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Friday, December 15, 2023

entertainment

A new musical celebration of Junkanoo for Christmas

Roots and Atlantis team up for stage show

By ALESHA CADET | Tribune Features Writer | acadet@tribunemedia.net

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unkanoo has always been a part of the Bahamian holiday celebrations.

And this year, Junkanoo lovers will have a new treat in addition to the traditional parades.

The Roots Junkanoo Organisation has teamed up with Atlantis Paradise Island for the “Junkanoo in Paradise: The Musical” experience.

It all goes down this Saturday, December 16, at the Atlantis theatre. The show will run for four nights a week until January 31.

Vaughn Roberts, Atlantis’ senior vice president of Government Affairs and Special Projects, said “Junkanoo in Paradise” is an original musical play based around the “voices” of the drum.

“The show has an all-Bahamian production team and cast. Fred Ferguson is the producer and Erin Knowles is the director.

It is really an adaptation of Junkanoo as we know it as a theatre production. Our hope is that viewers will leave with a basic understanding of the story of Junkanoo, as well as the experience of the rush-out,” he said.

The story starts with Tony, a newlyappointed producer of a cultural show at a local hotel who is charged with creating music without the sweetness and soul of a goatskin drum or be fired.

As he ponders this problem, the old goatskin drum takes him on a thrilling, colourful, and heartwarming journey through Bahamian history — from slavery to celebration — advocating for its voice to be heard.

“This is the first year for ‘Junkanoo in Paradise’. Atlantis has provided financial support for the Roots Junkanoo Organisation for many years. We wanted to expand our relations and create new opportunities for the group to have a business presence at the resort. Atlantis underwrote the cost of the production and any profits from the shows will be shared with Roots. We also see this as an interesting opportunity to create additional employment for Roots members and other creatives,” said Mr Roberts.

“If the show is successful, we should all take pride in it. I’m excited about the new possibilities that might come about from Roots and the entire Junkanoo community.

This is an important way to bring aspects of Bahamian culture into the resort for guests and locals to enjoy.”

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Friday, December 15, 2023

books

‘The Nassau Florist’ reflects on adventure of a lifetime in new memoir

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hat does risktaking, a mind open to opportunities, adventure and creative talent get you? It gets you a man called Jim Whitehead, owner of The Nassau Florist.

His autobiography “Reflections” is filled with fascinating stories and memories of events covering his 55 years in the Bahamas.

Even if you are not familiar with the name or the man, it is a fascinating story of a little boy from a small mining village in Scotland who was designing and decorating his room and putting on plays in the garden from the age of five or so. He left school at 15 because he already knew what he was mean to do with his life and that was be involved in design and the arts.

He started in display, or as it was referred to, “window dressing” when he was 16 in Edinburgh.

A year or so later he bravely left home alone, with this parents’ permission, to travel south to England to work. His first jobs were working in window display, by age 18 he was being headhunted by various prestigious stores and had embarked on a successful career.

Jim went to Coventry to work in the city’s largest department store and then went to Leamington Spa. When he was 21, he was the display manager in the town’s leading department store.

Not long after, the ever curious Jim saw an advertisement in a trade magazine placed there by the late Norman Solomon looking for a display designer to work in Mademoiselle in Nassau.

Needless to say, Jim got the job and the rest, as the saying goes, is history! But being a tireless creator he wasn’t satisfied with display work only; his many interests included designing floats for The Bahamas Independence parade; multiple

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The book is available at the Nassau Florist, Dowdeswell Street. 242 302 6121.

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interview

Keathon Yallery He is an international pageant winner with a passion for helping others. On the heels of winning the Mister Supranational title, this Trinidadian actuary tells Cara Hunt about his plans of coming to the Bahamas to promote mental health and self-worth among the young residents of a local children’s home.

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rinidad native Keathon Yallery has always had a passion for community service, and now the reigning Mister Supranational will be using that commitment to bring holiday cheer to residents of the Ranfurly Homes for Children here in Nassau.

Keathon, a 27-year-old actuary, took part and won the international beauty pageant for men, which was held in Malopolska, Poland, this past July.

One of 40 contestants, he earned the title after placing in the Top 20 during the seventh edition of the competition held at Strzelecki Park Amphitheatre.

He chose a platform which focuses on mental health for the duration of his reign.

During his visit to the Ranfurly Home for Children, Keathon explained, he will engage in activities aimed at promoting mental health and self-worth among the kids.

“I believe that the work being done at the Ranfurly Homes is both inspiring and impactful, and I am hopeful that my visit can contribute positively to the lives of the children in their care,” he told Tribune Weekend.

“The activities planned for the visit include interactive sessions with the children, focusing on exercises that boost self-esteem and mental well-being. I believe that the stories of resilience and hope that emerge from such visits can inspire others and raise awareness about the challenges faced by children in need.

The visit is planned for December 28 and Keathon will also bring along some holiday goodies donated by the Trinidadian people well.

“I have several friends and family members in the Bahamas who I plan to visit and I wanted to do something positive and give back during my trip,” he said when asked of how the event came about.

“I wanted the opportunity to work with the kids and inspire them to be confident and know their self-worth.”

The upcoming visit to the Ranfurly Homes is not new territory for Keathon, who has long since had a passion for giving back and has been active in community service from a very young age.

He is the founder of L’avenir de Steam, a programme which seeks to empower preschool aged children with comprehensive life skills in the STEM subjects.

The appeal of community service was what partially interested him in entering the Mister Supranational in the first place.

It was a new experience for him which yielded an awesome result when he won the title for Trinidad and Tobago for the second consecutive year.

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“I was the first male to actually (win) the title, which means that we did not have a pageant before. Instead, the winner was chosen through an assessment process which included an interview, talent portion and walk,” he explained.

For his talent, he played the classical Italian song “Con Te Partiro”, made famous by Andrea Bocelli, on his country’s national instrument, the steel pan.

“Most children are exposed to the steel pan from an early age in Trinidad, but I have been playing more advanced since I was about 11,” he said.

Keathon said he entered the pageant with an open mind as it was his first time doing something like this.

“I used the opportunity to improve myself in some areas and make connections, and I was shocked, in a good way, and happy in to have captured the title,” he said.

Keathon credited all of his role models, mentors and loved ones with his win.

The whole pageant experience, he said, was an amazing one and he would encourage other young men who may be considering entering similar competitions competitions to “just go for it.”

“The most important advice I can give is to just be yourself; you can do it. And the experience will give you opportunities to create change and follow your passions,” he said.

Keathon currently works in risk management. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in actuarial science from the University of the West Indies.

Actuarial Science is the discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to the systematic observation of natural events to assess the risk of events occurring and help formulate policies that minimize this risk and its financial impact on companies and clients.

Keathon recently received a scholarship to attend Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, to complete his Master’s degree in Actuarial Science from the International Association of Black Actuaries (IABA).

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Friday, December 15, 2023

design

Last-minute ways to spruce up your home for Christmas

By JEFFARAH GIBSON | Tribune Features Writer | jgibson@tribunemedia.net

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here’s only a little over a week to go until Christmas, so now is the time to get in some last-minute decorating of your home without breaking the bank.

All it takes is some good old-fashioned ingenuity and resourcefulness.

Local interior designer Victoria Sarne said there are no hard and fast rules when it comes to decorating one’s home for the holidays and beyond “Personally, I don’t follow trends. I like to create timelessness and a relaxing vibe that reflects my interests. I rely on understanding the space, the exposure of the rooms: north, south, east or west, as this affects the natural light and may influence the colour choices for that room; then the size and shape of the room and the size and shape of the furniture that will work within that space,” she said.

Questions to think about before starting any make-overs, Victoria said, should include: “Are you single or are you a family, have small children, teenagers, whose needs needs have to be accommodated? (Living single one has a free hand); then I confirm which is the most used space - the kitchen, the living room, a family room? But bear in mind to have a beautifully appealing home means keeping the theme consistent throughout the house.”

Victoria said her own preference for decorating her living space, whether house or apartment, follows the “less is more” approach – meaning, although she likes well-placed objects, art or plants to add character and interest, she also likes clean ,simple lines as a base.

“Having said that, the starting point in decorating is always about the person or people inhabiting that home. We are all individuals with different tastes and lifestyles, our homes should reflect that.

Whatever style fits your needs or personality, I believe that the living spaces should be a sanctuary, a place we like to come home to, that makes us smile and relax as we open the front door end enter,” she said.

“Consistency in colour and style throughout the home will not only make your house or apartment seem more spacious (particularly in an apartment), but I believe in flow; creating continuity makes the space feel more comfortable. So if you like country style, ultra modern, traditional or art deco, then use elements of that particular style in each room.”

When it comes to sprucing up your home for the holidays, Victoria suggests going in with a plan to avoid any unnecessary spending.

“Given today’s economy, we need to plan for what will give us the most bang for our buck.

First of all, one of the most effective things to do is clear the clutter. We naturally accumulate and leave things around, just clearing up will make a difference and help you decide what really needs your attention,” she said.

An easy way to decorate, she said, is with a fresh colour of paint.

“Even though paint is not inexpensive, a fresh colour can do the trick. Another way is to incorporate fresh plants, making sure you know what to buy for that particular corner; if there is not much lighting buy plants that flourish in low light, but the opposite applies if you have a bright, sunny room. You can also buy silk flowers or a tree as a feature, and whilst they are not cheap they are going to last a long time and need only minimal care. If you are placing objects or mementos, group them in threes, varying the heights and shapes.”

Changing up cushions with texture and colour, she added, can also make a big impact.

“Another important feature in creating a mood is the lighting so if pennies are scarce buy some soft, low light bulbs to put in your lamps. There are inexpensive places locally to buy floor rugs, linens and towels so you could change those up for a pop of colour,” she said.

“As it is the Christmas season, we celebrate not only religious choices, but festivity and kindness.

In some countries, holly and mistletoe are the most traditional choices. A tree, real or false, is usually an essential and this year the trend seems to be using blush pink with silver or gold ornaments; but we can also achieve a fresh traditional look by using wreaths, ribbons and fairy lights.

“Another way is to create your own table centrepiece, with shells, ribbons and lots of local greenery. Fairy lights are inexpensive and make a statement if you wrap them across a balcony, round a tree or a post. Whatever your choices, your budget, your taste, the most important element is consistency, follow your theme or colour scheme, or elements of it, in each space.”

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gardening

Beautifying for the Christmas season

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ood day, gardeners. I hope that this run-up to Christmas is allowing time for you to be in your garden. It is easy to be overwhelmed with work, with family, with preparations, and maybe with shopping for gifts for family and friends.

Don’t forget that if any of them are visiting this Christmas season your yard better look good!

With the rain that we’ve had this week (more to come?), your garden ought to be perked right up.

Typically, I don’t do much as far as maintenance goes during this time of year, as usually we do our best to have tree trimming, pruning, cleaning, and all of the rest completed by this time. At some of the homes that I manage, we’ve been busy in the last few weeks cleaning off lower branches to increase light and air flow. The addition of annuals and perennials is key right now to brighten up garden beds and darker areas or bare areas of the garden and adding mulch or river rocks to give a cleaner, more organised appearance.

It doesn’t take much, nor does it take much time to spruce up a garden a little bit. A complete overhaul isn’t particularly needed, rather, just a few highlights or a bit of general cleaning goes a long way.

Someone said to me recently, why don’t you take up underneath the trees? Well, that’s because when the debris is left to be, it provides a home for many beneficials garden insects, and it breaks down over time to add organic material to the soil.

I prefer. More natural look, where it suits. Of course, there are certain areas of a home property that are best to be clean, and if you do rake up underneath trees, be careful not to rake so much that the topsoil is detrimental through removal over time. I always suggest adding mulch to give a cleaner appearance, especially in high visibility garden beds.

I’m told that many folks spruce up the interior of their homes during this time, well, people judge their neighbours from the outside too.

Pretty it up! It brings even more cheer to the season.

How are your poinsettias doing?

As with anything living, the guideline to the most effective maintenance is a bit tricky to give, as each location varies, and plants react differently to all sorts of external effects. If the plants are wilting, it could be too much water. Do not let poinsettias sit in standing water. It could also be too little water (remember this?!).

Do not let them get bone dry. Avoid watering poinsettias from overhead.

If there are any water droplets left to sit on the leaves overnight, often, and very quickly, they can create spotty leaves.

Generally, there is no need to do much or worry much about poinsettias, they tend to be very

undemanding other than their watering needs. I find it’s best to avoid placing them in direct sunlight, but they will fare better with a bit of natural light where possible. One thing that can make a poinsettia very miserable looking is whitefly.

Most commercially grown poinsettias are treated with neonicatinoid pesticides. These are systemic pesticides that inhibit pests such as whitefly, but, conversely, commercial greenhouses can exercise cost cutting procedures and avoid that last treatment before shipping them out.

If whitefly do show up, it’s best to get rid of them tout de suite. Check with your favourite garden center for treatments. Often a spray or two of the right stuff will take care of it, but whitefly can be a pain to get rid of.

One solution is to take the plant(s) outside and give them a gentle spray with a hose on the underside of the leaves to remove whitefly. Allow them to dry before placing them back indoors.

Other than that, I do hope that your garden is growing very well, your herbs and veggies are rewarding you, and that you’re able to take time in the garden to relax and enjoy the beauty that you’ve created. Someone mentioned to me that adding an aspirin to the Christmas tree water helps in preventing leaf drop. If anyone has experience with this, please send me an email detailing your experience, I’ve not heard of it before, and it’s piqued my interest. As always, I wish you happy gardening.

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music

A musical homage to Abaco and the Bahamian-Bajan connection

By JEFFARAH GIBSON | Tribune Features Writer | jgibson@tribunemedia.net

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treaeu Emmanuel Davis, better known by his stage name of Bahamian Trae, has always used his music as a uniting force that seeks to transcend borders.

He demonstrates this in his newest collaboration with Bajan artist Father Philis, with whom he teamed up with for a new single called “Abaco”.

Bahamian Trae said he is eager for people to hear to what he describes as a party song that is a “melodic celebration of unity, cultural exchange, and the boundless creativity within our region.” ”Abaco” represents a harmonious blend of Bahamian and Bajan musical genius, he said, “showcasing the beauty of our shared cultural heritage through art. This collaboration speaks volumes about the power of music to bridge distances and connect diverse communities.”

The inspiration for the song, Bahamian Trae told Tribune Weekend, comes from the infectious party culture found throughout the region.

“One thing that is consistent about all countries of the Caribbean diapsora is that we know how to have a party, Abaco people too most specifically,” he said.

“Another thing I have to shamelessly mention is that this summer was my first time riding in a Tesla, so the Tesla line (in the song) is a direct inspiration from that.”

However, the most significant aspect of the song, he said, is the collaboration with Father Philis.

“I connected with Father Philis a few years ago to interview him for my show ‘Where Ya Head is’ and since then we kept the link. We had intentions to work since then but I always believe in divine timing and ‘Abaco’ was just that. I hit him up about a month ago asking, ‘If you have any riddims in the tuck?’ and he sent a few that he had that were produced by Trinidadian producer DJ Stunna. When I played (the track) ‘Banger Riddim’, I immediately started to hear words in my head and I got to writing, sent him a voice note of what I wrote, and he loved it,” he explained of the song’s creation.

Bahamian Trae recorded his vocals at OEU Studios with Tariq Bevans, also known as SkullyMixedIt, and then sent them over to Father Philis and Don Writa Records in Barbados, where the final mix happeend.

The two young artists found they had a lot in common, as well as some surprising connections.

“We both are young artists from the Caribbean making waves, but the Bahamian and Bajan connection goes deeper than we think. For example, visiting RM Bailey High School, I noticed that there’s a monument there that has a brief biography of RM Bailey’s life and on that I learned that Mr Bailey was actually born in Saint John, Barbados, moved to the Bahamas as a tailor, then

became educator and later on fought for the right for Bahamians to have a quality education,” he said.

“The song not only speaks volumes with its cultural significance, but because I personally believe that this is what our forefathers would have wanted to see.”

And it’s that Bahamian-Bajan connection that can be heard so clearly in the song that he loves most about it.

“Between the riddim and the way how the raw Bajan, Bahamian accent and dialect compliment themselves so well on the track….

Then I also think about the name. My hometown. Father Philis chose the name because of a viral social media post in a promo video that he did for a show he had coming up here where he pronounced the name wrong and the Bahamian people were correcting him on the pronunciation. I saw it as a perfect fit,” he explained.

While still young, Bahamian Trae can almost be considered a veteran in the music business.

He began his professional recording career at the age of 15 with the help of Handel “Reality” Sands and Anyueron “Charlie Brown” Russell.

He also excelled academically, graduating as a prefect and serving as the student council vice president while receiving awards in various subjects, including music.

BAHAMIAN music artist, Bahamian Trae His contributions to the music industry have garnered him recognition, and earned him nominations for prestigious awards such as the Cacique Award and the Bahamian Icon Award. Notably, he has showcased his versatile talents by delving into acting, featuring in an award-winning short film called “It Takes a Village”, written and directed by Jonico Pratt.

He has shared the stage with internationally acclaimed artists such as Shenseea, the Migos, Barrington Levy, Alkaline, and Richie Spice. He has performed at the Miss Universe Bahamas pageant and the FIBA Basketball Qualifiers Championship.

Bahamian Trae’s hits include “Back In Time,” “Muggle Like Me,” “Teef” featuring Ronnie Butler and Faddah Fred, and “More Speed” featuring Blockboy Dezzy.

“What’s next for Bahamian Trae is most definitely more music, but also more creative expression overall. Currently, you can watch the ‘Proud To Be 50’ show series ‘No Slappin’ that I co-host, found on Kalik’s Facebook page. Up next, I’ll be acting in a musical by the Roots Junkanoo The song “Abaco” is now available on all digital Organisation coming soon in Atlantis Theatre. platforms and on the official distributor’s YouTube And there’s another big surprise that I have for page at BimVibes. the Bahamian people coming in 2024,” he said.

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literary lives – Amy Winehouse (1983 - 2011)

A soulful legacy cut short Part II Sir Christopher Ondaatje continues to write about the shattered life of the English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae and jazz.

In January 2009, Winehouse announced that she was launching her own record label. The first act on her Lioness Records was Winehouse’s goddaughter Dionne Bromfield.

– Amy Winehouse

Her first album featuring classic soul records was released on October 12, 2009. Winehouse and her family were also the subject of a 2009 documentary shot by Daphne Barak titled Saving Amy. In January 2010 a television documentary My Daughter Amy was aired on Channel 4.

Despite her meteoric rise to fame, Amy Winehouse struggled with drug and alcohol abuse most of her life.

In January 2011, Winehouse played five dates in Brazil, with opening acts of Janelle Monáe and Mayer Hawthorne.

Among the awards and recognition for her debut album Frank, Winehouse earned an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters for Best Contemporary Song – “Stronger Me”, a Brit Award nomination for Best British Female Solo Artist, and an inclusion in Robert Dimery’s book, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

While performing in Florianópolis, Winehouse forgot the lyrics of her songs several times and had to be aided by the public and the band.

On June 18, 2011, Winehouse started her twelve-leg European tour in Belgrade.

Local media described her performance as a scandal and disaster; she was booed off the stage apparently being too drunk to perform.

Serbian defence minister Dragan utanovac called Winehouse’s performance “a huge shame and a disappointment”.

It was reported that she was unable to remember the city she was in, the lyrics of her songs or the members of her band.

The local press also claimed that Winehouse was forced to perform by her bodyguards, who did not allow

“I don’t regret anything,” – Amy Winehouse

“My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they are going to do for the next five or ten years.

The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.”

During the concert she only drank from a water bottle, but even so, on two occasions, she left the stage in the middle of the show for a period of about five minutes. When she returned the crowd showed strong compassion for her. They could see she was in trouble.

of the wealth of musicians under the age of thirty. The following year her fortune had curiously dropped to an estimated £5 million.

her to leave the stage. She then pulled out of her performances in Istanbul and Athens, which had been scheduled the following week.

Her second studio album Back to Black produced numerous nominations, including two Awards: Best British Album, and Best British Female Solo Artist; six Grammy Award nominations (including five wins), four Ivor Novello Awards, four MTV Europe Music Awards; three Video Music Awards; and three World Music Awards.

On June 21, 2011, it was announced that she had cancelled all shows on her tour, and would be given “as long as it takes” to sort herself out.

Winehouse’s last public appearance took place at Camden’s Roundhouse on July 20, 2011, when she made a surprise appearance on stage to support her goddaughter, Dionne Bromfield, who was singing “Mama Said” with the Wanted.

Her last recording was a duet with American singer Tony Bennett for his album, Duets II, released in September 2011.

Their single from the album, “Body and Soul”, was released on September 14, 2011 to commemorate what would have been her 28th birthday.

BLAKE Fielder-Civil and Amy Winehouse met in 2005 in a London pub, sparking a relationship that lasted on and off for six years. They got married in 2007 but divorced just two years later in 2009.

As part of a breast awareness campaign, Winehouse appeared nude in a photograph for the April 2008 issue of Easy Living magazine.

She had an estimated £10 million fortune, tying her for tenth place in the 2008 The Sunday Times listing

It was also nominated for the Mercury Album of the Year, and a MOBO Award for Best UK Female.

During her career Winehouse received twenty three awards from sixty nominations.

“We only said goodbye with words.

I died a hundred times. You go back to her and I go back to black.”

– Amy Winehouse Winehouse was born with an incredible deep contralto voice and

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was recognised as being the pre-eminent vocal talent of her generation.

Fans and critics alike embraced her rough charm, brash sense of humour, and distinctively soulful and jazzy vocals. She idolised the American blues singer Dinah Washington, which distinguished her from every pop singer of the early 2000s.

Shortly after 3pm, he checked on her again and observed her lying in the same position as before, leading to a further check, in which he concluded that she was not breathing and had no pulse. He called emergency services.

At 3.54pm, two ambulances reached Winehouse’s home in Camden, London.

Her exceptional susceptible-toheartache voice did the rest.

“When she was on, Winehouse had few peers – she wasn’t an octavejumper like other big divas of the moment, but her contralto voice had a snap to it that enriched even the simplest syllables with a spectrum of emotion.”

– Maura Johnston The Village Life Sasha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker proclaimed that “nobody can make Winehouse’s unique transitions or her utterly weird phrasings. She sounded like an original sixties soul star, developed when the landscape had no rules.”

By contrast Robert Christgau dismissed Winehouse as “a selfaggrandising self-abuser who’s taken seriously because she makes a show of soul.

On February 13, 2012, Winehouse was ranked 26th on VH1’s Greatest Women in Music List.

Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan said he enjoyed listening to Winehouse’s last record Back to Black, and called her “the last real individualist around”. In 2023 Rolling Stone ranked Winehouse at number 83 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.

“She was a 5-foot-3 almanac of visual reference … to a lineage of bad girls, extending from Cleopatra to Louise Brooks’s Lulu … to irresistible man-traps that always seemed to come to the same unfortunate end.

– Guy Trebay New York Times Winehouse’s dichotomous public image of critical and commercial success versus personal turmoil prompted significant media comment. The New Statesman called

AMY’s parents, Mitch Winehouse and Janis Winehouse, pose for a picture with a statue of their late daughter in Camden, London, on what would have been her 31st birthday. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland) Winehouse “a filthy-mouth downto-earth diva”, while Newsweek called her “a perfect storm of sex kitten, raw talent and poor impulse control”.

By 2008 her drug problems threatened her career. Nick Gatfield, the president of Island Records, toyed with the idea of releasing Winehouse “to deal with her problems. It is a reflection of her status (in the US) that when you flick through the TV coverage of the Grammy Awards, it’s her image they use.” Some officials questioned whether Winehouse should be honoured with the awards, given her personal and drug problems. Winehouse was prevented from travelling to and performing at the Grammy Awards ceremony due to failing a drug test.

Winehouse dated chef-musician Alex Clare in 2006 while on a break from her on-off boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil.

She and Clare lived together briefly, and in a pattern that FielderCivil would repeat, Clare sold his story to the News of the World under the headline “Bondage Crazed Amy Just Can’t Beehive in Bed”. FielderCivil, a former video production assistant, dropped out of Bourne Grammar School when he was sixteen, moved to London from Lincolnshire, and married Winehouse on May 18, 2007.

Fielder-Civil was quoted in a British tabloid as saying he introduced Winehouse to crack-cocaine and heroin.

While in prison (where he was being held for trying to pervert the course of justice and of grievous bodily harm with intent), he said that he and Winehouse would cut themselves to ease the pain of withdrawal.

They were divorced on August 28, 2009.

Winehouse’s battles with substance abuse were the subject of much media attention. In the years following 2005 she went through a period of drinking, heavy drug use, and weight loss.

“I thought it was over for me then,” – Amy Winehouse According to her physician Winehouse quit using illegal substances in 2008. However, alcohol emerged as a problem. She was treated with Librium for alcohol withdrawal and anxiety and underwent psychological and psychiatric evaluation in 2010, but refused psychological therapy.

Winehouse’s bodyguard said he had arrived at her residence three days before her death at 10 am BST on July 23, 2011. He observed moderate drinking over the next few days and said she had been laughing, listening to music and watching TV at 2am the day she died. At 10am he observed her lying on her bed and tried unsuccessfully to rouse her.

This did not raise much suspicion because she usually slept late after a night out.

Winehouse was pronounced dead at the scene. Her death at age 27 prompted media comparisons to other musician deaths at the same age, collectively known as the ’27 Club’.

A coroner’s inquest reached a verdict of misadventure. The report released on October 26, 2011 explained that Winehouse’s blood alcohol content was 416 mg per 100 ml (0.416 percent) at the time of her death, more than five times the legal drink-drive limit.

The unintended consequence of such potentially fatal levels was her sudden death. Forensic investigators recovered one small and two large bottles of vodka from her room.

On December 17, 2012, British authorities reopened the probe into Winehouse’s death.

On January 8, 2013, a second inquest confirmed that Winehouse died of an accidental alcohol overdose. In a June 2013 interview Alex Winehouse revealed his belief that his sister’s eating disorder, and the constant physical weakness, was the primary cause of her death.

“She suffered from bulimia very badly … you knew just by looking at her. She would have died eventually, the way she was going, but what really killed her was the bulimia … it left her weaker and more susceptible. Had she not had an eating disorder, she would have been physically stronger.”

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history

When Bert land the plane

By Arlene Nash Ferguson

“F

rances is coming, too”, Uncle Buster said as he settled into the chair on the porch on West Street that warm April evening in 1999.

As he had done for decades, he was sharing important events with “the girls” – his sisters.

His daughter Angela would soon be ordained as the first female deacon in the Anglican Church of the Bahamas, and there were many family members coming from abroad for the event.

“You remember Frances; our cousin Bert’s wife,” he reminded my mother. “Boy, that was something when Bert land the plane here. First time anybody ever land a plane in Nassau.”

And with those casual, almost by-the-way words, Uncle Buster announced an unscheduled flight into history, and without even so much as a “fasten your seatbelt” whisked me back through the skies of time to a place where Bahamian history and our family history had intersected in a glorious way, in someone I had always known only as “Uncle Bert”.

Suddenly, it was early November of 1934, and the young Bosfield girls were on the same porch, waiting for Buster to crank up his car.

There had been a “big write-up” in the paper about the first plane that would actually land on the ground in Nassau – big news, because until then, only seaplanes connected Nassau to the outside world.

The feat was doubly amazing because the two pilots were Black men from the United States.

But what made this event even more special in the Bosfield household was that one of the pilots was their first cousin, Albert Ernest Forsythe, the son of their mother’s sister Maud, known to them simply as “Bert”. They were on their way to greet his arrival, and they could hardly wait.

The car was full of chatter about Cousin Bert as the Bosfields headed out west to the designated landing site.

He had been born in Nassau, and Aunt Maud and the family moved to Jamaica, his father’s place of birth, when Bert was three years old. After high school, he had gone abroad to the Tuskegee Institute, and eventually on to McGill University in Canada, to medical school, after he could not get accepted into medical school in the United States.

Now he was a successful physician in Atlantic City.

His cousins knew that Bert had never accepted segregation, or the premise that he was inferior to anybody because of his skin colour. So, when the budding field of aviation caught his eye, they had not been surprised to hear that he had decided to learn to fly and bought a Fairchild 22, despite the social barriers in his way.

Having heard about a young Black man named Alfred Anderson, who had an Air Transport Licence but was digging ditches because he could

not get a job in aviation, Bert found him and avowed to improve his lot.

Anderson taught him to fly and bought into Bert’s vision of showing that Black people are just as capable as whites, using aviation to prove the point.

Together, Bert and Alfred Anderson planned three goodwill flights. The first took them on a round trip from Atlantic City to Los Angeles, California, in July 1933, the first time that Blacks pilots had done it. The second trip in November of 1933 was from Atlantic City to Montreal (where Bert had gone to school) in “The Spirit of Atlantic City”.

The third trip would take them from Atlantic City down through the Caribbean.

At the christening of Bert’s new Lambert Monocoupe, “The Booker T Washington”, at Tuskegee, on September 15 1934 (purchased especially for the trip), Dr Albert Forsythe said: “First of all we are anxious to establish friendly relations between the various peoples of the earth with the hope of gaining favourable worldwide attitudes toward the darker races. We are desirous of increasing race pride and confidence and especially of inspiring our youth and awakening in our people generally a realisation of new possibilities for advancement”.

And now the youth of the land of his birth, the Bahamas, were being inspired and awakened to future possibilities.

The large crowd which gathered at Brown’s Villa for the historic event began to grow worried

as time wore on and there was no sign of the plane.

Dark was approaching, heralding potential disaster. Suddenly, as hopes were fading, the drone of a small plane could be heard.

Quickly, the people drove their cars on either side of the road that had been cleared to act as a runway, positioning their vehicles so that the headlights shone directly onto the road.

In a moment the plane was in sight and landed perfectly on the road. History had been made.

And there was Cousin Bert.

The cousins greeted each other warmly amidst the excitement of the proud moment. Two days later Bert and Anderson were off to continue their tour, but not before they had inked themselves indelibly into our history, and into the hearts of the Bahamian people.

Bert returned to private practice in Atlantic City and later New Jersey. Bert’s friend, Charles Alfred ‘Chief’ Anderson, went on to become the Chief Flight Instructor of the Tuskegee Civilian Pilot Training Programme, later called the Tuskegee Experiment, and designed to determine whether Black people could become military aviators. Chief’s students went on to become the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Under his direction, his 332nd Fighter Group never lost a bomber to enemy fighters. He is regarded as the father of Black aviation, the driving force behind The Tuskegee Airmen.

Both Dr Forsythe and Charles ‘Chief’ Anderson are enshrined in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

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gardening

DRONE footage filmed by Scott Fairchild shows a great white shark swimming within several feet of a child on a surf board off the coast of Del Mar, California, in 2021. (Photo/Scott Fairchild/Instagram)

Sharks again Animal matters | KIM ARANHA

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las, there are some people out there who do not agree with my position about the killing of sharks just because they are big or because they swim in the harbour, or because they are the killer shark.

I say this to them: How do you know which shark took that horrific bite out of the poor lady last week? Unless there is information I have missed, we do not even know what type of shark attacked her. Was it a bull or a tiger or other? Will we ever know? Were forensic tests conducted on her body to ascertain? Do you have the capabilities to do that here; would her husband have allowed it?

Then we come to the lack of reporting how the accident took place. We can’t even decide where it was. I find it amazing that it was one mile offshore and the lifeguard was able to see everything so clearly. Was he watching with binoculars?

Kudos to him for rushing out to try and save her.

Where was the husband? On another paddle board? Was she standing and the shark knocked her off? Was she floating in the water resting on the board? Was she bitten more than once?

So many details are missing that some experts are having difficulty totally understanding what happened.

I have spent a large chunk of the morning drifting through the internet and reading articles and reports of

fatal and non-fatal attacks; the near misses are also very interesting. I know many people disagree with me, but most of these attacks really do seem to be a case of mistaken identity. Sharks are famous for less than perfect eyesight. They are very attuned to sound waves, and the sound of a human swimming can be easily mistaken for an injured fish.

Many of the video clips show sharks circling around paddle boards. They a clearly an object of curiosity. In one, the shark actually bites the board, knocking the boarder into the water.

The man survives to tell the tale and dives to retrieve his phone before getting out of the way. In that instance the shark was going after a turtle.

Which brings me to another very alarming suggestion going around social media, and this is that we kill the turtles because the sharks are eating them. It is said that since the Turtle Protection Act, turtles have multiplied, and they are a favourite food for sharks.

So in their wisdom, some people say we need to kill the turtles because sharks feed on them. I actually find that logic incredibly flawed. Sharks feed on fish; must we kill all fish?

Turtles are an endangered species.

Many people all over the world are calling for their protection. Tourists love to see them swimming in our waters. I was at a waterside restaurant just on Wednesday and saw a magnificent turtle swimming in the lights. The Bahamas was applauded the world

over by environmentalists for having the wisdom to protect the sea turtle.

The thing is, humans are supposedly the superior being and we need to learn how to safely and harmoniously co-habitate with nature.

In Africa, you are quite simply not allowed to interfere with nature; you may not feed the animals, nor are you allowed to protect them from attacks by a predator. We need to stop interfering with marine life.

There are quite a few young Bamians who are studying marine biology. I wish they would be given a voice to tell us what they see as a solution.

Our tourism package is essential, but there need to be parameters put in place. We cannot use the concept that killing is the solution.

The environment is constructed in such a way as to create a balance; sharks have a definite role in that great scheme, as do turtles.

Sharks are the garbage collector

and undertakers. They rid the ocean or the weak, the sick and the ones that are dying. It is a natural and effective way of culling without the unbalanced interference of humans.

Turtles are nature’s lawn movers; they keep the sea grass at just the right length; they eat sponges on the reef.

They are amazingly important to the environment and how it is set to work.

Everything is in place for a purpose and man in his infinite wisdom feels he can do better, or worse, simply doesn’t care as long as he makes money off of the back of nature.

As one of my friends said on Facebook the other day, the harbour is like the OK Corral with fast and dangerous boats dashing back and forth’ they are way more dangerous than the sharks.

If you want sharks out of the harbour, then come up with a system to dump the blood and guts from all the fish cleaning and the sharks will gradually move on. Feed them and they will stay.

PET OF THE WEEK

A Christmas kitty

By The Bahamas Humane Society Just in case you were beginning to think the Bahamas Humane Society has only dogs, Justice is here to prove otherwise.

This sociable dapper-looking fellow is about a year old and gets along well with the other cats in the Annex, though he’d really like to have a home of his own for

Christmas.

Have you been looking for a companion to see you through the holidays?

Then look no further than Justice. Please come into the BHS to meet him or call 323-5138 for more information. Justice looks forward to making your acquaintance.

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