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Friday, August 5 marks the opening night of the third edition of the St Barth Summer Sessions.The program comprises live music and DJs every evening through August 15

in a variety of venues across the island.

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There is still a lot to be learnedabout the flora and fauna of StBarthélemy. But the local biodi-versity is currently being men-aced by an invasion of the com-mon iguana. Larger and moreaggressive than its native coun-terpart, the common species hascolonized the island, putting thenative West Indian Iguana indanger of extinction. The NatureReserve is hoping to createsanctuaries for them on theislands of Frégate and Fourchue

The West Indian Iguana is cur-rently an endangered species inSaint Barth.Until about 10 years ago, thespecies endemic to the islandwas doing quite well… until abox from South America allowedabout one hundred common iguanas toescape onto the tarmac at Juliana Air-port in Sint Maarten. The incident tookplace in the early 2000s, according tothe hypothesis of scientist MichelBreuil, a specialist in French Antillesamphibians and reptiles at the NationalNatural History Museum, to try andtrack the date of this invasive speciesarriving in St Barth. Imported to theisland, the common iguanas wereabandoned when they got too big, or

because of the damage they caused,from malodorous droppings todestruction of gardens where they atethe various plants.

The Survival of the FittestBut once free to roam, the commoniguana reverted to its natural behavior.“The male is more imposing than thatof the West Indian iguana: he chaseshim away in order to mate with thefemales,” explains Breuil, who hasbeen working with the NaturalReserve for the past few years in order

to take a census of the island’siguana population. “Thespecies is especially prolific,and the female can lay as manyas 70 eggs at once.” It onlytakes a few times before a pop-ulation of hybrids appears andin larger numbers. And asBreuil points out: “the iguanadoes not have a natural predatoron the island.” The presence ofthis same invasive species hascaused the disappearance of theWest Indian Iguana in LesSaintes and Grande-Terre(Guadeloupe). And unlessmeasures are taken to stop thetrend, the native iguana willalso disappear Basse-Terre. Inkeeping with a national plan ofaction to save the species,

measures will be taken to move themto protected islands.A photography exhibit, “The IguanaOf Saint Barth,” can be seen throughmid-August in the Natural Reservecenter in Gustavia.

Biodiversity

West Indian Iguana MenacedBy Common Iguana

The hybrid, on the left, is the result of mating between the native West IndiesIguana and the common iguana imported into Saint Barth. The staff of theNatural Reserve is trying to capture this invasive and aggressive species.

FRÉGATE AND FOURCHUE: TWO NEW ISLAND SANCTUARIES“The hybridization of the WestIndies Iguana and the commoniguana is a factor in the disappea-rance of the species,” notes Breuil.To prevent this, the NaturalReserve of St Barthélemy hasbegun a rescue operation to savethe endemic species. The staff of the Natural Reserve,volunteers of the West IndianIguana Species Group, and theAlsophis association, have capturesa dozen of the West Indies iguana,males and females and transportedthem to the islands of Frégate andFourchue, where the scientists hopethey will reproduce. These twoislands were once a natural habitatfor these iguanas. A first census taken in Saint Bar-thélemy by the Natural Reservecounted a population of 200 nativeWest Indian Iguanas on the island.

Michel Breuil and members of the West IndianIguana Group recently counted and identified a population of 200 native West Indies Iguanas.

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Third Annual St Barth Summer Sessions

Eleven Nights of Music, August 5-15Friday, August 5 marks the opening night of the thirdedition of the St Barth Summer Sessions, created byThierry De Badereau of the restaurant, La Plage. Theprogram comprises live music and DJs, includingmany graduates of the prestigious Berklee College ofMusic in Boston, every evening through August 15 in avariety of venues across the island. Program p.12

GUEST ARTISTS

JOSE PADILLAJosé Padilla, the legendary DJof Café Del Mar, delivers anexquisite mix of music fromthe four corners of the planets.To discover or rediscover…

ADAM LASHER BANDAdam Lasher is a fabulousguitar player… who happensto also be the nephew of Car-los Santana! His talent setshim apart from the other musi-cians of his generation in LosAngeles, where he often per-forms.

ALEX MERRELLBased in Los Angeles, DJAlex Merrell is known as ayoung DJs with extraordi-nary musical creativity.She worked with UNICEFon the Tap Project RadioCampaign, and DJ’d at theCannes Film Festival andToronto International Film Festival. One of her interna-tional residencies is at La Plage in Saint Barth.

ASHLEY RODRIGUEZTRIOSinger AshleyRodriguez, a finalist onAmerican Idol 2010,returns to St Barth for theSummer Sessions. Agraduate of Berklee Col-lege of Music in 2009,she lives in Los Angeles,and will perform with her ‘All Girls Band’ comprising Lizon guitar and Ruby on the piano.

TAIS ALVARENGATais is a 23 year-oldBrazilian composer,singer, and actress, who isalso a graduate of theBerklee College of Musicwhere she studied filmmusic. Her mix of pop andLatin folk is both appeal-ing and socially relevant.Her major influences areElis Regina, Sara Tavares,Chico Buarque, Lenineand Richard Bona.

TOM HOWIECanadian-born Tom Howieis a guitarist and song-writer in his early 20s,whose soaring vocals andsongwriting talents havedrawn comparisons to JeffBuckley and Thom Yorke.Last November, hereleased his third soloalbum, The Right andWrong of Everything,mixed by producer AshwinSood. Howie is also agraduate of the BerkleeCollege of Music, and cur-rently lives in New YorkCity.

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JIMMY VALLANCEJust 21 years old and Jimmyis already a confirmed artistand producer. He has sharedthe stage with such top DJsPaul Van Dyk, Armin VanBuuren, Sander Van Doorn,ATB, and Cosmic Gate… In2008 he became known for

his remix of Sia’s “Buttons” with Chris Lake and MarcusSchulz. Included on Ultra Records, this mix is immenselypopular and was even included on BBC Radio One in theEssential Mix of Pete Tong.

JOSH FOBAREJosh Fobare is a professional pianist and composer basedin Boston.His musical style crosses such genres as pop, rock, andR&B, as well as orchestral classics. He currently performswith Ryan Fardy, Project K-Paz, Tom Howie, and holds aBachelor of Music in Music Synthesis from Berklee Col-lege of Music.

RYAN FARDYRyan has played to crowds allover New England and theUnited States from Las Vegasto California and Florida, aswell as Canada.  He hasopened for the legendaryChaka Khan, Leon Russell,Edgar Winter, Mountain,Snoop Dogg, Rick Derringer,Hoobastank, and others.  Agraduate of the Berklee Col-lege of Music, he is a BMIrecording artist.

ABERTO PRA BALANCO TRIO

The Aberto Pra Balanço Trio comprises young musiciansfrom São Paulo who have updated the samba and authen-tic Brazilian music. The trio includes Alex Walid (vocalsand acoustic guitar), Fred da Matta (vocals and electricguitar) and Heloise (percussion).

ALVARO KAPAZAlvaro was born in São Paulo,Brazil, won a Berklee Achieve-ment Scholarship for his out-standing involvement withBerklee College of Music and isalso the founder of Project K-Paz. Alvaro has developed hisown style, a mix of old rock and blues with newer trendsin jazz and funk. Project K-Paz is composed of musiciansfrom several countries who met at Berklee and share theidea of launching something new, very cosmopolitan, andwithout geographic boundaries.

GUMSGregory Gumbs, 23 years old,uses GUMS as his stage name.Born in Saint Barthélemy, herecently signed with SonyRecords. He is based in Pariswhere his star is continually ris-ing. His single, ‘Don’t Give Up,’is a top hit with distribution innine countries. He will record inJamaica this summer, working

with Cute B (producer of the hit ‘Rock This Party’ withBob Sinclair) who decided to take Gregory Gumbos underhis wing the very first time he saw him perform.

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Veterans of past St. Barth SummerSessions, Tom Howie and AlvaroKapaz are back this year, both asmusicians and consultants, helpingThierry de Badereau of La Plageexpand the musical boundaries ofthe festival, which runs fromAugust 5-15 (see complete sched-ule). Graduates of Boston’sBerklee College of Music, theyhave called upon the talents of oth-er grads as well as musicians fromKapaz’s native Brazil, includingTais and Aberto Pra Balanço: “Weare adding a Brazilian accent to amix of rock, pop, indie, and elec-tronic music,” he says.

Both Howie and Kapaz will playwith their own bands as well as theSummer Sessions house band:“We have created a house band oftalented musicians who can playjust about anything,” Howie notes.“This creates a musical thread forthe festival and cuts down on costsof bringing in musicians.” All ofthe musicians perform for free,while the non-profit association StBarth Rocks provides airfare,housing, and meals.

“Tom and I are careful to get the

artists to make music other thanwhat they usually play, and to cre-ate a unique musical experiencefor St Barth,” explains Kapaz,whose own group, Project K-Paz,plays only improvised music. “Ourmusic lives in the moment and wedo what inspires us,” he adds.“Last year we played in almostevery concert but this year broughtadditional guitar players to helpout.”

And with these two talented musi-cians on the team, the St BarthSummer Sessions is on the road tobecoming a major summer musicfestival in various venues aroundthe island. “You can have drinks inone place and listen to one kind ofmusic and have dinner with anoth-er band someplace else, there aremany kinds of musical vibes andwe worked with the venues to findthe right fit,” says Howie. “Thepossibilities for the future are end-less, and we hope to make it a bet-ter event every year, as we get toknow the island better.”

By Ellen Lampert-GréauxPhoto: Rosemond Gréaux

St Barth Summer Sessions:

Tom Howie & Alvaro KapazAdd To The Mix

Alvaro Kapaz (left) and Tom Howie, both graduates of Berklee College ofMusic, serve as musical consultants for The St Barth Summer Sessions.

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NIKI BELUCCIA former gymnast from Hun-gary, Niki Belucci is atopless DJ who mixesregularly on FG DJRadio. She will be featured atthe Yacht Club onSaturday, August 6 and the Pool Party at theGuanahani on August 7.

CUT KILLERMaster of hip-hop,Cut Killer is one of themost celebratedFrench DJs. He workson the internationalscene, most notablywith DJ FunkmasterFlex & The Big DawgPitbulls and 50 Cent’sShadyville DJ’s. Cut

Killer has several gold records and works intandem with DJ Abdel. He has also produ-ced a dozen successful compilation CDs. Cut Killer will be at the Yacht Club onSaturday, August 20.

HANNA HANSENWorking under thename Hed Kandi,Hanna Hansen isone of top femaleDJs in Germany.This former modelmixes Electro-Housemusic in hip clubssuch as the High Club (Nice), Les Planches(Deauville), Les Caves (Courchevel) and LePalais (Cannes). Hanna Hansen will do shows at the YachtClub on Saturday, August 13 and the Guana-hani Pool Party on August 14.

MISTER TKnown for his ener-getic House sets,Thierry Genet—alias“Mister T”— is cur-rently the resident DJat Bliss in St Martin.Before coming to theCaribbean, he wor-ked at Le Palace, the

Bus Palladium, Man Ray, Les BainsDouches, and the Ritz Club in Paris. Mister T spins his mix on August 5 and 12 at the Yacht Club

DJS WHO’S WHO

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EVENINGS AT TI ST BARTH• Every Tuesday and Wednesday: Dinner Cabaret Show• Every Thursday: Summer Session DJ Guest• Every Friday: Plastic Boots Party with Carole and the Fashion ShowBoutique• Saturday, August 6: Carole’s Famous St Barth White Party • Saturday, August 13: Emergency• Saturday, August 20: A Night In Marrakech

July 29- August 20

Saint Barth Family Festival

The 2011 Saint Barth Family Festi-val is up and running as of July 29.This third annual summer festivalorganized by Carole Gruson,queen of the night, presents hotDJs for three weeks in three ven-ues across the island: Ti St Barth,the Yacht Club, and the GuanahaniHotel & Spa.

This year’s Saint Barth FamilyFestival features five guest DJswho will each star in an evening atthe Yacht Club as well as at threePool Parties at the Guanahani,Sunday July 31, August 7, andAugust 14 from noon to 7pm.

Three of the DJs are return guests:Niki Belucci is back, after a visitfor the 15th anniversary of Ti StBarth earlier this year; Cut Killer,who was a guest at the Yacht Clublast February; and Mister T, resi-dent DJ at Bliss, who was here inJuly. Plus two new guests: FrenchDJ Sub Zero (named after MortalKombat video game characters)and Hanna Hansen, a model for,among others, Escada and HugoBoss, before becoming a star at theturntables. Local DJs are also part of thescene, with DJ Johan, the residentDJ at the Yacht Club, and DJ Eye-dol, the resident DJ at Red IceClub. Their shows are on Tues-days, Wednesdays, and Thursdaysat the Yacht Club. At the Ti SaintBarth, resident DJ Frank N will beat the turntables, and participate atthe three Pool Parties at the Guana-hani. The complete program is available at www.letistbarth.comwww.caroleplaces.com.

For more information, call the info-line at 0590 51 15 80, or send an email toinfo@caroleplaces.com.

THROUGH AUGUST 20THSt Barth Family Festival 2011This third annual summerfestival organized by CaroleGruson, queen of the night,presents hot DJs for threeweeks in Ti St Barth, theYacht Club, and theGuanahani Hotel & Spa.� Every Tuesday- Dinner Cabaret Showat Ti St Barth, Pointe Milou- Eyedol, at Yacht Club,Gustavia� Every Wednesday- Dinner Cabaret Show at TiSt Barth, Pointe Milou� Every Thursday- Summer Session DJ Guestat Ti St Barth, Pointe Milou- DJ Johan, at Yacht Club,Gustavia� Every Friday- Plastic Boots Party withCarole and the Fashion ShowBoutique at Ti St Barth,Pointe Milou� Friday August 5Mister T spins his mix at theYacht Club � Saturday, August 6 - Carole’s Famous St BarthWhite Party at Ti St Barth,Pointe Milou- Niki Belucci at the YachtClub � Sunday August 7The famous Pool Party atGuanahani with Niki Belucci

and DJ Frank N� Friday August 12Mister T spins his mix at theYacht Club � Saturday, August 13- Emergency at Ti St Barth,Pointe Milou- DJ Hanna Hansen at YachtClub � Sunday August 14The famous Pool Party atGuanahani with HannaHansen and DJ Frank N� Saturday, August 20- A Night In Marrakech at TiSt Barth, Pointe Milou- Master of hip-hop, CutKiller at the Yacht Club,Gustavia

AUGUST 5-15: ST. BARTH SUMMERSESSIONS**� Friday August 5:- 8pm: Le Toiny, RestaurantLe Gaiac: Tom Howie Band- 9pm: La Plage Showcase-Aberto Pra Balanço/MainBand; Ry FaradayBand� Saturday August 6:- 7:30pm: Hotel Christopher,Taïno Restaurant: Ry Faraday Band- 8pm: Bonito, Aberto PraBalanço- 9pm:La Plage – JoséPadilla: �St Barth Goes Ibiza� Sunday August 7:- 2pm: La Plage - Afternoon

party, José Padilla: �St BarthGoes Ibiza�- 7pm: Do Brazil - AshleyRodriguez- 9pm: La Plage - AbertoPra Balanço� Monday August 8:- 7pm: Hôtel Guanahani,Restaurant Indigo - AshleyRodriguez- 9pm: La Plage - RyFaraday Band� Tuesday August 9:- 7pm: Hôtel Guanahani,Restaurant Indigo - Aberto Pra Balaço- 9pm: La Plage - AshleyRodriguez- 9pm: V-Lounge, Gustavia-DJ Alex Merrell� Wednesday August 10:- 7pm Do Brazil - Aberto Pra Balanço- 8:30: Tamarin - AdamLasher Band- 10pm: La Plage - JimmyVallance & Tom Howie (DJ& Acoustic Guitar)� Thursday August 11:- 7pm: La Banane - JimmyVallance & Tom Howie (DJ & Acoustic Guitar) BY RESERVATION ONLY- 9pm: La Plage, St JeanAdam Lasher Band� Friday August 12:- 9pm: La Route desBoucaniers, Gustavia -Adam Lasher Band- 9pm: La Plage - Tais� Saturday August 13:- 1pm: La Gloriette, PetitCul de Sac - Tom HowieBand- 6pm: V-Lounge DJ AlexMerrell- 8pm: On The Dock InGustavia - Project K-Paz /Adam Lasher Band / Tais /GUMS- 9pm: La Plage, St Jean -Jimmy Vallance & TomHowie (DJ Acoustic Guitar)� Sunday August 14:- 7pm : V Lounge - FirstSet: Josh Fobare, second set:Jimmy Vallance & TomHowie (DJ & acousticGuitar)

- 7:30pm : HotelChristopher, TaïnoRestaurant, Pointe Milou -Tais- 9pm: La Plage, St Jean -Adam Lasher Band� GRAND FINALE,Monday, August 15:- 8pm: La Plage - Project K-Paz / Tom Howie Band /Adam Lasher Band / Tais /DJ Alex Merrell / DJ JimmyVallance** Program subject tochange**

AUGUST 14, 2011: Fete in Lorient, Ajoe� Sunday, August 14- 8am: Mass and processionto the beach

AUGUST 18-20: SB JAM MUZIKFESTIVAL, GUSTAVIA� Thursday, August 18: Dede St-Prix & Kali,Kwaxicolors� Friday, August 19:Culture, Tanya Saint-Val� Saturday, August, 20:Alfredo de la Fe & Xiomara,Carimi

AUGUST 21, 2011: Fete Of Gustavia� August 21, 2011- 8am: Poker tournament,upstairs at the Port ofGustavia- Boules tournament, EspaceGambier (near the pharmacy)Cards tournament on theQuai du Général de Gaulle- 10:30am: Play Station tournament on the Quai du Général de Gaulle- 11am: West Indies culinary fair - 12pm: Champagne toastand music musicale

Summer 2011 is hot, hot, hot, with lots of great events, from the new St Barth Summer Festival with a series of cool concertsfrom July 25 through August 20 to numerous neighborhood fetes, where all are welcome to enjoy the fun. Summer in St Barthis the island’s best kept secret, but The Weekly has the inside scoop on what’s happening (all programs subject to change):

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- Afternoon: Various gamesand activities on the Quai du Général de Gaulle- 2pm: Laser regatta- 8pm: Music and dancing

AUGUST 24, 2011Fete of St Barthélemy,Gustavia- 8am: Sailor’s Mass at theCatholic Church, followed bya procession to the sea andbenediction- 9am: Boules tournament- 9:30am: Cards tournament,sign up as of 8:30am- 10:30am: Placing of awreath at the War Memorial- 11am: Cocktail reception atthe Hotel de laCollectivity: Speeches,Awarding of medals to hon-orary citizens, and diplomasAfternoon: Various gamesand activities on the Quai duGénéral de Gaulle- 2pm: Scrabble tournamentat the Port of Gustavia;Beach volleyballat Shell Beach- 3:30pm: Various games, raffle- 6pm: Awards ceremony,dance performances- 8pm: Fireworks and dancing, Gustavia

AUGUST 25, 2011Fete of Saint-Louis,Corossol� August 25, 2011- 6am: Fishing tournament - 8am: Mass at the Rock ofSaint Louis.- 9am: Foosball and cardsTournaments- 10:00am: Regatta: Optimist,RS Feva (SBYC).- 10:30am: Games for kids- 12:30pm: Cocktail r -eception, lunch - 2pm: Kayak races- 3:30pm: Activities andgames for kids and adults

- 6pm: Awards ceremony- 7pm: Dance performance- 9pm: Music and dancing

AUGUST 27-28, 2011Fete: Flamands& ColombierDue to bad weather, Asccopostponed the Fete inFlamands to this weekend,July 30 and 31. All events on beach inFlamands unless otherwisenoted:� Saturday, July 30- 1pm: Dominos and boulestournaments, games for kids- 4pm: Juggling and magicby clown Roberto- 5pm: Beach tennis- 6pm: Dances- 6:30pm: Performance: “TheClown and His Fiancée” - 7pm: Dinner - 8pm: Music� Sunday, July 31- 7:30am: Mass at the chapelin Colombier- 8am: Beach volleyball, soc-cer, and card tournaments - 10am: Games for kids - 11:30am: music- 12pm: Lunch - 12pm: Chess tournament- 2pm: Games- 2:45pm: Juggling andmagic by clown Roberto - 5:30pm: Theatre and danceperformances - 7:30pm: Music and dancing

Fashion Show � Daily Fashion Shows- at 9:00pm Fashion show atTi St Barth except Sunday- Fashion Show: every lunch& dinner, La Plage, St Jean- Fashion Show from thePoupette boutique, from1:00pm at Tamarin, Saline.� Every Tuesday6:30pm: Fashion show by thepool, from the boutique atthe Isle de France� Every Saturday

8:00pm: Fashion show by thepool, from the boutiqueLinde gallery at TainoRestaurant, ChristopherHotel � Every Friday- The Fashion ShowBoutique at Ti St Barth, � Saturday July 30 - Fashion Show Swimwear,Pain de Sucre at Ti St Barth,

Exhibitions� Through August 31The Eden Rock Gallery presents: ChristianFagerlund‘reflection’ � Through July 31Peter Gurnz, MarcoGlaviano, Marco Cella,Philippe Pasqua atTomBeachArtStudio � Permanent Exhibitions- Alain le Chatelier,

Dave Stevenson, LesArtisans- Works by Cyrille Margarit,Nikki Beach, St Jean- Photography by WolfgangLudes, Jean-Philippe Piter,Antoine Verglas at ClicBookstore and Gallery - Group show at PipiriPalace, Gustavia- Rose Murray, Comptoir du Cigare, Gustavia - Sculptures by TimothyHolmes, Comptoir duCigare, Gustavia� Artist’s Collection- Pompi, Petit Cul de Sac- Hannah Moser, Cul de Sac- Mitchell Summer, Toiny� Art Galleries- Pipiri Boutique, Gustavia- TomBeachArtStudio,St Jean - Clic Gallery, Gustavia- Les Artisans, Gustavia

Summer 2011 is hot, hot, hot, with lots of great events, from the new St Barth Summer Festival with a series of cool concertsfrom July 25 through August 20 to numerous neighborhood fetes, where all are welcome to enjoy the fun. Summer in St Barthis the island’s best kept secret, but The Weekly has the inside scoop on what’s happening (all programs subject to change):

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On July 26, the day ofhis 55th birthday, Pierre"Pierrot" Montalti, ownerof Pipiri Palace restau-rant, passed away inFrance. His friends pub-lished this short text inhis memory:

We would have stoppedby "the Palace" that day,just to say hello, and youwould have asked if youcould offer us a drink,adding that you had just found a very good littleBordeaux, and we should tell you what’s new, thensaying off-handedly as it had no real importance,“it’s my birthday.” We would have clinked our glass-es and you would have taken out your old tobaccopouch to roll one… because with hand-rolled ciga-rettes you smoked less… And we would have madesmall talk about how times flies and all the birthdaysalready flown by, trying to be funny. You wouldunthinkingly smooth down your moustache andyou’d walk away for a minute, as you had to checkon something in the kitchen and say something toyour chef. But you would not come back! So pleasedon’t be mad at your friends if we only half-hearted-ly appreciate this final prank. We can picture you upthere with your eyes laughing like after a good joke,but just between us, this last one was not the best!And the next “little drink” that we share amongfriends, even in your absence you will be there, as wewill never forget your mischievous look.Here’s to you, Pierrot! Your friends.