Culture
Soca fans brave weather for Intl. performers at VG festival opening
SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI - Patrons to the much anticipated show at the opening of the Darwin George Festival Village in Virgin Gorda on March 30, 2013 had their hopes dampened as heavy rains poured but as soon as the rain clouds left so was the mood as the show would hit into high gear with the international performers and leaving the patrons fully satisfied.
BVITB introduces 'welcome party' to VG Easter Festival
SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI - Persons arriving in Virgin Gorda are being greeted at the ferry dock with special treats from the BVI Tourist Board’s Hospitality Group, a new feature to help boost the celebrations on the island.
Schools to cash in at Rotary Club Of Road Town’s Annual Kite Flying Event
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Rotary Club of Road Town continues to promote the longstanding family tradition of kite flying and is inviting the entire community to its annual Kite Flying event at the Cruise Ship Pier in Road Town on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
UPDATE: VI edges Guyana to win NLBC Intl. Night
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - The New Life Baptist Church's International Night was won by the Virgin Islands.
UPDATE: Sylvanna Charles ‘taps’ her way’ to Ms VG Easter Festival crown
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- She didn’t seem to be quite a standout and neither was the crowd support indicating that they had her their winner for the 2013 Miss Virgin Gorda Easter Festival crown- not until the Cultural Dress segment and especially the Performing Talent segment where her incredible flexibility seemed to have won the crowd over.
NLB Church to host International Night
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - The New Life Baptist Church in Duffs Bottom is leading an initiative that will see the return of almost fifteen countries coming together in one place.
World class Super Yacht Regatta 2013 underway in VG
OIL NUT BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI – It was a night when the microphones were nowhere to be found as just the sounds of contemporary Caribbean music filled the air while hundreds of yacht crew members, regatta lovers and supporters and the local politicians converged under the big white tent to feast and socialize as they ushered in the 2013 Caribbean Super Yacht Regatta.
Really Uptown praised for generating VI pride
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- If never was there a strong mass showing of Virgin Islands pride on foreign soil, then Sunday March 17, 2013 would have been more than extraordinary as Virgin Islanders went in droves, with flags waving, to witness Really Uptown storm into the horse racing history books by completing a clean sweep of the VI Triple Crown Challenge at the Clinton E. Phipps racetrack in St. Thomas, USVI.
Intrepid has come home; Sloop fleet now up to four!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A little piece of sailing history was welcomed home last Thursday March 14, 2013 when the Tortola Sloop, Intrepid, was returned to the Territory after an absence of over 80 years.
David Rudder stamps pedigree at HLSCC’s ‘Calypso Showcase’
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – David Rudder stamped his pedigree on an audience of Calypso lovers with incredible fervour as he played a compact but quality set at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) during the Calypso Showcase last evening, March 16, 2013.