden Bay

THURSDAY APR 13

SATURDAY - APR 15

ROAD TOWN

ROAD TOWN

PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Happy Hour 5–7 Game Night! Fun Bar Games all night

PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” 2 for 1 Personal Pizzas, home-made Sangria. All Day Fun & Games

PIER PARK – “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Thirsty Thursdays w/ Drink Specials for Ladies ALL NIGHT, Live DJ from 9pm CANE GARDEN BAY

Myett’s Garden & Grill Myett’s Garden Inn Myett’s Sea Spa & Hair Salon Olivia’s Corner Store 284•495•9649 www.myetts.com thebeatgoeson@myetts.com

Chill Zone Waterfront Bar Tortola Pier Park

MYETT’S – ‘No Ship Day’. Open 8am–11pm. Happy Hour 5-7pm w/ Candy Man. Absolut w/Dab That Tune @ 7pm

PIER PARK – Easter Fun Day 11am–6pm

QUITO’S – Open 4pm. Happy Hour/Marcus Mark 5–7pm & Dinner from 8pm. Open Upstairs @Quito’s from 6pm

A O SHIRLEY GROUNDS – VI Archery Association NASP Nationals 10:15am

FRIDAY APR 14 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” TGIF After Party with DJ CJ Bleu & fire dancing show at 7:30 & fireball PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Corporate Happy Hour form 5pm. Drink Specials all night, DJ from 9pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Open 8am-11pm.

Happy Hour 5-7pm w/Pan Jazz, 2 for 1 eats Jalena @ 7pm. Pizza night QUITO’S – Open 10am. Lunch w/Oren Hodge. Happy Hour 5-7pm Third Dimension & Dinner from 8pm The Edge. Open Upstairs @Quito’s from 6pm TRELLIS BAY

Open daily Bar Bites & Drinks Specialty Nights TGIF Parties Fri. 5pm 284•441•9649 Facebook: Chill Zone BVI Limin’Times Entertainment Gude

PIER PARK – “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Endless Mimosas & Bloody Marys $20.00 from noon – 5pm

DE LOOSE MONGOOSE – “Chill Session” The Original Bouyon Pioneers & DJ Dagger 7pm until

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ISLAND SIZZLE – Chutney Show 8pm

DIAMOND ESTATE DIAMOND ESTATE FARM & COUNTRY CENTRE – PAW BVI Easter Fun Day 12pm until CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Open 8am-11pm.

Happy hour 5–7pm w/Marcus Mark. Evolution Band w/Limbo Dance Contest @ 7pm. Pizza night QUITO’S – Open 4pm. Happy Hour & Dinner w/Too Smooth.

Open Upstairs @Quito’s from 6pm VIRGIN GORDA SEE ROUNDUP ON PAGE 7 FOR EASTER FESTIVAL SCHEDULE SUNDAY - APR 16 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Closed

parties • sports • movies and more

PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Sunday Fun Day $3 Beers, $5 Hennessey, Drink Specials from 4pm ISLAND SIZZLE PARKING LOT – Feaster Fun Day & Fashion Show @ 7pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — ‘No Ship Day’ Easter Brunch from 10am. Underwater Easter Egg Hunt & More w/live music from 1pm. Marcus Mark @ 7pm QUITO’S – Open 10am. Happy Hour 5–7pm w/Pan Man Jazz & for Dinner 8pm.

VIRGIN GORDA SEE ROUNDUP ON PAGE 7 FOR EASTER FESTIVAL SCHEDULE ANYTHING GOES – Till Dawn feat. Kylo & Stylee Band and Selecta Taz MONDAY - APR 17 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Closed PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Martini Mondays $6 Martinis ALL NIGHT NOEL LLOYD PARK – Easter Hunt 1–5pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — ‘No Ship Day’ 2 for 1 Margaritas & Mexican Munchies @ Happy Hour 5–7pm. Al ‘The Singing Chef ’ @ 7 QUITO’S – Open 4pm. Happy Hour w/ Caave Stoutt 5–7pm VIRGIN GORDA SEE ROUNDUP ON PAGE 7 FOR EASTER FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TUESDAY - APR 18 ROAD TOWN

UPCOMING EVENTS

PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” 2 for 1 personal Pizzas, home-made sangria PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Taco Tuesdays – $2 Tacos, $3 Corona, $4 Margaritas ALL NIGHT CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Happy Hour 2 for 1 eats 5–7pm w/Candy Man. Marlon 7–10pm.

QUITO’S – Open 10am. Lunch 12–2:30pm w/Marcus Mark.

Happy Hour 5-7pm w/Marcus Mark & Dinner from 8pm w/ Quito Solo WEDNESDAY - APR 19 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Roti Wednesday. Delicious fresh made rotis.

PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Wine down Wednesdays 1/2 off House Wines ALL NIGHT CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — Open 8am-11pm.

Sunset happy hour 5-7pm w/ Caave (3D Band) @ 7pm QUITO’S – Open 10am. Happy Hour 5–7pm Quito Solo & Dinner from 8pm ISLAND LAST RESORT Happy Hour 3-7pm, Garden games all afternoon. Crab races @ 5 & 6pm. Kiki & Neil Fire Show @ 7:30, live music from 8pm

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Earth Day – Apr 22 Paint the Town Blue – Apr 28 BVI Night – St. Thomas Carinival Village (Special boat to event) – Apr 24 Buy BVI – Apr 29-30 Black & White Thang – May 6 BizPitch – May 6 Int’l Chilli Cook Off – May 15 BVI Dinghy Championships – May 19–20

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Till Dawn

day on Saturday, 15th.

Come out and celebrate Easter with your famOn Easter Sunday, 16th come out and party with Kylo and Stylee Band at Anything Goes, Vir- ily with games, activities and prizes for the entire gin Gorda. Juggling is by Selecta Taz and admis- family.

The fun day is from 11am-6pm. sion is $20. You must be 18 and older!

Chill Session On Friday, 14th De Loose Mongoose presents Rum for Connoisseurs In a move sure to please rum buffs, the BVI retheir second annual Chill Session from 7pm until. cently received Mount Gay’s latest batch of 1703 The original Bouyon Pioneers (original members Master Select blend rum. of WCK) and DG Daggar will provide entertainThe batch is a blend of a variety of Mount ment. Showtime is at 7pm. Admission is free!

Gay’s rums from as far back as 30 years ago, barrel aged and packaged in cask bottles. Hand-labeled Chutney Show Island Sizzle Restaurant, Bar & Night Club and with just 12,000 bottles released globally, the will host their first annual Chutney show on Sat- batch is sure to be a collector’s item.

For more information on this product, please urday, 15th at 8pm. visit mountgayrum.com. Pick up a bottle at RTW. The show will feature Girly Persaud - the voice of Kanchan; Terry Gajraj of Guyana Baboo; Kavita Ramkissoon and the BVI’s own Vishal Munesar.

Entertainment is by Khalnayak Academy of Dance and music by DJ Millennium King and DJ Shaun.

Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door and can be purchase at Island Sizzle.

For more information call Issac at 496-7797 of 340-0066

Easter Hunt Molyneaux’s Classic Events will host an Easter Egg Hunt on Monday, 17th from 1-5pm at the Noel Lloyd Park.

There are prizes to be won so bring your family out and enjoy a gold and silver egg hunt, bouncy house, face painting by Jada and lots of games.

Music will be provided by DJ Mac Milli of Ah Milli Soundz.

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Hot To Cold Dear Koren, After this lady had been giving me signals for a while, I started talking to her then I asked her out and she consented. We chatted all the time then we went out twice and both times we had a good time. Now I’m checking that for over 3 weeks now when I call or text, she not responding until long after, and when I ask her out again, she makes excuses. Why would she go from being interested in me to suddenly pulling away when everything was going well?

–Frustrated Dear Frustrated, It could be literally anything. Maybe an ex came back into her life, maybe she is not really single and was trying to make a boyfriend jealous. It could be she just does not like the way you smell, or that she is still interested but suffers with mood swings or depression. She could be a woman who’s keenly interested in a guy at the beginning but withdraws if she perceives him to be clingy. Some women like the bells and whistles of a new relationship, but then get bored once things become routine. And these are a just a few examples.

I know it’s probably a blow to your ego, but you have not lost anything. You and someone saw something in each other, you went out, and now it seems to have fizzled. Before you jump to conclusions, ask her directly what the problem is.

Maybe it will turn out that you misread the signals or that she is really still interested. If she says she does not want to go out anymore, then just wish her well. As a man, the odds are in your favor as there are more women than men out there, so I’m

sure in no time at all you will meet someone else that you click with.

Some persons do not enjoy the company of a man or woman who is overeager or pushy; one person might see it as being attentive but he other might feel like he or she is not getting any space. Just ensure you are not doing that and pace your attention so that it is not overwhelming to her. Whatever the situation, you will be okay, either with or without her. Remember that some persons will come into your life for a short period and others for a longer time. All you can do is pay attention to the lessons learned. What does not end in a romantic relationship could still be a great friendship.

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A Monster Calls By You should probably have a box of tissues handy for this heartbreaking, but ultimately uplifting, dark fantasy of a family dealing with terminal illness.

The story centers on 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall), who we first meet having a terrible nightmare. When he goes to school, he’s bullied, which seems like it might, at first, be the source of his nighttime woes.

But then we meet Conor’s mom (Felicity Jones). She’s sick, although the film never specifies with what exactly. Conor tells his rather grumpy grandmother (Sigourney Weaver), that his mom’s bouts in bed are a side effect of her treatment, but grandmother’s reaction hints that there is more to the situation.

Then, a few minutes after midnight, a monster comes knocking at Conor’s window. He’s an ancient yew tree (voiced by the epic Liam Neeson) and he says that he’ll be back on future nights to tell Conor three stories. After that, Conor will have to tell a story of his own. Ominously, the monster says Conor will reveal “his truth” in that story.

The tales the monster tells Conor take us out of the dreary town where Conor and his mother live and into a beautifully drawn animated world set in the distant past. Conor thinks the stories feel like traditional fairy tales, but only at first.

Gradually, the monster shows him that people in real life are rarely the evil villains or pure-hearted heroes of fairy tales, and we the viewers can begin to see that while the yew tree is frightening and destructive, maybe he’s not a villain either.

Meanwhile, in daylight, poor Conor’s life

isn’t getting any easier. His mom takes a bad turn so the family decides Conor should go stay with his grandmother. Unlike the amicable, close relationship he shares with his mom, Conor feels his grandmother stifles him. At school, the conflicts with his bully are escalating too.

When Conor’s mother shares that her doctors have decided her current regimen isn’t working and they will try an experimental treatment derived from a yew tree, Conor feels a ray of hope: the monster can heal his mother. But the monster is non-committal: “If she can be healed, the yew tree will heal her.”

How will the treatment go? What will Conor’s story and his truth be? Watch for the moving conclusion. A Monster Calls is on DVD and can be streamed on Amazon and iTune 13

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The BVI delegation has 26 athletes, and will be led by Rikkoi Brathwaite in the U20 Boys division, and by U18 athletes Beyonce DeFreitas and Djimon Gumbs.

Brathwaite, who ran a 100m personal best of 10.55 seconds over the weekend, narrowly missed an U18 Boys bronze medal in his specialty by 0.03 seconds last year. He’s the second BVI male to make it to a final behind Derwin Scatliffe in 1987. No U20 Boy has ever been a finalist.

DeFreitas, fourth in the 200m a year ago, is coming off winning a sprint double during the Elmore Stoutt High School Inter-House competition, where she ran the 200m in 23.98 seconds, just shy of the 23.97 personal best she recorded at last year’s Carifta Games in Grenada. She also won the 400m in 56.02 seconds.

Gumbs, who was fifth, improved his 17.20m Shot Put effort during the Carifta Games Trials in early March, with a mammoth heave of 17.52m on his final attempt of the inter house competition.

Both Gumbs and DeFreitas, have also qualified for the International Association of Athletics Federations World Youth Championships in Nairobi, Kenya, July 12-16.

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Lane Track Club, 100, 200m, 4 x 400m Relay.

K’Cei Moses, Sprint Tech, 200, 400m, 4x 400m Relay. D’Andre Mitcham, Top Notch Track Club, High Jump. Deron Leslie, Raw Skillz Track Club, 1500m, 5000m. Gevon Smith, Sprint Tech, 800m, 4 x 400m Relay.

U18 Boys: Djimon Gumbs, Top Notch Track Club, Shot Put, Discus Throw. Diamante Gumbs, Top Notch Track Club, Shot Put, Discus Throw.

Jelani Norman, Sprint Tech, Octathlon, 4 x 400m Relay. Joshua Hill, Sprint Tech, 400m 4x400m Relay. Rakeel Jack, Sprint Tech, 400m, 400m Relay.

Samuel Romney, Sprint Tech, 1500m, 3000m, 4 x 400m Relay. Malik John, Sprint Tech, 4 x 400m Relay.

U20 Girls: L’T’Sha Fahie, Sprint Tech, 100m, 200m, 4x400m Relay. Shaniyah Caul, Raw Skillz Track Club, 400m. Akira Phillip, Ambassadors Track Club, Javelin Throw. Kala Penn, ASA College, Long Jump, Triple Jump, 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m Relay. Sh’Kaida Lavacia, Sprint tech, 400m, 4x400m Relay.

U18 Girls: Beyonce DeFreitas, Sprint Tech, 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m, 4 x 400m Relay. Zakharia Frett, Sprint Tech, 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m, 4 x 400m Relay. Zara Brown, Fast Lane, 4 x 100m, 4 x400m Relay. Arianna Hayde, Sprint Tech, Javelin Throw, Heptathlon. Xiomara “Gia” Malone, Fast Lane, Long Jump, 100m Hurdles. Tashara Edwards, Sprint Tech, 400m, 4 x 100m, 4 x 400m Relay. Akrisa Eristee, Sprint Tech, 400m, 4 x 100m, 4 x 400m Relay. Mariah Christian, Raw Skillz, 1500m and 3000m.

Officials: Ralston “Grandfather” Henry, (Head Coach). Assistant coaches; Burt “Percy” Dorsette, Carl Barrett and Jennifer King-Grate.

Chaperone, Chantal Scatliffe.

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