St Thomas-St John * Remembering All Ah We *: Hugh & Barbara Hunte

Hugh & Barbara Hunte

Hugh the musician and sailor. Barbara the consummate hostess. Both gregarious and most upbeat friendly personalities.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Hugh was a good sailor, nice guy... and a great help with the KATS program.

He really loved people.

Once I told him someone we both knew had died... and Hugh broken down at Hook Line and Sinker and opening wept.

I loved him after that.

Oh, yeah... be played sax or jazz horn of some time... remember him wailing away at Skinny's; November 22, 2008
Wolf Leonard said...: I cried at Barbara's funeral service. Their son held up better than me.; September 03, 2010

St Thomas - St John, U.S. Virgin Islands ~ Remembering All-Ah-Wee

Recalling the many people in the 70's and 80's, up to the mid - 90's who gave Red Hook and The East End the character it had (including some from downtown and St. John).

Why "mid-90's" ? Hurricane Marilyn in 1995 changed our work and play patterns, our lives and energies. As one person expressed it, Hurricane Hugo in '89 was an adventure; Marilyn was a royal P-I-T-A.

Some long time island residents left after '95, plus rebuilding and development, forever changed the simplicity and laid back character of Red Hook we reveled and thrived in.

Many though are still sailin', lymin', workin', drinkin' and dancing on as we speak . . . in St Thomas-St John-BVI's, down island or wherever they may be.

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Please email and suggest people or places that should be included here.

Open those shoeboxes of photos and have a sit down session with your scanner ! If you don't have a way of posting your photos to the Internet, let me know and I'll help you.