Nurse Karen Etc : kadooment day

Last week Thursday I had the benefit of attending the Berger Boyz Launch where they launched their 2009 Carnival Costumes and their list of parties announced for the season. I have to say that I enjoyed the lime at Berger Boyz, I mean give me a VIP band, and drinks, and food - I will say I enjoyed the lime. Now for those of you out there who might be planning to invite me anywhere, let me make it clear ... I might enjoy the lime, but that doesn't mean I will SAY it was a good lime. So, just make sure that it is!

Alrite, so with no further delay. Here is the Berger Boyz 2009 Crop Over Schedule: (You are getting it here first, since their website isn't even live yet)

Berger Boyz 2009 Mas Presentation is Entitled - "Colours Ah We Paradise"

Voyage

Dreams

Radiance

Heritage Rhythm

Dreams Section

Radiance Section

Voyage Section

Group shot Of The Models For Colours Ah We Paradise

This year Brewsters Road Crew, Passion Network and the UWI Guild of Students will be involved with the band. They are all people who love to party and love, love their soca. I am sure this will be ah true party band on the road.

I found the costumes looked a little plain, but some of the models were not afraid to wuk their waistline. I am sure that is what Berger Boyz will be about on Kadooment Day. They not watching face ... only waist!

Here is there fete schedule now. Berger Boyz have officially moved out of Xtreme Night Club and going to the car park of the Port Sports Club. Basically, they are now in an outdoor venue, where I believe all Crop Over events should be held.

June 25th

The Launch - Skinny Fabulous, Mr Slaughter and Blaxx - Wear Black Short Pants Fete.

July 2nd Tight In White - If you wear white, drinks are free until midnight

July 9th
Ole Time Ting - John King and Friends - This year Ole Time Ting goes further back - Sno Ball Man, Ham Cutter Lady and the Hawker

July 23rd

Night of Champions - Wear football jerseys, and there will be free football jerseys to be won.

July 30th

The Wettest Night - water slides, mist washes, foam pitt and more.

Aug 1

10 to 10 - featuring Destra Garcia, that is about all they had to say.

The DJs for the season will be Peter Coppin and the MonstaPiece Crew, Pete Rock, Alvin Toppin, Bubbles and Stan, Joh Doe, Exodus and Dave Smooth.

Corey Graham 2.0

Peter Ram (Left), fan, Biggie Irie (Right)

So hear wha gine on, I just heard the new tune One More Day from the former International Groovy Soca Monarch, Biggie Irie featuring Peter Ram. I have to give Biggie Irie props. Ya done know the man vocals always correct, butwhat I really drawn to is the message: give we one more day.

This tune is like a soca social commentary. We all know that there is just one day for the jump up in Barbados, Kadooment Day. Its not new to request for another day. It's been a thought thrown around for a while.

Nurse Karen asked the man about it:

Nurse Karen:

How does it feel living in one of the only Caribbean islands with just one carnival parade day?

Biggie Irie:

Well we've been accustomed to one day on the road, but as Bajans travel to other carnivals worldwide they are becoming aware of the two day celebration, so recently on the call in programs and on the street i've been hearing ppl ask for two days here in Barbados, so hopefully gov't will comply soon.

Nurse Karen:

How serious are you about petitioning for change?

Biggie Irie:

*Laughter I'll leave the petitioning to the people, but they can use the song in the petition if they like! *Laughter* Seriously though, it is a serious song for the festival and hopefully it will be an anthem for other carnivals who don't have two days to jam on the road.

What makes this tune even more hard hitting, is that in recent years - especially last year, the police have been hurrying up the Kadooment Day music trucks, moving too fast for you to comfortably meet your Kadooment Day wuk-up quota!

Let me be more specific, imagine you start jumping say bout 9 am, right. Last year by 2 pm you would have been off the road and on your way home. Yessss, I serious!

Listen I ain't going to go any deeper into that and get too passionate. I just want to give Biggie Irie some big ups for putting the whole mélée in a tune and he gets his partner in crime Peter Ram to back him up on this tune with one of his signature chants. And listen, I know people will sing it even when they merry from alcohol intake.

Picture it, its 4 am

[Police man - enter stage right to shut down the fete]

[Biggie Irie on stage and the crowd of rum filled soca lovers]

[From the distance, you hear the chant coming the crowd singing acapella ...]

"Gimme one more day....."

Oh and let's not forget the producer, Mr Dwaingerous stamping his name in the soca arena since he burst on the scene 2 years ago with the mega tunes Assume De Position by Patrice Roberts and Wining season by Machel Montano HD.

Dwain "Dwaingerous" Antrobus, another proud son of the Bajan soil.

Crop Over is here! Gve we one more day, nuh!