Friday nite and the week-end's here/ I need to unwind/ Where's the party? It's at the Gaiety of course. It may be raining cats and dogs outside but Red Unlimited has called on its Red Army to put on boots and head over to REDemption, the party that will launch its 2K11 Carnival portrayal.
The launch was moved from what has become the traditional Red Ignites concert the band has used for the past three years to begin its season. Band Leader Thaddeus Antoine says the move was made because Jazz Saturday is scheduled to end later than usual and also because the Police are enforcing the 2AM stop to all outside events.
REDemption will be an all while affair complete with glow sticks.
Now if you think of REDemption as the appetizer, then the main course will be the launch of Just4Fun's 2K11 season. With live performances from Saint Lucian power soca artistes as well as spinning from DJ Shane, DJ HP, Levi Chin and Sir Lancelot "The Adventure Begins" promises to be the start of a fantastic season.
Tickets for the event on Saturday April 30th is $25 and the costumes for the upcoming season will be on display.
Now while the Carnival Events will go on the first show of Jazz in the South has been canceled due to the incessant rainfall. Labowi Promotions who organizes the event says tickets purchased for Saturday can be redeemed for Sunday where the headline act featuring Richard Payne will also perform. That show at Coconut Bay on Sunday May 1st is scheduled for a 3PM start.
You have been served kittens....go UNWIND! 

Q-Pid and Bad Gyal Ce' Cile

Now I'm not going to front. I heard the song so many times while it was still in the incubator that I practically know all the lyrics. I know my waist does for sure. This one off the 24 Karat riddim from Dirty Dutch himself Courtney "Curty" Louis is just as the name suggests, "Good as Gold." Three songs have been released thus far off the riddim - this one with the Lucian Goddess Q-Pid and the JA reggae diva herself Ce'Cile, another by Superman HD and the last features Marianne who took a break from the soca scene last year and Dutch himself. All the music will be released in a couple of hours so be sure to check it out but in the meantime here is the Goddess and the Diva doing "Good as Gold...http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=10150237992060579&notif_t=video_tag

Carellie Jazz

Carellie Jazz is in some serious competition to be the best fringe event for Saint Lucia Jazz this year. Not only is the event free and on the May 2nd holiday its list of artistes includes none other than JA artistes Karen Smith known for her hit "Oh me Oh my" and Wayne Wonder who we all know from his work with Buju Banton as well as his more mainstream stuff "No Letting Go" and "Bounce Along." Just about to interview Wayne who is currently in Miami to do a series of shows. He is expected to be in Saint Lucia on Monday for his performance. I spoke to Karen Smith yesterday and she says she can't wait to come and perform here since she has never been before. She apparently was hired on the spot by the PM who saw her perform at a show in JA. Will add a snippet of our convo later today as well as the one with Wayne Wonder.

Just4Fun Teaser

Andy Delma of Just4Fun just sent me a bbm message about the teaser for the 2011 Just4Fun costumes to be launched this coming Saturday at the Gaiety. Check it out for yourself on the band's FB page...just4fun carnival  or just click on this link  http://www.facebook.com/#!/home.php?sk=group_201756323185508 and start collecting ur money cuz this year the band only has 7 regular and 3 VIP sections and I hear the numbers going to be limited for maximum reveler experience...

Two bands ready to launch

While most of the country is still in the Saint Lucia Jazz mode, two of the biggest bands in the country are getting ready for what one Band Leader told me is the Clash of the Bands. Red Unlimited kicks off the battle on Friday April 29th at the Gaiety in Rodney Bay. Red - a multiple winner of the Mass on the Move title is portraying REDemption in 2011. Band Leader Thaddeus Antoine says the all white affair will be similar to a glow fete and is slated for a 9PM start. Along with the costumes, the titled "Party with a difference" will also feature the biggest and baddest jam band in Saint Lucia the Derek Yarde Project.
Now that's just the warm up because on Saturday April 30th my band Just4Fun will launch its 2011 portrayal in a massive fete also at the Gaiety...imagine two HUGE events at Gaiety back to back and that place already prone to movement...mwen maim...anyway, I spoke to Band Leader Veil Tobiere who told me the DJ's for the night will be Levi Chin, HP, Shane and Sir Lancelot. The band will this year have seven regular sections and 3VIP's namely VIP, VVIP and Extended VIP...hmmm, wonder where they putting me?