Eye Unit: Happy Birthday Fire Empress

Having a good Saturday? I am too. Getting ready to go to a big barbecue with family and friends. That's got to be the best part of this little thing we call summer here in Canada.

Another VERY hot thing about this time of year, is that Monday, August 24th in particular happens to be Fire Empress' birthday.

She's the reigning 2009 Soca Monarch of Tobago. Lornette "Fire Empress" Reid is a Vincentian born and bred entertainer who lives and works alongside her sexy man David as a frontline vocalist in Tobago's Fire Fusion Band.

Each year she makes sure to contribute her music and talent to both Tobago Carnival and Vincy Mas. So far, 2009 has done wonders to raise her star a notch. She enjoyed bookings at all the top Vincy Mas fetes, performing Bend Over and De Session Done. And but of course, a major carnival title helps too!

So in honour of the Empress' birthday, I thought I'd give YOU a little gift in her honour.

Here's the video for "Mamalaya", the big tune responsible for her Soca Monarch title.

(Big up Flo PG, for adding the creole funk to this version!

Happy Birthday Fire Empress! Keep doing your thing!

Love and Soca,

Nurse Karen