{"id":41737,"date":"2016-07-05T09:43:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=41737"},"modified":"2016-07-05T10:16:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T10:16:52","slug":"carefree-parade-independence-day-brings-st-johns-2016-festival-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=41737","title":{"rendered":"A Carefree Parade On Independence Day Brings St. John&#8217;s 2016 Festival To A Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CRUZ BAY, ST. JOHN &#8212; The St. John 2016 Festival ended on Tuesday with a colorful parade, and later that evening with fireworks commemorating Independence Day, and a finale Festival Village night that closed with the legendary Krosfyah band out of Barbados.<\/p>\n<p>The island&#8217;s j&#8217;ouvert morning event, which happened at about 7:00 a.m. and lasted just over an hour, was <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/culture\/revelers-turn-st-john-into-a-wet-fete-for-jouvert-morning\/\" target=\"_blank\">nothing to scuff at<\/a><\/span>, according to Consortium reporter Ernice Gilbert.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pictures (click feature image) and videos, situated below, of yesterday&#8217;s activities.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fviconsortium%2Fvideos%2F993616674085904%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"419\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fviconsortium%2Fvideos%2F993593410754897%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"438\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fviconsortium%2Fvideos%2F993390160775222%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRUZ BAY, ST. 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