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SHAYNA: COLOR INTENSIFIES UNDER
A CARIBBEAN SUN.
HYPNOTIC OCEAN BLUES, MULTIPLE
BUILDINGS AND MULTIPLE HUES.
ARCHITECTURALLY, THE PARLIAMENT
DOMINATES BRIDGETOWN.
ON A QUIET SIDE STREET SITS A
MUCH SMALLER TREASURE, DATING
BACK TO 1654.
>> A REPRSENTATIVE GROUP OF
PEOPLE -- PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE
AS MISSION SETTLERS.
THEY BROUGHT SUGAR.
SUGAR BECAME THE BACKBONE OF OUR
ECONOMY.
SHAYNA: THE FIRST SETTLERS WERE
SEPHARDIC JEWS FROM EUROPE.
THEY WORSHIP AT A SYNAGOGUE, ONE
OF THE OLDEST IN THE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE.
PAUL AND HIS FATHER HELPED SAVE
THE ONCE NEGLECTED STRUCTURE AND
ITS CEMETERY.
>> MY FATHER SAID, YOU DO NOT
TAMPER WITH GRAVES.
I DID RESEARCH, FOUND
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS BUILDING.
BY 1987, WE HAD IT RESTORED.
SHAYNA: IN 2008, AN ONTOLOGICAL
-- ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDENT
UNCOVERED A MITVAH, OR RITUAL
BATH.
TODAY, THE SYNAGOGUE AND THE
ADJOINING MUSEUM ARE IN USE,
MOSTLY FOR EVENTS AND VISITORS.
>> WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF JEWISH
VISITORS WHO COME HERE BECAUSE
OF TOURISM.
THE NUMBER OF JEWISH PEOPLE WHO
LIVE ON THIS ISLAND ARE NOW 15
OR 16 FAMILIES.
SHAYNA: ALTMAN WAS RECENTLY
KNIGHTED BY THE QUEEN FOR HIS
PHILANTHROPY.
>> IT CHOKES ME UP.
AND I AM CHOKED UP AGAIN,
BECAUSE OF THE REALITY MY
GRANDFATHER CAME HERE WITHOUT
ANYTHING IN 1931.
THIS IS A PART OF THAT JOURNEY.
SHAYNA: BARBADIANS HAVE A NEAR
TOTAL LITERACY.
EDUCATION IS FREE AND COMPULSORY
UNTIL AGE 16.
SPORTS ARE BIG HERE, TOO.
CRICKET AND POLO AMONG THEM.
BUT HAVE YOU HEARD OF ROAD
TENNIS?
>> IT IS A CROSS BETWEEN TABLE
TENNIS AND LAWN TENNIS.
THE SPORT STARTED IN THE EARLY
1930'S.
THE LOCALS COULD NOT AFFORD TO
PLAY LAWN TENNIS, SO THE
IMPRIMATUR -- IMPROVISED.
SHAYNA: IS IT AN OLYMPIC SPORT?
>> NOT YET, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE
ASPIRE TO BE.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT THE NUMBER
ONE SPORT IN THE WORLD.
SHAYNA: AT THIS SECONDARY SCHOOL
IN ST. JAMES, WE NEED THE CEO OF
THE PROFESSIONAL ROAD TENNIS
ASSOCIATION.
>> THE GOAL OF THE GAME IS TO
REACH 21 POINTS FIRST.
IF IT HITS THE NET, YOU LOSE A
POINT.
SHAYNA: ON HAND TO SHOW US HOW
IT IS DONE, SOME CHAMPS, AND MY
OPPONENT.
GRIFFITH DID NOT LOSE A SINGLE
TOURNAMENT LAST YEAR.
YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE IT EASY ON
ME?
>> OF COURSE I WILL.
SHAYNA: THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER ON
THE ISLAND, WATCH OUT, MARK.
TEAM SHAYNA, TEAM SHAYNA.
I NEED ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.
IN MY OPINION, THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS BEGINNERS LUCK.
IT WAS A GOOD MOMENT, IT WAS A
GOOD MOMENT.
ROAD TENNIS MANAGED TO FIND ITS
WAY TO BROOKLYN, WHERE IT IS
BECOME POPULAR IN CERTAIN
NEIGHBORHOODS.
IN FACT, MARK GRIFFITH AND OTHER
ROAD TENNIS PROFESSIONALS HAVE
TRAVELED TO NEW YORK FOR WHAT IS
KNOWN AS THE CREAM OF THE CROP
ROAD TENNIS FINALS.
A THRIVING ISLAND FARM, WHEN WE
COME BACK.
>> I SCAN THE DRAWINGS AND PUT
THEM INTO PHOTOSHOP AND CREATE
THE ANIMATION.