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The Good Hope School is delighted to announce the opening of the 25th Annual Caribbean Fine Art Exhibit and Sale Friday, February 17, 2012 with its ever-popular morning educational outreach program which brings students from St. Croix schools to Good Hope’s Campus Center for docent tours and face time with the artists and their work. Over 35 artists will be exhibiting this year with a healthy percentage on hand Friday morning to explain their work to visiting students.

Friday evening the doors open at 7 p.m. for the Opening Reception sponsored in part by Diageo USVI. This year, in celebration of 25 continuous years the exhibit will feature cash awards contributed by sponsors Innovative and Christiansted Equipment, Ltd.

St. Croix Source  ::  Don Buchanan

The sounds of rock and roll have been drifting above Christiansted over Estate Hermon Hill most evenings in recent weeks. The sounds of Prodigy Block are not unexpected in the neighborhood. The young band has been practicing most Sunday evenings and one weeknight in the neighborhood for the last three years.

What is new is the intensity of the practice and that the band is digging back farther in the history of rock and roll to make its music. More Jimi Hendrix is being heard than Nirvana. The band is now incorporating more horns into its sound and the songs of Blood Sweat and Tears and Chicago can be heard.

This is because Prodigy Block will be the featured band at SEAstock, St. Croix Environmental Association’s fundraiser at the Agricultural Fair Grounds this Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

SEA is celebrating the 1960s, the years when the current environmental movement was born.

Saturday, February 11^th, 7:00 p.m. at Reminisce Restaurant

Tapas & Tails with wines by Dionysus. Dance the night away to the smooth sounds of R&B Connection. There will be a silent auction.

Ticket outlets are located at the Animal Shelter, Flea Market, Polly’s at the Pier, Undercover Books, Cache of the Day, Mitchell Larson Studio, A Better Copy, Scuba, & Trends. 

St. Croix Source  ::  Jackie Leedy

American Legion National Commander Fang Wong addressed concerns by fellow legionnaires about the current and future treatment of veterans in the territory while speaking at the American Legion Post headquarters in Christiansted on Monday.

Although the ceremony was delayed nearly an hour, it didn’t deter the territory’s legionnaires from greeting the national commander with a prideful display of professionalism and several gifts of appreciation for his daylong visit to St. Croix.

“I am extremely impressed with your presence here,” Wong said. “I have to commend you for carrying such pride in your uniforms -- you should feel proud and honored to be part of this organization.”

It was no different than a traditional military ceremony, where representatives from the American Legion District 10 of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands stood at attention while the National Anthem, the Puerto Rico National Anthem, and the V.I. March were played.