St. John School of the Arts - St. John Arts Festival US Virgin Islands

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St. John School of the Arts
“It is our goal to help each student reach his/her artistic
potential in a supportive and nurturing environment.”
P.O. Box 180, St. John, VI 00831 • 340-779-4322 Tel.
340-776-2578 Fax • [email protected]
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Welcome to the 15th Anniversary
of the St. John Arts Festival
Even now it doesn’t seem like fifteen years ago
that the fledgling annual Festival was started, but since
then, we have seen it steadily take root with visitors
and islanders alike looking forward to it. St. John is
unique in that respect.
Many different events have been sponsored in the
past: from Puerto Rican mariachi bands, arts and crafts
Frank Langley
from Ghana and Kakuta of the Maasai from Kenya, to
President,
name just a few, bringing a variety of other cultures
St. John Arts Festival
to this small island, widening its vista while providing
a platform for displaying the special music, arts and crafts of the people of St. John
and the U. S. Virgin Islands.
Although staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers, the consistent sponsorship of
the Virgin Islands Council on the Arts, the Department of Tourism, and the
local businesses has been, and still is, crucial to providing a high standard of professional artists and performers.
This year’s program, centered in Franklin Powell Sr. Park, Cruz Bay, kicks-off
at noon on Saturday, 14th February – Children’s Day, – with the Love City Pan
Dragons, a children’s steel pan band, followed by a Children’s Choral Concert,
then Children’s Dancing and finishing with a performance by the Love City
Leapers, a lively Children’s jump-rope team.
On Sunday at 2.00pm there will be a Gospel Concert with choruses from local
churches, followed by traditional island Quadrille Dancers. Then, in the evening,
at 7.30 pm, at the St. John School of the Arts, there will be a most spiritually moving and uplifting film entitled: States of Grace, introduced by the filmmakers Mark
Lipman and Helen Cohen.
Monday, (President’s Day),at 10:00am, in the Park, a varied program of music
and dance ranging from early percussion and dance by The Echo People to the old
scratch band music and songs of Koko and the Sunshine Band, followed by the
very colorful and talented Caribbean Ritual Dancers, reviving old dances, such as
the Bamboula, with children dressed up as towering Mocko Jumbies.
On Tuesday afternoon, we will have Latin-American music and dancing in the
Park with the Samba Combo Band.
As part of the West Indies, St. Thomas and St. John have a Cricket Association
and many enthusiasts, who will be demonstrating the game at Sprauve and Gifft Hill
schools later in the afternoon.
This will be followed by a film entitled: Fire in Babylon at Gifft Hill School
auditorium at 7:30pm, a terrific film documenting the outstanding success of the
West Indies Cricket Team.
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On Wednesday afternoon, in the Park, there will be a concert by St. John’s reggae band, Inner Visions, and no Festival would be complete without it!
All the while, there will be a select exhibition of hand-made island crafts in
both the Dept. of Tourism’s little park and the main park.
A show of children’s art will be on the 2nd floor of the Market Place, as in
past years.
Concurrent with the five day festival is the Restaurant Live Music Program,
listing all the island restaurants and the various bands and instrumentalists playing
each evening for diners to choose according to both cuisine and music. Plus, first-class
arts and crafts exhibits in the St. John art galleries.
Do not miss the one and only Arts Festival of the U.S. Virgin Islands – it is a fun way to
learn and appreciate more about this unique island in the sun.
Sincerely,
Frank J. Langley, President
Special Thanks
To all the many volunteers – “The Team Behind the Scene” – for their
outstanding efforts in bringing this year’s Festival to fruition. Also: Rosemary
Richards (Children’s Art Show), Lee Stanciauskas of St. John Printing + Design
(program/posters), Peter Fortunato of Outside the Box Solutions (website); the
Department of Tourism for the use of the “Little Park” for the Caribbean Food,
Arts and Crafts Exhibition, and the Housing Parks and Recreation Department
for the use of Franklin Powell Senior Park for three special exhibition booths and
the music and dance events.
www.stjohnartsfestival.org
Please note that program events and times may be subject to change.
Although every effort will be made to give advance notice, St. John Arts
Festival cannot accept responsibility.
Festival Sponsorship
The Festival is funded in part by
the V.I. Council on the Arts and
the National Endowment for the
Arts. Also, by the V­.I. Department
of Tourism.
The St. John Arts Festival, Inc. is a non-profit organization, officially classified by
the United States Internal Revenue Service as a public charity under 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)
and tax exempt under 501(c)(3) of the Code.
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The Team Behind
the Scene
Laurie Bottiger
Principal
Gifft Hill School
Camille Paris
Administrator
St. John
Fay Fredericks
Coordinator
St. John Church Choira
Rich Greengold
Restaurant
Live Music Program
Shikima Jones
Project Coordinator
H.P. & R.
Andrea Leland
Director & Co-Founder
St. John Film Society
Calvert Gibson
President, St. ThomasSt. John Cricket Association
Ellen Francois, Principal
Lisa Penn, Vice Principal
Julius E. Sprauve School
Enid Doway
Coordinator
Band Concerts
Sonia Sprauve
Organizer
Food & Craft Exhib.
Francillia Williams
Senior Info. Officer
D.O.T. Cruz Bay
Kim Wild
Executive Director
St. John School of the Arts
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Caribbean Music & Dancing
Through the Ages
Franklin Powell Sr. Park
Cruz Bay • Noon – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15
Love City Pan Dragons
Youth Steel Orchestra
Children’s Steel Band Music
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Saturday, Feb. 15
St. John
School Choirs
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Saturday, Feb. 15
Children’s Dancing
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Saturday, Feb. 15
Love City Leapers
St. John Youth
Jump Rope Team
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Sunday, Feb. 15
Gospel Concert
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Sunday, Feb. 15
Quadrille Dancers
3:30 –4:30 pm
Monday, Feb. 16
Echo People &
Dancers
10:00 am – noon
Monday, Feb. 16
Caribbean Ritual
Dancers
& Mocko Jumbies
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Monday, Feb. 16
Koko &
Sunshine Band
12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Tuesday, Feb. 17
Samba Combo
S. American Rhythm
12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Wednesday, Feb. 18
Inner Visions
Reggae Band
12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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Caribbean Food /
Arts & Crafts Exhibition
Franklin Powell Sr. Park &
Visitor’s Center Park, Cruz Bay
10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Each day from 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. enjoy the fine array of crafts and
West Indian food specialties with live music in the bandstands to listen to.
Please note that program events and times may be subject to change.
Although every effort will be made to give advance notice, St. John Arts
Festival cannot accept responsibility.
Partnership with the St. John Arts Festival
The St. John Film Society is very pleased to partner with the St. John Arts
Festival once again, since we share a common mission to inspire positive
appreciation for the history, culture and environment of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Andrea Leland, Director
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Special President’s Day Event
Franklin Powell Sr. Park Cruz Bay
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Caribbean
Ritual Dancers
A colorful and exciting
extravaganza of
traditional Caribbean
dances, including
bamboula and the
mocko jumbies.
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Restaurant Live Music Series
SUNDAYS
10am–2pm
Miss Lucy’s Brunch, Sambacombo ...... Latin Jazz
10am–1pm
Concordia Brunch, Bo ......................... Guitar
4pm–6pm
High Tide, Lemuel Callwood .................. Steel Pan
4:30pm–7:30pm
Aqua Bistro, Lauren................................ Guitar Vocal
5pm–8pm
Cruz Bay Landing, Les & Broheem........ Jazz
5:30pm–8:30pm
Sun Dog Café, Various .......................... Open Mike
7pm–10pm
Shipwreck Landing
Hot Club of Coral Bay ............................... String Swing Vocals
7pm–10pm
Rhumblines, Briana ............................... Guitar Vocal
MONDAYS
4:30pm–6:30pm
Concordia, Lauren, Johnny B................... Open Mike
5:30pm–8:30pm
Virgin Fire, Mark & Broheem.................. Guitar Sax
5:30pm–8:30pm
Aqua Bistro, Matt................................... Guitar Vocal
6pm–9pm
Cruz Bay Landing, Chris Carsel............ Guitar Vocal
6pm–9pm
Vista Mare, Rich & Gregg....................... Sax Guitar
6:30pm–9:30
Ocean Grill, Rascio.................................. Steel Pan
6pm–8pm
Westin, Bo & Ingrid................................. Guitar Vocal
TUESDAYS
6pm–9pm
Cruz Bay Landing, T-Bird...................... Guitar Vocal
6pm–9pm
Ocean Grill, Lauren................................. Guitar Vocal
6pm–9pm
Miss Lucy’s, Rascio.................................. Steel Pan
6:30pm–9:30pm
La Tapa, Sambacombo.............................. Latin Jazz
6:30pm–9:30pm
Barefoot Cowboy, Erin Hart.................. Guitar Vocal
6:30pm–9:30pm
Morgan’s Mango, Greg Kinslow............ Guitar
4pm–6pm
High Tide, Lemuel Callwood .................. Steel Pan
5:30pm–8:30pm
Aqua Bistro, Mark Wallace...................... Guitar Vocal
WEDNESDAYS
5:30pm–7pm
Coconut Coast Studio, St. John Flutes.... Classical Duets
5:30pm–8:30pm
Virgin Fire, Hot Club of Coral Bay............ String Swing Vocals
6pm–9pm
Pickles, Michael Beason............................ Open Mike
6pm–9pm
Cruz Bay Landing, Magic Matt............... Guitar Vocal
6:30pm–8:30pm
Ocean Grill, Dave Laabs......................... Guitar
6:30pm–9:30pm
Shipwreck Landing, Chris Carsel ......... Guitar Vocal
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THURSDAYS
4:30pm–6:30pm
5:30pm–8:30pm
6pm–9pm
6pm–9pm
6pm–9pm
6pm–9pm
6pm–9pm
6:30pm–9:30pm
6:30pm–9:30pm
7pm–9pm
Concordia, Wayne & Pam...................... Reggae
Aqua Bistro, T-Bird................................. Guitar Vocal
Pickles, Tyler............................................ Guitar Vocal
Miss Lucy’s, Rich & Gregg...................... Sax Guitar
Skinny Legs, Lauren & Bo...................... Guitars Vocal
Cruz Bay Landing, James....................... Guitar Vocal
Ocean Grill, Chris Carsel........................ Guitar Vocal
Barefoot Cowboy, Erin Hart.................. Guitar Vocal
Morgan’s Mango, Mark Wallace........... Guitar Vocal
Banana Deck, Lemuel Callwood.............. Steel Pan
FRIDAYS
5:30pm–8:30pm
6pm–9pm
6pm–9pm
6:30pm–9:30
6:30pm–9:30pm
6:30pm–8:30pm
6:30pm–9:30pm
7pm–10pm
7pm–10pm
Aqua Bistro, Steven Sloan......................... Guitar Vocal
Cruz Bay Landing, Bri............................. Guitar Vocal
Skinny Legs, Chris Carsel......................... Guitar Vocal
Ocean Grill, Rascio.................................. Steel Pan
Morgan’s Mango, Lauren...................... Guitar Vocal
Cinnamon Bay, Eddie Bruce................... Drumming
Shipwreck Landing,
Tropical Sounds......................................Guitar Keyboard Vocal
Barefoot Cowboy, T Bird...................... Guitar Vocal
Rhumb Lines, Erin Hart ......................... Guitar Vocal
SATURDAYS
6pm–9pm
6:30pm–9:30
7pm–10pm
Cruz Bay Landing, Erin Hart................... Guitar Vocal
Skinny Legs, Hot Club of Coral Bay........ String Swing Vocals
Rhumb Lines, Lauren ............................ Guitar Vocal
St. John Gallery Exhibitions – Daily
Mongoose Junction
Bajo el Sol
Bamboula
Best of Both Worlds
Sugar Bird
Lumberyard Complex
Frames of Mind
The Market Place
Kimberley Boulon Art Gallery
Near 1st Bank
Pink Papaya
Wharfside Village
Freebird
Frank Bay –
Coconut Coast Studio
Near Gallows Point
(Special evening, Wednesday, 6–8 p.m.
with live music and refreshments
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Children’s Art Show
At the Marketplace, 2nd Floor
Normal Business Hours
An exhibition of visual art by Gifft Hill School
and Julius E. Sprauve After-School students.
V.I. National Park Service
Archaeological Exhibit
A fascinating exhibition
of the uncovered remains
and artifacts of past island
inhabitants dating back to
the Taino settlers.
Tues., Weds. & Thursdays
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Cinnamon Bay
Note: A special opening of the
new Education Center and
Archaeology Laboratory on
February 25.)
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tel 340-776-6496
fax 340-693-8885
e-mail [email protected]
website stjohntradewindsnews.com
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“Every child is an artist.
The problem is
how to remain an artist
once we grow up.”
-Pablo Picasso
ROBERT F. CRANE, AIA
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Live Music Schedule –
■ Tuesdays:
Greg Kinslow
– Classic, Contemporary
& Jazz Guitar
■ Thursdays:
Mark Wallace
– Guitar & Vocal
■ Fridays:
Lauren
– Guitar & Vocal
5:30–10:00 Nightly • Call for Reservations
693-8141
Across from the National Park Dock
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Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner • Full Coffee Bar
Dine-in or, get it To-go!
340-776-6908
www.cruzbaylanding.com
Located in Cruz Bay Park steps from the ferry dock
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