■■■■■■■

22 SStt BBaarrtthh WWeeeekkllyy nn°°119988

Volcanic Ash:

Return ToNormal ThisWeekendAccording to the TourismCommittee (CTTSB), 55tourists were obliged toremain in Saint Barth longerthan expected due to the dis-ruption in air traffic caused bythe eruption of the Icelandicvolcano, Eyjafjallajökull.Hotels tried to help thosetourists by either offering spe-cial rates, proposing lessexpensive rooms, or absorbingthe nightly room tax, while atthe same time certain touristsscheduled to arrive on theisland for the last week ofpost-Easter vacation wereforced to cancel their trips.The CTTSB will issue a reportat the end of the week on thefinancial effect of these can-cellations. The 55 stranded tourists—anumber provided by callingvarious hotels on the island—does not take into account thenumber of residents who wereunable to take scheduled tripsto Europe. According to Fab-rice Danet, director of the air-port, the airlines serving SaintBarth saw 30 to 40% of theirpassengers cancel their depar-tures from the island duringthe days that European air-space was closed due to thecloud of volcanic ash. Notonly passengers on their wayto Juliana were affected, butalso those on charters toAntigua, where they mightcatch a flight on British Air-ways or Virgin Atlantic toLondon.While France fully opened itsairspace as of Wednesday, thedeparture of the last detainedtourists will be over theweekend.

Almost 2,000 people attended the April16 inauguration of the renovated sportsstadium, which has new synthetic turffinanced for 1.5 million euros by RomanAbramovitch. The festivities started in themorning with sporting events for schoolchildren, and finished a little before mid-night with a soccer game in which thePortuguese team (ASPSB) beat the YoungStars, 2 to 1.The official inauguration ceremony tookplace at 7pm, led by Bruno Magras: afterthe traditional ribbon cutting, the presi-dent of the Collectivity presented a com-memorative plaque in honor of RomanAbramovitch, (absent but represented byhis colleague Jim Boos), who financedthe new turf as well as a synthetic athletictrack, whichreplace the old dirtplaying field.“This is a wonder-ful moment, full ofemotion and joy,”noted Magras, atthe opening of hisspeech before hestated, “there isnothing expectedin return.” Thepresident thenaddressed the factthat there were

rumors that Roman Abramotich hadimposed certain conditions before financ-ing the renovation of the stadium. “MrAbramovitch is the owner of the ChelseaFootball Club. He loves the island andwanted to make his contribution to theinfrastructure. I give you my word that henever imposed any conditions,” Magrasassured the crowd on Friday night, as theyapplauded the name of Roman Abro-movitch, the Russian businessman whopurchased the property along the beach inGouverneur. At the end of his speech,Magras presented one of the Collectivi-ty’s medals of honor to Jim Boos, and asecond medal to Roberto Pablo Sanchez.The ceremony was followed by a fire-works display.

TThhee ffeessttiivviittiieess bbeeggaann oonn FFrriiddaayy mmoorrnniinngg wwiitthh OOllyymmppiiaa--ddeess ffoorr eelleemmeennttaarryy sscchhooooll ssttuuddeennttss ffrroomm SSaaiinntt JJoosseepphh iinn LLoorriieenntt aanndd SSaaiinnttee MMaarriieeiinn CCoolloommbbiieerr,, ffoolllloowwdd iinn tthheeaafftteerrnnoooonn bbyy ccllaasssseess ffrroomm tthheejjuunniioorr hhiigghh..

Bruno Magras, president of the Collectivity, cut the ribbon at the inauguration of thesports stadium last Friday, accompanied by Roberto Pablo Sanchez (left) who supervi-sed the project, and Jim Boos, representing Roman Abramovitch .

Large Crowd At Opening Of Stadium

Live Music◗◗ Wednesday to SundayArmando is on stage at Bar’tôfrom 7:30pm, Guanahani,Petit Cul de Sac◗◗ Every MondayDisco evening at Ti St Barth,Pointe Milou◗◗ Every TuesdayThe Real Cabaret kim & Coat Ti St Barth, Pointe Milou◗◗ Every Wednesday Theme Party at Ti St Barth◗◗ Every Friday Live jazz music during dinner. Restaurant Le Gaiac, Toiny.◗◗ Every Saturday Live music during dinner.Taîno Restaurant,

Christopher Hotel, ◗◗ Through May 8Tomas Donker Trio, from9pm to midnight, Bete AZ’Ailes, Gustavia◗◗ Thursday April 22- Angels Night at Ti StBarth, Pointe Milou◗◗ Friday April 23- Mr President live musicwith Stéphane, Christophe,with Papaguyo, St BarthPub, Lurin◗◗ Saturday April 24- Rock & Pop in Live withRed Carpet, Miguel, Vincent& Papaguyo, St Barth Pub,Lurin◗◗ Sunday, April 25-After Beach party, 4-10pmwith music mixed by twoDjs and a swimming poolwith Bubbles at St BarthsPub, Lurin- Brazil party at NikkiBeach during all the day.- 1:00pm: Follow the wavewith Sundek fashion show atLa Plage, St Jean

Night Club- Yacht Club, Gustavia- Eleven 12, Gustavia- The Strand Supper Club

Let’s Party◗ Every nightJames Kentaro, new residentDJ exclusively at Yacht Club◗ Friday April 16- BIG Events Philippe Parismixed at Le Yacht CLub◗ Every Tuesday- Girls Power at Yacht Club- Evening “We will rock you”at The Strand Supper Club◗ Every Thursday- Alert Baywatch at YachtClub, Gustavia- Ladies first at The StrandSupper Club (Casa Nikki),

Fashion Show ◗ Daily Fashion Shows- Fashion Show: every lunch& dinner, La Plage, St Jean- Fashion Show from the

Poupette boutique, from1:00pm at Tamarin, Saline.- at 9:00pm Fashion show atTi St Barth except Sunday◗ Every Tuesday6:30pm: Fashion show bythe pool, from the boutiqueat the Isle de France

Exhibitions◗ Through May 23Women Vision withCamillia Langoux, AlexPrager and Chloe Tallot

Cocktail Opening FridayApril at 6:30pmTomBeachArtStudio, TomBeach Hotel, Saint Jean.◗ Through May 31Christian Fagerlund: ‘Lightand Land’, a series of land-scapes and portraits in oil,Eden Rock Gallery, St Jean.◗◗ PPeerrmmaanneenntt eexxhhiibbiittss• Alain le Chatelier & DaveStevenson, Les Artisans,Gustavia• Works by CyrilleMargaritat Nikki Beach, St Jean

TTIIMMEE OOUUTT■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

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 !

SStt BBaarrtthh WWeeeekkllyy nn°°119988 33 Hôtel Baie des Anges • Flamands • 0590 27 63 61

Michel and his staff are happy to welcome you to their

pool-side restaurant for lunch & dinner.

Lobsters Fresh From The Tank100 g for 6,50 euros

Special EventsSeventhEdition ofthe Tour de l’îleThe seventh edition ofthe Tour de l’île, anaround-the-island racefor windsurfing, cata-marans, and laserswill be organized bythe Nautical Center ofSaint Barth and takeplace for two days,Saturday and Sunday,May 1 and 2. Inkeeping with the tradi-tion of the event,prizes will be given tothose who break thespeed records set inprevious editions.To date the record forsport catamarans is1h24mn10sec, forwindsurfing1h14mn37sec, and forthe lasers2h35mn59sec. If noone breaks theserecords, the prizes willbe up for grabs againnext year. The raceswill start and finish infront of La Plagerestaurant on thebeach in Saint Beach.

■■■■■■■

Photographs byRose Murraywill be onexhibit at LesArtisans in Gus-tavia, with anopening recep-tion on Tuesday,April 27 at5:00pm. Theexhibit accom-panies a docu-mentary “RoseMurray, Portraitof a Photograph-er,” producedand directed by Alex Bendahan (www.alexanderben-dahan.com) which will be shown as part of the SaintBarth Film Festival on the same evening at 8:00pmon the beach in Flamands, preceding the screening ofAraya, a restored version of the award-winning 1959film by Margot Benacerraf. The film on Rose Murraywas originally conceived to a accompany the Britishphotographer’s gallery exhibits both in the UnitedStates and abroad.

Special thanks to artist Andrew Radcliffe, a residentof Saint Barth, who designed the official poster forthe Saint Barth Film Festival for the second year ina row. This year’s poster design is also featured onthe 2010 festival t-shirts, which will be for sale at

AJOE (for 20 euros).

❑ Saturday, April 248pm, AJOE• Cinema St Barth(Trinidad, 2010, 15 minu-tes) by Christopher Laird. Presented by the director.• El Benny, (Cuba, 2006,126 minutes) by Jorge LuisSánchez. Presented by itsproducer, Iohamil Navarro.

❑ Sunday, April 258pm, AJOE• Les 16 de Basse-Pointe(Martinique, 2009 ,108minutes) by CamilleMauduech. Presented bythe director.

❑ Monday, April 267pm, The Capitainerie• A Tribute to Haitian FilmChronique of a CatastropheForetold by Arnold Antonin(Haïti, 2010, 20 minutes)Presented by Camille Khar-meliaud Moise• Chimen Pasyon byCamille KharmeliaudMoise (Haïti, 2009, 70 min.)Presented by the director.• Films from the CinéInstitute JacmelLe Rebond du Ballon byFréro Pierre, Haïti, 2008, 25 min, presented by the directorLa Vie Drole by ClaudelChéry aka Zaka, Haïti,2009, 17 min, presented bythe director

❑ Tuesday, April 20- 5:30pm Exhibit at LesArtisans, Gustavia: Photo-graphs by Rose Murray- 8pm The Beach in Fla-mands• Rose Murray: Portrait of aPhotographer by Alex Ben-dahan (14 minutes, USA),presented by the director

• Araya (90 minutes, Vene-zuela/France, 1959 restored,by Margot Benacerraf. Pre-sented by the director.

❑Wednesday April 28- 4pm The Capitainerie: Another Look At Haïti: films and discussion withHaitian filmmakers- 18h Lycéum Club at theCapitainerie: Roundtable:Haïti: Looking Forward- 8pm AJOE • Moloch Tropical(107 minutes, Haïti/France,2009, digital) by RaoulPeck. Presented by actressMireille Métellus.

❑ Thursday, April 298pm AJOE• Concert In The Rainforestby Christopher Laird (Trinidad, 2002, 25 min).Presented by the director.• Orpailleur (90 minutes,France, 2009) by Marc Barrat. Presented by thedirector, and producerRichard Mangien

❑ Friday, April 3020h, The Beach in Fla-mandsClosing Night• Jab by Alex de Verteuil (46 minutes, Trinidad), presented by the director• Calypso At Dirty Jim’sby Pascale Obolo (85 minu-tes, Trinidad), presented byproducer Jean-MichelGibert• Oasis Surf Generationby Gilles Ivarra (St. Barthe-lemy, 2010, 26 min.) presen-ted by the director and pro-ducer, Marty Touré ofWavecom-FWI, and surferEliott Ivarra, student atMireille Choisy Junior High

15th anniversary, St Barth Film Festival Cinéma Caraïbes

SCHEDULEAll films are in French or original language

with French subtitles.

44 SStt BBaarrtthh WWeeeekkllyy nn°°119988

FOCUS ON ROSE MURRAY

■■■■■■■

They set sail on Sunday,April 18 from the Port ofConcarneau, but sinceThursday the fleet of 25Figaro Beneteau sailboats inthe 10th edition of theTransat ag2r, has faced a

brutal slowing down in theirprogress toward St Barth,the arrival port for thistransatlantic regatta thattakes place every two years.The weather conditions areforcing the 50 sailors in this

event to carefully plan theirstrategies in order to arrivefirst in St Barth. As a result,the fleet that started out as atight group is now dispersedacross a wider area of theAtlantic. The farthest to the

west is Miguel Danet (oneof the two Saint Barthsailors in the race) and hispartner Damien Cloarec(aboard Concarneau - SaintBarth), while to the east aretwo former winners, JeanLe Cam aboard Généraliand Nicolas Troussel aboardCrédit Mutule de Bretagne,who are leading a section ofthe pack. The question is ifthe strategy of holding backnow will lead to winninglater. With diverging pointsof view, there will be a lotof suspense. Will those wholead the fleet after La Palmalead the way all the wayacross the ocean to SaintBarth? The answer will beknown in a few weekstime… Follow the race athttp://www.transat.ag2rlam-ondiale.fr/

Transat ag2r - La Mondiale: Attacking The Atlantic

66 SStt BBaarrtthh WWeeeekkllyy nn°°119988

■ At your services

GUSTAVIA - 0590 27 78 62

HAIR DRESSING

SALON

KerastaseL’Oréal

WANDA COIFFURE

Published by "Le Journal de Saint-Barth" ISSN-1766-9278Ph. : 05.90.27.65.19 Fax : 05.90.27.91.60

ss ttbbaarr tthhwweeeekk ll yy@@wwaannaaddoooo.. ff rr Director & layout : Avigaël Haddad

Chief Editor: Pierrette Guiraute, Translation : Ellen Lampert Greaux - Photos : Rosemond Gréaux

Impression : Daily Herald

■■■■■■■

The Saint Barth Interna-tional Property OwnersAssociation (SBIPOA)met at the Santa Fe restau-rant on April 8. The specialguest for the meeting wasBruno Magras, president ofthe Collectivity of SaintBarth. The first order ofbusiness was the donationof 10 Rosetta Stone com-puter programs for learn-ing English. These pro-grams were donated toMadame Lucienne Gréaux,principal of the EcoleSainte Marie in Colombier,the oldest grade school onthe island. “It is our hopethat the use of these pro-grams will help providefuture opportunities for thestudents and even improvecommunications among allof us living in Saint Barth,”said Larry O’Donnell,president of the associa-tion, who offered specialthanks to Dawn Drouant, aresident of the island and

volunteer English teacherat the school, whoresearched the RosettaStone programs. “If wedetermine that this pro-gram is successful, weintend to recommend thatthe association look intosetting up similar programsat the other schools on theisland.”Bruno Magras thenaddressed the group andspoke on such issues as theenvironment, green zones,the number of cars on theisland, dengue fever, plan-ning for new parking lotsnear the airport and acrossthe street from La Plage,and the problems of pro-viding more electricity onthe island. All of theseissues are of importance toresident of the island aswell as the internationalhome owners, who hope tomaintain an ongoing dia-logue with the president ofthe COM.

The Saint Barth InternationalProperty Owners AssociationMet Bruno Magras

SStt BBaarrtthh WWeeeekkllyy nn°°119988 77

■ Classified adsReal EstateFor Sale: This very des-irable parcel of land withunobstructed sunsetviews and permits toconstruct a luxury twobedroom villa is locatedon the hillside of Lurin.This is an opportunityfor a steady rentalincome stream as this isa much desired locationfor seasonal renters. St Barth Properties Sotheby’s InternationalRealty : 0590 29 75 05

For Sale: This charmingtwo bedroom villa withpool underwent a veryattractive renovation.Situated in the hillside ofToiny the property offers

a beautiful unobstructedview over the ocean andprivacy. St Barth Properties Sotheby’s InternationalRealty : 0590 29 75 05

For Sale: Set high on thehillside of Grand Cul deSac, this three bedroomvilla with pool offers aspectacular view of thecolorful bay below andis waiting for its newowner to take advantageof its views and privacyand renovate it into aluxurious and successfulweekly vacation rentalproperty. St Barth Properties Sotheby’s InternationalRealty : 0590 29 75 05

Shipping rescue 05 96 70 92 92 Gendarmerie 05 90 27 11 70PAF / airport & port police 05 90 29 76 76Hospital 05 90 27 60 35Fire dept. 18 / 05 90 27 66 13Doctor on duty 05 90 27 76 03Pharmacy Aéroport 05 90 27 66 61

Gustavia 05 90 27 61 82Saint Jean 05 90 29 02 12

Tourism office 05 90 27 87 27Harbour 05 90 27 66 97Boat company Voyager 05 90 87 10 68Airlines company Winair 05 90 27 61 01

St-Barth Commuter 05 90 27 54 54Air Caraïbes 05 90 27 71 90American Airlines 00 599 54 52040

Taxis Gustavia 05 90 27 66 31Saint-Jean 05 90 27 75 81

Town Hall 05 90 29 80 40EDF (electricity company office) 05 90 29 80 81Water system 05 90 27 60 33Post office Gustavia 05 90 27 62 00Marine Reserve 06 90 31 70 73Catholic church Sunday 8:30am Gustavia 05 90 27 95 38Anglican church Sunday 9am. 05 90 29 74 63Evangelical church Gustavia Sunday 9am

■ Emergency numbers

■ Useful numbers

■■■■■■■

Camille is a French artist born in New York City. She grewup between Switzerland and St Barth, and graduated fromthe London College of Communication (University of theArts London) where she graduated in Photography.

Le Timonier dela Chimere ispart of an ongo-ing project con-cerned with theblurred bound-aries betweenfiction and reali-ty, tales and col-lective memory.This particularimage drawsfrom the shipwreck of Jean Baptiste Charcot’s polar expe-dition vessel the “Pourquoi Pas?,” which sank near Reyk-javik in 1936 with only one survivor out of the forty crewmembers.The Boat, 19th century magic lantern image (painted glassplate) projected onto sulphuric gas vapours emanating fromthe earth, photographed with a 5x4 camera, hand printed,edition of 5Exhibition Through May 23 TomBeachArtStudio, St Jean.Cocktail Opening Friday April at 6:30pm

Exhibition Through May 23

CAMILLIA LANGOUX

AT TOMBEACHARTSTUDIO