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Event outgrows National Sports Hall

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall is a spacious venue but judging from the turn out of the nation’s youth yesterday, it might not be the first choice next year for the KKR school show. It would seem that the event has outgrown the location.

From about 13:00hrs, children donning uniforms representing schools from as far as  Linden, Essequibo and Berbice flocked in their thousands to the location  to witness the fifth annual Kross Kolor School show which offered live performances from the crème de la crème of Guyanese  entertainers.

With every appearance of the more than 15 local acts came rejuvenated, boisterous screams and celebratory waving, as proof that the youth population is very much in tune and in love with the local music offerings.

With his usual bubbly comedic personality, emcee Basil Bradshaw ensured that there was never a dull moment between performances.  The lineup included acts from OC who did three quick covers and a taste of what is to come from his musical repertoire.

While the applauses and frenzied screams came with each act the most were heard from introduction to close of acts that followed; including Road march queen, Vanilla who encouraged the audience to raise their rags high as she pranced from one end of the basketball court to the other.

The youngest among the stars was 12-year-old Jovinschie who imitated the late Michael Jackson’s moon walk and other moves. He made it clear that contrary to what some producer told him in the past, he is definitely not too young and an artiste to watch for.

One of the more high energy performances came from Bones Man, the 2010 Soca Monarch, who dished out vibes including the winning patriotic song ‘Mashramani time is we own.’

He’s heading to Trinidad in due course to change the words to ‘Carnival time is we own’ in the international Soca monarch competition later this year.

The youthful audience totally celebrated that performance and those that followed.

The most celebrated   screams came when Big Red hit the stage with her feisty gyrations which complemented her delivery of her popular songs with vocal clarity.

The entire audience was on   its feet in both stands  and  in the  immediate restroom environs  when Shelly G was introduced  and  she sure  was  welcomed in  fine style  with  uncontrollable screams and  flag waiving.

Her signature was the seductive ‘Ow Daddy’ intro to her many songs. When she got close to the stands some students grabbed her and refused to let go. As she sang they screamed while others sang along proving that Shelly G is definitely on top of her game and one of the more loved Guyanese acts.

She announced too that she’s working on several songs that will be hitting the airwaves soon and encouraged all to ensure that they put God in everything that they do.

The most celebrated of all was the show stopping duo X2 (Adrian and Jumo) who claimed a stand each and interchanged as they dished real Guyanese vibes such as Impossible, Krazy, and Hands up among others from their repertoire.

Then the crowd “heard the introduction of ‘Ah de real thing’ and   every one began screaming as if a superstar was coming on stage and it possibly may be true in due course.

He belted out signatures such as “Jory, all de gyal ah call fuh me, Jory, Chinese, Portuguese…,” “The rape man gone ah jail now…little girls could play now” and he created pandemonium with “I will say what I want to say no apology.”

Then he did several collaborations with X2 as well as the abortion song with budding artiste Jacquie Hanover.

Event organiser Burchmore Simon, amidst the screams of “We want Shelly G” said in his estimation “the show has definitely outgrown this venue and we might have to examine another location for this event next year.”

He also noted that the nation’s youth response to the event is proof that Guyanese music is alive and loved by the youth population.

Hip Hopster G Allianie who dished his new London Girl song which he recorded in the UK was a mild entertainer among the lot.  Not to be out done, B52 and reigning Chutney Monarch Fiona Singh proved to be true entertainers too with full backing from the audience.

The event also featured an exhibition and distribution of educational materials on HIV/AIDS and other communicable diseases through representatives from the Guyana Red Cross and the National AIDS Programme Secretariat.

By Mondale Smith

Set to release Wine Till Yuh Drop 5

While everyone is thinking Christmas, the people at Kross Kolor Records are thinking of Guyana’s premier festival- Mashramani 2010.

This publication has learnt from inside sources that the KKR crew will be pre-releasing four tracks off of their just completed ‘Wine till yuh Drop 5′ Album on the Devil Doer Rhythm.

Here again producer Burchmore Simon continues to name this series of releases after the various roots and herbs of his beloved Guyana.

First there was Sarsperilla, then Koction, followed by Kapadulla, then last year Teasam and now Devil Doer.

This year’s album features Vanilla, Adrian Dutchin, Compton Hodge, Big Red, Jumo, B 52, G Money and Passion.

In the Caribbean, Barbadian Peter Ram of “White Pants Tight” and “Pumping” fame is working on his track and Qupid of St Lucia is completing hers.

Guyana Baboo Terry Gajraj is also excited about the Devil Doer and may be using it for some of his music.  Like the previous rhythms a video medley will compliment the release of the album.

The stage is again being set for the Kross Kolor Records school show where much entertainment from local acts guaranteed to unfold.

The idea for the show came to being after Kross Kolor Records ((KKR) began enjoying immense popular support from young Guyanese of every strata of society.

Recognizing this, the record label took a decision in 2005 that it would promote a Concert designed specially for schools to give those children the opportunity to enjoy performances by their favorite Guyanese performer.

This year promise to be no different. On May 23 the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will once more erupt with the sounds of Rhythm and song as X2, vanilla Shelly G, Alabama, X-Factor, B52, Ossie O, Big Red , Tennicia, Rajesh Dubraj , HRC and MC Basil Bradshaw take to the stage.

This year will also see the staging of an exhibition featuring exhibits from the Guyana Red Cross, National Aids Secretariat and a number of other agencies.

Burchmore Simon head of KKR says he always wanted to have a educational feature as part of the whole idea but the timing of previous shows which were held midweek prevented this.

Price of tickets is $400 vat inclusive out of which each school selling tickets get 10%. Special cash incentives are also being offered to the school selling the most tickets. Even though this year the show is being held on a Saturday Teachers are being encouraged to accompany students as is the norm.

Another special feature this year is the advent of big screens on which the performances can be viewed and on which ads depicting positive lifestyle choices will be shown between performances.

Security measures have been reviewed and in place for what could be a superb show and judging from the feed back so far this year promises much.

This year students have to be dressed in jeans or with their school shirt tie and or badge, or their school uniforms, or full length skirt with school shirt and badge.

The show has been incident free for the past three years and this year the organizers are working overtime to ensure that this continues. The shows sponsors this year are Ansa McAl and Smalta, Digicel and HJTV.

by Mondale Smith