It’s Festival Time
We just called the St. John Festival “hotline” expecting some sort of pre-recorded information about upcoming events. It’s the hotline, right? It rings twice, and then Leona Smith herself says “Hello?” I love St. John.
Anyway…Cruz Bay just got all decked out for the start of Festival (not Carnival but that’s a whole other story) which starts this afternoon with a Pan-O-Rama concert in Cruz Bay park. That will exhaust the island for a couple of weeks. The next formal event isn’t scheduled until June 13. Then festival stuff happens more or less every weekend but sometimes on Thursday too throughout June, leading up to the Festival Village opening in the Cruz Bay parking lot June 28. That will prime the island for J’Ouvert in the wee hours of July 4th, followed by the fireworks that night.
On island in June? Check out some of the craziness. There is a Website in the works. But like all things St. John, its current status is soon come. Try again Monday.
May 31st, 2008 07:16
So, are you saying the Festival is sort of on Island Time? :>)
May 31st, 2008 07:55
“Jump and Congregate for Festival 2008″ is the theme this year.
It’s good to know that our high paid Island Administrator, Leona Smith, will be dedicating the next month to answering the hotline.
May 31st, 2008 18:57
Leona does a great job. She’s well worth her salary; she is a true advocate for St. John.
June 1st, 2008 07:15
Wakie, wakie. Eggs and bacie. You guys sleeping in this morning or what? I’m ready for Sunday’s installment. (Just kidding. Please don’t publish this. Hope everything’s OK.)