March 17, 2004 – A "Dozen Days of Arts Entertainment" got under way on Wednesday on St. Croix, a cooperative venture of two not-for-profit entities, St. Croix Center Stage and the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts.
The performing and visual arts festival includes workshops for young people, a student art exhibit, a "Broadway Brunch" and two performances each of a one-man show starring Jim Jarrett about the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, and of a revue starring Tony Award-winning singer Lillias White.
Both Jarrett and White have performed previously on St. Croix in events presented by St. Croix Center Stage.
The organization, founded by Madeline McCray, brought Jarrett to St. Croix last January to perform the two-act play written by Leonard Nimoy as a fund-raiser. The one-night performance took place on the stage of the James C. Savage Theater at Good Hope School. (See "'Vincent' one-man show is Friday at Good Hope".)
White starred in an earlier musical revue on St. Croix in July 2002 in what was billed as the 2nd annual U.S. Virgin Islands Performing Arts Festival, presented by St. Croix Center Stage. (See "Arts fest to showcase Glover, White, V.I. teens".)
This year's "Dozen Days of Entertainment" got off to a start on Wednesday with musical theater and drama workshops for young people at the Avalon Villa & Retreat Center on Wednesday. The rest of the schedule looks like this:
Thursday, March 18 — 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., "Broadway Beneath the Stars" sneak preview and fund-raising reception at the Caribbean Museum Center.
Friday, March 19 — 4 to 7 p.m., musical theater and drama workshops for young people, Sidney Lee Theater at Island Center for the Performing Arts (free).
Friday, March 19 — 7:30 p.m., poetry celebrating dynamic women in history, Sidney Lee Theater (free).
Saturday, March 20 — 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., student art exhibit, Island Center; crafts and food will be sold.
Saturday, March 20 — 8 p.m., performance by Jim Jarrett of "Vincent," Island Center. (For more information, call 772-0712.)
Sunday, March 21 –10:30 a.m. to 3:30 -p.m., "Broadway Brunch," Hibiscus Beach Hotel. Call 773-4042 for more information.
Tuesday, March 23, 4 to 10 p.m. — musical theater workshop for young people, Caribbean Museum Center.
Wednesday, March 24 — 4 to 10 p.m. — musical theater and drama workshops for young people, Caribbean Museum Center.
Thursday, March 25 — 4 to 7 p.m., drama workshop for young people, Caribbean Museum Center.
Friday, March 26 — 8 p.m., "From Brooklyn to Broadway II," starring White in a cabaret show featuring jazz, rhythm 'n' blues and calypso music; Island Center.
Saturday, March 27 — "Crucian Carnivale," presented by the Women's Coalition of St. Croix as its winter fund-raiser, at Cruzana Manor. (For more information, call 773-9272.)
Sunday, March 28 — noon-2 p.m., Arts Work "We're All That Youth Rally," sponsored by the Law Enforcement Planning Commission, Island Center (free).
Sunday, March 28 — 4 p.m., "From Brooklyn to Broadway II," starring White in a cabaret show featuring jazz, rhythm 'n' blues and calypso music; Island Center.
Theater performance tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door for general admission and $7 for students (I.D. required). There's a Sunday Matinee Family Pack for $55 that admits two adults and two children under 13 years or age.
Tickets are being sold in advance at Turtles Café After Dark in Frederiksted, Applause Books in Sunny Isle, Steele's Smokes & Sweets in the Pan Am Pavilion in Christiansted, and the Schooner Bay Market Place in Gallows Bay.
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