The 5th annual St. John Christmas Music Festival and Children’s Parade will be held on Sunday, Dec. 13. The parade will start in front of Mongoose Junction at 6:30 p.m., go by the passenger ferry dock, up the street by Connections and right into Winston Wells Ball Field. Santa will then give out free presents to all the children in attendance in the ball field.
At approximately 7:30 p.m., the concert will start. This year’s concert features some of the most talented high school jazz musicians from St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix. Opening the show will be St. Thomas H.S. student and jazz prodigy, sax player Malachi Thomas, and his band JAZZ LAKE. The headline act will be The Central High School Jazz Ensemble from St. Croix.
The entire evening is free and is sponsored by Merchants Commercial Bank, Tropical Properties, Chelsea Drugs, Theodore Tunick & Company, Holiday Homes, First Bank, American Paradise Realty, Donald Sussman, and Steve and Helen Simon.
For more information, call Steve Simon at 643-6475.