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April 25, 2007
"Nick" Friday Roadway to be dedicated Thursday The public is invited to dedication ceremonies on Thursday April 26 for the Trevor Nicholas “Nick” Friday Memorial Drive. The ceremony, which begins at 12 noon, names an east-end St. Thomas roadway in his honor. Friday, the famed leader of the ever-popular Jam Band, was honored by the 26th Legislature for his contributions to Calypso music, St. Thomas Carnival and Virgin Islands music history. Gov. John deJongh said Thursday’s dedication ceremony is a fitting tribute to a giant in the music industry who did so much to shape the calypso art form through his work with bands that included: TNT Brass, Eddie and the Movements and Jam Band. As part of the legislation, prime-sponsored by Senator Celestino White, a ceremony to name the roadway is to be planned and organized. Additionally, no less than four signs, bearing the inscription “The Nicholas “Nick” Friday Drive, are to be unveiled at Thursday’s ceremony. “The drive named for Friday will extend from the Red Hook ferry dock area west to the Nadir intersection,” said St. Thomas – Water Island Administrator Barbara Petersen whose office is planning the tribute. The ceremony, which will be held in the general vicinity of the gas station adjacent to the Red Hook ferry dock, is being organized to coincide with Virgin Islands Carnival taking place this week. “We wanted to capitalize on the fact that so many Nick Friday fans are here at home to participate in the 2007 Carnival climax this week and pay tribute to a true Virgin Islands music icon,” Petersen said. The legislation posthumously honoring Friday was passed on March 9, 2006 and is now Act 6826. |
