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USVI: 71st Annual J’Ouvert draws throngs to Frederiksted in Cultural Extravaganza
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The streets of Frederiksted came alive from 6:00 AM on Thursday, January 4, 2024, as thousands of revelers enjoyed J’Ouvert celebrations. The event, a staple on the Crucian Christmas Festival’s calendar, is in its 71st year, and attracts participants from the territory, region, and mainland USA.
6 shot, 2 dead in Frederiksted, USVI shootout
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FREDERIKSTED, St. Croix, USVI – A shootout on Thursday night, November 29, 2018, near the Lagoon Complex Housing Community, located in Frederiksted – close to the vegetable market near the former Fritz Lawaetz Legislative Building – left two men dead and four others injured.
LGBT ‘pride parade’ scheduled for Saturday June 9, 2018 on St. Croix
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI— A furor raged on Virgin Islands social media circles on Tuesday, June 6, 2018, more specifically St. Croix, after it became widely known that a parade to celebrate Virgin Islanders in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community will be held on Saturday June 9, 2018, from the Frederiksted Pier to Dorsch Beach, where the first St. Croix “Rainbow Games” will also be held, according to the event’s organizers.
Festival Parade Rocks St. Croix as Community Flocks to Frederiksted
By the St Croix Source
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI – The 60th Annual Crucian Christmas Festival reached it climax Saturday as the adult parade slowly wound its way through the streets of Frederiksted. You could almost feel St. Croix list in the water as the whole population of the island flocked to the west end.
Adult parade brings colourful cheer through Frederiksted
Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI - For hours upon hours, hundreds of dancers scantily clad in colorful sequined costumes, moved and grooved their way into Frederiksted Saturday, January 7 for the 2011-2012 Crucian Christmas Festival Adult Parade, according to St. Croix Source.