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The Show Goes On: Miss St. Croix Contestants Give Taste Of What's To Come At Preliminary Event

ST. CROIX -- If there's one season that can help with moving past the psychological effects of ruinous hurricanes, it's the cultural season of the territory. Weeks following Hurricanes Irma and Maria, uncertainty hovered around the Crucian Christmas Festival, the island's monthlong string of events that start in December and run into early January. Would there be enough money to fund the over $500,000 annual affair, which includes nightly Festival Village activities with top Soca bands from around the Caribbean? Would Virgin Islanders be in the mood to party? The latter was never really in question, but the former was a genuine concern. These questions were put to rest when Governor Kenneth Mapp announced that this year's festival season would not only take place, it would be longer -- 15 days to be exact -- with events happening not only on St. Croix, but St. Thomas and St. John as well. The confirmation cleared the way for one of the season's most iconic show...