The Rounds: The Baron robbed at Piarco airport
>> Monday, January 5, 2009
Good Evening Soca Lovers and Happy two-thousand and wine. I'm Nurse Karen and these are Dr. Jay's Rounds. Congratulations on arriving in the New year safe and sound. Now that 2008 is over, let us try and leave all that badmind ting behind. I'll tell you what I mean. Trinidad's silky voiced veteran crooner Baron, appeared to be the unfortunate victim of theft on December 28th. It happened at Trinidad's Piarco airport on his way to Toronto to perform at a New Year's Eve fete. If you've ever seen the Baron perform, you know that he likes to sport a treasure trove of gold chains around his neck. According to his manager, the entertainer placed a pouch containing the items on the counter when visiting the washroom. The lost jewellery is reputed to have a value of $75 Thousand TT, which is about $15 grand Canadian. Naturally, the man was NOT too pleased about that. It's real sad, the jewellery represented a personal collection amassed throughout his lifetime in the music business. This year people, take my advice...Don't worry about who have and who does not. Achieve a little something and get your own. St. Kitts and Nevis chipped its way into 2009 by closing out their carnival season with a bang. For the second year in a row, Grand Master's band copped the road march prize with the song "A Want Whale" from its 2008 album "Whaling Season". You could bet there's some kinda double meaning in THAT. Last year's road march was Boom Bam Bam. That song received a soca awards nomination in the Best Uptempo - Male Category. This is the sixth road march for Grand Master's Band. If one of your resolutions is to finally make that trip to the mecca of Caribbean carnival next month or even to save a little money, boy have I got some bad news for you. In spite of the global economic crisis beginning to rear its ugly head in these parts, the cost of carnival fetes is actually going up. Many suspected that ticket prices would be made available at a discounted rate, however in most cases, they have either stayed the same or increased in price. One example would be the popular Beach House All-inclusive which has gone up from $600 TT to $800 in 2009. (That's One hundred and $160 CDN for one fete. ) I don't care how open the bar is...I don't even think Dr. Jay could drink his money's worth. Before I go, I promised that I'd let you know what happened at Crucian Christmas Festival Party Monarch Competition in December. Personally, I resolve to always keep my promises. So here goes...Toby Dee successfully defended his title with "Hands High" and he continues to be the Party Monarch of St. Croix. But remember that anything is truly possible with a brand new year ahead. Over in Montserrat, Rondell Meade managed to flatten his more experienced competition by capturing the Soca Monarch crown on his very first attempt. He got the crowd hyped and happy with his performance of My Festival, placing him ahead of former Road March King Flying Dove and US-based crossover artist Kulcha Don. I'm Nurse Karen and that was your first edition of Dr. Jay's Rounds for 2009. Why not start something new this year, and follow the Nurse Karen Etc blog at triple w dot mustard seeds dot net for more juicy soca-related information. You'll be happy you did. Now back to de docta!
a.k.a "Nurse Karen"
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