Caribben show
of Caribbean life.
A mixture of Caribbean songs, dance and poetry will be performed at City Hall on Saturday, May 21.
A spokesperson for the Association said the show, entitled "Celebration'', was billed as a "celebration of aspects of Caribbean life, culture and heritage, in a traditional style''.
The show will also feature the West Indian Association folk singers.
Tickets can be purchased at the City Hall box office for $20 from Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tickets for senior citizens will be sold for $15.
Part proceeds from the production will be given to charity.
RESCUED FROM TREE FIR A distraught youngster was rescued from a tree in Somerset on Monday after his foot got wedged between two branches.
The child had been stuck in the tree for about ten minutes when firemen came to his rescue at about 6.30 p.m., armed with spreader pliers.
He had been playing in the tree, on a roadside in the Store Lane neighbourhood, a Fire Service spokesman said.
Though upset, he was not injured during the ordeal.
CAUGHT SPEEDING CTS A Warwick teenager who admitted speeding at 61 kph was fined $250 in Magistrates' Court this week.
Jairzinho Cooper, 19, of Khyber Heights Lane, was caught by Police on Trimingham Road on January 24.
STORE RAIDED CRM Thieves removed clothing and a small quantity of cash after they smashed the front window of Rain or Shine Fashions on Serpentine Road over the weekend.
Police are investigating.
CLEAN-UP SEMINARS CON Bermuda's Marine Pollution Contingency Committee will be holding two seminars this week to teach local agencies how to help in the clean-up of oil spills.
Representatives from several Government departments, primarily Marine and Ports, and Agriculture, Fisheries, and Parks, will be joined by staff from the Bermuda Biological Station, Shell, Esso and the Police to take part in a series of lectures and hands-on exercises.
The seminars will take place today at the Arrowroot Factory in the Botanical Gardens and tomorrow in St. George's Harbour.
FLOWER SHOW CLB The Garden Club of Bermuda and the International Design Symposium are planning Bermuda's third international flower show in November.
The show will be held at City Hall from November 4-6.
The Garden Club is hopeful that several arrangers and judges will fly in from overseas. The International Design Symposium will offer a series of lectures and courses by experts.
BON VIVANTS MEET CLB The Bon Vivants Club, whose mission is to encourage women to enter the tourism field, recently held a dinner meeting at which its executive board was returned.
Its officers include president Mrs. Marguerite Pound, vice-president Mrs. Enid Simmons, treasurer Mrs. Melba Lightbourn, secretary Miss Milicent Zuill, entertainment Mrs. Charlotte Brangman and membership Mrs. Claudette Tucker.
Mrs. Pound said the club this year would be offering a scholarship for studies at Bermuda College or for a student who is currently studying overseas.
At its recent dinner meeting at Primavera Restaurant, the club was addressed by Mr. Geoffrey Cox, a mining engineer from the United Kingdom.
The Bon Vivants club, which has about 35 members, was founded in 1972.
SCHOOL FESTIVAL ED Students of West Pembroke School will celebrate Heritage month with a performing arts festival.
The performance, called "Looking Through the Years'', will involve all the students at the primary school and will take place on the school's field on May 19 at 5.30 p.m.