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May 4 – May 10, 2017

Vol. 29, No. 36

Saturday, 6th

ALSO THIS WEEK: Cinco de Mayo Celebrations • Star Wars Party • Fishing Tournament

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Gen Y Factor Semi-finals Jade Hodge and Matthew Murray representing District 2; Shauna-Kay Miller and Kevonnah Pollack representing District 3; Dailia Lambert and Essynce Evans representing District 4; Abigail Christopher and Lebritnie Legair representing District 5; Jamori Blaize and Janae Estridge representing District 6; Lorenzo Thomas and Lonisha Darlington representing District 7; Zabdiel France and Dominique Cole representing District 8; and Jaani Rickets and Kadijah Roberts representing District 9.

The ultimate Gen Y Factor winner will be the next brand ambassador for competition sponsor Digicel, and will receive a monetary prize plus recording time at Home Grown Studio, have an original song produced by Grammy nominee Andrew “Drusky” Scott, and receive legal consultancy services from entertainment attorney Natasha Cobham.

Head out and support your district, or your favorite young singer. You never know, in a few years, you could be saying “I knew them when…”

Eighteen of the BVI’s most talented young voices will take the stage Saturday May 6th to see who gets to represent their district at the Gen Y Factor finals next month.

Admission is $9 for the competition, which is set to begin at 7pm and takes place at the Eileene Parsons Auditorium at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College.

This will be the first time an audience will be welcomed to the competition’s semi-finals, a move Department of Youth Affairs and Sports organizers hope will help the singers get more support from their fans and neighbors.

“We’ve decided to open this year’s semi-finals competition to the public so that individuals can attend and support their respective electoral districts and favorite competitors,” said DYAS Director Brenda Lettsome-Tye in a press release.

In addition to choosing one singer from each district, this year there will be two “wild card” slots that the judges will award to two singers they feel deserve a shot at the final.

Competing Saturday are Malvern Wyke and Kathlyn Archibald-Drew representing District 1;

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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Follow Your Passion We all lead different lives; life’s experiences have shaped us into who we are in the here and now. Some have received stellar hands from the deck of life, others have been less fortunate. But no matter what, we each have our own tastes, desires and passions, even if they differ widely.

‘Following a passion’ is pretty a broad concept. Your passion might be an activity, a business, a group of people, or a civic cause. It can be pretty much anything you like, as long as it puts you in your happy place. In fact, your passion could be something so subtle, you barely recognize it as one; things as simple as sunset walks on the beach, reading a good book, taking care of your plants on your porch. It doesn’t have to be of major consequence, just something that makes you smile.

If your passion runs towards the water and you live in the BVI, you can count yourself lucky.

We have kite surfing. We have diving. We have sailing. And once you get on a boat, the spin-offs are practically endless: snorkeling, kayaking, SUP’ing, racing, cruising, etc.

Your passions don’t have to cost a lot--or anything. As an artist, I don’t limit myself to storebought canvas. In fact, I paint on just about any material I can get my brush on. I write, too. Besides here and a couple of other publications, I write poetry, which has been fairly well received across the board. I sail a lot, (OPB- other people’s boats) so Limin’Times Entertainment Gude

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that helps. I swim and snorkel whenever I can (more in the summer months, the Caribbean Sea in the winter is still a tad chilly for my little bones).

So find what’s right for you. Wherever your interests may lie, find what floats your boat. Be it an outdoor activity, a sport, a creative endeavor, or just something you do within your house. Run with it; take it to that level that brings you a smile.

Black & White Party Wings Production 10th Annual Black & White Thang is this Saturday, 5th from 9pm at Island Sizzle.

DJ Flip Tha Boss, Major Mystic, DJ Dre, DJ Taz and Millennium King will provide entertainment.

Get your general tickets for $25 (Or $60 for VIP) at Stubzbvi.com, Swag Crew Men’s Clothing Store, Caribbean Cellars Ltd, Petra’s Glamorous Fashion, Island Sizzle and Wings Productions.

The dress code will be strictly enforced, so don’t forget to wear black and white.

Cinco De Mayo Celebrations • Myett’s in Cane Garden Bay is having a Cinco De Mayo weekend from Friday, 5th – Sunday, 7th.

On Friday buy two Presidente beers or Margaritas for $5, or get $3 El Jimador Tequila Shots. There will also be specials on Mexican food and live entertainment. On Saturday and Sunday you can get two $5 Presidente beers or two Margaritas for $5 all day long.

On Friday, 5th the following places are having Cinco De Mayo celebrations • Myett’s Chill Zone at the Tortola Pier Park will celebrate Cinco De Mayo with specials on Corona beer and Patron tequila. For happy hour, catch DJ Fuego. Later, there will be a live performance by the HLSCC Stingrays band and the Tortola Dance Project performs at 8 and 9pm.

• The Watering Hole. Come and enjoy $5 El Jimador Maragarita’s, $3 El Jimador tequila shots and and four for $10 Presidente Beer bucket specials.

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• Quito’s, Cane Garden Bay is having two for $5 on Presidente Beers, $5 El Jimador Margarita’s and $3 El Jimador tequila shots.

• Fish n’ Lime, West End. Enjoy Pan Vibes on stage while sipping on $5 Margaritas. Also enjoy some Sauzei cucumber chili.

NBA Playoffs Myett’s Chill Zone is the place to be to watch the NBA Playoffs, which started on Monday, 1st and continue through next week. Whenever your team makes a three pointer shoot for your chance to win a shot or enjoy $3 beers. Also buy one get the next half price on wings!

Star Wars Party VISAR is back at it again with another fundraising event. This Saturday, 6th they are having a Star Wars Party at The Island Last Resort.

This event is open to the public and includes great prizes, so dress in your best star war costumes. The boat ride is free. Type of Toad will provide entertainment.

May the Sith be with you!

Fishing Tournament Caribbean Sustainable Fisheries (CSF) in partnership with Nanny Cay is presenting the first Mahi Mayhem Fishing Tournament is this weekend Saturday, 6th and Sunday 7th.

Registration is Friday, 5th from 4–7pm with a cocktail party and reception at Nanny Cay Beach Bar. Then it’s lines in at 6am and 4pm on Saturday, 6th and from 6am and 3pm on Sunday. The final weigh-in and prize giving ceremony is on Sunday at 4pm at the beach bar.

For more information and registration please visit www.csfbvi.com.

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CANE GARDEN BAY

THURSDAY MAY 4 ROAD TOWN

Cane Garden Bay PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill

Zone” Happy Hour 5–7 Game Night! Fun Bar Games all night PIER PARK – “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Thirsty Thursdays w/ Drink Specials for Ladies ALL NIGHT, Live DJ from 9pm PEARLA’S BAUGHERS BAY – ULTIMATE THURSDAYS FROM 8PM UNTIL 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. 2 for 1 Happy Hour eats 5-7pm w/ Candy Man. Dab That Tune @7pm QUITO’S – Open 4pm. Happy Hour/Marcus Mark 5–7pm & Dinner from 8pm. Open Upstairs @Quito’s from 6pm FRIDAY MAY 5 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” TGIF Cinco de Mayo celebrations! After Party with DJ Fuego &Tortola Dance Project performs 8 & 9pm. HLSCC Stingrays Band performs. Drink specials all night PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Corporate Happy Hour form 5pm. Drink Specials all night, DJ from 9pm THE WATERING HOLE – Cinco De Mayo celebration El Jimador tequila shots and $10 Presidente Beer bucket special NANNY CAY

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

NANNY CAY BEACH BAR – Mahi Mayham Fishing Tournament registration 4–7pm & cocktail party

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MYETT’S —’No Ship Day’ Open 8am-11pm. 2 for 1 Happy Hour eats 5-7pm. Pizza night. Live music by Jalena @ 7pm. Cinco De Mayo weekend secials 5pm until 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. Cinco De Mayo Celebrations – 2 for $5 Presidente Beers and El Jimador Margaritas & Tequila shots WEST END FISH N’ LIME – Cinco De Mayo Celebrations SATURDAY - MAY 6 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” 2 for 1 Personal Pizzas, home-made Sangria. All Day Fun & Games PIER PARK – “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Endless Mimosas & Bloody Marys $20.00 from noon – 5pm ISLAND SIZZLE – 10th Annual Black & White Thang 9pm until NANNY CAY NANNY CAY BEACH BAR – Mahi Mayham Fishing Tournament 6am & 4pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — ‘No Ship Day’ Open 8am-11pm. 2 for 1 Happy Hour eats w/Marcus Mark 5–7pm.

Evolution Ban @ 7pm w/Limbo Dance Contest. Cinco De Mayo weekend specials all day QUITO’S – Open 4pm. Happy Hour & Dinner w/Too Smooth.

Open Upstairs @Quito’s from 6pm

parties • sports • movies and more

BELLAMY CAY

TUESDAY - MAY 9

THE ISLAND LAST RESORT – Star Wars Party 5pm until

ROAD TOWN

SUNDAY - MAY 7 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Open 10 until. Sports on Big Screen PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Sunday Fun Day $3 Beers, $5 Hennessey, Drink Specials from 4pm NANNY CAY NANNY CAY BEACH BAR – Mahi Mayham Fishing Tournament lines out @ 6am & 3pm. Prize giving ceremoney @4pm CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — ‘No Ship Day’ Spring Brunch from 10am w/ Akim 12–2pm. Cinco De Mayo weekend specials all day QUITO’S – Open 10am. Happy Hour 5–7pm w/Pan Man Jazz & for Dinner 8pm.

MONDAY - MAY 8 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Margarita Monday! 2for 1 Specialty Margaritas, 2 for 1 tacos PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Martini Mondays $6 Martinis ALL NIGHT CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — 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

UPCOMING EVENTS

PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” 2 for 1 personal Pizzas, home-made sangria, $3 beers PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Taco Tuesdays – $2 Tacos, $3 Corona, $4 Margaritas ALL NIGHT CANE GARDEN BAY MYETT’S — ‘ No Ship Day’ 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 - MAY 10 ROAD TOWN PIER PARK — Myett’s “Chill Zone” Roti Wednesday. Delicious fresh made rotis. Dab that tune game (win prizes) PIER PARK — “Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar” Wine down Wednesdays 1/2 off House Wines ALL NIGHT CANE GARDEN BAY

Mother’s Day – May 14 School Spirit Competition – May 11 Mother’s Day Brunch – May 14 Int’l Chili Cook Off – May 15 BVI Dinghy Championships – May 19–20 Jazz & Style Festival – May 26–27

MYETT’S — ‘ No Ship Day’ Open 8am-11pm. Sunset happy hour 2 for 1 eats 5-7pm w/ Caave (3D Band) @ 7pm

BVI Exquisite Boat Show – May 27

QUITO’S – Open 10am. Happy Hour 5–7pm Quito Solo & Dinner from 8pm

Poker Run – May 28

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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Secret Girlfriend Dear Koren, I’m in a relationship with a man that seems to be the world’s best-kept secret, and I am starting to get suspicious. In the first 3 months, he said things like he is a private person and doesn’t like people in his business. I respected that because it was new and we didn’t know how it would go so it didn’t make sense to just tell everyone. Now it’s been almost a year, I have met only one friend and not one family member. If we bump into anyone, I’m not introduced at all, or introduced just with my name. I know he is not married, so why am I being hidden?

– Suspicious and hurt

introduced a girlfriend before and the family ran her off. Some men introduce five women to their family in the space of a year, so meeting his family in and of itself is not an indicator of how he feels about you.

If you go out in public together, then that’s a good sign. I suggest you ask him why he hasn’t introduced you to his family or best friends and hear what his explanation is. He might have a good reason. If you are not satisfied, you could tell him you would like to meet the people who are important to him, but the final decision is up to him.

While I know you want to feel that he is so proud of you that he can’t contain himself from shouting from the rooftops, we must understand that people are different. Consider whether he treats you with love and respect and if the relationship is nurturing and makes you feel really good about yourself and him. If the relationship gets more serious in time but you still feel hidden and like your concerns are ignored, then you should consider whether this man truly takes you seriously.

Dear girlfriend, I understand how you feel. Most women after the second date, share the good news with two or three friends who can’t wait to meet this lucky guy. Certainly by six months, he has met all our friends and coworkers and our entire family knows we are off the shelf because they can’t find us anymore; and some of us even start looking for apps that combine our pictures to imagine what our future kids will look like. Women do things differently from men; that could be part of the reason you are feeling like this.

I must admit, close to a year is a long time to not meet any family members or be introduced as his girlfriend, but there are a number of reasons he may not want to do so. Maybe he is just not ready and waiting to see if the relationship will become more serious. It could be that he is just private as he says, or not close to his family, or that the opportunity just hasn’t come up yet. Maybe he has

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A Weekend With The FamilyBy I must start off by saying I’m a huge Marques Houston fan from his days playing Roger on Sister Sister and in Immature/IMX, so when this film was released I watched it the first chance I got.

In the film, young attorney Travis Stankershet (Marques Houston) is secretly dating his boss John Clancy’s (Dorian Wilson) daughter Courtney (Karrueche Tran) whom he intents to marry.

Travis doesn’t tell Courtney he is working for her dad because he wants to move up the ranks in the firm without her help.

We open with a court scene in which two of John’s young attorneys, Travis and Joey (J-Boog), in court trying to prove they have what it takes to make it on top.

While the firm breaks for the weekend, Travis gets home to find out that Courtney planned a surprise trip. Only when he arrives to his destination does he realize they aren’t staying in a hotel.

Courtney then reveals the full plan: the couple are to spend the weekend with her family. Dreading facing his boss, Travis takes forever to get out the vehicle.

The weekend happens to be a traditional Korean holiday, which Courtney and her family celebrates to honor her mom Sue Clancy (Susanne Whang) who is Korean.

This is not the only weekend surprise for

Marques Houston & Karrueche Tran Travis. His girlfriend also invited his ghetto-fied family Nip (Wendy Raquel Robinson), Dingo (Clifton Powell) Sergeant (Black Thomas) Stankershet to join them at her parents home.

With the two families being so different, it’s no surprise the weekend is a disaster from the beginning. Travis and Courtney try their best to hold on to their relationship while their two families wage war in an explosion of hilarity. It’s strict, traditional, Korean customs versus a backwards, country way of life. In the end, Travis must find a way to make the two families peacefully co-exist long enough for him to propose to the woman he loves.

What will it take for Mr. Clancy accept Travis as his daughter’s hubby-to-be? Find out by watching A Weekend with the Family on Netflix or DVD.

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Cricket’s Jazzy Scorekeeper Jasmattie Yamraj joined the late Naomi Daniel as the only women to have scored BVI Cricket Association matches.

Being a scorer wasn’t in per plans. Last year, Jadid Khan approached Yamraj and asked if she’d be interested it a try. She did and has been scoring ever since, using the computer and now online.

“He was the one that got me into it and I just continued from there,” Yamraj said. “I didn’t do much [paper] scoring at all. I just went straight into the online scoring.”

She said scoring on the book takes too long.

“You have to account for each ball in several places whereas on the computer it does it for you so it’s quick and easy to learn the computer,” she said. “It allows for the current run rate to be tabulated quickly. When the second side goes in, you can see what the current run rate is to see if the other team is ahead. There’s a regular score sheet like a book would have but then it gives you summaries. I can pull up one tab to show a comparison where each team is at the same time in the game.”

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where they were, she can make a comparison. A real-time graphic is provided showing how each team is batting on a graph and where each wicket would have fallen.

When asked how challenging it is scoring with all the men buzzing around her head, the certified level one coach said sometimes it’s challenging to focus.

“Sometimes in the area where the teams are it gets loud and everybody who is batting as they come in, right away they want to know what their score is and sometimes it’s not possible to do it at the same time,” she explained. “They ask a lot of questions about how many runs a person have, but I have to really focus in on what the umpires are signaling to ensure you put the runs in the correct place, extras where they belong and ensure that the wickets taken are recorded correctly. So it could be a bit of a challenge but so far, I think I’m doing pretty ok.”

Yamraj said she enjoys scoring. “Sometimes I wish I could get back my Sundays,” she chuckled. “But, at the same time, I get pleasure from doing it because I like numbers and I like the sport and even though I like seeing how the game is played, the various analysis stimulates my brain.”

From a statistical standpoint and the various stats generated, one is able to get an idea of partnerships, how long someone stayed in the wicket, the number of balls faced, 4s, 6s.

“Currently I have all the score cards updated on crickinfo.com that has all the stats of players—batting, bowling, fielding,” she said. “It’s not a difficult task. Just time consuming.”

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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.

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