Oct. 11, 2002 – Beginning this month and continuing through June 2003, health care professionals in the Virgin Islands have the opportunity to receive training in new and emerging treatments for patients with HIV/AIDS. The University of the Virgin Islands will provide the newest in HIV/AIDS education, training and consultation to nurses throughout the territory through a $114,000 sub-grant with the University of South Florida.
UVI's St. Thomas campus chairperson Dr. Gloria Callwood is the local project coordinator. Professor Ophelia Powell Torres, a registered nurse, will provide nurse education. Faculty from the University of South Florida will travel to the territory to consult with Callwood and Torres and train other health professionals, which may include physicians, dentists, pharmacists and other clinical providers.
The HIV/AIDS training will be available for all nurses, with the initial focus on the nurses who provide services at Ryan White Grant sites such as the East End Clinic on St. Thomas and the Frederiksted Health Center on St. Croix.
Ryan White Grants, available across the nation to assist in combating HIV/AIDS transmission and improve treatment of patients with the disease, are named for the boy who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion and later died from AIDS. Training will be based on needs identified by nurses through a needs assessment that is currently being conducted.
According to Dr. Michael Knox, the USF professor who wrote the grant and is directing the project, "This grant provides unprecedented opportunity for Florida and the Caribbean region to collaborate to train health care professionals to treat HIV."
Statistics compiled by the V.I. Health Department Office of Minority Health on the HIV/AIDS situation in the territory are available through the HIV Clearinghouse Project. (See Source article, "V.I. information about HIV/AIDS is available" and the Clearinghouse Web site at www.HIVClearinghouse.org.)
For more information on the nurses training call Callwood at 693-1291.
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WORLD AIDS DAY EVENTS ON THE WAY
Oct. 11, 2002 – The Virgin Islands will join with the rest of the world in commemorating World AIDS Day on Dec. 1.
Since record keeping began in 1983, 512 people have contracted AIDS and 228 people reported they were HIV positive, according to Patricia Odoms, chairwoman of the World AIDS Day Committee and co-chairwoman of the St. Thomas/St. John HIV Community Planning Committee.
She said that 50 percent of those with AIDS are still alive, and 93 percent of the 228 people are still living with HIV.
"The rate is increasing in the older, over-50 population," Odoms said.
This year's theme is "Live and Let Live." It was chosen in an effort to break the silence and barriers that get in the way of AIDS/HIV prevention and care.
According to a United Nations committee, people who have AIDS may be denied health care services, housing and employment. They may be shunned by friends and colleagues, turned down by insurance companies or refused entry into foreign countries.
Odoms said that many of these same conditions exist in the territory.
She said that it's culturally acceptable to have multiple sexual partners, and many men are gay or bisexual or frequent brothels, all situations that can spread AIDS and HIV. "And the heavy use of alcohol loosens judgment and behavior," Odoms said.
She said the problems start when teens get sexually transmitted diseases. This lowers the immune system, which subsequently leaves them susceptible to AIDS and HIV.
Odoms said that domestic violence also contributes to the problem because women are afraid they will be beaten if they demand their partners wear a condom.
And the stigma associated with having AIDS or HIV prevents people from getting adequate treatment.
"Lots of people go off-island for treatment and come home to die," Odoms said.
While final plans for World AIDS Day are still in the works, AIDS testing will be available at Juan F. Luis Hospital in St. Croix for the staff and public during the week leading up to Dec. 1. Testing will also be done at various companies. St. Croix will also be the scene of a red ribbon marathon race.
An educational video will be shown on Cable TV Channel 5, an AIDS quilt will be on display on St. Croix to remember those who died of the disease, and an art contest will be held for elementary, middle and senior high school students.
In St. Thomas/St. John plans include HIV/AIDS testing at a mobile van, which will call at various locations during the week leading up to Dec. 1.
The World AIDS Day Committee hopes to reach people through churches and religious programming by supplying information to be used during Dec. 1 church services.
The World AIDS Day Committee consists of members of the Health and Education Departments as well as people from community organizations and community advocates.
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Since record keeping began in 1983, 512 people have contracted AIDS and 228 people reported they were HIV positive, according to Patricia Odoms, chairwoman of the World AIDS Day Committee and co-chairwoman of the St. Thomas/St. John HIV Community Planning Committee.
She said that 50 percent of those with AIDS are still alive, and 93 percent of the 228 people are still living with HIV.
"The rate is increasing in the older, over-50 population," Odoms said.
This year's theme is "Live and Let Live." It was chosen in an effort to break the silence and barriers that get in the way of AIDS/HIV prevention and care.
According to a United Nations committee, people who have AIDS may be denied health care services, housing and employment. They may be shunned by friends and colleagues, turned down by insurance companies or refused entry into foreign countries.
Odoms said that many of these same conditions exist in the territory.
She said that it's culturally acceptable to have multiple sexual partners, and many men are gay or bisexual or frequent brothels, all situations that can spread AIDS and HIV. "And the heavy use of alcohol loosens judgment and behavior," Odoms said.
She said the problems start when teens get sexually transmitted diseases. This lowers the immune system, which subsequently leaves them susceptible to AIDS and HIV.
Odoms said that domestic violence also contributes to the problem because women are afraid they will be beaten if they demand their partners wear a condom.
And the stigma associated with having AIDS or HIV prevents people from getting adequate treatment.
"Lots of people go off-island for treatment and come home to die," Odoms said.
While final plans for World AIDS Day are still in the works, AIDS testing will be available at Juan F. Luis Hospital in St. Croix for the staff and public during the week leading up to Dec. 1. Testing will also be done at various companies. St. Croix will also be the scene of a red ribbon marathon race.
An educational video will be shown on Cable TV Channel 5, an AIDS quilt will be on display on St. Croix to remember those who died of the disease, and an art contest will be held for elementary, middle and senior high school students.
In St. Thomas/St. John plans include HIV/AIDS testing at a mobile van, which will call at various locations during the week leading up to Dec. 1.
The World AIDS Day Committee hopes to reach people through churches and religious programming by supplying information to be used during Dec. 1 church services.
The World AIDS Day Committee consists of members of the Health and Education Departments as well as people from community organizations and community advocates.
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NURSES TO RECEIVE NEWEST HIV/AIDS TRAINING
Oct. 11, 2002 – Beginning this month and continuing through June 2003, health care professionals in the Virgin Islands have the opportunity to receive training in new and emerging treatments for patients with HIV/AIDS. The University of the Virgin Islands will provide the newest in HIV/AIDS education, training and consultation to nurses throughout the territory through a $114,000 sub-grant with the University of South Florida.
UVI's St. Thomas campus chairperson Dr. Gloria Callwood is the local project coordinator. Professor Ophelia Powell Torres, a registered nurse, will provide nurse education. Faculty from the University of South Florida will travel to the territory to consult with Callwood and Torres and train other health professionals, which may include physicians, dentists, pharmacists and other clinical providers.
The HIV/AIDS training will be available for all nurses, with the initial focus on the nurses who provide services at Ryan White Grant sites such as the East End Clinic on St. Thomas and the Frederiksted Health Center on St. Croix.
Ryan White Grants, available across the nation to assist in combating HIV/AIDS transmission and improve treatment of patients with the disease, are named for the boy who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion and later died from AIDS. Training will be based on needs identified by nurses through a needs assessment that is currently being conducted.
According to Dr. Michael Knox, the USF professor who wrote the grant and is directing the project, "This grant provides unprecedented opportunity for Florida and the Caribbean region to collaborate to train health care professionals to treat HIV."
Statistics compiled by the V.I. Health Department Office of Minority Health on the HIV/AIDS situation in the territory are available through the HIV Clearinghouse Project. (See Source article, "V.I. information about HIV/AIDS is available" and the Clearinghouse Web site at www.HIVClearinghouse.org.)
For more information on the nurses training call Callwood at 693-1291.
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UVI's St. Thomas campus chairperson Dr. Gloria Callwood is the local project coordinator. Professor Ophelia Powell Torres, a registered nurse, will provide nurse education. Faculty from the University of South Florida will travel to the territory to consult with Callwood and Torres and train other health professionals, which may include physicians, dentists, pharmacists and other clinical providers.
The HIV/AIDS training will be available for all nurses, with the initial focus on the nurses who provide services at Ryan White Grant sites such as the East End Clinic on St. Thomas and the Frederiksted Health Center on St. Croix.
Ryan White Grants, available across the nation to assist in combating HIV/AIDS transmission and improve treatment of patients with the disease, are named for the boy who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion and later died from AIDS. Training will be based on needs identified by nurses through a needs assessment that is currently being conducted.
According to Dr. Michael Knox, the USF professor who wrote the grant and is directing the project, "This grant provides unprecedented opportunity for Florida and the Caribbean region to collaborate to train health care professionals to treat HIV."
Statistics compiled by the V.I. Health Department Office of Minority Health on the HIV/AIDS situation in the territory are available through the HIV Clearinghouse Project. (See Source article, "V.I. information about HIV/AIDS is available" and the Clearinghouse Web site at www.HIVClearinghouse.org.)
For more information on the nurses training call Callwood at 693-1291.
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NURSES TO RECEIVE NEWEST HIV/AIDS TRAINING
Oct. 11, 2002 – Beginning this month and continuing through June 2003, health care professionals in the Virgin Islands have the opportunity to receive training in new and emerging treatments for patients with HIV/AIDS. The University of the Virgin Islands will provide the newest in HIV/AIDS education, training and consultation to nurses throughout the territory through a $114,000 sub-grant with the University of South Florida.
UVI's St. Thomas campus chairperson Dr. Gloria Callwood is the local project coordinator. Professor Ophelia Powell Torres, a registered nurse, will provide nurse education. Faculty from the University of South Florida will travel to the territory to consult with Callwood and Torres and train other health professionals, which may include physicians, dentists, pharmacists and other clinical providers.
The HIV/AIDS training will be available for all nurses, with the initial focus on the nurses who provide services at Ryan White Grant sites such as the East End Clinic on St. Thomas and the Frederiksted Health Center on St. Croix.
Ryan White Grants, available across the nation to assist in combating HIV/AIDS transmission and improve treatment of patients with the disease, are named for the boy who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion and later died from AIDS. Training will be based on needs identified by nurses through a needs assessment that is currently being conducted.
According to Dr. Michael Knox, the USF professor who wrote the grant and is directing the project, "This grant provides unprecedented opportunity for Florida and the Caribbean region to collaborate to train health care professionals to treat HIV."
Statistics compiled by the V.I. Health Department Office of Minority Health on the HIV/AIDS situation in the territory are available through the HIV Clearinghouse Project. (See Source article, "V.I. information about HIV/AIDS is available" and the Clearinghouse Web site at www.HIVClearinghouse.org.)
For more information on the nurses training call Callwood at 693-1291.
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UVI's St. Thomas campus chairperson Dr. Gloria Callwood is the local project coordinator. Professor Ophelia Powell Torres, a registered nurse, will provide nurse education. Faculty from the University of South Florida will travel to the territory to consult with Callwood and Torres and train other health professionals, which may include physicians, dentists, pharmacists and other clinical providers.
The HIV/AIDS training will be available for all nurses, with the initial focus on the nurses who provide services at Ryan White Grant sites such as the East End Clinic on St. Thomas and the Frederiksted Health Center on St. Croix.
Ryan White Grants, available across the nation to assist in combating HIV/AIDS transmission and improve treatment of patients with the disease, are named for the boy who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion and later died from AIDS. Training will be based on needs identified by nurses through a needs assessment that is currently being conducted.
According to Dr. Michael Knox, the USF professor who wrote the grant and is directing the project, "This grant provides unprecedented opportunity for Florida and the Caribbean region to collaborate to train health care professionals to treat HIV."
Statistics compiled by the V.I. Health Department Office of Minority Health on the HIV/AIDS situation in the territory are available through the HIV Clearinghouse Project. (See Source article, "V.I. information about HIV/AIDS is available" and the Clearinghouse Web site at www.HIVClearinghouse.org.)
For more information on the nurses training call Callwood at 693-1291.
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CHRISTMAS MAIL-BY DATES ANNOUNCED
Oct. 11, 2002 – It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, at least at the U.S. Postal Service.
The agency announces its mail-by dates for international and military mail. Domestic dates should be out by mid-November, according to Postmaster Louis A. Jackson.
"The key thing is to mail early," Jackson said.
He said that to make sure addresses aren't obliterated, put a copy of the return address as well as the recipient's address inside the box.
The dates for both boxes and envelopes are:
– Military mail to APO/FPO Zip Codes 090-098, 340 and 962-966: Parcel Post, Nov. 6,
– Space Available Mail (SAM,) Nov. 27,
– Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL,) Dec. 4,
– Priority Mail and first class letters and cards, Dec. 11,
– International mail: Africa – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Asia/Pacific Rim and Australia/New Zealand – surface, Nov. 6; Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Canada – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Caribbean – surface, Nov. 20, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Central and South America – surface, Nov. 6, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Mexico – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Europe – surface, Nov. 13, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Middle East – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16.
PAL mail is available for packages up to 30 pounds and 60 inches length and girth combined. There is a PAL fee in addition to the regular surface rate of postage.
SAM parcels have a maximum weight of 15 pounds and size of 60 inches in length and girth combined. These packages go domestically via surface mail and then on to overseas destinations on a space-available basis.
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The agency announces its mail-by dates for international and military mail. Domestic dates should be out by mid-November, according to Postmaster Louis A. Jackson.
"The key thing is to mail early," Jackson said.
He said that to make sure addresses aren't obliterated, put a copy of the return address as well as the recipient's address inside the box.
The dates for both boxes and envelopes are:
– Military mail to APO/FPO Zip Codes 090-098, 340 and 962-966: Parcel Post, Nov. 6,
– Space Available Mail (SAM,) Nov. 27,
– Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL,) Dec. 4,
– Priority Mail and first class letters and cards, Dec. 11,
– International mail: Africa – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Asia/Pacific Rim and Australia/New Zealand – surface, Nov. 6; Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Canada – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Caribbean – surface, Nov. 20, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Central and South America – surface, Nov. 6, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Mexico – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Europe – surface, Nov. 13, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Middle East – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16.
PAL mail is available for packages up to 30 pounds and 60 inches length and girth combined. There is a PAL fee in addition to the regular surface rate of postage.
SAM parcels have a maximum weight of 15 pounds and size of 60 inches in length and girth combined. These packages go domestically via surface mail and then on to overseas destinations on a space-available basis.
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CHRISTMAS MAIL-BY DATES ANNOUNCED
Oct. 11, 2002 – It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, at least at the U.S. Postal Service.
The agency announces its mail-by dates for international and military mail. Domestic dates should be out by mid-November, according to Postmaster Louis A. Jackson.
"The key thing is to mail early," Jackson said.
He said that to make sure addresses aren't obliterated, put a copy of the return address as well as the recipient's address inside the box.
The dates for both boxes and envelopes are:
– Military mail to APO/FPO Zip Codes 090-098, 340 and 962-966: Parcel Post, Nov. 6,
– Space Available Mail (SAM,) Nov. 27,
– Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL,) Dec. 4,
– Priority Mail and first class letters and cards, Dec. 11,
– International mail: Africa – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Asia/Pacific Rim and Australia/New Zealand – surface, Nov. 6; Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Canada – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Caribbean – surface, Nov. 20, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Central and South America – surface, Nov. 6, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Mexico – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Europe – surface, Nov. 13, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Middle East – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16.
PAL mail is available for packages up to 30 pounds and 60 inches length and girth combined. There is a PAL fee in addition to the regular surface rate of postage.
SAM parcels have a maximum weight of 15 pounds and size of 60 inches in length and girth combined. These packages go domestically via surface mail and then on to overseas destinations on a space-available basis.
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The agency announces its mail-by dates for international and military mail. Domestic dates should be out by mid-November, according to Postmaster Louis A. Jackson.
"The key thing is to mail early," Jackson said.
He said that to make sure addresses aren't obliterated, put a copy of the return address as well as the recipient's address inside the box.
The dates for both boxes and envelopes are:
– Military mail to APO/FPO Zip Codes 090-098, 340 and 962-966: Parcel Post, Nov. 6,
– Space Available Mail (SAM,) Nov. 27,
– Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL,) Dec. 4,
– Priority Mail and first class letters and cards, Dec. 11,
– International mail: Africa – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Asia/Pacific Rim and Australia/New Zealand – surface, Nov. 6; Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Canada – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Caribbean – surface, Nov. 20, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Central and South America – surface, Nov. 6, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Mexico – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Europe – surface, Nov. 13, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Middle East – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16.
PAL mail is available for packages up to 30 pounds and 60 inches length and girth combined. There is a PAL fee in addition to the regular surface rate of postage.
SAM parcels have a maximum weight of 15 pounds and size of 60 inches in length and girth combined. These packages go domestically via surface mail and then on to overseas destinations on a space-available basis.
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CHRISTMAS MAIL-BY DATES ANNOUNCED
Oct. 11, 2002 – It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, at least at the U.S. Postal Service.
The agency announces its mail-by dates for international and military mail. Domestic dates should be out by mid-November, according to Postmaster Louis A. Jackson.
"The key thing is to mail early," Jackson said.
He said that to make sure addresses aren't obliterated, put a copy of the return address as well as the recipient's address inside the box.
The dates for both boxes and envelopes are:
– Military mail to APO/FPO Zip Codes 090-098, 340 and 962-966: Parcel Post, Nov. 6,
– Space Available Mail (SAM,) Nov. 27,
– Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL,) Dec. 4,
– Priority Mail and first class letters and cards, Dec. 11,
– International mail: Africa – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Asia/Pacific Rim and Australia/New Zealand – surface, Nov. 6; Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Canada – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Caribbean – surface, Nov. 20, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Central and South America – surface, Nov. 6, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Mexico – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Europe – surface, Nov. 13, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Middle East – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16.
PAL mail is available for packages up to 30 pounds and 60 inches length and girth combined. There is a PAL fee in addition to the regular surface rate of postage.
SAM parcels have a maximum weight of 15 pounds and size of 60 inches in length and girth combined. These packages go domestically via surface mail and then on to overseas destinations on a space-available basis.
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The agency announces its mail-by dates for international and military mail. Domestic dates should be out by mid-November, according to Postmaster Louis A. Jackson.
"The key thing is to mail early," Jackson said.
He said that to make sure addresses aren't obliterated, put a copy of the return address as well as the recipient's address inside the box.
The dates for both boxes and envelopes are:
– Military mail to APO/FPO Zip Codes 090-098, 340 and 962-966: Parcel Post, Nov. 6,
– Space Available Mail (SAM,) Nov. 27,
– Parcel Airlift Mail (PAL,) Dec. 4,
– Priority Mail and first class letters and cards, Dec. 11,
– International mail: Africa – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Asia/Pacific Rim and Australia/New Zealand – surface, Nov. 6; Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Canada – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Caribbean – surface, Nov. 20, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Central and South America – surface, Nov. 6, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 9,
– Mexico – surface, Nov. 23, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Europe – surface, Nov. 13, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16,
– Middle East – surface, Nov. 1, Air Parcel Post and air letters and cards, Dec. 16.
PAL mail is available for packages up to 30 pounds and 60 inches length and girth combined. There is a PAL fee in addition to the regular surface rate of postage.
SAM parcels have a maximum weight of 15 pounds and size of 60 inches in length and girth combined. These packages go domestically via surface mail and then on to overseas destinations on a space-available basis.
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CARIBBEAN CHORALE TO PRESENT FREE CONCERT
Oct. 11, 2002 – When was the last time you heard songs like "Brown Girl," "Vim, Vigor & Vitality" and "Sly Mongoose" performed live? On Oct. 22, the Caribbean Chorale will present a free concert of folk songs, calypsos and popular West Indian standards at the Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The renowned V.I. choir, directed by Dr. Lois Hassell-Habtes, will perform songs composed or collected by V.I. and Caribbean music maestros including Hugo Bornn, Alton A. Adams Sr., Cyril Creque, Bill and Raymond LaMotta, Frankie Jarvis and Irving Burgie.
The Caribbean Chorale and the V.I. Cultural Heritage Institute present the concert to celebrate Arts and Humanities Month at 7 p.m.
The program is supported in part by a grant from the V.I. Council on the Arts through funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. The church provided the space at its Bethania Hall in downtown Charlotte Amalie.
For more information, call 774-9537.
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The renowned V.I. choir, directed by Dr. Lois Hassell-Habtes, will perform songs composed or collected by V.I. and Caribbean music maestros including Hugo Bornn, Alton A. Adams Sr., Cyril Creque, Bill and Raymond LaMotta, Frankie Jarvis and Irving Burgie.
The Caribbean Chorale and the V.I. Cultural Heritage Institute present the concert to celebrate Arts and Humanities Month at 7 p.m.
The program is supported in part by a grant from the V.I. Council on the Arts through funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. The church provided the space at its Bethania Hall in downtown Charlotte Amalie.
For more information, call 774-9537.
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JAM BULL PERFORMERS TO DISCUSS ART FORM
Oct. 11, 2002 – Masqueraders dressed in crocus bags, dried banana leaves, masks and bull horns are known as Jam Bull performers, and Oct. 24, George "Pope" Farrell and Glen "Trini" Pierre will discus the art form.
Many have seen Jam Bull performances in Carnivals the last few years, and they may assume the masquerade art form is a new arrival to the Virgin Islands. But Jam Bull, or Dancing Bull, came to the islands more than a century ago.
The costumes originated in Africa and may seem like antiquated relics in today's flashy parades. The Caribbean Jam Bull masquerade is similar to its African ancestor.
According to Farrell and Pierre, the art form became popular in the eastern Caribbean, in places like Antigua, where Jam Bull was a competitive form where masqueraders challenged each other in marathons that would last for days.
These "fierce" dance events were shunned in the Virgin Islands, but Farrell and Pierre have formed a new Jam Bull troupe and are working to bring this African-Caribbean art form back to V.I. culture.
They will talk about the masquerade and its history at the V.I. Cultural Heritage Institute at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 774-9537.
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Many have seen Jam Bull performances in Carnivals the last few years, and they may assume the masquerade art form is a new arrival to the Virgin Islands. But Jam Bull, or Dancing Bull, came to the islands more than a century ago.
The costumes originated in Africa and may seem like antiquated relics in today's flashy parades. The Caribbean Jam Bull masquerade is similar to its African ancestor.
According to Farrell and Pierre, the art form became popular in the eastern Caribbean, in places like Antigua, where Jam Bull was a competitive form where masqueraders challenged each other in marathons that would last for days.
These "fierce" dance events were shunned in the Virgin Islands, but Farrell and Pierre have formed a new Jam Bull troupe and are working to bring this African-Caribbean art form back to V.I. culture.
They will talk about the masquerade and its history at the V.I. Cultural Heritage Institute at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 774-9537.
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PIANIST FELIPE RAMIREZ TO BE AT WORKSHOP
Felipe Ramirez on piano will be featured at a Listen and Learn Concert/ Workshop sponsored by St. Croix Landmarks Society at Island Center at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18.
Ramirez will present a program of Spanish classical music.
Listen and Learn Workshops are open to school-age children and senior citizens free of charge. Reservations are encouraged. Please call 772-0598 to reserve a space.
Ramirez will present a program of Spanish classical music.
Listen and Learn Workshops are open to school-age children and senior citizens free of charge. Reservations are encouraged. Please call 772-0598 to reserve a space.
