March 5, 2002 – The St. Thomas All Stars Steel Band is holding a pre-Easter raffle on March 23rd.
Special prizes include a three-day, two-night stay at Marriott Frenchman’s Reef, dinner for two at Sinclair’s Café at the head of Pave Street, and a $150 shopping spree at the supermarket of your choice.
Tickets are $1 and are available at the panyard in the WAPA parking lot any Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday evening, or by calling 777-9546.
The St. Thomas All Stars Steel Band is a nonprofit organization developed so that adults can share in the preservation, enhancement, and joy of the art of playing steel pan, according to a release. It's been making music for ten years, and always takes part in both Carnival parades and Pan-O-Rama. The only V.I. adult steelband, it provides an opportunity for youth to keep playing pan music, even when they graduate or pass 18 years.
The group averages 30-35 of its 50 members at practices and events, and occasionally younger musicians are invited to join the band if they are proficient on a needed instrument.
Buy a ticket, you might win a nice prize; but for sure you'll help to keep music in all our lives.
LOOKING FOR A SENIOR CLASSIC WOMAN
March 5, 2002 – The V.I. American Classics Senior Committee is seeking contestants for the 2002 Senior Pageant.
Anyone 60 years or older and interested in being a part of this event is asked to call Pageant director Cheryl Plaskett at 774-5265 or Janet Smalls at 775-5007 to obtain an application form or get additional information. Although the pageant is on St. Thomas, applicants are welcomed from all Virgin Islands; pageant organizers would like to have five or more contestants.
The local pageant to choose U.S.V.I. American Classic Woman 2002 will take place in June at Palms Court Harbourview Hotel, where past pageants have offered entertaining singers and dancers and a fashion show as well as the pageant talent activity. The 2000 pageant honored a Classic Man of the Year as well.
Previous winners include Ruth deGout Smith, Lynette Simmonds, and Lucille Perez Solomon.
The new Classic Woman will represent the U.S. Virgin Islands at the national pageant in September.
Anyone 60 years or older and interested in being a part of this event is asked to call Pageant director Cheryl Plaskett at 774-5265 or Janet Smalls at 775-5007 to obtain an application form or get additional information. Although the pageant is on St. Thomas, applicants are welcomed from all Virgin Islands; pageant organizers would like to have five or more contestants.
The local pageant to choose U.S.V.I. American Classic Woman 2002 will take place in June at Palms Court Harbourview Hotel, where past pageants have offered entertaining singers and dancers and a fashion show as well as the pageant talent activity. The 2000 pageant honored a Classic Man of the Year as well.
Previous winners include Ruth deGout Smith, Lynette Simmonds, and Lucille Perez Solomon.
The new Classic Woman will represent the U.S. Virgin Islands at the national pageant in September.
ROEBUCK KEEPS V.I. TALES, STORYTELLING ALIVE
March 5, 2002 – Every year during Black History Month, Elmo D. Roebuck Sr. goes about the island telling and singing stories to anyone who will listen. Not just any stories: Virgin Islands stories.
He feels strongly about keeping alive the particular heritage of Virgin Islands stories – the same as, and yet different than, other Caribbean or African or Southern United States versions. Jumbi stories, yes; Bru Anansi stories, yes, however you spell it; and ones that remind Roebuck of Aesop's tales: How the Crab Got the Crack in His Back, How the Rabbit Got his Short Tail, Where Did the St. Thomas Lions Go.
All of the stories he tells, he learned from family. His grandmother taught his father, Ector Roebuck Sr., and his father taught him, through long years when the two of them together told and sang stories across the island. All of the tales have purely local differences from other versions, and Elmo Roebuck wants to be sure the literature and the tradition of storytelling are kept alive.
This year, he was invited by Charlotte Amalie High School librarian Merry Phillips to perform at the Media Center, where he told and sang stories to art classes, and explained the local tradition of storytelling.
"The kids were hypnotized," he marvels, just as entranced as preschoolers have been with the stories. The same attention was granted him earlier at Addelita Cancryn Junior High School, he said, where his storytelling was before a large group. "You could have heard a pin drop" – a major feat among junior high students.
The CAHS event was part of a program organized by Rotary East of St. Thomas to provide Rotarians to speak to students in school media centers. Rotary East has donated a variety of books through this program to CAHS and Ivanna Eudora Kean High School libraries. Both Phillips and Elmo Roebuck are members of Rotary East.
Elmo Roebuck has gone storytelling at a number of schools during this year's Black History Month, and at St. John's Annaberg restoration for National Park Service events. At one school, he recalled, "the principal said 'You told me that story when I was a child!'"
At Gomez Elementary School, he said, they made a two-hour video of his presentation. That tape is certainly destined to be a classic in the oral history archives of the Virgin Islands.
He feels strongly about keeping alive the particular heritage of Virgin Islands stories – the same as, and yet different than, other Caribbean or African or Southern United States versions. Jumbi stories, yes; Bru Anansi stories, yes, however you spell it; and ones that remind Roebuck of Aesop's tales: How the Crab Got the Crack in His Back, How the Rabbit Got his Short Tail, Where Did the St. Thomas Lions Go.
All of the stories he tells, he learned from family. His grandmother taught his father, Ector Roebuck Sr., and his father taught him, through long years when the two of them together told and sang stories across the island. All of the tales have purely local differences from other versions, and Elmo Roebuck wants to be sure the literature and the tradition of storytelling are kept alive.
This year, he was invited by Charlotte Amalie High School librarian Merry Phillips to perform at the Media Center, where he told and sang stories to art classes, and explained the local tradition of storytelling.
"The kids were hypnotized," he marvels, just as entranced as preschoolers have been with the stories. The same attention was granted him earlier at Addelita Cancryn Junior High School, he said, where his storytelling was before a large group. "You could have heard a pin drop" – a major feat among junior high students.
The CAHS event was part of a program organized by Rotary East of St. Thomas to provide Rotarians to speak to students in school media centers. Rotary East has donated a variety of books through this program to CAHS and Ivanna Eudora Kean High School libraries. Both Phillips and Elmo Roebuck are members of Rotary East.
Elmo Roebuck has gone storytelling at a number of schools during this year's Black History Month, and at St. John's Annaberg restoration for National Park Service events. At one school, he recalled, "the principal said 'You told me that story when I was a child!'"
At Gomez Elementary School, he said, they made a two-hour video of his presentation. That tape is certainly destined to be a classic in the oral history archives of the Virgin Islands.
SYMPOSIUM TO GIVE TEENS THEIR SAY ON ABSTINENCE
March 5, 2002 – Teen-agers will take the stage at Sen. Lorraine Berry's 8th annual Youth Symposium on March 16, where they will address the questions and challenges posed to them by adult presenters at previous forums.
Sexual abstinence is the theme of this year's symposium, as it has been for the last two — one for high school students in 2000 and another for junior high school students last year. This year's program will be feedback and followo-up. "It's time to ascertain the response of our youth toward this concept," Berry said. "We talked to them before; now, they will talk to us."
Berry is asking all public, private and parochial high school principals and parents of seniors to select students to participate in the forum. Titled "Shattered Dreams versus Achieved Dreams: V.I. Youth Response to Sexual Abstinence," it will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort. The event is being presented in partnership with the Health Department's Youth Adolescent Program.
Last year's symposium was planned for 500 junior high participants; it attracted 700. Speakers discussed "How Your Decisions on Sex, Violence, and Education Can Affect Your Future." Berry is hoping for a similarly strong turnout this year.
The Saturday event opens at 7:30 a.m. for registration and includes breakfast and lunch. There's no charge for participation, including the food service. For further information, contact Joyce Ann Harrigan, Berry's administrative assistant, at 693-3507.
Sexual abstinence is the theme of this year's symposium, as it has been for the last two — one for high school students in 2000 and another for junior high school students last year. This year's program will be feedback and followo-up. "It's time to ascertain the response of our youth toward this concept," Berry said. "We talked to them before; now, they will talk to us."
Berry is asking all public, private and parochial high school principals and parents of seniors to select students to participate in the forum. Titled "Shattered Dreams versus Achieved Dreams: V.I. Youth Response to Sexual Abstinence," it will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Marriott's Frenchman's Reef Beach Resort. The event is being presented in partnership with the Health Department's Youth Adolescent Program.
Last year's symposium was planned for 500 junior high participants; it attracted 700. Speakers discussed "How Your Decisions on Sex, Violence, and Education Can Affect Your Future." Berry is hoping for a similarly strong turnout this year.
The Saturday event opens at 7:30 a.m. for registration and includes breakfast and lunch. There's no charge for participation, including the food service. For further information, contact Joyce Ann Harrigan, Berry's administrative assistant, at 693-3507.
RUN OR WALK THE UVI QUEEN MARY 5K RACE
March 4, 2002 – As part of its 40th anniversary celebrations, the St. Croix campus of the University of the Virgin Islands will host the UVI Queen Mary 5K Run/Walk. This event will be held on Friday, March 15, at 6 a.m.
Advance registration is strongly encouraged. Please do so by calling 692-4000 or logging online to www.virginislandspace.org/NewHomePage.
The $12 fee includes commemorative items. Limited event day registration will take place at the KMart in Sunshine Mall from 5:30 a.m. to starting time.
Participants, runners and walkers, will start at the Sunshine Mall and proceed east along Queen Mary Highway to the campus. Transportation from the campus to the Mall will depart at 5:40 a.m. for those persons wanting to leave their cars on the campus.
More information is available in The Source story in the Local Sports section.
Advance registration is strongly encouraged. Please do so by calling 692-4000 or logging online to www.virginislandspace.org/NewHomePage.
The $12 fee includes commemorative items. Limited event day registration will take place at the KMart in Sunshine Mall from 5:30 a.m. to starting time.
Participants, runners and walkers, will start at the Sunshine Mall and proceed east along Queen Mary Highway to the campus. Transportation from the campus to the Mall will depart at 5:40 a.m. for those persons wanting to leave their cars on the campus.
More information is available in The Source story in the Local Sports section.
TEENS & PARENTS: SURVIVE GROWING PAINS
The Enid M. Baa Public Library is beginning a series of evening programs for parents with children ages 13 to 18 years. Julie Dempsey, Certified Herbalist, of the Wholistic Health Center, will present a program "My Teen Wants to be a Vegetarian: Now What do I Feed Her/Him?" It will focus on the nutritional needs of growing teenagers and helping them with planning and preparing their meals.
BRINGING HISTORY ALIVE AT BAA LIBRARY
The Baa Public Library will have a program entitled "Bringing History Alive: The Black Contribution to the Building of the Town of Charlotte Amalie."
Myron Jackson, Director of Historic Preservation, will discuss the history of various buildings in the capital city of the Virgin Islands and the talented craftsmen who built and furnished them.
The library has extended hours on Tuesday through Thursday evenings until 8 p.m. and is now open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Myron Jackson, Director of Historic Preservation, will discuss the history of various buildings in the capital city of the Virgin Islands and the talented craftsmen who built and furnished them.
The library has extended hours on Tuesday through Thursday evenings until 8 p.m. and is now open on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHAT ADD IS AND IS NOT
What is ADD:What ADD is Not, will be presented by Beth Marshall, MA, at the Enid M. Baa Public Library. ADD or Attention Deficit Disorder has been described as one of the most widely misunderstood afflictions facing the family unit today.
For more information call Diane Mooday at 774-0630 or e-mail dmoody@4345@yahoo.com
For more information call Diane Mooday at 774-0630 or e-mail dmoody@4345@yahoo.com
CARE AND FEEDING OF GROWING TEENS
The Enid Baa Public Library will present a program, "The Care and Feeding of Growing Teens," with Ermin Olive, Department of Health and Physical Fitness.
The discussion will be about the special nutritional and physical fitness needs of teens and educating your teens about healthy food choices.
For more information contact Diane Mooday at 774-0630 or e-mail dmoody4345@yahoo.com
The discussion will be about the special nutritional and physical fitness needs of teens and educating your teens about healthy food choices.
For more information contact Diane Mooday at 774-0630 or e-mail dmoody4345@yahoo.com
TEENS: THEIR EMOTIONAL NEEDS
Tje Enid Baa Public Library will hold a discussion with Susan Kelly entitled, "Teens: Yes, They do Have Emotional Needs." Ms. Kelly, who has a Marster's in Clinical Counseling, is the school counselor at Antilles School. A question and answer period follows the program.
For more information contact Diane Moody at 774-0630 or e-mail dmoody4345@yahoo.com
For more information contact Diane Moody at 774-0630 or e-mail dmoody4345@yahoo.com
