Miss St. Croix 2000- 2001 Essi Anya
Gaston won the title on December 17, 2000.
Prince Edd Laurent and Princess Elizabeth Johnson were also
crowned. Monday,
December 18, Crucian Festival Committee produced a Festival poster
featuring Mae Louise Williams who was Queen of the Bands for last year
festival from J and J Fun troupe. The
costume is a colorful “La’Kota Woman – Mother Earth.” This
year 2001 King of the Bands is Glenn Turnbull and Queen of the Bands
remains Mae Louise Williams of J & J Fun Troupe.
December
22, 2000 The Romney’s
Ville Crucian Christmas Festival Food Fair was held at the
Christian “Shan”
Hendricks Market in Christiansted, St. Croix. The food fair was named in
honor of Romney Williams. Featured were most of the islands local foods
such as kallaloo, fish and Johnny cake, roast pork, beans and rice,
fungi and boil fish, potato stuffing, stew goat and seasoned rice, bull
foot soup, red beans soup, salmon balls, roti, shish kebabs and souse.
Drinks consisted of sorrel, ginger beer, maubi, lemonade, passion
fruit, tamarind and spiked drinks such as coquito and guavaberry.
The candies featured were sugar babies, sugar cakes, ginger sugar
cakes, lozengers, tamarind
balls and peppermint candies. Guava, guavaberry, coconut and pineapple
tarts tempted the palates. Of course it would not be Christmas without
our local “Sweet Bread.” What a day of feasting!