VG Easter Festival scaled back further for 2019
While the Committee, led my Ms Lyra George, has not come out with the full list of activities, Virgin Islands News Online can confirm there will be no Queen, Prince and Princess and Calypso shows this year—three of the biggest activities that marks the success of the Easter celebrations.
Last year (2018) saw a significantly scaled back celebration, a direct consequence of the 2017 hurricanes.
Activities
This publication has since learnt that for 2019, the Committee is still looking to stage the two-day Wahoo Fishing Tournament, beginning on April 20, 2019, along with the hat show and parade on the April 20, 2019, J’ouvert and the parade.
“We trying our best to have a really massive parade despite the fact that we don’t even know yet what our budget will be like,” one committee member told this publication.
It was further noted, “…we (committee) were planning to have a major come-back this year after we had such a scale down last year but it’s so many odds against us.”
Major Setback
It was explained, “…we don’t have the kind of facilities do certain shows, we advertised for the Prince and Princess and we couldn’t get enough participants because many persons saying the time too short.”
It was noted too that, “we had Elections; that was a major setback and now with a new government and now Festival and Fairs Committee still not yet official, we are really on a back burner this year.”
According the member who spoke with Virgin Islands News Online on the condition of anonymity, “we here at VG knows how to be thankful and we are not crying out, we will make the activities that we are putting out worth every dollar, so we want everyone to come out and support.”
Asked about this year’s Honouree and International Artistes slated to perform, the official said, “we have a temporary line-up but you know we cannot put out people’s names out there without signed contract and we are awaiting government’s commitment to do that but trust me, we will have some good artists, at least two international and we will maximize our locals who can do just as good as foreigners.”
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