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On Tuesday afternoon inToiny, three boats withfamily and close friends

aboard, a half-dozen jet skis, anda large group of friends andacquaintances who had beenmoved to tears by the accident,paid a final tribute to JérômeChovet, who was 39 years oldwhen he died on Monday,December 12, as the Cessna 172he was flying crashed into theocean approximately 1.5 nauticalmiles from Shell Beach. His ash-es were scattered by his wife,Miranda, with the help of friends.A very emotional religious cere-mony had been held earlier thatafternoon at a crowded church inLorient. Founder of a food distri-bution company, a private pilot,golfer, and accomplished athlete,Jérôme Chovet was well-liked byeveryone and will be missed by all. The accident, of which he was theonly victim, took place on Monday,December 12. The plane, a Cessna172, which belonged to the fleetoperated by the Wings of Saint Barthaviation club, took off from GustavIII airport in the late morning. Therewere two people aboard: the pilot,Jérôme Chovet, and a photographerwho was taking aerial images of acatamaran. At 12:20pm, the pilotradioed “Mayday,” and his call forhelp was recorded by the control

tower in Saint Barth as well as by aWinair pilot who was approachingthe airport. According to eyewitness-es, the plane was flying at a low alti-tude and encountered engine prob-lems before he tried an emergencylanding at sea. The motor seems tohave cut out twice, and refused torestart the third time. The passengerhad just enough time to extract him-self from the plane before it began tosink. Rescued by the manager of thecatamaran, who was aboard a rigiddinghy nearby, the passenger was

taken to the Hospital de Bruynwhere he was quickly released,uninjured. On the other hand,Jérôme Chovet suffered faceinjuries at the moment the planehit the water, which mightexplain why he was unable toescape from the wreckage. The first divers, diving instruc-tors, arrived at the scene withinfifteen minutes and descended tothe plane, which had sunk in onepiece to a depth of 49 meters, tailup. Once one of them hadopened the door on the pilot’sside, they returned to the surfaceconvinced that Jérôme Chovetwas not inside the plane. All pos-sible means, both nautical andaerial, were used to conductsearches on the surface, in thehopes of finding him alive Thesearch efforts were abandoned

early Wednesday afternoon, Decem-ber 14, at the same time it wasdecided to bring up the plane andtow it to the commercial dock inPublic, where a harsh reality wasapparent: the body of JérômeChovet was found inside the plane,trapped in the tail section. It tookbut a few second for the police incharge of the investigation to realizethe truth. The inquiry by the PoliceBrigade for Aviation Transportationis currently underway.

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Final tribute for Jérôme Chovet

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◗ Sunday, December 25- Nadège, sunset concert from 5:30,Carl Gustaf,◗ Monday, December 26- Birdcage from 12pm, La Plage, St Jean

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Let’s Party◗ Every nightTi St-Barth, every night a different theme, Pointe Milou◗ SundayAmazing Sunday (DJ, fashionshow, showcase…), Nikki Beach, St-Jean ◗ WednesdayBBQ on the beach from 8 pm, Nikki Beach, St Jean

Exhibits◗ Through decemberEve Ducharme Art Gallery pre-sents Monique Journod,Wall

House restaurant, ◗ December 23-28“Aqua”, a joint exhibit byptohographer PhilippeHochart and painter JeanVerrechia, Porte 34 (ex

Bagdad Gallery)◗ December 5-26 Works on paper, Me.di.umGallery, Gustavia.◗ Through January 6 “Color & Movements”, workby Corinne Durin, Santé Fé,Lurin◗ Through april

Stéphanie Leroux sculptures,Carl Gustaf hote◗ Permanent exhibits - Alain le Chatelier, Les Artisans, Gustavia- Pompi, Petit Cul de Sac- Spidler, Christian Masgallery, Gustavia- Zaza Noah, Tamarin restaurant, Saline- Hannah Moser, Cul de Sac - Antoine Heckly, Made in Saint-Barth boutique, St-Jean ◗ Art Galleries- Eve Ducharme Art Gallery, 05 90 27 88 41- Christian Mas, Gustavia - To-b.art galerie, Carré d’Or,Gustavia- Me.di.um gallery, Gustavia

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◗ Through decemberMaster Goldsmith RossCoppelman, now showing his ocean seriesjewelry at Les Artisans,Gustavia.

◗ Every ThursdayPodium party, popmusic at Casa Nikki,Gustavia

◗ Through January 8th“Meeting with Buddha”until January 8th,2006. The House,Gustavia

Holiday dinner andentertainment withmusic, fire and light,from 7:30 pm atChristopher Hotel,Pointe Milou

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Asked for their “for-mal” opinion on thetexts defining the

parameters of the newOverseas Collectivity ofSaint Barthélemy, the 23

municipal council memberspresent and three represen-tatives of those absent, vot-ed unanimously in favor ofthe texts currently underconsideration by the French

government. This opinionon the last version of thetext, before it is presented tothe French parliament, wasnot initially planned in theongoing evolutionaryprocess that will allowSaint-Barth to become anOverseas Collectivity(COM), rather than a com-munity of Guadeloupe, towhich it has been dependentsince 1848. The Constitu-tional Council of the Frenchgovernment, fearing thatwithout such approval cer-tain parts of the text mightbe rejected as unconstitu-tional, requested this “for-mal” opinion. While the municipal councilvoted unanimously in favorof the text, indicating its solidsupport of the ongoing politi-cal evolution, it also exhibit-ed a unanimous desire to seethe project completed. Oneof the outstanding issues con-cerns the representation ofthe new collectivity in thetwo assemblies of the FrenchParliament- the NationalAssembly and the Senate.This was provided for initial-ly, but struck from the mostrecent version of the text. The written decision of the

municipal council will begiven to the Prefect, theregional representative ofthe French government. Hewill present it in turn to theOverseas Minister, whowill transmit it to the “Con-seil d’Etat,” (the highestadministrative jurisdictionin France, which willdecide on the legality of thetext) who received the textsin November. The Conseild’Etat has the right to rein-state the parliamentary rep-resentation in the text, asdoes the council of minis-ters that will next receivethe text for approval. Thismodification could also bemade at the moment thatthe text is approved by theParliament by means of anamendment. Mayor BrunoMagras does not doubt thatthe parliamentary represen-tation will be put back intothe text, considering that“that is in keeping withFrench tradition and hasalways provided overseascollectivities with specificparliamentary representa-tion, no matter their demo-graphic position.”

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POLITICAL EVOLUTION

The municipal council unanimously approves the projectFrom left to right: MichelMagras, 5th deputy mayorresponsible for the port, air-port, non-profit associa-tions, and sports; SonyBrin, 4th deputy mayor,responsible for tourism,public relations, and trans-portation; Nicole Gréaux,3rd deputy mayor, responsi-ble for health and socialwelfare; mayor BrunoMagras; Yves Gréaux, 1stdeputy mayor, responsiblefor education and culturalaffairs; and Henri Louis,2nd deputy mayor, responsi-ble for finance and security.

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1 & 2- Laetitia (1) of Hot Stuff, Ananda and Nute (2)during the second edition of "Graines de Star," (an

amateur singing competition) at Zanibarth restaurant.3-Christine and Pascal at the opening of La Scala

restaurant, last Saturday, in Gustavia4- Geisha Vampire fashion show, everyday except mon-day from 1:30 pm, La Plage, St Jean. 5- Santa Claus is

coming... by jet ski! 6- Nelly, Sandrine and Fabienne,three actresses from SB Artists, in the play "The Little

Violin," by Jean-Claude Grimberg, produced by the localtheatre company for school children and for the general

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As usual, the Port ofGustavia is full forthe holidays! Many

of the boats lined up alongthe docks are perennial vis-itors, those who come backfor part of the winter sea-son year after year. Theseinclude large motor yachtssuch as Ultima III, Excel-lence III, Contrarian, Mys-tique, and Jamacia Bay, aswell as the classic sailboat,Ticonderoga, a handsomeaddition to the annual fleet.“There are as many boatsas in past years,” confirmsport director BrunoGréaux. “What is differentthis year is that many of theyachts arrived even earlierthan they did last year. Thisis the first time that somany of the boats have

come so early, in order toguarantee a place at thedock for New Year’s Eve.”By mid-December, all threedocks were practically full,with just a few berthsremaining in front of the

Wall House on the far sideof the harbor. Other sailboats such asLone Fox and Mischievousare regulars, and as Gréauxpoints out, “Lone Foxstayed in the inner harboralmost all year,” whileMischievous spent thesummer months in New-port, R.I. and returned toSaint Barth for anotherwinter. “There are moreand more sailboats thatspend almost the entirewinter season on buoys inthe inner harbor,” notesGréaux. Blue Muse isamong the sailboats thatare becoming longtime vis-itors, as this Hinkley 70 isback for its third season. Afrequent visitor in the past,the 95’ Sorcerer II is alsoback, after a two-yearabsence. Among the new arrivalsthis year are a sleek motoryacht christened BlindDate, and a new W-Classboat, the 46’9” Equus, a“baby sister” to the W-76boats, Wild Horses andWhite Wings, who havewintered here in the past.Equus is a handsomewooden boat built in the

spirit of the fastest racingboats from the early 20thcentury. Another classicwooden boat, Piera, is anewcomer as well, and canbe spotted easily in theinner harbor with its blackhull. Size limits still prevail andonly those boats of “SaintBarth Size,” 60 meters orunder, can jockey for a oneof the highly coveted spotsat the dock. Ultima III andExcellence III are thelargest yachts at the dock,each measuring almost 188feet. Both were built byAbeking & Rasmussen, inGermany, and are very sim-ilar ships (although UltimaIII has a white hull andExcellence III is navyblue).With all these yachts in theharbor, New Year’s Evepromises once again to be afestive occasion, with awonderful fleet of sailboatsto participate in the around-the-island regatta onDecember 3. At midnight,festivities aboard the mega-yachts ring in the New Yearas the skies above the har-bor light up with the annualfireworks display.

MAGNIFICENT YACHTS FILL THE PORT

Closed since Septem-ber 2003, the four-star luxury hotel, Le

Sereno, reopened lastweekend. The hotel islocated on the bay ofGrand Cul de Sac, consid-ered to be one of the mostbeautiful bays in the world.Including the purchaseprice of the hotel from itsformer owners, the Frenchgroup, Parisot that special-izes in the manufacture offurniture, and the cost ofrenovations that lastedalmost one year, the invest-ment in the property isclose to 20 million euros.The new owners areVenezuelan architect andbusinessman, Ignacio Con-treras Iribarren, and Brazil-ian real estate developer,Ricardo Dunin.

The Liaigre TouchWhile most of buildingsfrom the old hotel wereconserved, the overallarchitecture has been modi-fied as if the hotel hasundergone a complete ren-aissance. A renaissanceorchestrated by the cele-brated French interiordesigner, Christian Liaigre(who is the designer of thewell-known Mercer Hotelin New York, the Marketrestaurant in Paris, and iscurrently working on anapartment for Rupert Mur-doch in New-York). Histouch has transformed thehotel with a minimalist andelegant design vocabulary,defined as “ethno-Zen,”implemented here by thedesigner’s Paris office andby architect Guillermo DeYavorsky, who was respon-sible for the quality anddetail of the “Liaigre style”

at the hotel. The ownersalso brought in a leadinglighting designer, Anglo-Asian Arnold Chan ofIsométrix, to design thelighting scheme that is bothsubtle and pleasing. Thedesign of the gardens wasentrusted to the acclaimedChilean landscape archi-tect, Fernando Tabora (whorecently passed away). TheContreras children —Manuel, a public worksengineer, Luis, a banker,and Gabriela, an archi-tect— also played a role indefining the character ofthe new Sereno, an ensem-ble of 37 suites and villas.The spaces vary from 35 sqmeters for the TerraceSuites, to 80 sq meters witha 55 sq meter deck for theFisherman’s Viila nestledon the beach with a privatepool. The furniture for the hotelis also signed “ChristianLiaigre.” The rooms areequipped with direct tele-phone lines and high-speedInternet access. An iPoddocking station is availableas well as plasma screenTV and DVD player. Thetowels and bathrobes werecustom made for the hotelby the French luxury linencompany, D. Porthault. Thetoiletries are by Ex-Voto, aline of high-quality cosmet-ics designed exclusively forhotels. Every room has itsown parking space. And tomeet all requests, roomservice is open 24 hours.

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AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR 2 YEARS

Le Sereno Reopens Its Doors

“Le Restaurant des Pêcheurs”Facing the ocean, at the heart of the hotel is alarge swimming pool surrounded by a woodendeck that provides the perfect place to relax. A“Blanc Bleu” boutique is located at the foot ofthe entry stairs that lead to the restaurant, bap-tized “Restaurant des Pêcheurs, ” or The Fisher-man’s Restaurant. Sheltered under the wooden“tent” that once housed Boubou’s restaurant,the new eatery opened on December 18. Jean-Pierre Guiroux is the hotel’s restaurant director,working closely with chef Jean-Luc Grabowski.As its name indicates, this is a fish restaurant,and with three to five different fish —local orfrom France—on the menu every day. There isalso a variety of shellfish, including lobster.

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Photo J.P. Piter

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Photo J.P. Piter

Photo J.P. Piter

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Saint Barth will onceagain be the host portfor the arrival of the

Transat Ag2r transatlanticsailing race. The partnershipcontract was signed on Fri-day, December 16, between

the island of Saint Barthéle-my and Pen Duick, thecompany that purchasedMatch Racing, the formerorganizer of the Ag2r, in2004 (Pen Duick alsoorganizes the Route de

Rhum and Trophée BPE).The financial participationof the island, as approvedby the municipal council atits last meeting, is68,602.06 euros. Theisland’s Hotel Association,which has supported thisevent since its beginnings,has announced a contribu-tion in the form of 350nights that the organizerscan use as needed duringthe event.

STARTING ON APRIL 9

This transatlantic race withidentical single hull FigaroBenetteau II sailboats, eachwith a crew of two, has tak-en place every other yearsince 1992. In 2006, when

the race begins on April 9,the starting line will nolonger be in Lorient,France, but rather Concar-neau, the third largest city inthe Finistère region, and thelargest tuna fishing port inEurope. While the race usedto make a stopover inMadeira, this time it will bedirect, even though therewill be a race buoy at thesmall island of Porto Santo,across from Madiera. Thefirst boats could arrive inSaint Barth as early as April29, 2006. Each arrival ismet out on the water bynumerous race fans. Andthe dock, reserved for theboats in the racing fleet,comes alive with variousactivities every day.

TRANSAT AG2R CONCARNEAU - SAINT BARTH

Partnership agreement signed

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From left to right: Markku Härmälä from the Saint-BarthYacht Club, Marithé Weber, president of the hotel association,the mayor Bruno Magras and Pierre Bojic, general director ofPen Duick.

At the request of Major Meuriot, commander of thenational police for the Northern Islands, an alcoholcontrol to find drunk drivers was held on Saturday

night on the road leading out of Gustavia. The control washandled by two representatives from the territorial brigade inSaint Barth who were assisted by two agents from themobile force and two from the nautical brigade in Saint Mar-tin, who came to Saint Barth by boat. Between 10pm andmidnight, they stopped 83 drivers, only one of which did notpass the breath test (which consists of inflating a plastic bal-loon). The person in question was driven to the casern wherea more precise breathalyzer test revealed 1.06 mg of alcoholper liter of air exhaled. Since the beginning of 2005, thepolice have stopped 27 drivers with excessive levels of alco-hol in their blood.

POLICE SAY

Drink or drive, your choice!

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For the second consecu-tive year, Anglicansand Catholics were

united under the same rooffor an ecumenical Christmascelebration that was held lastSunday night at the CatholicChurch in Lorient. Thechurch was filled to capacityas local congregants of both

denominations witnessed aliving nativity scene thatincluded over 20 amateuractors and the combinedchoirs from both religiouscommunities. This theatricalevent, directed by ChristianeGréaux (former principal ofthe Catholic elementaryschool in Colombier) told

the story of the birth of Jesusthrough the arrival of theThree Wise Men, or Kingsfrom the East (Melchior whobrought gold, Balthazar whobrought frankincense, andCasper who brought myrrh).A special choir was assem-bled to accompany the per-formance, combining theisland’s two Catholic choirsand the Chorale de BonsChœurs. The choir wasdirected by Ghislaine Gumbs, from thechoir in Lorient, withCharles Darden, director ofthe Chorale de Bons Chœursand music director of theAnglican Church, at the key-board evoking the sounds ofa church organ. The group of45 singers, all dressed inwhite, sang nine ChristmasCarols, including “SilentNight.”

Laurent Cléquin, soloistfrom the Chorale de BonsChœurs, sang a very movingversion of “Minuit Chré-tien.” The celebration con-cluded with a Christmasmessage delivered in Frenchand English by FatherSylvère Numa, the Catholicpriest in Saint Barthélemyand in English by the Angli-can Reverend Charles VereNicoll, in the presence ofFather Modetin, priest of theCatholic parish of SaintMartin, who came especiallyfor the occasion. Numa andVere Nichols wrote the text(reproduced in its entirety onthe facing page) together,calling for a spirit of unity, tobetter “live together,” with areminder that Christmas is atime for sharing and com-passion.

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EECUMENICALCUMENICAL CCHRISTMASHRISTMAS CCELEBRAELEBRATIONTION

The Spirit of UnityThe Spirit of Unity

On Saturday, December 24 at 7:00pm and Sunday,December 25 at 9:00am, Christmas services will beled by Reverend Charles Vere Nicholl at the Anglican

Church in Gustavia. The Chorale de Bons Choeurs, directedby Charles Darden (who is also the music director of theAnglican Church), will add its voices to a program of prayers,readings, and hymns. Laurent Cléquin, a soloist in the choir,will sing “Minuit Chrétien, which he sang beautifully at theecumenical Christmas celebration held last Sunday evening atthe Catholic Church in Lorient, uniting the island’s Catholicand Anglican communities.

CCHRISTMASHRISTMAS SSERERVICESVICESAATT THETHE AANGLICANNGLICAN CCHURCHHURCH

How marvellous it is towelcome you and greetyou on behalf of theAnglican and RomanCatholic communitiesand churches on thisisland. We pray thatyou will have a wonder-fully happy, peaceful andjoyful Christmas and avery blessed 2006.How fortunate and

blessed we are to live onthis island and to be partof a community that is sorich in its diversity - thelocal St. Barths commu-nity, the MetropolitanFrench, communitiesthat originate from bothEnglish and Frenchspeaking West Indiancultures, from Portugal,and of course our Ameri-can and European visi-tors. That is true diver-sity, but which shares

one crucial link - ourcommon humanity anddivine origin.In real terms, our island

is a true challenge for“living together.”Christmas is such an

important time for fami-lies and touches peopledeeply. It is almostimpossible to escape it

even if one only partici-pates through shop win-dows, lively street deco-rations or just throughthe media. Everybodycelebrates this time ofthe year – which we callChristmas – with orwithout a religious con-notation.We know the Christmas

story so well. Godbecame human for us inthe person of Jesus ofNazareth who came toshare all of our humancondition - our joy, ourpain, our sorrow and ourdeath. But most of all,he came to offer hisunconditional andextravagant love thatwould enable us to livelife in true colour.It is interesting to

notice that almost everycondition of humanity isrepresented within thenativity story -the shep-herds, the innkeeper, thevulnerable and homelessyoung parents – Maryand Joseph – the threekings, who came fromdifferent nationalities,traditions and religions.It is almost as if God iscelebrating within thisstory the variety, colour,diversity, but essentialunity of his creation.Whereas Christmas will

be a time of joy andlaughter for many peo-ple, we can be certainthat for some it will be alonely and difficult time:-For senior citizens forwhom Christmas is syn-onymous with beingabandoned.For people who mustcontinue their dailywork, who may have noroots on this island, butwho are busy servingthose who are celebrat-ing.For those for whom thistime of year evokespainful memories; theloss of a loved one, sick-ness or unemployment.Christmas offers us atimely opportunity totransform our differ-ences - ethnic, cultural,religious, generational,and circumstantial - intosources of enrichmentand unity rather thanpretexts for isolation andsegregation.Let’s create a differentChristmas this year bytranscending our tribalboundaries – by seekingto include and valueeveryone and seekingtrue integration with ourfellow human beings.Let’s take the risk andopen ourselves up to thedivine, to Jesus andthence to others.Christmas is God’s sub-

lime gift to us – let’sshare it with one anoth-er. If we do, we willmake this a time ofunderstanding, of inclu-sion, of brotherly and sis-terly love which willtransform our island andthe world.God Bless you all!

Fr Charlie Vere Nicoll,St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church

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«Our Unified Christmas Message»

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Cocktail party to celebrate the re-opening of Le Sereno hotel onFriday, December 16.1- The Contreras family, co-ownersof the hotel with Guillermo DeYavorsky (left). 2- Mayor BrunoMagras and his wife, Marie-Jo. 3-Stéphane Lanson & BernardBlancaneaux from the boutique Stéphane & Bernard (Gustavia). 4-Thierry deBadureau, manager of the restaurant, La Plage, and Alexandra of GeishaVampire. 5- Sam & Chris (Forma Form Fitness). 6- Marc, a hairdresser, Jean-Philippe, manager of Casa Nikki, and Fabien, manager of The Strand, a cham-pagne bar that will open soon in Gustavia.7-- Jean-Marc Gréaux (Cartier,Privilège, Budget) and his wife, Régine, Françoise (Human Steps) and PascalRouzès, director of the Bred- Banque Populaire. 8- Melanie Smith (DestinationManagement Services), her assistant, Vanessa, and her friend, Kim.

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CONSERVING ENERGY

“Use Energy Saving Light Bulbs” campaign

Change of mentality. Make it so that the use of ener-gy saving light bulbs is a natural reflex. That is theobjective a special campaign that has been in effect

since Tuesday, December 20 and runs until January 30 inSaint Barth as well as the rest of Guadeloupe. Initiated bythe EDF (French electric company), and ADEME (Frenchgovernmental agency for energy control) in collaborationwith the municipality of Saint-Barth and the SMEC (aSaint Martin-based company that distributes electricalmaterials), this project is dependent on a partnershipagreement, signed at the town hall in Saint Barth on Mon-day morning, outlining the obligations of each partner. Asfor the project itself, the idea is to encourage clients of thelocal electric company to use energy saving light bulbs athome, rather than traditional incandescent bulbs. To thatend, each client of the EDF should have received a vouch-er that can be redeemed at any one of the participatingstores (EC Distribution in Lorient, the Alma hardwarestore in Public, and Match Supermarket). The voucher isgood for the purchase of three low energy light bulbs for12 euros that will be deducted from the next electric billfollowing the purchase. 15,000 such bulbs are available inSaint Barth. These energy saving bulbs last eight timelonger than classic light bulbs, consume five times lesselectricity and emit 80% less heat.

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To protect the beaches

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as-ashtrays at the entrance to the beaches so that smokers canuse the cans to collect their cigarette butts. Fourteen of theisland's twenty-two beaches are outfitted .

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Italy, it is not surprising thatthe 43 year-old David Zara,who has both Turkish andAmerican citizenship, feels athome anywhere in the world.That goes for Saint-Barth aswell, as after spendingnumerous vacations here, thevice-president of the US-based Tradewind Aviation,has decided to fly on-demandflights to and from the island.Father of 15 month-old Tris-tan and married to a NewYork lawyer, Zara attributeshis passion for aviation to theperpetual movement of aglobe trotting childhood intune with his father’s busi-ness needs. First he lived inSwitzerland and Belgium,

next came Lisbon, Portugalfor seven years, on to Istan-bul, Turkey for three years,then four years in Caracas,Venezuela, before moving toNew York where he has livedsince the age of 15. Thanks tothis international childhood,David Zara speaks seven lan-guages. After high school atthe French Lycee in NewYork, David (who was agood, if restless student)enrolled at Vassar Collegewhere he got a degree in eco-nomics. He started out inbusiness by designing leatherjackets that were sold inBloomingdales, Macy’s, andother important Americandepartment stores. This prof-itable experience was notenough to satisfy his culturalaspirations. He joined the

now defunct Orion film com-pany, where he was a screen-writer. “Bad writer, bad sales-man, or maybe both, led tomy lack of success,” he jokesabout that experience today.Shifting his focus, DavidZara next worked for the U.S.government as an interpreterand analyst for the next sevenyears. During this time healso increased his aeronauti-cal experience, having startedto fly at the age of 23. Frompiloting gliders, he became aprivate pilot then a commer-cial pilot, as well as a pilotfor hydroplanes, and holds anAirline Transport Pilot certifi-cate. His interest in aviationcontinued to grow, while hisinterest in being an inter-preter decreased. In 1996 heopened Good Air and MachAviation, with two objectivesin mind: selling parts to thelarge airlines, and leasingBoeing airplanes and an Air-bus. In 2001, in partnershipwith Eric Zipkin, he launched

Tradewind Aviation, an exec-utive airline based at theWaterbury-Oxford airport inConnecticut. The companyalso operates out of NewYork, offering on-demandflights to destinations in theUnited States and around theworld. They recently openeda new base in St. Croix, inthe American Virgin Islands,to meet the needs of anAmerican clientele who wererequesting flights to theCaribbean. David Zara hasremained a pilot and hasalmost 7000 hours of flyingunder his belt, with experi-ence on a range of aircraftfrom a B-58 and Cessna Car-avan to the Pilatus PC-12 andKing Air B-200, as well asthe Gulfstream G-II, G-III,and G-IV, planes he oftenuses for flights to one cornerof the globe or another. Whatdoes he do when he is notflying? He plays polo andenjoys deep-sea diving.

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❑ SATURDAY JANUARY, 7 & SUNDAY, JANUARY 8Classical and Modern Balletwith stars from Les BalletsGranDiva ballet company(an all-male troupe) inLorient at A.J.O.E., 7pm❑ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 Grand Pops concert withRolf Smedvig in Lorient at Catholic Church, 7pm❑ Sunday, January 15Chamber Music programwith Festival stars in Gustavia at AnglicanChurch, 6:30pm❑ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18Classical and ModernOrchestra program withMaestro Alex Klein inLorient at Catholic Church,8pm❑ Friday, January 20Opera program with Maestro Richard Buckley“Carmen” and “Aida”excerpts in Lorient atCatholic Church, 8pm❑ SATURDAY, JANUARY 21Chamber Music programwith Festival stars in Gustavia at AnglicanChurch, 8pm❑ SUNDAY, JANUARY 22◗ Children’s concert with theSt. Barths Harmony Schoolin Lorient at CatholicChurch, 4pm◗ Annual Benefit Dinnerwith stars of the Festival inGustavia at Eddy’s Restau-rant, 8pm❑ TUESDAY, JANUARY 24Piano Recital program withPhillip Bush in Gustavia atAnglican Church, 8pm❑ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25Jazz double-header with TheJohn Ellis Quartet JohnEllis, Jason Marsalis, RolandGuerin and Robert Glasperin Gustavia at AnglicanChurch, 7 and 9pm

The classicalmusic festivalof Saint Barth

is a rare jewel weshouldn’t take forgranted. Rarebecause not all festi-vals exist for somany years: manyjust run out of steam.And rare, because of

the great ensemble of musicians—mostly Ameri-can— who perform so generously thanks to the perse-verance and passion of the festival’s creator, FrancesDe Broff. The schedule for the 2006 edition, the 22ndannual which runs January 7 to 25, was just publishedby the festival committee. As in past years, there willbe approximately 60 artists, from violinists andpianists to horn players, singers and dancers, who willperform at the dance events that take place on the ten-nis court at AJOE (Lorient). The musical events willbe held in the Catholic church of Lorient and in theAnglican church of Gustavia. As is now customary, the first events on the roster arethe dance performances: in 2006 these include stars ofthe Ballets Grandiva of New York, an all-male traves-ty company that pokes fun at the classical ballets, whowill open the festival. Music takes center stage as ofJanuary 11, with highlights of the program including apops concert with classical and jazz trumpet playerRolf Smedvig. There are also two chamber musicconcerts, an evening of opera featuring excerpts fromCarmen and Aïda, a symphonic evening, and a pianorecital. The closing event on Wednesday, January 25is a jazz double header with the John Ellis Quartetcomposed of John Ellis, Jason Marsalis, RolandGuerin, and Robert Glasper. The local choir, lachorale de Bons choeurs, will perform in the Popsconcert, as well as young violinists from the Suzukischool, Saint-Barth Harmony.See Below the programm of the 22nd edition.

JANUARY 7-25 22nd Music Festival

Each week theMarine Park

answers a questionconcerning the marineenvironment.

Celestial objects, such asplanets and stars, exert agravitational attractiontoward other objects intheir path. The earth andthe moon are not exemptfrom this phenomenon.The moon tries to pullour planet towards it. Butthe moon’s small size onlyallows it to influence thewater of our oceans. Atthe same time, PlanetEarth, exerting its ownforce, pulls the waterback in the other direc-tion. This war of theTitans results in risingwater levels in the placeson the earth closest to themoon, causing high tides.But the earth pulls backjust as strongly resultingin a similar wave on theother side of the planet.The orbit of the moonand the rotation of theearth on its own axiscause the movement ofthese waves on the globe’ssurface. The coastlinestops the movement ofthe water. At thatmoment, an observerstanding on the coastwould confirm an eleva-tion in the water level.Several hours later, whenthe moon continues on itsjourney, the sea returns toits original level. The timeof day that this happensdepends on when themoon passes overhead,thus the time varies fromday to day.

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Water is the theme ofAQUA, a joint exhib-it by photographer

Philippe Hochart and painterJean Verrechia at Porte 34 (for-merly the Bagdad Gallery) inGustavia, December 23-28.”This is an unexpectedopportunity,” says Verrechia,who was planning for an exhibitof his work in late January orFebruary. But when LoulouMagras told Hochart that thegallery was available for theweek between Christmas andNew Year’s, both artists jumpedat the chance. Verrechia willpresent some of his recent col-orful paintings that combineblue with other bright colors,such as red and purple. “Ourcommon theme is aqua forwater,” he says. “Aquamarine,

transparent aqua, aqua blue.” Hochart recently published abook, also entitled AQUA,which will be on display at thegallery along with 20 large for-mat photographs. The bookchronicles Hochart’s 20 yearsof living in Saint Barth. Thephotographs at Porte 34 rangefrom “hot blue” images of thetropics to “cold blue” images ofGreenland that Hochart tooklast summer during an arcticvoyage about the Pen Duick VI,a boat that once belonged to thelate, great French sailor, EricTabarly. “Some of the cold pho-tographs are of icebergs sculpt-ed by the wind and the salt,”says Hochart. “They are likepieces of ice with messagesinside, sculptures that melt asthey float toward Saint Barth.”

Double Exposure at PDouble Exposure at Porta 34 orta 34

”Meeting with Buddha," an exhibition of antiquestatues of Buddha, through January 8 at TheHouse in Gustavia. Photo Cécile Lucot

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