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The fourth annual WestIndies Regatta takesplace in Saint Barth, May4-7, with a line-up ofcharming traditionalwooden sailboats and afabulous classicschooner, Scaramouche,all of which represent thegolden age of sailing inthe Caribbean. Consid-ered more of a woodenboat festival than a truecompetitive regatta, thegoal of the event is topromote and encouragetraditional boat buildingin the Caribbean islands,

and ensure that theseskills are not lost.

Organized by AlexisAndrews, a nautical pho-tographer based inAntigua, and a huge pro-ponent of safeguardingthese classic sailboats,the fourth edition of theWest Indies Regatta fea-tures sloops andschooners fro Antigua,Carriacou, Nevis,Bequia, Union, Island,St. Lucia, Grenada, andAnguilla. Film screen-ings, including the trailer

for Vanishing Sails, afilm about these boats,and live music will ani-mate the event. All localsailors are invited to sailduring the event, and theschooner Scaramoucheis open to the public fora welcome party on theevening of May 4. TheUnesco Club of SaintBarth and the Port ofGustavia also supportthe event.

In addition, an islandmarketplace on the dockthrough Monday, May 7

features produce, art, andcultural products fromdifferent islands in theCaribbean. Grenadachocolate, organic cocoaballs, organic mangochutney, jelly coconuts,pineapples and hot saucefrom Antigua, salt andrum from Anguilla,spices and crafts fromGrenada, CarriacouSloops books, and Regat-ta t-shirts will be for sale.

For additionalinformation:westindiesregatta.com

©Alexis Andrews

� Friday, May 4Arrival of Vessels.Registration. 6pm: Welcome Partyonboard schoonerScaramouche.� Saturday, May 510am Race 1. 2pm Boats return todock, Island Market. 7pm Gli Gli film, &Vanishing Sails traileron the Quai

� Sunday, May 610am : Race 2. 12pm : Picnic Raft upat Colombier. 3pm : Race 3. 4pm : Island Market. 6pm : Prize Givingfollowed by LiveMusic with RockingMangoes� Monday, May 79am Island Marketon the dock

2012 West Indies Regatta May 4-7

SCHEDULE:

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To fill its hotelsand villas,S a i n t

Barthélemy must pro-mote itself worldwide.Which explains why theisland’s tourism profes-sionals are focusing onLatin and South Ameri-

ca. For the past severalyears, this has been con-sidered the most impor-tant market to target, inaddition to the UnitedStates and Europe. Forupscale tourists fromBrazil, Argentina, orChili, for example,Saint Barth is muchcloser than MauritiusIsland or the Seychelles.And the austral wintermakes Saint Barthélemy

attractive while NewYorkers and Parisiansare enjoying their sum-mer months. This makesthe island a perfectyear-round destinationfor visitors from Latinand South America. Tohelp develop that mar-ket, a delegation fromSaint Barth attended thelarge, global Travel

Week in Sao Paulo, onApril 10-13 with repre-sentatives from the Ter-ritorial Tourist Commit-tee (CTTSB) as well asEden Rock, Toiny, Islede France, Guanahani,Sereno, and Christopherhotels, and St BarthProperties. They metwith numerous travelagents and tour opera-tors, who can, in turn,promote the island to

their clients. Theisland’s presence atTravel Week was veryuseful, judges AnneDentel, vice president ofthe tourism committee:“We know that it willbe fruitful,” sheobserves. “The firsttime I attended thisevent, no one knewwhere Saint Barthélemy

was and they had noidea how to get here.Today, not only doeseverybody know aboutus, but everybody wantsto promote us as well.”Dentel also points outthat access to the Brazil-ian market was facilitat-ed by direct flights onCopa Airlines fromSaint Martin to Panama,a hub which serves allof South America. After

the event in Brazil,Dentel visited Argenti-na, during two “sellschools” organized inBuenos Aires under theaegis of Atout France.In tourism jargon, these“sell schools” teachtravel agents everythingthey need to know abouta destination: its hotels,restaurants, activities,

etc. Then the higher-endagencies can sell thedestination of SaintBarth to their clients:“Argentineans, likeChileans, are particular-ly interested in the low-er prices during thesummer season,” con-firms Dentel.

Saint Barth Woos Latin and South America

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Elected two years ago,the lovely Miss SaintBarth, Tifany Lédée,maintains her title for afew more months. OnSaturday, August 11, thesecond edition of thecompetition created bythe Miss Saint BarthAssociation will takeplace with special guestsChristelle Roca, whowas elected nationalMiss Prestige 2012, andChristiane Lillio, MissFrance 1968 and presi-dent of the national MissPrestige committee,which is run byGeneviève De Fontanay.In December 2013, thenew Miss Saint Barthwill participate innational competition forMiss Prestige 2014.Since April 18, candi-dates who hope to fol-low in Lédée’s footstepshave been able to enroll

in the Miss Saint Barth2012/2013 competitionby completing the regis-tration form, which canbe picked up at thetourist office in Gustaviathrough July 10, asStéphane Lanson, presi-dent of the Miss SaintBarth Association,intends to limit the num-ber of candidates. All ofthe Miss Saint Barthcandidates must respectthe criteria set by thenational Miss Prestigecommittee, which meansthey must be bornbetween November 1,1989 and November 1,1995, be at least 5’5”tall, not have any chil-dren, not be married ordivorced, and not haveany tattoos or piercings(or be able to coverthem). Miss Saint-Barth2012/2013 will replaceTifany Lédée, a finalistcrowned sixth runner upin the national Miss

Prestige event lastDecember. “It has beena wonderful experi-ence,” confirms Lédée,with a smile. “The effortis worth it and we havebeen having a greattime,” she adds. Anotherplus for Lédée, whowants to become anesthetician, is that shehas started to create asolid list of contactsthanks to the many peo-ple she has met since thecompetition. And if acareer as a model isanother possibility, it is

thanks to the advice ofStéphane Lanson whoonce ran a modelingagency in Paris, and is agood judge of talent:“Because Tifany studieddance, she is very grace-ful on stage. And she isvery photogenic. She hasa lot going for her.” ForMiss Saint-Barth2011/2012, the adven-ture is far from over.

Miss Saint Barth 2012-2013:

Who Will SucceedTifany Lédée?

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On Thursday, April 12,Melanie Smith becamethe new president of theSaint Barth Internation-al Property OwnersAssociation when thenew board wasannounced during ameeting at Le Massairestaurant in Lorient.Outgoing president,Larry O’Donnellannounced that the newboard also includes vicepresidents Paul Gille-spie and Bill Cowie,treasurer Libby Troyer,and secretary SuzanneJackson. Two newboard members, Maria

Mercaldi (of Bostonand St. Jean) and DavidSwann (of Atlanta andLurin), who has comingto St. Barth since 1971.Deborah Brosnan,Mimi Head, LarryO’Donnell, and Scud-der Smith round out theboard.

The April meeting wasthe final one for 2012.The guest speaker wasSophie Olivaud, direc-tor of the island’s tech-nical services depart-ment, which coverseverything from roadsto water treatment. She

addressed many of thecurrent issues facing theisland, and admittedthat the solutions arenot always simple,especially in con-fronting increased pop-ulation growth and thepressure that puts onthe island's resources.The association’s meet-ings in 2013 season willbe held on January 17,February 21, March 21,and April 4. All interna-tional residents andlong-term renters arewelcome to becomemembers.

INTERNET: AN ADDITIONALFIBER-OPTIC CABLEBETWEEN GUSTAVIAAND LORIENT

The Collectivity hopes toinstall its own fiber-opticcable between the sub-scriber connection nodes(SCN) that run from Gus-tavia to Lorient, in addi-tion to the cable alreadyinstalled by the telecom-munications company,Orange. The Collectivity'sgoal is to rent its owncable to other Internetproviders on the island,such as Dauphin Telecomand Mediaserv. This proj-ect, once completed,would allow the wind-ward side of the island,which depends on theSCN in Lorient, to havebetter Internet service viathe steady, high-speedconnection assured byfiber-optic technology.Cable troughs havealready been installedbetween Gustavia andLorient to house the fiber-optic cable, but the Col-lectivity has yet to issuethe RFP for bids on thecompletion of the project.

Melanie Smith New President Of SBIPOA

A coloring book result-ing from a design com-petition organized bythe association, SaintBarth Environment andDurable Development,is for sale for 5 Euros.Sold with a packet ofcolorful mini crayons,the album comprises 20

designs selected fromover 100 submitted forthe competition on thetheme of “SaintBarthélemy Biodiversi-ty and Patrimony.”These include designsby kids at the kinder-garten and elementaryschools in Lorient andGustavia, as well as by

adults, including artistsAntoine Heckly andRose Marie Bénédet,plus Alexandra Här-mälä, who did five ofthe drawings.For the association, thisalbum is an opportuni-ty to “provide infor-mation to young stu-dents, with a ricocheteffect to their parentsabout the diversity ofthe island’s environ-ment and the necessityto protect it.” At leastthat is the ultimate goalfor this environmentalprotection organizationthat continually workson such awareness-rais-ing projects.

The 1,000 copies ofthe coloring book wereprinted on paper fromsustainable forests, andcan be purchased at LaCase aux Livres book-store, the RéserveNaturelle office, thetourist office, EspaceChamade, and at certainhotels.

Saint Barth Environment Coloring Book For SaleSt Barth Weekly n°250 7

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Live Music� Every Day • Lunch with resident DJMaxx-C, Nikki Beach• 'Beach Lunch', ResidenceDJ or Live Music, La PlageRestaurant ◗ Through May 12Darian Cunning Quartet,Indie, soul, Alternative from9pm to midnight,Bet’A Z’ailes, Gustavia� Thursday, May 3- Happy Tasting: Wine tastings and discoveryto pique your curiosity. 25€,Le Bistroy, Saint Jean- Live concert with Nungan& Papaguyo, 8pm@ Strand,Gustavia - Diner Cabaret with showgirls at Ti St-Barth- Soley, sunset music, La Banane 7 to 9pm, Lorient� Friday, May 4- Dinner Live music : JazzyLatin, Soul Music byGemma & Joe from 7:30

Taino Rest, ChristopherHotel, Pointe Milou- Dinner & Music, **NewYork DJ David Cardenas**& Yo-One Sutter and muchmore, La Plage Restaurant- Great flavors and am-biance from Spain: Startingat 6pm, Le Bistroy, St Jean- Sweet 'n' Soulful SunsetSerenade with ChristineGordon @ Carl Gustaf,from 5:00 to 8pm- Sunset & dinner music,with Soley @ Do Brazil- Casablanca Night at Ti St Barth, Pointe Milou� Saturday, May 5- Dinner & Music mixed by** DJ David Cardenas**from New York, La PlageRestaurant- Save The French Beret:Party ambiance at Le Bistroy, Saint Jean- Lunch with Robb, 1:00pm,Christopher Hotel- Soley, the best of flamencoto acoustic@ 6pm, Bar de L’Oubli, Gustavia- Crazy Week End at Ti St Barth, Pointe Milou- Beach Lunch with DJ Yo-One Sutter, La Plage � Sunday, May 6- Live Music: 6:30-9:30pmLe Bistroy, Saint Jean- Brunch with Robb 11am,@ Toiny Hotel- Nungan & Papaguyo,8pm, at Isola, Gustavia- Live concert with Soley &Papaguyo, 8pm, Bonito- Lunch Beach Party mixedby DJ Yo-One Sutter, LaPlage Restaurant, St Jean� Monday, May 7- Quiz Night: A fun eveningto test your knowledge ofwine, Le Bistroy, Saint Jean.� Tuesday, May 8- Live concert with Nungan& Papaguyo, 8pm, Bonito - Soley, sunset & dinnermusic, Do Brazil, Gustavia- Sweet 'n' Soulful Sunset

Serenade from 5:30 to 8pm@ Hotel Carl Gustaf - Diner Cabaret with showgirls at Ti St Barth- Live Music with SunnySide Island, Acoustic Duo,8pm, Ti Zouk K’fé� Wednesday, May 9-A Woman’s Guide to Wine:Le Bistroy, Saint Jean- Live Music with DanaJared at Christopher Hotel - Diner Cabaret with showgirls at Ti St Barth- Live concert with Nungan& Papaguyo, 8pm, LaRoute des Boucaniers- Gemma Genazzano &Joey Scott, Sensual jazzyLatin soul music, Do Brazil- Soley, sunset & dinnermusic, Ti Zouk K’fé- Sweet 'n' Soulful SunsetSerenade from 5:30 to 8pm@ Hotel Carl Gustaf

Let’s Party � Monday, May 7- Disco @ Yacht Club, � Wednesday, May 29- «Laisse parlez les gens», atYacht Club

Art Exhibitions� Through May 31,- Marco Glaviano,«Nude», Space Sbh, Gustavia � Through May 5- Gery Langlais at Les Artisans Gustavia- New sculpture by DaveStevenson at Les Artisans- Alain le Chatelier, Les Artisans, Gustavia- Works by Cyrille Margarit,Nikki Beach, St Jean

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Where to go dancing? See an art exhibit? Listen to live music? Time Out keeps you up to date on local happenings. Let’s party !

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Photos : Rosemond Gréaux

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This charming two bed-room villa located highin Vitet, with a commu-nity pool, offers a beau-tiful ocean view. It cangenerate good yearlyrevenue. Contact St. Barth PropertiesSotheby’s InternationalRealty: 0590 29 75 05

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