GALLOWS BAY CELEBRATES ITS HOLIDAY SEASON WITH ITS FOURTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY FESTIVAL

GALLOWS BAY CELEBRATES ITS HOLIDAY SEASON

WITH ITS FOURTH ANNUAL HOLIDAY FESTIVAL

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16^TH 5-9PM

The merchants of Gallows Bay are busy organizing their holiday event which will take place on Thursday, December 16^th from 5 until 9pm. The retail stores and restaurants will be open for business and there will be entertainment throughout the Gallows Bay Area. Many of the retail stores and businesses will have special events that night and customers can shop while being entertained by local talent. The event will span from The Case Place and Frongillo Hair Care, where Texas Jim will be playing outside under the awning in front of the harbor, to Patalidas, Schooner Bay Market and Sharkey’s Bait Stand where Central High School Jazz Band and Ebenezer Methodist Steel Pan Band will be delighting the crowd. The Santa Cruz Brass Ensemble will be playing Christmas music in front of the Post Office , a surprise live band in front of Gallows Bay Hardware, and there will be steel pan music in front of Gallows Bay Kitchen & Home. Throughout the evening the Guardians of Culture Moko Jumbies will perform in various locations, as will the wonderful dancers of the Quadrille Dance Troupe. Christmas Carolers will be traveling throughout the area singing traditional Christmas songs. For the kids, Santa will be at Gallows Bay Hardware and Schooner Bay Market and Annaly Guerra will be reading children’s books at Undercover Books & Gifts in the Atrium (with a special reading of The Night Before Christmas). The bookstore is hosting a double signing Michael Connors with his latest table top book, British West Indies Style and local Marcy Heistand’s debut Crucian romance novel, After the Storm.

Two fabulous new eateries will make their debut that night, Prime Place Market (in the old Anything Goes space) and The Bistro(next door to the bookstore). The Case Place and No Bones Café will be open and serving food all evening. And don’t forget about Gallows Bay’s own homemade ice cream, sorbet and gelato shop, Jaccar, Organic & Natural Sorbet Traveller’s Tree is joining the festivities with some fantastic specials and ideas for Christmas gifts. Tropical Therapy, Frongillo Hair Care, Peter Stewart Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and Under the Palms Hair Salon are offering some therapeutic and beauty and health-related Christmas gift giving ideas.

All in all, it’s a great night for the whole family to come out to Gallows Bay and celebrate your holiday season with a bang and get some of your Christmas shopping done, too! All the merchants of Gallows Bay wish you and your family a very happy , healthy and safe holiday season.

. The participating businesses are as follows:

Schooner Bay Market, Sharkey’s Bait Stand, Patalidas Designers, No Bones Café, Caribbean Printing & Marketing, The Traveller’s Tree, Gallows Bay Kitchen & Home, Jaccar Organic & Natural Sorbet, Prime Place Market, American Medical Plan, St. Croix Environmental Association, The Bistro, Peter Stewart, Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Under the Palms Hair Salon, Tropical Therapy Wellness Spa, Undercover Books & Gifts, MMC Mustafa Mehmet Corp., Coldwell Banker Land-de Wilde Realty, The Daily News, Gallows Bay Hardware, J.K.C. Communications, The Case Place and Frongillo Hair Care.

If you have questions, please contact Kathy Bennett at Undercover Books & Gifts, 340-719-1567.