Jahvid invades Raider Nation! Group tickets!

Greetings Family & Friends,

The Lions are Restoring the Roar, and will soon bring their Roar to Raider Nation!! The Detroit Lions face the Oakland Raiders on Dec 18th at 1pm @ the Oakland Coliseum.

Our high school alma mater Alumni Association Director, Henry Moe, has done the leg work for this game, by blocking off a group of seats. Ticket purchases are open to all Salesian Alumni (Laurie c/o 2003 & Jahvid c/o 2007) and their family & friends. If you are interested in purchasing tickets, please use the attached order form. Tickets are $76, and the seats will be in Section 135 or 136, behind the away team bench and are on hold for this group until late October.

You must complete the attached order form, indicating the number of tickets, etc. with your payment info (debit/credit/check) and mail it back to Henry Moe, by October 26th. Please see the form for mailing address.

Please indicate"Best Family" to the bottom of your order form.

Goooooooooooo Lions!!!

Tailgate info to follow!!

Please feel free to e-mail me, call or text me with any questions,
Laurie :)
707-704-3762

Famous St. Lucian artist is Bay Area resident

By Jan Biles

When Winston Branch goes into the studio, he's looking for the poetry in his paint.

"It's about process, handling the paint and surface," the St. Lucia, West Indies-born artist says. "I believe in the sensuality and morphosis of paint."

Branch, whose abstract paintings have been exhibited throughout the world, was in Lawrence recently to meet artist Roger Shimomura, a visit arranged by Lawrence artist Henri Doner-Hedrick.

Hedrick is a graduate student in art at Kansas State University, where Branch has accepted a one-year appointment to teach painting. Prior to coming to Manhattan, he taught for one and a half years at the University of California-Berkeley.

Read full story at this link:

http://www.lawrence.com/news/2000/nov/09/inner_vision/

More here: www.winstonbranch.com

Meet and Greet New Lucian in the Bay

Everyone, please come out and meet the new member of our community. Laura McDonald recently moved to the Bay Area from New Jersey. She is a native of St. Lucia. Some of us might remember her as the secretary to George Odlum when he led the Labor Party. Laura is the manager of a Cosmetic company at the Sun Valley Mall in Concord. A meet-and-greet is organized for this saturday, May 21, 6:30-9:30pm at Tiki Tom's, 1535 Olympic Blvd Walnut Creek. Also performing that evening will be Harry Best and Dexter Bruce Steel Drum duo. Come out and have some Saturday fun and meet Laura. For more info call Harry at 510 222 1123.

CARIBBEAN GOES WEST ROADSHOW

TO ALL TRAVEL AGENTS SELLING & INTERESTED IN SELLING THE ISLANDS OF THE CARIBBEAN:

You are invited to attend the Caribbean Tourism Organization's (CTOs) 'Caribbean Goes West Roadshow' to be held at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose on May 11th from 5-830pm. This is a free event and will allow you to meet various Caribbean Island representative and vendors. It will be fun and educational with a presentation on the 'Diversity of the Caribbean', a tradeshow, roundtable presentations by Caribbean government representatives, dinner and Prize drawings!

Caribbean Island tourism representatives - currently there will be: Anguilla, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Puerto Rico and St. Lucia.

In addition, tour operators such as American Express, Apple Vacations, Classic Vacations and Pleasant Holidays will also be exhibiting.

Please plan to attend and support the CTO, the Caribbean Island representatives as well as your Caribbean suppliers.

If you are interested in exhibiting your Caribbean product, please contact Ronald Allen of CTO-New York office at Allen@caribtourism.com or 212-635-9530.

For those of you who have already - thanks for your support!

THANKS & HOPE TO SEE YOU ON MAY 11TH IN SAN JOSE!

Vicki Lundy-Revels, President
Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)-Northern California Chapter
CTO - YOUR LINK TO THE CARIBBEAN!


Owner, Carefree Travel & Entertainment
925-776-5793-Office/Fax

The truth about coconut water

Whenever I visit a local health food store, I make it a point to walk down all of the aisles and scan for products that are new or beginning to take flight. Yesterday I stopped at the refrigerated beverage section and noticed quite a few coconut based drinks. I recently became interested in coconuts mainly because of my experimentation with their fiber (coconut flour) and the unique oil contained in the flesh of these tropical fruits. However, the milky liquid found inside Cocos nucifera is the one part that I hadn’t yet tried.
Read more:
http://www.healthyfellow.com/278/the-truth-about-coconut-water/

Condolences to the Sifflet Family

St. Lucians in Northern California suffered the loss recently of a very new member of our community. June Sifflet who lived with her daughter Ruby in Richmond passed last week. Her body will be cremated and her ashes returned to her beloved St. Lucia where she served as a school teacher for many years. June is remembered by some of us here who attended school with her at the Methodist Primary School and later at St. Joseph's Convent. She will always be remembered as a kind, beautiful and pleasant person. May she rest in peace.

Penn and Ace - Touch Road Riddim

Touch Road Riddim - Penn & Ace

Videos from St. Lucia Fundraiser

Photos from St. Lucia Fundraising Event

Ashton Craig (T&T) with Ambassador St. Aimee

Sasha Werblin (US) and Leroy Boldon (T&T)

Bill Richardson (St. Vincent) and friend

Liz Eugene and Antonie Andrew (St. Lucia )

Ferguson Glasgow (St. Lucia)

Ambassador Donatus Keith St. Aimee, Irie Dawta, Harry Best

Sharon Baird (T&T), Jovan Andrew Odlum (St. Lucia)

Paulette Gairey (T&T), Bill Richardson (St. Vincent), Sharon Baird (T&T)
Kojo Mason (St. Vincent)

Antonia Andrew (St. Lucia), Paulette Gairey (T&T), Sharon Baird (T&T)

Koudmen: Bernard George (Dominica)

Koudmen: Harry Best of Shabang (St. Lucia)

Koudmen: Tony D of 'Junglz Apart' from (Trinidad and Tobago)

Benefit Concert raises $1,000 for St. Lucia

One hundred and fifty friends of St. Lucia showed up on a Sunday night to show their support at a benefit concert hosted by Ashkenaz Dance and Community Center in Berkeley. The event raised $1,000.00USD for the recovery efforts underway from the devastation caused by Hurricane Tomas last October.

The honored guest at the event was St. Lucia's ambassador to the UN, H. E. Dr. Donatus Keith St. Aimee. The ambassador gave a brief account of the current status of the reconstruction underway on the island and of areas where there is still great need by those affected by Tomas.
The evening opened with a stellar performance by the award-winning CSM Panhandlers Steel Orchestra led by Jim Munzenrider. the Panhandlers have been the premier steelpan program in the Bay Area for over 20 years.

A special slide show of the hurricane damage was provided by Caroline Trist and Charlotte Orishiao.

The show ended with dancing to Zouk and Soca music operformed by Koudmen,a group of Caribbean musicians in the Bay Area who came together especially for this event. Members included Dominican Kreyol Poet RasMo Moses; Bernard George (Dominica); Harry Best (St. Lucia); Ashton Craig (Trinidad and Tobago), Clayton Hazel (Dominica); Dilly George (Dominica);Danny Bittker (USA); Cliff Manswell (Trinidad and Tobago)and Tony D Durham (Trinidad and Tobago).

A great time was had by all present.

Proceeds from the event will go to the St Lucia Red Cross, a non-governmental, non-profit making organisation. The SLRC is a voluntary auxilliary to the government in its humanitarian services. It is responsible for development, programmes and outreach services in St Lucia.
The Red Cross in St. Lucia was founded in 1949 as a branch of British Red Cross. It ecame a national society in 1979 after St Lucia gained independence. Was formally recognised in 1983 by the Government of St Lucia, through the St Lucia Red Cross Act of 1983.

St. Lucia Ambassador St. Aimee is Honored Guest at Fundraiser

St. Lucia’s Ambassador to the UN Dr. Donatus Keith St. Aimee will be the honored guest at the benefit concert for St. Lucia scheduled for January 16. Dr. St. Aimee said he was very pleased to be attending as the representative of the Government of Saint Lucia and he was looking forward to meeting St. Lucians and supporters who are involved in the fundraising effort.

The event will be hosted at the Ashkenaz Dance and Community Center starting at 8pm. The concert will feature the music of ‘Koudmen’ and the ‘CSM Panhandlers Steel Orchestra’.

Koudmen is a group of veteran Bay Area musicians who come mainly from the Kweyol-speaking islands of the Caribbean. These musicians are featured performers with local Caribbean bands in the likes of Shabang, Pan Exstasy, Tropical Vibrations and the Harmonics.

Also featured that evening is the award-winning CSM Panhandlers Steel Orchestra led by Jim Munzenrider, the top steelpan program in the Bay Area for over 20 years.

How you can help rebuild St. Lucia

The St Lucia Red Cross continues to provide support for hurricane victims.
The St Lucia Red Cross is continuing to function in the emergency response mode. That is the organization will continue its work of providing immediate relief items to persons most in need as a result of Hurricane Tomas. These include hygiene kits, water, kitchen sets, blankets, clothing, tarpaulins, jerry-cans, buckets, food and water. Yesterday Tuesday 2nd November, the organization was able to airlift 10 tons of immediate relief items including food and water to the community of Fond St Jaques, Soufriere with the assistance of a French helicopter from Martinique. As the challenge of accessibility improves with the clearance of more road networks, the organization is reaching more persons with relief items.

St Lucia Red Cross Damage and Needs Assessment (DANA) Teams are continuing their assessments in various communities around the island. These assessments will ensure that the organization responds adequately to the situation of the most vulnerable in the communities.

Meanwhile the St Lucia Red Cross has made arrangements to accommodate persons willing to make donations to support the hurricane victims.

In St Lucia, financial donations can be made to:

First Caribbean International Bank Acc #264 5392
or Royal Bank of Canada Acc #100 842 4.

Persons outside of St Lucia wishing to make donations can remit funds through
Bank of America, New York, N Y, 10048-1191 Swift Code: BOFAUS3N
Chips member ID: 015035
ABA Number 026009593

Donations of non perishable food items can be made at the following locations:
Super J Gablewoods Mall, Rodney Bay, JQ, Mega J and GL Foods Baywalk.

Source: St. Lucia Star