With the already huge success Hits and Jams 94.1 BOOM FM has seen since its launch just two weeks ago, the Entertainment giant is bringing the curtains down on this super launch in a booming way!
Come April 13, HJ supporters will be treated to an evening of live entertainment by Guyana’s biggest artistes and best DJs including Adrian Dutchin, Jomo, Brandon Harding, Chiney, Charmaine Blackman-Alves, G-Money, Heat Wave Band, Fusion Sound System, Stereo Sonic, Slingerz and Pier One.
There will also be tons of giveaways with one lucky person driving off in a brand new motorcar. Among other prizes are motorcycles, Ipads, Beats headphones, radios etc. The public will also be given the opportunity to meet and interact with the radio personalities they have grown to love in only a short space of time.
This is our way of giving back to Guyanese for all the love and support we have gotten over the years and with radio, being our most recent but most anticipated endeavor, we are pleased to be able to give away millions in prizes to our fans for one entire month. With just one phone call, persons have been winning great prizes but the best is yet to come.
It continues on April 13 when persons are invited to come down to the National Park and enter free of charge to get the opportunity to win more fabulous gifts and even cash prizes! Be sure to tune in to the Boom station for more details on this event.
Last Friday Night, the Byron Lee’s Dragonaires Boat Cruise, fourth year running was a huge success. Unless we count the detour from the original location or the hour delay before we finally sailed off, but that didn’t seem to bother most of the eager patrons from starting the festivities on the Empress of Canada’s three Decker. Once on Lake Ontario the party went into full gear. If you were lucky enough or forceful enough you might have made it to the top deck where the live band was performing, and well since I grew up in NYC I made it no problem. There wasn’t much stage space so we were pretty much at fingers length away from the band which gave us some great up close and personal pictures, so make sure you check those out!!!!
The second deck was the place to be when the band wasn’t performing and the DJ was killing ’em with the beats. There were a lot more “mature” adults on this cruise than young people but you would not be able to tell from the dance moves that were surfacing, at one point the band was performing a song about salt fish and every “mature” adult knew the words and everyone else’s face was priceless, including the few white people that were there. I was preparing myself to pay an arm and a leg for some food on this cruise even though I think it should have been free since $50 admission was required. I wanted to know what I was paying for if food and drinks wasn’t included? However, for $5 bucks I got a huge BBQ jerk chicken burger which I didn’t even finish, so with my belly full and my feet itching to dance I headed up to see Jumo, Lima, and Oscar B perform.
Living Legends Boat Ride: Having Fun
I can safely say that everyone on that boat, Black, White, Guyanese, Trini, Jamaican, old and young enjoyed themselves, due mostly to the amazing talent of Jumo, Mr. Rubber Waist himself. He went from singing Night Shift and One more Night, to the crowd dancing the twist and mash potato, then took it back in the days to the Tati and the Butterfly and then somehow Jail House Rock, and the crowd loved every minute of it. There was a lot of audience participation and one lucky guy got to wine up on the sexy Lima. By the end of the cruise no one seemed to notice the time of 2 a.m. since everyone was busy Palancing and I was busy rubbing my toe from the big lady next to me who Palanced right onto my feet, talk about a dangerous dance and then when the boat started to sway and tilt I thought I would be writing another article about Palancing ‘The dance move that sunk a boat”.
Living Legends Boat Ride: Byron Lee's Dragonaires
With a band being around for over 50 years I was expecting to just jam to some oldies all night but I was surprised at the range in variety of music played. After chatting up with long time member Mr. Neville Hendes, I got a crash course in the legend that is Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, learning that the name came from Byron Lee’s school at St. Johns. Their Mascot being a dragon and linking that with the musical term Aires he formed Byron Lee’s Dragonaires, and having had about 200 members over the years, I can see why their called Living Legends, their musical legacy is filled with the rich Guyanese and West Indian culture and I hope they never stop cruising. I was thoroughly entertained being taken on a literal and figurative, musical voyage.
