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St. Martin Book Fair Program\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 June 2 \u2013 4, 2011<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday, June 2<\/span><\/p>\n 8 pm \u2013 10 pm<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Opening Ceremony Welcome Words of Welcome Hon. Frantz Gumbs Hon. Sarah Wescott-Williams Keynote Address Opening ceremony\u2019s featured book Ribbon Cutting Ceremony<\/span> The 9th annual St. Martin Book Fair 2011 is declared open<\/p>\n Friday, June 3<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 4 pm \u2013 5:30 pm<\/u><\/p>\n Presidents Forum Introduction Panelists Rapporteur\/moderator 8 pm \u2013 10 pm<\/u><\/p>\n Cultural Performance<\/p>\n Poetry and Prose Recital Admission free<\/span><\/p>\n Poets\/Authors Saturday, June 4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 8 am \u2013 4:30 pm<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n Book fair exhibition, book sales, book signings, workshops open to the public 9 am \u2013 10:30 am<\/u><\/p>\n I \u2013 The Great Salt Pond: Untangling the History of Salt in St. Martin<\/span> II \u2013 Literacy workshop General session I Language in literature 10:35 am \u2013 10:50 am<\/u><\/p>\n Coffee, tea, and pastries break<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 11 am \u2013 12:30 noon<\/u><\/p>\n General session II A spiritually-based motivational session: \u201c365 Secrets for a Healthy Mind, Body, and\u00a0Spiri<\/span>t,\u201d based on the author\u2019s Essence<\/span>-reviewed book Daily Cornbread 2 pm \u2013 3:30 pm<\/u><\/p>\n III \u2013 Photography workshop 3:30 pm \u2013 4:30 pm<\/u><\/p>\n IV \u2013 DJ Workshop: Mixing sound, A freedom of expression 8 pm \u2013 10 pm<\/u><\/p>\n Main Book Launch & Book Fair Closing Ceremony<\/span> NEW BOOK LAUNCHED: Pan performance Guest speaker Presentation Word of Thanks Thank you for participating in the 9th<\/span> Annual St. Martin Book Fair 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" St. Martin Book Fair Program\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 June 2 \u2013 4, 2011 Thursday, June 2 8 pm \u2013 10 pm Opening Ceremony Chamber of Commerce Building (Maison des Entreprises) Spring Concordia, Marigot Welcome Mistress of Ceremony Words of Welcome Mr. Shujah Reiph President, Conscious Lyrics Foundation Hon. Frantz Gumbs President, Collectivity of St. Martin (North) Hon. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-fair-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/houseofnehesipublish.com\/sxm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span>Chamber of Commerce Building (Maison des Entreprises) Spring Concordia, Marigot<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Mistress of Ceremony<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Mr. Shujah Reiph
\nPresident, Conscious Lyrics Foundation<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPresident, Collectivity of St. Martin (North)<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPrime Minister of St. Martin (South)<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHon. Derek Walcott<\/span>, Nobel Laureate, St. Lucia<\/p>\n
\nSt. Martin Talk<\/span><\/span>
\nby Robert Romney, educator, St. Martin\/Guadeloupe<\/p>\n
\nHonoring the fishermen of St. Martin<\/span><\/p>\n\n
\nRoundtable discussion on Freedom of Expression
\n<\/span>Panelists will give an overview of their work experiences with regards to Freedom of Expression in St. Martin; comment on concrete activities or comparisons in the Caribbean and around the world regarding the current state of Freedom of Expression; and address what they see as the future of Freedom of Expression in St. Martin.
\nVenue: University of St. Martin, Rm 202<\/p>\n
\nAnnelies van den Assem, LL. M.<\/span>, president, University of St. Martin<\/p>\n
\nJoseph Lake, Jr.<\/span>, author, political scientist, former newspaper publisher
\nDrisana Jack<\/span>, poet, author, artist
\nClement \u201cKaiso Brat\u201d Richards<\/span>, kaisonian, St. Martin Calypso King 2011<\/p>\n
\nLenny Mussington<\/span>, educator<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>A literary evening with new and distinguished poets and writers reading from their work.
\nVenue: Le Charolais Restaurant, Maho Plaza<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Stephanie Stokes Oliver, USA\/Anguilla
\nDrisana Jack, St. Martin
\nDerek Walcott, St. Lucia<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Free admission to book fair, workshops and general sessions
\nUniversity of St. Martin, Philipsburg<\/span> (8 am \u2013 4:30 pm)<\/p>\n
\nby Dr. Dr. Jay Haviser<\/span>, archaeologist, professor, author, St. Martin
\nVenue: University of the St. Martin, Rm 102<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>by Dr. Rene Baly, educator, USA\/St. Martin
\nA workshop about the very down-to-earth relationship between reading, writing, and success in life and career choices and achievements, for at-risk youth and their parents. The participants of the youth program \u201cGet off the block, Get on the bus, Get busy\u201d (GB3) will be participating in this workshop
\nUniversity of the St. Martin, Rm 202<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>University of the St. Martin, Rm 101<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>by Dr. Rhoda Arrindell<\/span>, educator
\nA creative writing session. Bring your poems and other writings to be critiqued on the spot<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>University of the St. Martin, Rm 101<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>by Stephanie Stokes Oliver<\/span>, author<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>How to take more creative photos; looking at how images are framed, subject matter and some narrative concepts of contemporary fine art photography from artists will be discussed and illustrated digitally.
\nby Drisana Jack, poet, author, artist, lecturer
\nUniversity of the St. Martin, Rm 102<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>by DJ Mix Master Pauly
\nGazebo, USM campus garden<\/p>\n
\nVenue: Belair Community Center, Cay Hill<\/p>\n
\nFrom Yvette\u2019s Kitchen To Your Table A Treasury of St. Martin\u2019s Traditional & Contemporary Cuisine<\/span>
\nby Yvette Hyman<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Mighty Dow
\n<\/span>Kaisonian, pannist<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Regina LaBega
\n<\/span>Director of Tourism, St. Martin (South)<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>The Presidents Award<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>Shujah Reiph
\nCoordinator
\n<\/span>St. Martin Book Fair<\/p>\n