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community
Next-gen cooking
Twin chefs launch foundation to foster culinary talents in students By FELICITY INGRAHAM
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n apprenticeship programme designed to help aspiring young chefs achieve their goals was recently launched by twins Rico and Ricah Neely. Although they are just fresh out of high school themselves, they know that there are limited opportunities available for students, and they wanted to create more in a field for which they are passionate about. Rico is already an award-winning chef studying in New York City, and Ricah is at the University of the Bahamas pursuing a marketing degree while practicing in the field. Together, they came up with the Queen Esther foundation, named after their late grandmother, well-known Elisabeth Estates community leader Esther Neely-Brown. In December, seven young chefs met to be a part of the Queen Esther Foundation’s first ever apprenticeship programme in conjunction with Cooking with Nuncy. The Rico and Ricah Neely, Cooking with Nuncy summer camp was held last August for two weeks. During the summer camp, the junior chefs had the opportunity to cook alongside and learn from some of the nation’s best, including Cacique Award winners and national junior team members. At the end of the two weeks, students were able to show off all the skills they learned in a Cooking with Nuncy cook-off. One of the judges, Chef Kiesha Bonimy, was especially impressed by “the calibre of skill and workmanship of each student.” “If I didn’t know any better, I’d think seasoned professional culinarians made some of these dishes,” she said. The competition was separated into juniors and seniors. The first, second and third place winners will be coached for an upcoming competition of their
Young aspiring chefs Keanna Brown, Muricka Davis, Matthew Clarke, Brittany Butterfield, Xinaye Barr, Starr Jones and Krystopher Clark helped out at the Elizabeth Estates Children’s Home last month.
choice by Chef Rico and other leading chefs in the Bahamas. However, after hosting the classes, Rico and Ricah both realised that the annual sessions wouldn’t be enough to hone the skills of those students determined to become professional chefs. For some of the students, those classes were a means of recreation, while for others it was the only real opportunity they had to connect and cook with actual chefs. For the latter, it was more than just a few classes; it was a step towards their future. After acknowledging this, the twins decided to raise the bar by starting a culinary apprentice programme aimed at seventh to 12th grade students who are seeking culinary mentorship and coaching. The top winners from the Cooking with Nuncy summer camp cook-off were Keanna Brown, Muricka Davis, Matthew Clarke, Brittany Butterfield,
Xinaye Barr, Starr Jones, and Krystopher Clarke. Over the course of three days last month, these seven junior chefs were given a sneak peek of what to expect moving forward as a team through an informational session/ video and photo shoot, as well as a scholarship session during the first day. On the second day, they volunteered at the Elizabeth Estates Children’s Home, teaching them to decorate Christmas treats. On the final of the three days, they were able to reflect on the programme and express what they hoped to see in 2019. The Queen Esther Foundation hopes to help these junior chefs build upon their skills as they prepare for the 2019 Caribbean Junior Duelling Challenge in Barbados. The foundation will also assist the youngsters in creating a business of their choice, walking them through making a business plan and
following through with it. The foundation will also help them with applying for scholarships to attend colleges and universities after high school, while gaining exposure on national and regional platforms at the same time. In the near future, this team will be hosting fundraisers, and the foundation urges the public to come out and support them as all the proceeds go towards travel arraignments, ingredients and uniforms for the young chefs. “By investing into to the Queen Esther culinary apprentice programme you will enable us to accomplish our goal of helping and teaching more young people the fundamentals and soft skills of the culinary arts and their (importance) to our number one industry – skills that are needed in the fast-paced competitive environment of the Bahamas,” said Rico.
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Inside Weekend
My perfect Bahamian weekend Jayde Knowles ‘The PR Princess’ Q: Saturday breakfast or Sunday lunch?
Interview 4-5 Bahamian singer-songwriter Pascalli Dillett reaches 20 million streams on Spotify Art 7-9, 14-15 Kishan Munroe explores the postcolonial, Leanne Key teaches the art of calligraphy, plus The Celebrity Artist takes a departure from his usual style Lifestyle 10 - 11 Aroma candles offer fragrant escape from daily stress Community 12 A young entrepreneur finds hard-earned success with his fruit punch recipe Celebrity 13, 16 The fabulous and not so fabulous fashions at the Critics Choice Awards Film 17 M Night Shyamalan’s “Glass” reviewed Books 18 The “Perfect Liar” is the perfect thriller, plus “No Mercy” explores mental prisons Gardening 19 Growing sweet strawberries in the Bahamas Literary Lives 20 - 23 The greatest movies of all time – part two
History 24
Exciting discoveries in Pompeii Forgotten Facts 25 Remembering Coral Tower, Nassau’s former No 1 tourist attraction Puzzles 26 Animals 27 All about the B-Humane Awards, plus Pet of the Week Cover | Kishan Munroe
“Saturday breakfast definitely... and only because there is this crazy little spot that only serves my fave dishes on Saturday mornings, so they win with me, my daughter and my friends every weekend.”
Q: Wine, rum, cocktail or Kalik? “I’m a cocktail kind of girl. So many mixtures, so little time. Of course some occasions will call for a little more indulging, so cognac will be my drink of choice then.”
Q: Beach or sofa?
“If the beach includes a boat I’m
all for it. Otherwise, my sofa and a good movie and blankie will do.”
Q: What is the one thing that you can’t live without?
“My daughter. Like any mom I need a break sometimes, but there’s no way I can live without her! Oh...and my cellphone. It’s my life wrapped up in one little device; keeps me connected and in communication with the rest of the world. Not to mention, it keeps me entertained during very boring meetings.”
Q: Weekend away, where would you go?
“For a weekend away I would travel to a beach house on any one of the family islands with a spectacular view. Some friends and I stayed in one in Eleuthera before and it was such an amazing weekend, very peaceful and beautiful, and the scenery was breathtaking. So I’ve promised myself whenever I get a chance to
go and stay at one on each Family Island for a relaxing weekend and to explore my Bahamian roots.”
Things 2 Do this weekend Friday
• Bowling on Cloud Nine Time: All day (continues Saturday and Sunday) Mario’s Bowling is celebrating nine years of entertainment with a weekend of special events. Friday is ‘glow bowling’ family fun.
Saturday
• Susan G Komen Bahamas Race for the Cure Time: 7am Start: Montagu Beach The annual race raises funds for breast cancer research. It’s a wonderful way to honour your mother, father, sister, wife, husband, child, co-worker or friend. You may even be running for your own life. • Farm Fresh Pop-Up Market Time: 8am - 12noon Venue: Jemi Health and Wellness, Caves Village Hosted by Chiccharney, the popup will offer Bahamian grown produce, seasonal fruits, jams, sauces, soaps, and more. • Majority Rule Heritage Tour Time: 10am, 1pm and 3pm Venue: Clifton Heritage National Park Celebrate Majority Rule all January with Clifton Heritage. Packages are for walk-ins only; park and beach
access included. The Heritage Tour is $15; with lunch it’s $25. • Citizen Science Saturday Time: 1pm Venue: Ardastra Gardens Each month, Ardastra is getting involved with a different citizen science project and learning how to contribute valuable data to scientists here at home and all over the world. This month’s project is Nature’s Notebook. Participants will adopt an area to monitor and document the seasonal changes of plants and animals to help scientists with ongoing research. Children can earn community service hours for participating. Children 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult. • Nassau Night Market Time: 3pm - midnight Venue: Market Slope (next to the Straw Market) Enjoy signature drinks, unique food trucks, artisan crafts and the local art scene. Get your ‘cut-hip’ at dominoes while you’re wooed by the wild street performers. • Carlos Bain Open Studios Time: 5pm Venue: The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas. Carlos Bain hosts his solo art show “Second to None” and will speak about his practice and the inspiration he draws from Junkanoo, pasting and shack life.
• Smile Orange Time: 8pm (encore on Sunday at 6pm) Venue: Dundas Theatre Enjoy a humorous interpretation of Trevor Rhone’s 1976 movie “Smile Orange” – a satirical film set in Jamaica. It follows the dayto-day life of Ringo, played by Carl Bradshaw, a smooth-talking waiter and conman. The film explores the tourism industry in the Caribbean and seems to suggest there are similarities to slavery in that industry. Additional showings will he held next weekend. Tickets are $30. Call 393-3728 or 394-7179 to reserve your seats. Senior citizen groups and individuals age 65 and over pay only $20 for the Sunday show.
Sunday
• Marathon Bahamas Race Weekend Time: 6am Start: Junkanoo Beach In its 10th year, the annual Sunshine Insurance event will include the usual full marathon, half marathon and relay events. Awards ceremonies start at 12noon. • Strut Your Mutt Time: 2.30pm Venue: Goodman’s Bay The event works like a walkathon, fun for both two-legged and four-legged participants. All proceeds go towards Baark! spay and neuter efforts.
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interview She has appeared in music videos for Lil Wayne and Neyo, co-written tracks for music’s biggest stars, and penned an inspirational song used by Zimbabweans during protest marches. Now, this young Bahamian artist tells Cara Hunt how she has been recognised for reaching a major milestone on the world’s largest music-streaming service.
Pascalli Dillett
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he showbiz bug bit Pascalli Dillett at the tender age of three when she was cast to be in a commercial for KFC as well as an advertisement campaign for a Bahamian store The Island Shop. She may have been young, but from then on she fully embraced the role of a performer. And her passion has taken the singer all over the world and to heights many artists can only dream of achieving. Pascalli was raised in both Switzerland and the Bahamas and is a singer, songwriter, producer, and co-founder and CEO of Mogul Movements Worldwide, a writing and production company that she owns with international dancehall icon Red Rat who is known for his hit songs “Tight Up Skirt” and “Shelley Ann”. Last month, Pascalli received a special plaque for attaining more than 20 million streams and counting on the digital music service Spotify. The award was for a song she cowrote for Red Rat called “Higher”. This makes her the first Bahamian woman, and Turks and Caicos Island belonger, to receive this honour. “I still can’t believe it. I really wasn’t expecting to receive this. The path I chose wasn’t an easy road at all, but I committed and stuck to it. I’m grateful as it proves that hard work does pay off,” she told Tribune Weekend. Pascalli has spent her entire life preparing for a career in entertainment.
She began ballet at the age of four and later acquired a liking for jazz and hip hop dance as well. While in college, she appeared in several music videos for big-name artists such as Neyo (“When You’re Mad”), Lil Wayne (”Make It Rain”), Damian Marley (”Traffic Jam”) and Aaron Carter (”Saturday Night”), the latter of which aired on the Disney Channel. It was 2010 that she decided that she would venture into singing and songwriting. She did this with the help of Jamaican dancehall reggae star Red Rat. He recognised her talent as a pop singer and songwriter. They recorded her very first single, “Me and U” featuring Red Rat. It was produced by Grammy Award winner Buddha (who also produced “Higher”). In March of 2010, Pascalli gave an impromptu performance at the Power 96 stage for Calle Ocho festival as part of Carnaval Miami, and she has since travelled and performed throughout Europe, Africa, North and South America, and of course the Caribbean Islands. In 2012, she expanded her horizons yet again, this time venturing into television production with a one-hour ‘Cross Caribbean’ countdown’ special for MTV Tempo. The show was a success and was one of the most watched Cross Caribbean countdowns to date. Pascalli’s second single “HAUTE”, featuring Red Rat and Toledo, also rose quickly on the charts.
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In 2017, Pascalli wrote “Never Give Up Zimbabwe” after she saw the political turmoil the Southeastern African country was going through at the time. Zimbabweans, the singer said, used the song as a source of inspiration and clung on to it during their march through the streets of capital city of Harare. “I never thought that the song would have been such a big deal,” she said. My heart bled for Zimbabweans. ‘Never Give Up’ was, in a sense, a letter to the people, wanting to give them hope and to President (Robert) Mugabe, hoping that he would hear the cry of his people,” Pascalli explained. Later that same year, Pascalli was one of the writers on Jori Boy’s hit single “Para Mi”, also featuring Red Rat. Less than 24 hours after it’s release the song had already received over 1.5 million views on YouTube. In recent times, she has been working with the king of dancehall himself, Beenie Man, on a new song called “P Say Hellooo”, as well as a soca-dancehall song called “Bakon Pan It” with Trinidadian “Hello” hitmaker Kes. Both tracks are set to be released in 2019. “I really hope that I’ll have the opportunity to work on some projects in the Bahamas and possibly shoot one of my new videos there. I have always mentioned the Bahamas in interviews no matter where I’ve been in the world, and I would love to use my platform to continue to promote the country,” she said. “It has been an amazing journey. The realisation that my dreams are coming true is a reassurance that the career I have chosen is right for me and that I am most definitely on the right path. My focus is not so much about making a big name for myself or being famous. Although fame comes along with what I am doing, it is secondary. My primary priority is to ensure
“For me, the fame comes with the territory of the job, however, my primary focus is that I continue to produce quality art.”
Pascalle performs at the popular Monkey Bar at Jacó Beach, Costa Rica.
that the quality of my art continues to exceed my expectations. For me, the fame comes with the territory of the job, however, my primary focus is that I continue to produce quality art.” Looking towards the future, Pascalli has been in the studio, working hard to complete her debut EP and has had the privilege to work with numerous Grammy Award-winning and nominated producers. However, there are a few more stars she’d love to collaborate with. “I have been fortunate enough to work with many of my childhood idols already, but I would love to vocally collaborate with Beyonce, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Ozuna, Sean Paul and Drake,” she said. She says that giving 100 per cent is all that she knows and her objective is to continue to work hard and to produce music and television projects that people can relate to globally, as well as to continue to expand her brand in a professional environment. “I want my messages to the world to be authentic, and I want my fans to be able to connect with me from my heart to theirs,” she said. She also offers this advice to other young people hoping to crack the music industry: “Be passionate about whatever it is that you are doing and work hard to excel. It is important to stay focused and to give it your all in order to accomplish your goal. So as long as you know that you have truly given your 100 percent, you have succeeded.” People can follow Pascalli on Instagram @ PascalliGlobal for more content. You can also keep up to date with her atwww. PascalliGlobal.com.
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art
The emancipation of a modern
Bahamas
Kishan Munroe returns with next piece in ‘Postcolonial’ series By CARA HUNT Tribune Features Writer cbrennen@tribunemedia.net
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Kishan Munroe’s latest painting, “Attempts to Emancipate a Man Already Freed”, oil on canvas, 62x53 inches
n his latest painting, “Attempts to Emancipate a Man Already Freed”, acclaimed artist Kishan Munroe continues his exploration of the effects of colonialism on a modern Bahamas. The painting is part of an ongoing social commentary series called “Power: Decolonizing the Postcolonial” which has been been a central theme in much of his recent works. Kishan recently presented the painting to the public on the occasion of the country’s sixth annual celebration of Majority Rule Day, observed each January 10. “In this series I confront a number of sociopolitical issues, specifically as it relates to Caribbean nations after independence,” he explained to Tribune Weekend. The painting features a man in the middle of an ocean. In one hand he is grasping a mace which is the symbol of the royal authority of Elizabeth II, the Queen of the Bahamas. As he struggles to stay afloat, two flamingos attempt to pull him up and away from the mace and perils of the sea to safety. However; the man refuses to let go; he refuses to release himself. Kishan explained that the mace is a symbol of the vestiges of colonialism still present in the country today, which is in its own way drowning its people, while the flamingo, the national bird of the Bahamas is used as a symbol of upliftment, independence and redefined Bahamian identity. Even the colour palette he uses is filled with symbolism.
“The coloration was inspired by my flamingo series,” he said. (In 2013, Kishan produced a series of paintings depicting the sinking of the HMBS Flamingo in 1980, which resulted in the deaths of four marine officers entitled “Swan Song of the Flamingo”). “The blues, reds and pinks are some of the last vestiges of colonialism present within the Bahamas and you can still see that displayed in the colour palette of some of our government buildings. “We still have those ties to the past,” he explained. “To be independent, we need to redefine ourselves and our geographical, social and global position.” Kishan noted that he finds it extremely important to use his art platform to raise social consciousness. “If you look back through history, visual art is one of the earliest forms of communication. If you look as far back as cave paintings, you would see pictures as opposed to script. When you look at the early days of the church, much of the populace could not read and so art was used, in the paintings and stained glassed windows, to more effectively communicate biblical messages and create a aura of greater spirituality,” he said. “And so what I am doing is something that has been done from time immemorial. We learn from what we see...a picture is worth a thousand words.” He added that as he has grown, his work has become less about himself and more about raising the collective conscious. Kishan recently came back from Russia where he engaged in anthropological investigations into the role Soviet intervention played in influencing Western sociopolitical issues. He is now prepares for another avant-garde expedition entitled “Drifter In Residence” where he plans to drift into the Atlantic on a self-constructed raft.
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art
A dab hand at painting By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Writer acadet@tribunemedia.net
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sing her interest in the arts and the inspiration she got from TV and YouTube, Alayna Ledard set out to create her own business of hand-painted accessories. Today, she paints everything from handbags, to shoes, jeans, canvas, and even belly masks fro mommies-to-be. Although she underestimated her talent back in her high school days, Alayna said she always loved art class. But it was only after graduating that she began indulging her creative side a bit more. She turned to HGTV many days, tuning into The Carol Duvall Craft Show, where she fell even further in love with art and later got involved in other creative forms. “In 2014, I began a handbag making course at Lemongrass Studio with Teri Monique. I later started painting and experimenting with art and handbag tutorials on YouTube channels which allowed me to think differently. I enjoy the freedom and unlimited ideas that are available to me. I can attempt and do anything I put my mind and my hands to,” Alayna told Tribune Weekend. This love grew into a business venture: Sugar Plum Studio is a creative home décor company offering art on canvas, wood, as well as tiles. There are also one-of-a-kind hand-painted bags, clothing, shoes, jewellery, wind chimes, sunglass cases and many more items added daily or upon request. The Sugar Plum Studio is a homebased business here in Nassau that is very active in pop-up events, festivals, fairs and private showings. “ My first pop-up was at the Ardastra Gardens and then Tambearly School, for which I will always be grateful. The Almighty God who loads me up with continuous ideas, talents and gifts, is my biggest influence in all of this. He promised that my gifts would make room for me and bring me before kings, and I believe Him,” said Alayna. One of the more unusual items she makes are belly masks for pregnant women. She recently made one for a couple expecting their first child.
From hand-painted jeans and tiles, to one-of-a-kind handbags, Alayna Ledard does it all. “They were young and had just relocated to Nassau from France due to the demands of the husband’s job. It was their first pregnancy and I was honoured to create a mould of the mother-to-be’s belly with her husband’s hands placed on either side. They were so excited and pleased that the motherto-be was almost in tears (seeing) the mould,” said Alayna. Like most small business owners, Alayna’s goal is to have her company one day recognised by a wider market. She is also looking forward to having her work in major departments stores. For more information, visit Sugar Plum Studio on Instagram and Facebook, or e-mail mybahamianart@ hotmail.com.
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art
With the stroke of a
pen
By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net
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he topic of calligraphy kept popping up all over her social media feed to the point where Leanne Key felt she could not escape it. So instead of trying to run from it, she embraced it. “It seemed like every quote I saw on social media was created with some inspiration from calligraphy and I was compelled to try my hand at recreating artwork from Instagram,” she told Tribune Weekend. Practice turned into perfection, and Leanne ended up creating her own style and publishing her own calligraphy art on Instagram. Her Instagram page gained traction and people started requesting hand-lettered pieces for almost every special occasion imaginable. Since then, her business, The Nassau Script Company, has been grown to offer a full range of hand-lettering and modern calligraphy options. From envelopes to wood or even glass, customers can request hand-lettered messages on just about any surface. With modern calligraphy trending worldwide, being utilised for unique and quirky signs for everything from restaurants to shops, at wedding and other events, Leanne said she had decided to host a special class to teach people the basics of brush calligraphy, so they can practice hand-lettering themselves. One of the great things about this class, she noted, is that no prior experience or skill is needed. It will be held February 16, from at 10am to 3pm at the Queen’s College Further Education Centre. “Experience and so-called good penmanship is not required,” said Leanne. The class is for anyone interested in learning a new skill or looking for a new hobby.
Leanne Key works on projects for her Nassau Script Company.
“When I discover things that make me happy or have changed my life for the better, I enjoy sharing it with others. I love calligraphy and lettering. It really is my passion and I would like to share that passion with people.” Leanne said people are especially inquisitive about her hand-lettering whenever she is creating work in a public space or delivering a finished project to someone. “I’m usually questioned by people who express that they could never do what I do because their handwriting sucks. The truth of the matter is you do
not need good handwriting to be a great calligrapher. The two are not synonymous. I want to inspire people to embrace the learning process, acquire new skills, boost their confidence and possibly create another stream of incomes,” she said. The class will break down the basics of brush calligraphy, making it easy for participants to learn the technique. The class will cover guidelines, strokes, practice strokes, pen pressure, and how to create a style. By the end of the class, said Leanne, participants will be able to create their very own brush-lettered piece. All materials needed to practice are included in the class. Leanne cautioned that this class will not turn participants into skilled calligraphers overnight. But once the basic techniques acquired during this lesson are consistently practiced, she said the participants’ penmanship can transform significantly. “The process of learning a new skill or acquiring a new hobby is a great experience for anyone. It engages the mind and getting better at a skill boosts confidence and improves your overall well-being. Hand-lettering and modern calligraphy is not only beneficial in that you can improve your handwriting, personalise gifts and home décor items, but many of us hand-letterers agree that is an incredible way to manage stress. Slowing down to create art, one stroke at a time, relaxes the body and the mind,” she said. For more information, contact cfe@qchenceforth.com or call 677-7939.
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lifestyle
Light a candle and escape By ALESHA CADET Tribune Features Writer acadet@tribunemedia.net
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andles were once only used as a source of light. But today they have evolved to include soothing and healing properties. Aroma candles, especially, have become extremely popular in recent years. They are seen as a sign of pampering and luxury, but they are also used for health reasons. Adapting the millennia-old concept of aromatherapy passed down from the ancient Egyptians, scented candles can relieve stress, relax you, sharpen the mind, evoke fond memories, and in some cases, even help with feelings sorrow. In one word, they can offer an escape from your everyday troubles. And that is exactly what a new Bahamian company, aptly named ‘Scented Escape’, hopes to offer customers with its line of candles – full mental relaxation. Made right here in the country, each scent is meticulously hand-picked by artisan and owner Shanae Smith. She chooses the aromas based on her own fond memories of scents and makes sure to include those which create an atmosphere of good energy and calm vibes. “When I started making candles as my creative outlet I mainly kept them for myself and used them to enhance the décor of my own home. I would light a candle in each room when I got home from work and go about my evening as usual. It was during this time that I started to realise that my space felt calmer and more relaxed. I started to pick up on how the different fragrances made me feel, especially after a stressful day,” Ms Smith told Tribune Weekend. She then started to realise how various scents reminded her of different places and moments in her life. This led to the idea of starting a candle company. “The name Scented Escape plays upon the idea of creating an atmosphere of automatic relaxation, bringing about good feelings and even evoking fond memories for the people around. It’s the creation of a mental getaway
through the use of fragrance. We can’t always book a flight and get away from the daily stressors of life, but we can find ways to separate from it all, even if just for a moment. I want to help create that moment or at least start the process,” said Ms Smith. The Scented Escape catalogue offers four distinct scented soy candles. Each candle is mixed, poured and labelled by hand. “One of our best sellers has been our Bahama Bloom scent which is actually a scent that pays homage to the Bahamas. We’ve received a few suggestions, of course, on ways to improve the line and I do plan on taking all of it into consideration as the company continues to grow,’ she said. Throughout the year, Ms Smith said she usually takes part in a number of events to allow potential customers to sample each scent as well as schedule meet-ups for scent testing and delivery. The company’s Facebook page is also used to display various candles and offer detailed descriptions of each scent. Becoming a business owner was always one of Ms Smith’s life goals, but becoming a candle maker had previously never occurred to her. For her, creating a good candle requires a mixture of creativity and science which, made the process perfect
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for her because she is also a science enthusiast and works full time in the medical field. “Being able to mix both my love for science with my desire to be creative became an outlet for me. I started making candles for my own benefit, but once I realised what they were doing for me both mentally and aesthetically, I knew there was more I could do with them. The idea of being able to merge my analytical side with my creative side and run a business from it has been the perfect combination for me. Even though the process of business ownership has been a tedious one, I am fully enjoying every aspect of it,” said Ms Smith. She is thankful for her parents Michael and Lynn Smith, who worked in areas they loved all their lives, making their careers more than just a job while encouraging her to do the same. Along with grandparents, her significant other, Mitch Bain, is also an inspiration, and was the main push behind her to take candlemaking to the next level through business ownership. Since opening in 2017, Ms Smith’s overall goal for Scented Escape has been to become a well-known luxury Bahamian candle brand. She hopes to expand the line with many more scents and collections, and eventually sell them on the international market. With Valentine’s Day approaching, Ms Smith said the perfect gift from Scented Escape would have to be her “Date Night” candle. She describes it as the perfect combination of a masculine and feminine fragrance that gives off a very sensual and sexy vibe when lit. “Also for the Valentine season, we offer a a limited edition candle called ‘Love Spell’. We released this scent last year for Valentine and will be bringing it back for this season. It’s a classic scent and was loved by our female customers during last year’s release so it is definitely a must for the perfect Valentine gift,” she said. For the remainder of the year she is looking forward to releasing two new scents, along with the limited edition scents for the various seasons. “I want to continue building our customer base through our social media pages, word of mouth as well as hopefully taking part in various shopping events on the island. I’m looking forward to the growth of the company as I work to make candles that can be loved and enjoyed by everyone,” said Ms Smith. For more information, follow the brand via Instagram and Facebook under the handle @scentedescapecandles, or by e-mail scentedescape@gmail.com.
“We can’t always book a flight and get away from the daily stressors of life, but we can find ways to separate from it all, even if just for a moment.”
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community
Young entrepreneur’s fruit punch brings him hard-earned success By JEFFARAH GIBSON Tribune Features Writer jgibson@tribunemedia.net
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OSES Taylor wanted to become an entrepreneur from the time he was in high school. So after leaving school several years ago he began pursuing his dream immediately. “I knew right away what I wanted to do. I never had an interest in working for anyone,” he told Tribune Weekend. At first he made natural juices such as carrot and peanut from scratch that he sold to customers. Then he ventured into creating a special fruit punch blend made of local ingredients that is now the major product offering of his beverage company, Red Sea Bahamas. “It is a Bahamian based tropical fruit punch juice and it is different from any other fruit punch that you may find on the market right now,” the young entrepreneur said. The Red Sea fruit punch juice can be found in 60 stores locally, including several Rubis and Shell stations, Sammy’s Chicken, Tropical Gyro and the University of the Bahamas’ Grab N Go. But Moses admits getting to the point where his product is distributed at those local stores as so-called “solopreneur” was not an easy task. He had to constantly put himself and his product out there. “We received great feedback from people who enjoyed the product. So what I did was connect with different people, drop off samples at different establishments and did my best to keep networking,” he said. What also helped him manage this effort as a small business owner was the knowledge he gained after completing certifications and his Associate’s degree in Business
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Administration to help manage the affairs of Red Sea. As a small business owner, Moses’ plans are ambitious. Right now, he along with a very small team churn out about 30 to 40 cases of juices made
manually that are disturbed to the stores. “Right now we are doing everything manually, so we are not able to produce as much as we would like to, but we get it done,” he said. However, he is sure that the business will continue to grow and get to the point where they can mass produce. He hopes to have his juices in just about every grocery and convenient store on the island. Following his dream has been rewarding for the most part. But he admits that once you become a business owner, you will yourself playing multiple roles you may have not anticipated. Nevertheless, he continues to be a strong proponent of entrepreneurship. “I believe entrepreneurship builds a country. It is responsible for creating a lot of the jobs in the economy. As our businesses grow we provide a lot of jobs and this in some way takes a lot of
“Entrepreneurship isn’t something that is practiced today and you decide you don’t feel like doing it tomorrow. It is a lifestyle.” the struggle off the government,” said Moses. As a word of caution to other young aspiring entrepreneurs, Moses said it is important to remember that it is job that requires full commitment. “Entrepreneurship isn’t something that is practiced today and you decide you don’t feel like doing it tomorrow. It is a lifestyle. Many days you may have to push through and you might find yourself doing more than you anticipated and a lot more on your own.” “I advise people to support Bahamian businesses. It may be more costly due to us not being able to produce on such a large scale to sell at a reasonable price, so try to support more Bahamian businesses and look for more future growth in the economy,” he said.
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celebrity
PART
The Weekend Fashion Report 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards
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Angela Bassett ”Black Panther”
Nicole Kidman ”Aquaman”
Karin says: “I mean, she looks amazing and like a queen, but I’m not sure the dress fits her like it should. It makes her look stocky. However, white gowns were definitely the main trend for the night, and this one jazzes it up with lots of cool silver studs.” Cara says: “The hair is giving me life! However, if I am honest, I am not that impressed with the dress. It has that kind of 1980s ‘Dynasty’ type vibe to it. It’s just dated and not all that attractive on her. Sorry, Angela.”
Karin says: “OK, that yellow blonde dye job on Nicole is a crime! Much too brassy (pssst, use purple shampoo to tone it down). She’s also looking very skinny and this gown just goes straight up and down. But I do like the unusual cut of this Armani gown and the classic colour combo.” Cara says: ““I am definitely getting Sea World and Shamu the killer whale vibes with this dress. It’s an interesting dress. It’s not my favourite look, but I won’t be putting it on my worst dressed list either.”
Chrissy Teigen Cody Fern ”Hotel Transylvania ”American Horror 3: Summer Vacation” Story” Karin says: “Chrissy, retire that dark red lipstick. That lippy, and not to forget the off-the-forehead hair, look simply terrible on her. Apparently she used her go-to stylist...maybe it’s time to shop around. I appreciate the dress being old-school Hollywood glam, but the hair and lipstick just ruin the whole ensemble; they’re too distracting.” Cara says: “Chrissy’s hair is a straight up ‘no’. Don’t like it at all. The dress is something that we have seen many times before but it’s still a pretty style. There’s not that much wrong with it. I agree the lipstick is a bit severe though.”
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Karin says: “I love that he plays with gender norms when it comes to fashion, but this is kind of a failure. It is literally a black onesie that looks like it’s been torn apart by an overeager fan. And the white ‘FiveFinger’ platform shoes just weird me out. His hair, however, looks fabulous.” Cara says: “What is this? I mean, ripped jeans are fine, but a ripped onesie... thingy. It is the winner of the ‘Why, why, why?’ award for sure. Maybe he was dressing as the title of his show: An American Horror Story.”
HIT Charlize Theron ”Tully” Karin says: “Ice cold and classy. It’s nothing we haven’t seen before (this is a relatively minor awards event after all), but it’s very elegant and effective. I love that her short bob is swept to one side, while the halter of the gown is on the other. Talk about symmetry! I also really like the ombre effect at the bottom.” Cara says: “Ohh this is stunning! It’s a style we have seen, but I am also loving the ombre effect at the hemline. Charlize also does a great job of having her hair suited perfectly to her outfit. She looks lovely all around.”
• See PAGE 16 for more fabulous and not so fabulous fashions
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celebrity
PART
The Weekend Fashion Report 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards
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Laura Harrier ”BlacKkKlansman”
Timothée Chalamet ”Beautiful Boy”
Issa Rae ”Insecure”
Lady Gaga ”A Star is Born”
Billy Porter ”Pose”
Karin says: “Another example of the all-white gown that dominated the night. She looks sweet. The dress basically looks like a robe, and maybe it’s a bit old for her. This must have been a fairly laid back event, because like Laura, most people kept it simple and elegant.” Cara says: “So this dress again takes the familiar and then adds just a little bit extra with the crystal studs. I like it and I like that she added just a bit more bling with the necklace, which just the right amount of bling.”
Karin says: “I like that the men are experimenting more on the red carpet these days, and I really like this look. Timmy is rocking this suit! It’s got a cool airbrushed type of design and I like the colour combo (he should always wear something with blue; it’s his colour). However, the raised sneakers I could have done without (too clunky).” Cara says: “This suit is pretty cool. It reminds me of those tie dye shirts people wear on vacation. He is young enough that it just looks cool and not ridiculous. And I don’t mind the bulky sneakers; I think they are fun and work with his style (and probably his lack of height).”
Karin says: “Oh no, Issa! What are you doing? Not only does this look like a sexy version of a funeral outfit, it also doesn’t fit her...like at all. It doesn’t flatter her figure, makes her look very broad through the shoulders, and just looks like it’s pulling in all directions.” Cara says: “OK, let’s start with the good. Her hair is great. That’s it. On to the bad. The boob action in this dress is just not good; she looks super squashed. I feel like it’s a bit slutty Victorian and not in a good way. It’s just not a good look.”
Karin says: “This is beyond simple for Gaga. Another ‘recalling Golden Age Tinsel Town’ look, and it’s really sweet, simple and pretty. I know she’s purposely gone with this very yellow blonde before, but after seeing Nicole Kidman earlier, I’m not that big of a fan of the colour anymore.” Cara says: “OK, I love Gaga, which is why I still think this is a hit even though to be honest, she is wearing a silk towel with a train. But be that as it may, she pulls off the look, right down to the fab makeup and Hollywood glam hair.”
Karin says: “You know how I said I like the men experimenting? I take that back. Just joking. Billy did a much better job mixing things up at the Golden Globes the week before with his pinklined cape. This suit and bow are just too shiny. Looks like he’d wrapped in cheap satin rather than just an oversized bow.” Cara says: “Well, we saved the worst for last. Just when I thought, ‘Hey, this week no one was too horrid, here comes Billy to prove me wrong. He looks like the poop emoji with an orange bow. Just ‘no’ on every level.”
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television
Exuma-based Fyre Festival subject of new Netflix documentary
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early two years after the fiasco that was Fyre Festival, Netflix is releasing a documentary with a behind the scenes look at the disastrous Exuma-based event which collapsed before it even got off the ground. Organised by hip hop star Ja Rule and his technology entrepreneur buddy, Billy McFarland – who was sentenced to six years in prison on fraud charges – to promote the Fyre music booking app, the festival was scheduled to take place over two weekends in April and May 2017. It was touted as an ultra-exclusive, luxurious music festival where concert- Discarded mattresses and other detritus at the site of Fyre Festival on Exuma. goers would enjoy gourmet food and hobnob with stars. Acts like Migos, attendees reportedly paid thousands transportation and flimsy, unfinished Blink-182, Major Lazer, Disclosure, and even tens of thousands of dollars tents as accommodation. Taking to and other were expected to perform. for their packages. Twitter, concert-goers bemoaned the The festival was also promoted by However, after arriving on the lack of general organisation, food (a celebrities such as Kendall Jenner, island, concert-goers were met few bagels and cheese sandwiches were Bella Hadid, Hailey Baldwin and other social media influencers. Some only with a yellow school bus as on offer) and security. Some compared
their situation to the “Hunger Games” and “Lord of the Flies” type scenarios. The festival was eventually cancelled and it became a mad scramble for visitors to find flights back to the US. Many found themselves spending hours at Exuma’s airport. One concert-goer told The Independent: “It was a wasteland. Mattresses on the floor, diggers everywhere, no order at all.” Reports of whole debacle went viral, with people creating internet memes and mocking the tweets by the stranded concert-goers. Debuting today, Netflix’s “Fyre”, Variety reports, is directed by Chris Smith, who helmed last year’s documentary “Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond”. The film, says Netflix, “gives a first-hand look into the disastrous crash of Fyre as told by the organisers themselves. A further documentary series about Fyre Festival is also being planned by the streaming service Hulu.
‘Sex Education’ is a trans-Atlantic love letter NEW YORK (AP) — Among the bumper crop of original series debuting this month on Netflix is one that’s both a time warp and a trans-Atlantic hug. It’s called “Sex Education” and it’s like a classic John Hughes high school comedy bloomed in the United Kingdom. “It’s very much a contemporary British love letter to Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson in Netflix’s “Sex Education” American high school films,” says series star Gillian AnderThe eight episodes of “It is this kind of Nowheresson of “The X-Files” fame. the first season were shot ville,” said Butterfield. “We In this quirky and refreshing mostly in southeast Wales. don’t say where it is and it’s series, Anderson and Asa But- And while the actors have got these rolling hills and these terfield of Martin Scorsese’s English accents, they throw people dress a bit like they’re “Hugo” play mother and son, around American footballs on from the ‘80s. It has kind of each exploring the contempocampus, wear letter jackgot a timeless vibe to it which rary sexual landscape. And the ets and plan for prom. The I think really helped make the real landscape for this often soundtrack is rich in 1980s show stand out.” frank discussion of sexuality is, songs, from The Smiths to Butterfield plays a smart but well, not specific. Billy Idol. socially awkward 16-year-old
student who has had little sexual experience, despite living with his sex therapist mom. “He’s like this sex wizard but he is cursed with the inability to do anything with all this information,” Butterfield said of his character. He teams up with a smart-bad girl to create an underground sex therapy clinic, leaning on the knowledge he’s absorbed over the years. There’s plenty of nudity and blunt examination of everything from same-sex love, abortion and wet dreams. Netflix itself describes the show as “heartfelt, raunchy and irreverent.” Anderson plays blunt single mom Jean, whose home is filled with sex manuals and toys. She’s so open about the topic that she has no problem
snooping around her son’s bedroom or asking embarrassing questions about his sexuality while they’re watching a movie. Anderson and Butterfield both hope Netflix will green light a second season and send them back to Wales. But even if it doesn’t happen, Anderson — a mother to three, including a boy approaching puberty — is grateful for the roadmap of what NOT to do. “I think there are some definite differences in Jean’s parenting skills than mine,” she said, laughing. “So it felt as much like an education for me observing the emotional trajectory of Asa’s relationship with Jean.” MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
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books
Review: The surprises keep coming in ‘The Perfect Liar’
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he great thing about being an artist, Max tells his students, is that you can imagine things into being. But only he knows the extremes to which he has taken that. After fleeing a miserable childhood, Max spent his teenage years living on the streets of New York City. Yet now, in his 30s, he is teaching art in a picturesque Vermont college town. He and his new wife, Susannah, are plainly in love. He gets along smashingly with Freddy, her teenage son from a previous marriage. And he is a rising star in his field, commanding lucrative speaking fees. He seems to have fashioned a perfect life. Max lacks the academic credentials his job requires, but he has more than enough intelligence, boldness and
charisma to sustain the fraud. Everything will be just fine as long as no one finds the body of the real Max buried on a New Hampshire mountainside. But in the very first chapter of “The Perfect Liar,” the sixth novel by Vermont College of Fine Arts President Thomas Christopher Greene, Susannah finds a note, written in capital letters, on their front door: “I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.” Susannah, who knows nothing of her husband’s past, is confused and shaken. Max assures her it’s just a stupid prank, but he is secretly determined to track down and eliminate the threat. Once he believes he has done so, however, more notes — “DID YOU GET AWAY WITH IT?” and “I KNOW WHAT YOU DID” — appear on their front door. Before long, the
reader is sure to wonder if Susannah, too, may be harbouring a dark secret. The result is a taut, well-written thriller, but this novel is more than that. It is also both a textured examination of the lies people tell to those they love and a reminder that it is never easy to escape the traumas of a troubled childhood. The pace is crisp, the surprises keep coming and there are two big ones that readers are unlikely to see coming. • Bruce DeSilva, winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award, is the author of the Mulligan crime novels including “The Dread Line.” BRUCE DESILVA Associated Press
Real and emotional prisons flow through ‘No Mercy’ Prisons come in various forms, as Joanna Schaffhausen shows in her second outstanding novel, “No Mercy.” There are the mortar-and-brick prisons in which criminals are housed, such as the serial killer who kidnapped and tortured Ellery Hathaway. And there are mental prisons where survivors of violent crimes, such as Ellery, are relegated against their will because of memories or fear that their attacker is free or will be released. Real and emotional prisons flow through “No Mercy.” Ellery at age 14 was kidnapped and tortured by serial killer Francis Coben, now in prison. She was the only victim to survive Coben because she was rescued by FBI profiler Reed Markham. Emotionally, Ellery is still locked in that closet, fearful, as if those 15 years have never passed. Ellery changed her name, reinvented herself and established a solid career as a police officer in Woodbury, Massachusetts. But the past always lurks behind her, and
she is now on involuntary leave after shooting a murderer. Her story continues to be fodder for movies, TV shows, articles and mail from those who revere her for surviving another predator and those who criticize her for surviving. Temporarily living in Boston, she sees a court-appointed psychiatrist who has her attending group therapy with other victims of violent crimes in the hope of getting her job back. Trying to keep her problems from the group, Ellery becomes intrigued with the stories of two members. Wendy Mendoza wants Ellery to try to find who raped her eight months ago, especially since the police investigation has stalled. As she looks into the attack on Wendy, Ellery becomes interested in the background of Myra Gallagher whose 4-year-old son died in an arson fire more than 20 years before, leaving her badly burned. Ellery asks Reed for help because she cannot officially investigate either case. Their shared history bound them together but
“No Mercy” finds Ellery and Reed drawing closer together. Schaffhausen takes advantage of her second novel to delve deeper into Ellery, realistically showing how her past continues to control her life. She will forever be known as “the girl who got away.” She has no real friends and doesn’t date so she will never have to explain her past. Her closest companion is Bump, her loving basset hound. Ellery wants justice for herself and other crime victims, yet is fully aware that she and others in her situation will never be the same. “No Mercy” illustrates an increased skill at storytelling that Schaffhausen showed in her excellent 2017 debut, “The Vanishing Season,” the 2016 winner of the First Crime Novel Competition by Minotaur Books and the Mystery Writers of America’s First Crime Novel Award. A long-running series with Ellery will be most welcomed. OLINE H COGDILL Associated Press
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gardening
Sweet
strawberries Although they have not traditionally been cultivated in Bahamas, new variations are making it possible for this delicious fruit to be grown locally, says Jack Hardy
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trawberries grow during the height of summer in temperate climates, but adaptations have made it so certain strawberries can thrive and produce fruit during subtropical winter and spring. Florida produces just about all the strawberries sold in the US during this period, yet many gardeners in the Bahamas pass on growing these delicious fruits, mainly because they have not been part of our cultivation heritage. The type of strawberry that produces well in the Bahamas is everbearing, or perpetual, a tough full-rooted perennial that comfortably survives our summer heat. There is no excuse these days to omit strawberries from our list of garden favourites. The initial source will be, of course, our local nursery that imports strawberry plants from Florida. It is hard to buy just one or two plants; perhaps six
or ten would be better. Your purchase will be an investment because if you do things right you will have dozens of free plants next year and will not need to return to the nursery. The first – and most important – rule to follow is: Do not plant strawberries in your garden. Your strawberries come in pots and in pots they must stay. Strawberries appreciate soils with a pH between 5.5 and 7. Our local soil is heavily alkaline. Transfer your strawberry plants to three-gallon pots containing good potting soil or potting mix with compost added. A sprinkling of time-release fertilizer such as Osmocote will provide extra sustenance during the bearing season and weekly sprays of Miracle-Gro Miracid will maintain the soil’s pH at the right value. Place your new babies in full sun and watch for flowers and fruit. Strawberries are fast producers and from flowering to ripe fruit production takes less than two weeks. The fruits should not touch the ground so you must find some way to cushion them. In an emergency I use crumpled paper
towel under the fruit clusters. Birds also enjoy ripe strawberries and you may have to invest in netting to prevent them eating more than you do. Strawberry plants are perennials and follow a general pattern of producing fruit in winter and spring then propagate new plants by sending out stolons. Stolons are runners that grow from the parent plant and produce a string of new plants, usually between three and five. These new plants should be left on the stolon until they are 3” to 4” tall then placed individually into 3½” pots to root while still attached to the mother plant. It is best to anchor the plants in place and for this I use a type of plastic tableware that has elongated holes in the handles. When snipped in the right place with a pruner you have an ideal instrument for pinning your rootless plantlets into the mix in the small pots. Slip the open end of the plastic pin over the stolon leading to the plant. Make a small depression in the centre of the mix – a mere half inch. Place the plantlet base into the depression and pin it firmly with the plastic pin. Keep the small pots fairly damp while the plantlets develop roots. Do not fertilize at this stage. The vitality of the stolon-produced plantlets tends to decrease along the length of the stolon and I prefer to nip
off the end of the stolon once I have three babies. A mother plant in a big pot with a string of developing plantlets in small pots makes me think of a duck with a line of ducklings. There will be a great temptation as the plantlets grow bigger to snip them away from the parent plant. This temptation should be resisted. Only cut the new plants away once the stolon – like an umbilical cord – has dried up and turned from bright green to blackish brown. At this point the pots containing the new plants should be fairly root bound and this is a good time to transfer the plants into 3-gallon pots containing a good potting mix mixed with compost. Stolons can be produced by mature strawberry plants at any time but are best nipped away during the fruiting season when the plants should be putting all their energy into plump sweet strawberries. Once the production of fruit has tailed we can allow stolons to develop and increase the number of plants we own. Towards the end of autumn we should cut away any stolons that start to develop. Fertilize the plants with Osmocote and compost tea to give strength for the blooming and fruiting stage. Strawberry plants produce in their first year and for many years after. It is a good idea to label your strawberry pots so you know the age of the plants you have. Three years of production is probably the best you can expect from your plants. If you start your strawberry collection with ten plants from the nursery you will have a couple of hundred plants in three years. A note on nomenclature: I have always thought strawberries were named after the straw used to protect plants from frost, which is then tucked underneath to keep the fruits off the ground. Another possibility is they were named strewberries after their habit of throwing out or strewing both fruits and stolons away from plants. You can see how easily strewberries and their association with straw became strawberries. • For queries and comments e-mail jacktribune242@gmail.com
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literary lives
The greatest movies of all time – Part II
Sir Christopher Ondaatje writes about the best films ever made – and compares his choices with the great movie directors and historians.
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n spite my admiration for Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese, I did not follow their learned selection and reasoning. After debating the merits of Alfred Hitchcock’s ten best movies, and Martin Scorsese’s list of his 12 best films, did not choose a single “10 Best Movies” list, but instead chose three categories of film – which made the selection process a little easier. My reasons for these selections are given below.
MY TEN BEST MOVIES
• Citizen Kane (1941) Directed by Orson Welles – his first and best film about a Hearst-like publisher’s rise to power. • The Third Man (1949) British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, set in postWorld War II in Vienna. The use of black-and-white expressionist cinematography by Robert Krasker is stunning.
The film starred Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles and Trevor Howard. Anton Karas wrote and performed the musical score - which featured only the zither. • Gone With the Wind (1939) The greatest example of story-telling on film lasting nearly four hours. The film of Margaret Mitchell’s Civil War novel starring Vivien Leigh who played Scarlett O’Hara. Meticulously produced by David O Selznick.
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• The Godfather Part 2 (1974) A sequel as good as, or better than, The Godfather Part 1, contrasting the melancholy life of the “Don” with the early days of his father. • Cinema Paradiso (1988) A filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the films at the cinema of his home village, and forms a deep friendship with the cinema’s projectionist. • Casablanca (1942) World War II classic of war-torn Morocco with elusive night-club owner Rick (Humphrey Bogart) finding old flame Ingrid Bergman and her husband – underground leader Paul Henreid. “As Time Goes By” sung by Dooley Wilson. • It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Brilliant Frank Capra directed sentimental story about a man who works all his life to make good in a small American town and thinks he has failed. Film of Philip Van Doren’s short story “The Greatest Gift”. • The Wizard of Oz (1939) American classic film of L Frank Baum’s story of a Kansas girl who goes “Over the Rainbow” to a land of colourful characters. A perfect cast for the perfect fantasy. • Lawrence of Arabia David Lean’s epic 1962 film of enigmatic adventurer T.E. Lawrence based on his book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. One of the greatest and most influential films in the history of cinema. • White Hunter Black Heart (1990) Unbelievably realistic portrayal of a crazed John Huston, directed and portrayed by Clint Eastwood, who is determined to shoot and kill an elephant in East Africa (“the only sin for which you can buy a licence and go out and commit”) before filming “The African Queen” in 1951. Based on the book of the same name by Peter Viertel.
10 BEST COMEDIES
• Some Like it Hot (1959) American hilarious black and white romantic comedy film set in 1929, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe. Based on the screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan
(clockwise) Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Leonard Maltin and Sir Christopher Ondaatje
from the French film Fanfare of Love about two musicians who dress in drag to escape from Mafia gangsters after witnessing their crime. • The Philadelphia Story (1946) American romantic comedy film - starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart. Based on the Broadway play of the same name by Philip Barry. The socialite character – performed by Hepburn in the film – was her first big hit. Hepburn acquired the film rights to the play, which she had also starred in, with the help of Howard Hughes. • The Gold Rush (1925) American comedy film written, produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin – who stars in his “Little Tramp” persona. Chaplin drew inspiration from photos of the Klondike Gold Rush. Chaplin believed tragedies and comedies were not far from each other and decided to combine these stories of
deprivation and horror in this most famous of all Chaplin films. • His Girl Friday (1940) Screwball American comedy film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant. Adapted from the play “Front Page” by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, the plot centres on a newspaper editor who is about to lose his newly engaged ace reporter to another man. Brilliant decision by Howard Hawks to cast Rosalind Russell in the role of Hildy Johnson. Grant and Russell are matched perfectly with rapid overlapping dialogue. • The Graduate (1967) Directed by Mike Nicholls, this entertaining comedy-drama film was based on the 1963 novel by Charles Webb who wrote it the year after he graduated from Williams College. Twenty-one-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) is seduced by the older Mrs. Robinson (Anne
Bancroft) and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katherine Ross). • You’ve Got Mail (1998) Romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, co-written by Nora and Delia Ephron – inspired by the play Parfumerie by Miklós László. Modified re-make of The Shop Around the Corner (1940), and The Good Old Summertime (1949). Perennial family favourite about two people in an online romance who are unaware that they are business rivals. Directed by Nora Ephron. • Charade (1963) Romantic comedy mystery film directed by Stanley Donen, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Clever screenplay, especially the repartee between Grant and Hepburn – filmed in Paris spanning three genres: suspense thriller, romance and comedy. The film is sometimes referred to as “the best Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never made”. • To Catch a Thief (1955) Romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the 1952 novel by David Dodge. The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar who helps catch an imposter preying on wealthy tourists on the French Riviera. Grace Kelly stars opposite Grant as his romantic interest in her final film with Hitchcock. • A Night at the Opera (1935) Hilarious Marx Brothers American comedy film – the first of five films the Marx Brothers made for MetroGoldwyn-Mayer. Directed by Sam Wood and adapted for film by George S Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, and Al Boasberg – it was an enormous hit at the box office. Still incredibly funny. • The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) Romantic fantasy comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, and Danny Aiello. The film is the story of a film character named Tom Baxter who leaves the fictional world of film to join the real world. Cecilia (Mia Farrow) – a clumsy waitress escapes her bleak and loveless marriage when she falls in love with an archaeologist – the screen character played by Jeff Daniels. Inventive, funny and magical. Probably Allen’s best film. Continues on page 22
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Continued from page 21
10 BEST MUSICALS
• Gigi (1958) Gigi (French pronunciation “Zizi”) is an American musical-romance directed by Vincente Minelli of a sparkling screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner based on the 1944 novella of the same name by Colette. Fabulous songs and lyrics by Lerner with music by Frederick Loewe, arranged and conducted by André Previn. Starring Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan. • Chicago (2002) Musical crime comedydrama exploring themes of celebrity, scandal and corruption in Chicago during the 1920s jazz age. Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones play two murderesses who find themselves in jail awaiting trial. They fight for the fame that might keep them from the gallows. Wonderful entertainment and hugely successful at the box office. • High Society (1956) Prodigiously entertaining musical comedy directed by Charles Walters and starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The film is a musical remake of the 1940 movie The Philadelphia Story starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart. Grace Kelly’s last film before she became Princess Grace of Monaco. • Easter Parade (1948) American musical film starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire and Peter Lawford, featuring music by Irving Berlin. Great chemistry between Garland and Astaire creating the most financially successful picture for both of them. It was the highest grossing picture of the year. • Singin’ in the Rain (1952) American musicalromantic comedy film
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
“His Girl Friday” (1940)
Chicago (2002)
choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds. Light-hearted depiction of Hollywood in the late 1920s as the studios were caught up in the transition from silent movies to “talkies”. Frequently regarded as the best film musical ever made. • An American in Paris (1951) Inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition An American in Paris by George Gershwin – the American musical film starred Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant and Nina Foch. Set in Paris, with a script by Aan Jay Lerner, the film was directed by Vincente Minelli. Splendid ballet sequence featuring Kelly and Canon to Gershwin’s 17 minute orchestral score – the final climax of the film. • That’s Entertainment! Part 1 (1974) A magnificent documentary, and of a time that began in 1929 and seemed to end only yesterday. It is also an eulogy for an art form that will never be again. There will never be musicals like this again, because there won’t be the budgets, there won’t be so many stars in the same place all at once, and there won’t be the joyous sense of abandon. The various segments of the film are introduced by MGM stars of the past: Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby (even though he was a Paramount star), and Liza Minelli representing the younger generation. They all shared a feeling of nostalgia for MGM – the protective organisation ruled by Louis B. Mayer. There are glorious, unforgettable moments from the great musicals, and it opens with a montage surveying three decades of film progress and returns to the most unforgettable number in the film Singin’ in the Rain: Gene Kelly dancing in puddles while singing the title song;
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The Godfather Part II (1974) and Donald O’Connor in his hilarious “Make ‘em Laugh”. There are other unforgettable moments: the closing ballet from An American in Paris; Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in Rose Marie; Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing together; William Warfied singing “Ol’ Man River” in Showboat; Judy Garland singing “You Made Me Love You” to a black and white photo of Clark Gable; and the acrobatic woodchoppers’ scene from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The film is a celebration of a time and place in American movie history when everything came together to make a new art form. • That’s Entertainment! Part II (1976)
That’s Entertainment (1974) The sequel to the fabulously successful That’s Entertainment! Part 1 and another retrospective of famous films released by MGM from the 1930s to the 1950s. For this second nostalgic documentary, archivists featured more obscure musical numbers from MGM’s vaults, and also featured some of the studio’s best known comedy teams such as the Marx Brothers, and Laurel and Hardy; also romantic teams like Spencer Tracey and Katherine Hepburn, and a montage of iconic stars such as Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, James Stewart, Lana Turner and Greta Garbo. Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire hosted the film and danced
together for the first time since the 1946 film Ziegfeld Follies. • That’s Entertainment! Part III (1994) The American documentary film released by MetroGoldwyn-Mayer celebrating the studio’s 70th anniversary – and the third in a series of retrospectives after That’s Entertainment! Part I (1974), and That’s Entertainment! Part II (1976). In this third documentary the producers featured film footage cut from famous MGM musicals and shown for the very first time. Incredible and sometimes unbelievable viewing: Eleanor Powell’s alternate tap dance routine for “Fascinating Rhythm” from Lady Be Good; Lena Horne’s “Ain’t it the Truth” cut from Cabin in the Sky; Judy Garland’s
“Mr. Monotony” cut from Easter Parade because the half-tuxedo outfit she wore was deemed too risqué; also Garland’s two numbers from Annie Get Your Gun before she was fired and replaced by Betty Hutton; Debbie Reynolds’s “You Are My Lucky Star” cut from Singin’ in the Rain; Ava Gardner’s unused vocal performance of “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man of Mine” before she was dubbed by vocalist Annette Warren; the unused performance of “Two Faced Woman” lipsynched by Cyd Charisse from The Bad Wagon¬ – presented side-by-side with the performance from the film Torch Song using the same vocal track but now lip-synched by Joan Crawford in Blackface; an alternate version of “A Lady Loves” performed by
Debbie Reynolds in I Love Melvin intercut with the version used in the film. Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney and Esther Williams hosted this third instalment. Intriguing entertainment. ******* So there you have it. Alfred Hitchcock’s ten best movies, Martin Scorsese’s 12 best movies; Leonard Maltin’s 100 must-see films of the 20th century and my 10 best movies, 10 best comedies, and 10 best musicals. What a lot of research and what a lot of argument to make these decisions. Aren’t we lucky for the invention and what they still refer to as the illusion of motion pictures – which is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first of these causes the brain to retain images cast upon the retina of the eye for a fraction of a second beyond their disappearance from the field of sight, while the latter creates apparent movement between images when they succeed one another rapidly. Together these phenomena permit the succession of still frames on a motion-picture film strip to represent continuous movement when projected at the proper speed (traditionally 16 frames per second for silent films, and 24 frames per second for sound films. What would we do without this illusion and without moving pictures? NEXT WEEK: The snow goose’s arrival in the Bahamas • Sir Christopher Ondaatje is the author of “The Last Colonial”. He acknowledges that he has quoted liberally from Wikipedia, and from the “History of the Motion Picture” by David A Cook and Robert Sklar from Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Restored Pompeii gladiator building open to public ROME (AP) — A 2,000-year-old building where Roman gladiators in Pompeii trained for combat has opened to the public eight years after its collapse following rainfall. The Pompeii archaeological site said the public can tour the Schola Armaturarum on Thursdays. Experts will explain their painstaking restoration of frescoes that decorated the site where gladiators trained before combat in the ancient Roman city. Its opening was hailed by Italy’s culture ministry as the “symbolic place of Pompeii’s rebirth,” following years of dismaying news that various ruins had crumbled amid modern-day neglect of the sprawling, once-flourishing city that was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD The building, which has been previously excavated some 100 years ago, had also suffered heavy damage from World War II Allied bombing. A few years later, reinforced concrete was used to build a protective cover. A park statement said prosecutors investigating the 2010 collapse didn’t pinpoint responsibility. But it said there were several “probable” interlaced factors that were aggravated by days of heavy rain. Those factors included probable malfunction of a drainage system, the weight of the postwar addition of cement and iron and “lack of a planned system of monitoring and maintenance.”
A restorer shows illustra the restoration done to the frescoes of the Schola Armaturarum of Pompeii. (Cesare Abbate/ANSA Via AP) Restoration work after the collapse did, however, bolster knowledge about the building’s use, with archaeologists saying it appears to have served as a home to an ancient military association, which sometimes hosted banquets there. Excavations carried out in part to shore up the structure revealed areas,
AN ARCHAEOLOGIST inspects the remains of a horse skeleton in the Pompeii archaeological site. (Cesare Abbate/ANSA Via AP)
Harnessed horse unearthed in ancient stable
apparently used by servants, to prepare for such banquets, as well as amphorae, or storage jugs, containing oil, fine wine and fish sauce imported from Crete, Sicily, Spain and Africa, the archaeological park said. Several other recent finds point to better days for the popular Pompeii tourist site.
ROME (AP) — Archaeologists have unearthed the petrified remains of a harnessed horse and saddle in the stable of an ancient villa in a Pompeii suburb. Pompeii archaeological park head Massimo Osanna told Italian news agency ANSA that the villa belonged to a high-ranking military officer, perhaps a general, during ancient Roman times. Osanna was quoted on Sunday as saying the remains of two or three other horses were also discovered.
Among the more recent discoveries, the remains of a harnessed horse were found in an excavated stable of what was an ancient villa on Pompeii’s outskirts. Other excavations have found well-preserved fresco decorations. Massimo Osanna, director of the Pompeii archaeological site, said the archaeological park would concentrate on scheduled maintenance in hopes of preventing similar collapses. “The time for extraordinary maintenance and restoration is over. Now the time for scheduled maintenance begins,” Osanna said. In 2013, Italy’s government approved the appointment of a special superintendent to ensure that millions of euros in government and European Union funds for maintenance and restoration of the archaeological marvel and tourist site would be properly spent. A rash of collapses of structures in ancient Pompeii had sparked concern about Pompeii’s future. Days after the gladiators’ training facilities crumbled into fragments, a stretch of garden wall ringing the ancient House of the Moralist gave way after days of torrential rain. Italy’s national budget has long skimped on funding for ordinary maintenance and protection of its vast artistic, architectural and archaeological treasures.
The villa’s terraces had views of the Bay of Naples and Capri island. The area was previously excavated, during the early 1900s, but later re-buried. The volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed flourishing Pompeii, near present-day Naples, in 79 AD. Osanna says suffocating volcanic ash or boiling vapors killed the horses. He hopes the villa eventually will be open for public visits. FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press
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Remembering Coral Island
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n the background above, the white building, located on Silver Cay, is a part of the recently-built campus of the LJM Maritime Academy, the brainchild of well-known Bahamian lawyer and entrepreneur, Lowell J Mortimer. The rusted tower, with the remains of what used to be a footbridge from/to Silver Cay, are remnants of a once-popular resort, marine park and tourist attraction called Coral Island. Developed by Coral World International Limited, an Israeli company whose first such park was in Eilat, Israel, Coral Island was the company’s second, and biggest park and opened to the public in 1987. Built on a 16-acre private island, this self-contained resort boasted 22 luxury villas, each at the edge of the sea, where guests could have an unobstructed view of the cruise ships entering and leaving Nassau Harbour. The Coral Island Marine Park, with its marine museum, underwater observatory, stingray, shark and turtle pools, touch pool and snorkel trail, included salt water tanks of varying sizes. The biggest, holding 50,000 gallons of constantly changing seawater, was the shark tank, where a favourite pastime of visitors was watching these creatures being fed. The turtle pool contained loggerhead, Hawksbill and green turtles, all three endangered species. Here, they were protected from predators, to help preserve the species. The 100-foot high tower was Coral Island’s main attraction, almost its trademark. It had a bar, gift shop and two viewing decks, with spectacular views of both land and sea. But that wasn’t all. Twenty feet below the waterline of the tower, and accessible by a winding stairway, was an air-conditioned lounge with 22 glass picture windows, offering fascinating, 360-degree views of the underwater world, with countless varieties of colourful marine life, in their natural habitat – all free to come and go at will. But these denizens of the not-too-deep were happy to hang out at Coral Island, because the resort fed them well.
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“...visitors from every hotel on New Providence and Paradise Island, as well as crowds of Bahamian residents, flocked to dine at Coral Island and watch the undersea activities.”
Once Nassau’s No 1 tourist attraction, all that remains of Coral Island today is its once iconic, now rusting 100ft tower. It became the No 1 tourist attraction in Nassau and visitors from every hotel on New Providence and Paradise Island, as well as crowds of Bahamian residents, flocked to dine at Coral Island and watch the undersea activities. My favourites were the enormous, very laid-back crawfish, who stared at me through the glass, knowing they were safe from being speared. In 1995, the park was sold to the owners of the Marriott Nassau Beach Hotel and the name was changed to Silver Cay. Then came a hurricane that wreaked very expensive havoc on the resort, so that it was never restored. But the rusting remains of the 100foot tower continue to remind us of what it was like in its heyday. • For questions and comments, e-mail islandairman@gmail.com
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Best described as a number crossword, the task in Kakuro is to fill all of the empty squares, using numbers 1 to 9, so the sum of each horizontal block equals the number to its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the number on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Kakuro increases from Monday to Sunday.
Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so the each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday
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All about the
B-Humane Awards
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t has been fascinating to be part of what is a very exciting nominations season. A couple of weeks ago the Bahamas Humane Society announced that nominations were open for the B-Humane Awards. For those of you who do not know, the B-Humane Awards are given out yearly to persons who have gone above and beyond the expected to help animals in this nation. We have four constant categories and have, this year, added a new category that will be in effect when applicable. We started the B-Humane Awards the year I became president of the Bahamas Humane Society in 2008, and I felt that people who care for, love and nurture animals receive absolutely no recognition whatsoever in the Bahamas, In fact, it is frequently used as a vehicle for ridicule and criticism. Moreover, quite often, I receive menacing and aggressive messages when it is reported on social media that I or somebody else has done something kind or generous for the animal population. We are instantly accused of not caring about humans, or that we like animals better than humans, or any other ridiculous accusation in a very derisive tone. I decided that, clearly, there was a niche for an award for these remarkable souls who dedicate their time, money, love and nerves to the care of the forgotten and forlorn. Now I will hasten to say that every “animal person” I know, every rescuer, ever supporter, is also a person who cares deeply for others. It goes hand in glove actually, if you think about it. If you can’t love a helpless animal, how will you ever learn to love and have compassion for your fellow man? The first few years we just gave two awards a year to deserving people, then we decided that of the two we would make one a Nassau person and one an Out Island person. A couple of years ago we then decided that there was a need for a corporate award and an international one; the international award is for someone who does not live in the Bahamas but does a lot to assist the Bahamian animals. This year we
have voted to add a fifth category, only when applicable, and that is a junior award for those under 18 who go and have gone the extra mile. We put out as much as we can on social media, and we invite nominations for the different categories. Usually the response in good, but not as enthusiastic as I would have liked. However, this year it has exceeded all expectations with a very strong response and multiple nominations for very worthy people in all categories. People were invited to nominate and accompany their nomination with a brief but general description of what the nominee has done in order to warrant nomination. The nominations close this Sunday, January 20, so you still have time to nominate someone by writing to the Bahamas Humane Society. The previous winners are below. It is an awesome line-up, a prestigious group, so little wonder people feel strongly about the recognition. • 2008 (first year) – Betty Kenning (posthumously) and Pink Potcake (Maggie Crouch and Julian Jacuz) • 2009 – Jane Mather and Fiona Moodie • 2010 – Linda Sawall and Brenda Franke • 2011 – Selena Smith and Suzanne Black • 2013 – Elsa Behrens • 2013 – Debbie Krukowski and Tip Burrows • 2014 – Claire Cash and Phyllis Kemp • 2016 – Angela Pattusch-Dovel, Amanda Lightbourn, Lindsay Panning and Bahamas Wholesale Industries
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• 2017 – Shelley Hardman, Sally Gamble, Jim Crosby and Super Value. One thing to remember is that serving members of the BHS board are not eligible for nomination. It would be too self-serving and self-adulation is not attractive in anybody. Awards are wonderful, and it is correct to recognise people for their good works, but that is not why people do what they do. You do it because you want to and it is the right thing to do; no amount of recognition can take the place of knowing that you have saved a creature for suffering, abuse, starvation and fear. The knowledge that you have alleviated suffering and restored
a normal life for a living being is certainly reward enough. Winners will be announced next week and the awards will be presented at a wonderful, fun-filled evening at the BNT Retreat on Village Road on February 2. There will be prizes, adult hoopla (prizes like tequila, Starbucks, and other fun stuff), a cash bar, The Petit Gourmet food truck with delicious food, DJ Slic Vic of Waterloo fame, and the wonderful, mesmerising Stazzie, singing her smooth signature Jazz and R&B tunes. Tickets are available at the BHS and at Fox Hill Nursery, at $40 per person, and the event starts at 7pm.
PET OF THE WEEK Terrific Troy By THE BAHAMAS HUMANE SOCIETY
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itten season approaches, and Troy here is sure you’ll want to adopt him ahead of the rush. Troy is about four months old, very playful, and doesn’t mind posing for a dramatic shot. Troy is quite sociable with the other kittens at the Bahamas Humane Society and wants his adopters to know that, really, two kittens are better than one. That way they’ll always have someone else to play with. Come in and check out the combinations possible! Adoption hours are 11am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, and 10am to 4pm on Saturday, or you can call 323-5138 for more information. Troy looks forward to meeting you!
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