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April 17th, 2001, 07:24 PM
by Source staff
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April 5, 2001 -- "A Fantasia of Fun for
Carnival 2001" promises all that those enamored of makin' mas at the annual
St. Thomas celebration have come to expect –- and more.
One thing that makes this Carnival unique is that
it serves as the start of a year's worth of Carnival-theme commemorations and
celebrations leading up to next year's event, which will be the 50th anniversary
of the annual modern-day Carnival observances on St. Thomas.
Here's your unofficial Source program page
summarizing all that's scheduled along this year's three-week road march that
kicks off April 7. Store this URL in your "favorites" for future
reference right up through the fireworks finale on April 28 (not to mention the
"last lap" party the following night). We'll update the file as new
information becomes available.
There's nothing Virgin Islanders like more than
Carnival and good food, and everybody knows there are two places where these
loves come together -- at the Carnival Village in the Fort Christian parking lot
and at the Food Fair in and around Rothschild Francis "Market" Square.
This year there's an appropriate bit of overlap
namewise in that regard. The Village is being christened "Dotsy's Kallaloo
Pot" in tribute to longtime culture-preservation advocate Dorothy "Dotsy"
Elskoe. The Food Fair, with its concurrent Arts and Crafts Fair, is being dubbed
"Beulah's Mixing Bowl" in honor of Beulah Wheatley, a culinary
contributor to Carnivals for many years.
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April 17th, 2001, 07:26 PM
For Carnival 2001, the Carnival Committee has added three new official offerings:
– a Latin Night show on Thursday, April 19, in Lionel Roberts Stadium.
– a historic Carnival Exhibit, on Thursday, April 26, in Emancipation Garden.
– a weekly half-hour radio report, "The Carnival
Show," on WSTA/Lucky 13 at 7:30 p.m. each Monday through April 30. Plans, updates, background information, music and personalities are being featured.
It's also taken away one: After last few years of conflicts, controversies, charges, countercharges, boycotts and general ill will, the Brass-O-Rama is no more.
Jamaica's enduring ska-to-soca band Byron Lee and the Dragonaires proved to be such a hit last year that the committee has brought them back. On April 28, after the fireworks have faded from everything but memory, they'll take to the Village bandstand to perform until the wee hours, carrying Carnival 2001 officially into history.
And then, Lee will be back the next day for the "Last Lap" party at the Palms Court Harborview Hotel.
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April 17th, 2001, 07:30 PM
Following is the day-to-day schedule of Carnival Committee events. Where no ticket prices are given, events and activities are free.
Saturday, April 7 – 8 p.m., Caribbean Music Night show, Lionel Roberts Stadium. Krosfyah from Barbados, WCK from Dominica, Inner Vision from St. John and Imaginations Brass from St. Thomas are scheduled to perform. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the gate.
Sunday, April 8 – 5 p.m., Prince and Princess Talent and Selection Show, Lionel Roberts Stadium. The contestant duos are Brittany Alexandria Rodriquez with Omari Akeem Williams, Jonelle-Alexis Jackson with Chamoi Valentino Frazer, and Ceciley C. Fahie with Akeem Antonio Forbes. Imaginations Brass will provide music. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children in advance, $12 for adults and $7 for children at the gate.
Saturday, April 14 – 8 p.m., St. Thomas-St. John Hotel and Tourism Association's Queen Talent and Selection, Lionel Roberts Stadium. Candidates La Starr Watley, Dionne Williams, LaMonique Morris, Shelene Leonard, Cherrisse Woods and Isemillia Chinnery will vie to collect the crown from 2000 queen Canika-Chisa George. P'your Passion will provide music. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the gate.
Sunday, April 15 – 1 p.m., Innovative Traditional Games, Lionel Roberts Stadium. All youngsters are invited to join in games including jacks, marbles, tee-toe-tum, red light/green light, top spinning, stealing the bacon and hoople and beal tire races.
5 p.m., Toddlers' Derby, also in the stadium, with 20 races in categories from infants to 7 years old. Sign-up is between 3 and 4 p.m. Also, six contestants will vie for "Best Dressed as a Doll."
Monday, April 16 – 6 p.m., Carnival Show for patients and staff, Roy L. Schneider Hospital lobby.
Tuesday, April 17 – 8 p.m., Pueblo Junior Calypso Competition, Lionel Roberts Stadium, with 24 entries in Primary, Intermediate and Secondary categories. Music by Joe Ramsay and the All Stars. Co-sponsored by The Avis, Cingular Wireless and the Human Services Department.
Wednesday, April 18 – 8 p.m., Coors Light Cultural Night/King and Queen of the Bands competition, Lionel Roberts Stadium. There'll be performances by the Lockhart School Quadrille Dancers, Charlotte Amalie High School Hispanic Dancers, Eudora Kean High School Cultural Heritage Dancers, Milo's Kings, John McCleverty Mocko Jumbies, Infernos Showgirls, Tropical Masqueraders, Traditional Indians and the Carnival 2001 queen contestants. Vying for the King and Queen of the Bands are entries from the Elskoe and Associates, Hugga Bunch, Infernos and Jus Action troupes/floupes and the University of the Virgin Islands. Competing for the Junior King and Queen crowns are Class Is Class Too, Fun Bunnies and Sun Children.
Thursday, April 19 – 8 p.m., Latin Night show, Lionel Roberts Stadium. "Rubby" Perez and the Ballet Folclorico from the Dominican Republic, and Andy Montanez from Puerto Rico are the featured performers. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the gate. Co-sponsors are American Airlines, Holiday Inn/Windward Passage and Cruzan Rum.
Friday, April 20 – 8 p.m., Heineken Calypso Revue I, Lionel Roberts Stadium. Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the gate. The talent lineup for this evening the Revue II on the following night consists of Trinidadians Bomber, Explainer, Mighty Chalkdust, Pink Panther, Denise Plumber, Shadow and Singing Sandra; T.C. from Barbados, Hunter from Antigua, Swallow from Antigua, Socrateses from St. Kitts, T-Mo from St. Martin, King Kong Fu Plentae (in the latest version of his name) from St. Croix, and King Solomon, Super T and reigning Calypso Monarch Whadablee from St. Thomas. Irvin "Brownie" Brown and Trinidad's Tommy Joseph will share emcee duties. Co-sponsoring the two nights of calypso with Heineken/Bellows International are American Airlines, Holiday Inns/Windward Passage Hotel, MSI Building Supplies and the Water and Power Authority.
Saturday, April 21 – 8 p.m., Heineken Calypso Revue II, Lionel Roberts Stadium. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the gate.
Sunday, April 22 – 10 a.m., power boat racing and other watersports activities, Charlotte Amalie harbor, with viewing from the waterfront apron.
4 p.m., coronation of the Carnival prince, princess and queen, Emancipation Garden.
7 p.m., Pan-O-Rama, Lionel Roberts Stadium. Tickets $10 adults, $5 children.
Monday, April 23 – 6 p.m., ribbon-cutting ceremony to open Carnival Village, Fort Christian parking lot.
Tuesday, April 24 – 6 p.m., Pre-Teen Tramp, from Rothschild Francis "Market" Square to Children's Village in the Fort Christian parking lot.
8 p.m., Senior Citizens' Quelbe Tramp, from the quare to the Village.
Wednesday, April 25 – 9 a.m., the newly renamed Food, Arts and Crafts Fair opens for business, Market Square and along Main Street.
Thursday, April 26 – 12:30 to 4 a.m. (Wednesday night to most people), J'Ouvert Warm-up, waterfront and around the Village.
4 a.m., J'Ouvert start, Veterans Drive, moving from the Village to Sub Base.
10 a.m., Carnival Exhibit opening, Emancipation Garden. Historic The exhibit will include Carnival memorabilia, workshops on Carnival music and other art forms, and other attractions.
8 p.m., V.I. Calypso Competition, Lionel Roberts Stadium. Challenging reigning Calypso King Whadablee are Super T, Mighty Pat, King Kan Fu Plentae, Pat Raggey, Calypso Sis, Sugar Dee, De Flash, Trashrow, King Generic and Tumba, with the Incredible Shark and King Salomon as alternates. Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the gate.
Friday, April 27 – 10 a.m., Children's Parade, from Market Square to Lionel Roberts Stadium.
Saturday, April 28 – 10 a.m., Adults' Parade, from Western Cemetery to Lionel Roberts Stadium.
9 p.m., Fireworks over Charlotte Amalie harbor.
Sunday, April 29 – time to be announced, Last-Lap Dance, music by Byron Lee and P'your Passion, Palms Court Harbor View Hotel. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
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Here's the lineup for live music in the Village:
Monday, April 23 – 7-9 p.m., Eudora Kean High School Devil Rays steelband
9:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. (Tuesday), Jam Band
Tuesday, April 24 – 6-8 p.m., V.I. Housing Authority Steel Orchestra
9 p.m. - 1 a.m. (Wednesday), Lashing Dog
Wednesday, April 25 – 6-8 p.m., Sea Breeze
8 p.m.-midnight, Imaginations Brass
midnight-3:30 a.m., P'your Passion
Thursday, April 26 – (J'Ouvert morning) 8 a.m.-noon, China Dan
10 p.m. - 2 a.m. (Friday), Stanley and the Ten Sleepless Knights
Friday, April 27 – 7-11 p.m., Xpress Band
11 p.m.-3 a.m., Starlites
Saturday, April 28 – 6-9 p.m., Milo's Kings
9 p.m.-midnight, Imaginations Brass
midnight-3 a.m., Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
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April 17th, 2001, 07:33 PM
The executive director of the V.I. Carnival Committee is Caswil D. Callender. The executive board consists of Kenneth Blake, chair; Cheryl C. Cooper, vice chair; Laura Daniel, correspondent; Linda Serrano, recorder; Derrick A. Gumbs, treasurer; and Lorraine Morton, public relations officer.
The V.I. Carnival Committee office is located on Main Street on the second floor of the building across from the Island Fair Department Store; the entrance is through a pink gate. The main telephone number is 776-3112. The fax number is 777-9199. The e-mail address is jouvert@viaccess.net.
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