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Friday, December 10, 2010

Betty Wright Concert Ready To Go!


Kingston, Jamaica December, 10,2010: Reggae Grammy Award winning Betty Wright takes centre stage at the Liguanea Club in New Kingston on, Saturday December 11. The evening will feature stars such as Tarrus Riley, Freddie McGregor and Tessanne Chin building momentum as Betty Wright builds the crescendo with her legendary scores.

Betty Wright is best known for her timeless records, Tonight Is The Night, Good By You Hello Him, Clean Up Woman, No Pain No Gain, Thank You For The Many Things You've Done, Girls Can’t Do What The Guys Do, Still Be A Lady and Rock On Baby Rock On. “This is going to be a celebration of good music and the Yuletide season,” said Fiona Fennell, Chief Executive Officer of Stiletto Concepts, promoters of the concert.

Patrons will be treated to a musical extravaganza as the gates roll open at 7.00 pm. The first 100 patrons in general admission will receive a free drink courtesy of Smirnoff and Baileys.

Patrons traveling from Ocho Rios and Montego Bay will have no problems getting to the venue as Hopeton Thompson, Operations Manager of Knutsford Express explained, ”We are offering a special return fare of $3200 from Montego Bay and $2000 from Ocho Rios.” The shuttle will depart Montego Bay at 4.30 p.m. and make the return trip after the show. Patrons can contact the Knutsford Express offices in Kingston at 960-5499 or Montego Bay at 971-1822 to make easy arrangements.

The promoters would like patrons from across the island to come and enjoy this event and as such coordinated this partnership.

The Betty Wright Concert, “No Pain No Gain”, was initially scheduled for Saturday November 6, but postponed due to the passing of Tropical Storm Tomas.

Tickets are now on sale at various ticket locations island wide, $2000 presale $3000 at the gate, $3500 VIP presale and $4500 VIP at the gate. Patrons are advised that tickets bought for the events former date will still be valid for Saturday December 11.

The Betty Wright Concert: No Pain No Gain is sponsored by, Jaguar, Baileys, Buzz magazine, Altamont Court hotel, Smirnoff, Tru- Juice, Fuel Energy Drink, ATL Auto Haus, Crazy Jim, Kingston Hirage, Royale Computers & Accessories, Trio’s Eatery, Knightsman Ltd., Courts Jamaica, Knutsford Express, Stone Love, LIME Bling Back Tunes. Media Sponsors of the event are KOOL FM, FAME 95fm, Music 99FM, Power 106, Nationwide and Megajams.

For further information please contact Carlette DeLeon at 876.754.1526 or carlette@headlinejamaica.com
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All-Island Carnival Coming


Kingston, Jamaica: — The entire Jamaica will feel the spirit of carnival as promoters Marvin Lawrence, Julius Morgan, and Larry Johnson roll out 10 events across the length and breadth of Jamaica for All-Island Carnival. The series, which will begin on January 29 with a grand opening in Kingston, will the realisation of a formula for 12 weeks of guaranteed fun.

Lawrence, Morgan, and Johnson together have more than a quarter-century experience in events and promotion and together form the group Tri-Star Media. Under that umbrella, the three will satisfy socaphiles in places such as St Mary, Portland, Negril, Linstead, St. Thomas, St Elizabeth, Montego Bay, Mandeville and May Pen.

"This is going to be one of the biggest events of its kind in the region. We haven't found anywhere else that has a roving fete going all around the island, and we're going to be making sure that its larger than life," explained Morgan.

Adding to that point, Lawrence noted that each of the 10 events will have live entertainment from both dancehall and soca stars.

"A key factor that distinguishes us from anything else is that each of our 10 fetes will feature a live entertainment element. And by live entertainment, we don't mean dancers and confetti. All-Island Carnival will feature some of the biggest names in dancehall and soca as we take our vision for true entertainment right around the island," Lawrence said.

The trio are tight-lipped about which stars are confirmed for the soca series, but did say that they are 100% sure patrons will not be disappointed and that it was an event for everyone to enjoy.

"We're putting together a real package that patrons just won't be able to say no to. It will be epic. 12 weeks of amazing fun and soca across our entire country and not just centralised. All-Island Carnival is for all, and that's why we're going to bring the fete around Jamaica," Morgan quipped.

The All-Island Carnival will begin on January 29 in Kingston, and end on April 29 with a blowout jouvert fete. Pre-sold tickets will be available for purchase soon with the promoters promising an "attractive" admission cost.
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Peter Ram lights up World Creole Music Festival


Creole music lovers and repeat attendees of the World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) fully supported Dominica’s decision to stage the fourteenth edition which ran from October 29th to 31st October 2010. Despite initial doubts about the staging of the event in the midst of the current economic climate, plans for the only indigenous music event in Dominica and the Eastern Caribbean forged ahead with tremendous success.

The popularity of the festival is evidenced through the rapid growth in the number of patrons attracted each year since its inception in 1997. This year was no different with throngs of visitors arriving on the island for Lime’s Creole in the Park four-day daytime event with another star studded line up of local, regional and international superstars.

The event was headlined by local and regional musical icons and luminaries such as Riddim and Heat, Triple Kay, WCK, Natural Vibes, Freddie Nicholas and Friends, Machine Creole, Kompa Kila, Fanatik band, Tony Rebel, Midnight Grovers. Jamaica’s Queen Ifrica and Barbadian Peter Ram were also on the cards. Performing on Saturday were Victo O (Martinique), Les Aiglon (Guadeloupe), Kreyola (Haiti), Luciano (Jamaica), and the Midnight Groovers (Dominica).

On Sunday, patrons were entertained by Barbados’s leading band Krosfyah and musical offerings were also rendered by Les Etoiles Du Cadence, Nu Look (Haiti), enigmatic Jah Cure (Jamaica), and WCK (Dominica).

The curtains were drawn on the WCMF in the wee hours of Sunday morning but not before Creole stars featuring Princess Lover Joceyne Labylle, Stefan Ravor, Costuleta and MKG Band, T-Vice (Haiti), Exile One (Dominica), Steel Pulse (Jamaica) and Triple Kay International took to the stage.

Peter Ram from Barbados was the final act over the long weekend. The huge crowd which gathered at the historic Botanical Gardens expecting the high energy performance with which he has become synonymous were not disappointed. Many of the patrons could be seen singing along verbatim with the artiste as Peter Ram sang popular tracks “ Woman By My Side and Pumping.”
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Double Celebration for Lil Rick


For the past few years, Lil Rick has enjoyed a double celebration for his birthday with his huge fan base in Brooklyn and Barbados. And this year was certainly no exception.

Thousands of fans joined him on the 14th November in Brooklyn at a fete named after his hugely popular 2010 single Go Down at the Tropical Paradise Ballroom 1367 Utica Avenue, between Foster and Farragut.

Last weekend, he celebrated at home with his Bajan following at the BTI Car Park until the wee hours in the morning. Fans at the BTI car park also had the opportunity to cast for the upcoming music video for Go Down which is expected to be released early next year.

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Skinny Fabulous to Release Music Video


Miami Carnival weekend in October was fully charged as several soca fans got the opportunity to participate in Skinny Fabulous’ upcoming music video for the mega hit “Charge Up/Duracell Plus.” The video which features the collaboration with the King of Soca, Machel Montano looks set to take the power levels up just another notch.

Directed by Miami based VJ Elite of Elite Media Concepts (EMC), the video captures the distinctively high energy performances from the three time Soca Monarch winner of St. Vincent & the Grenadines together with several cameos from the likes of Super Jigga TC, DJ Barrie Hype, Problem Child, Iwer George, JW Blaze and Rudy.

Sharing his thoughts on this latest video, Skinny Fabulous says, “the video aims to capture the unscripted aspects of performing live in Miami and Carnival in general. However there is a simple theme or storyline behind it all. Machel plays a mad scientist that conjures up various formulas to create a substance that is used to power him up. In the middle of our lab scene, a pink bunny very arbitrarily walks into the scene at which point he is warned by Machel that "he has no idea what he's up against".

The video then leads into several performance shots and club scenes at various top spots during the Miami Carnival weekend -the Sosa Lounge and night club, Downtown Hollywood, Tempo Lounge, Rave, Girl Power Flagnite fete. Ever so often the pink bunny randomly interrupts and this ultimately leads to a comical " face off” with Skinny Fabulous.

Skinny says “different interpretations may derive but in all the video was fun to shoot and was shot to show the fun, humor and jubilance associated with carnival.”

Speaking on what he hoped to achieve from this latest video, he says, “Overall, I hope that viewers feel closer to the Skinny Fabulous onstage experience and the energy that goes into carnival performances after watching the video.”
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