A Trinbagonian Woman, Tobago Born and Bred, flawed but working towards perfection, staying in touch with her Love of Carnival and Mas while living in the US. Constantly changing the Sound Track of her Life even though she may be the only one that Hears it...
I'm wearing Creative director Hat right now...
Fadda lord..pray for me..why the jail this man want to make me sin my soul! He dont know what time of the year it is?? IS FLIPPING AUGUST MORNING!! I know people think im miss smiley all the time..but jesus..the temper bubbling like stale doubles on a sunday morning...
Pray for him and Pray for me ..cause WHOOOOOSAHHHHHHHHHHHH. The Carnival worries start. Expect violent bursts of Temper....sigh.. Its Carnival
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GenerationX Presents "Birds" for Miami Carnival 2008
As promised ...pictures..
Pictures from the Generation X Launch- Miami Carnival 2008 - BIRDS!. [No not Tribe..hahah] Ill have the pictures from the circulated brochure to you soon. The costume pictures above are actually one of the private sections with Genx..and to be perfectly honest...its the one that I like. The Headpiece is gorgeous. Genx services I'm sure will ensure that they have a band thats humongous and people will enjoy playing in. But none of the costumes WOW the hell outta me. Sorry. 
They're five GENX sections... All Female costumes are 160.00! and Male costumes $145.00. One private section and in my next post on Genx I'll have info on that one too. lol..whats interesting is like TRIBE..they models are posed with Live birds ...the birds that represent the costume that they're wearing apparently sponsored by the Aviary Bird Shop. Stay tuned for more pictures soon. More pics follow the jump
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
at Lou Rawls Center for the Performing Arts
Director's Statement: Miss Miami Carnival is not a beauty competition. It is an avenue for us as people of the Caribbean, as representatives of the Caribbean Diaspora to show the world the rich resource of talent that is Miss Miami Carnival Pageant.
The 8th annual all inclusive 'UNIVERSITY FETE' is back under new management. Bigger and Better than it's ever been.
Machel Montano HD, Xtatik, Patrice Roberts, Farmer Nappy, Bunji Garlin and FayAnn Lyons backed up by the Asylum Band, D' Hitman, Rikki Jai, SKHI, Zan, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, and the entire Punkolun Factory live and direct from Trinidad...
Food and Top shelf drinks all included with the price of admission. Special VIP section with 'white glove' table service of steak, seafood, champagne and top shelf drinks served at your table.
$75.00 General, $100.00 VIP
Location: Gulfstream Park/901 S Federal Hwy/Hallandale Beach, FL USA 33009
Plenty Black costumes in circulation?
remember when people used to say
IT TOO HOT FOR BLACK??
oh well
change is good
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Caribbean Heritage..
Here are a few of the pics of the costumes..
Registration is Open and Available at their website
My faves from the VIP launch.
My only comment...Fadda LORD WHO do the MAKEUP??!
sigh
Oil and Music
Carnival Fever
Pink Coral
See the Full Gallery
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Saturday July 26th 2008@ Bayside Hut
3501 Rickenbacker Causeways, Key Biscayne Fl 33149
Admission from: 11 pm
Advance Tickets $15 @ All leading Caribbean Outlets & College CSA's
Live Models on Display
DJ's – Eternal Vibes, House Arrest, Sound Rev, Selectah Genesis
For More Info:
Call 305.233.0697 or 954.444.6789
Log on to GenerationXMiami.com
Or Email us at GenerationX@Bellsouth.net
http://www.myspace.com/generationxmiami
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SOOO..i got an email asking me to vote for our Miss Universe Anya Young-Chee. So I did. Other people who want to can go the website:
Hey everyone the polls are open and you can vote online for your choice of mss universe 2008. trinidad and tobago is currently in second place with thailand in first. just two days ago we were only 10 votes behind the first palce. however alot of people hav evoted for miss thailand lately and the gap has widened significantly. therefore we need your help. please go to http://www.missosology.org/mu08/poll.php and you will see a yellow and green box saying 'select a delegate'. scroll down and choose trinidad and tobago anya achong chee and click submit vote. its fast and easy. remember she is representing each one of us so plz vote as soon as you get this message. thanking you in advance
So...I was lucky enough to go see JESUS [for the uninitiated Machel JESUS Montano] in Madison Square Garden earlier this year. Much to the amusement of the people around me, I had a RELIGIOUS experience during the show. Outside of my shoe issues [4 inch NEW heels in NY when you have to take the subway and run - things i DON'T do in Miami is NOT a Good idea] Much thanks for the BANGING Mojitos at TGIF before. I couldn't feel my toes much lest my hands after those , so it was all good.
Anyways...Everybody knows about my love affair with JESUS and David Rudder is no joke either. But I Happened across this on Guanaguanare this morning...and again I was transported. Moved to Tears. I'm such a PUNK and I guess a quiet patriot.
This was SO a MOMENT for me. My cousin who was with me probably thought I was in a coma, or having a breakdown or something. I mean people were screaming and jumping and wining around me. And i could not MOVE. I had my hand up in the air like i was in church--trying to touch them, tough the moment, Hold on to it forever. I think that i did. I didn't need to scream and to wine would be to not respect the moment that was going on .
It was like..Like HOPE for me. Like we Trinidadians could deal with everything and anything if we could still have THIS. THIS moment. Like a cleansing. We could surmount anything as a people..if we could just hold on to THIS.
The Bele dancers in their white were like Trinidadian angels. The white skirts sweeping away all the dirt, all the politics all the grime all the evil. Yes its a pain, but it's a sweet pain with love and hurt and anger and happiness and pride and hope wrapped up in it.
David Rudder was like a Baptist priest: "Throw out your sorrow children , throw out your sorrow children." He was talking to ME. I DOH CARE WHO ELSE WAS THERE!!! he was telling me...he left where ever the ass he was to come
sing these words to me...Throw out your sorrow children. I know it was a concert...I know everybody else paid there ticket to come see BOY...but That performance, that song gave me a MOMENT.
Gave me hope, put some pride in my soul straightened my back so in spite of everything I can say. Yes Trinidadian - from the land of Oil and Music
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I'm a real Kaiso Head. I love traditional Calypso, Social Commentary. Breakdown of verse bridge and chorus. The band playing full chords and scales, with arrangement in between, and horns. Im showing my Geek haha. But its the type of Trini music that I LOVE to sing myself. Cyah do Soca cause i cant wine like Saucy and Destra.
But I love the belters like Singing Sandra and Tigress. Those powerful voiced women who would carry a tune, with strength in their voice and power in their lyrics. What makes me more impressed by this genre is that it MUST have a balance. Strong Lyrics yes. Double Entendre like only a Trini can do it [sorry other islands] but you must have melody that will make the foot tap, and a singability. YES I SAID SINGABILITY...so that the audience can grab your hook..and sing along with you..tapping their foot or clapping their hands in time and looking around each other like yes i understand it--yes i claim it...we all singing it. Balance.
That type of Genre isn't as popular as it used to be. Soca is commercial. We know that. But Kaiso makes my pores raise,and my heart huge in my chest. We still have belters...Nadia Batson makes me feel like I'm in a calypso tent sometimes...watching a finger wagging, eye rolling, tantrum throwing Singing Sandra admonishing us for our wrongs..
But now we get to the Guess Who of the post.
This song is in heavy circulation on my Ipod. Its my picker upper..cheer me up, motivational, proud of trinidad song...EVERYONE NEEDS ONE OF THESE!!
The guess who part is...Listen to the song...Arrangment for DAYSSSSSSSSS
Press play
It's Patrice Roberts.
Yes the Machel Montano protegee known for Thunder Waist [playing in my main music box]and Wuking Up and Band of the Year! uh huh. I love the Power in her voice in this song. Its earnest and so relevant. So its a pick me up song in a genre that directly appeals to me. She co-wrote this song too. So I'm doubly impressed.
Lyrics:[excuse the gaps...i typed this while i was singing it..lol..and when I couldn't figure it out i left a gap. Wouldn't it be nice is someone did this for us?Tell patrice send it to me nah..]
Ever walk through a grave yard
And the headstone bear no name
Live and die anonymous
Lord I wonder who that was
___Like a tomb For condemned
Unmarked what a shame
Came and went anonymous
Still wondering who that was
Some walk through on tip toe
Wouldn’t leave a stain
Forget other creatures
No memories remain
Of their void existence
You can’t find a trace
My creed yes my mission is to leave here a better place
Bridge 1
Truly the greatest thing that I fear [Oh na na]
Is to have lived and died and nobody know I was here
Like Mother Theresa or Joan of Ark
I’m determined to leave my mark
Chorus 1
I’m determined to be somebody
By Grace and my god above
I’m determined to be somebody
By work and the fount of love
I’m determined to be somebody
Verse 2
Mightn’t be like Einstein
E equal MC squared
He wasn’t anonymous
Everyone knows who he was
To invent like Edison
Just because he dared
He wasn’t anonymous
Everyone knows who he was
No, this blackened chicken
Can’t be lost in the maddening crowd
______Keep singing,
Young gifted and proud
Ill carve my destiny
Not by chance but my choice
The world won’t ignore me
You would remember my voice..Yeah
Bridge 2
Truly the saddest thing that I know
Is to have and come and gone and nobody care if you go
Putting roots or ___ a park
I’m determined to leave my mark
Chorus 2
I’m determined to be somebody
No matter how hard how poor
I’m determined to be somebody
The race is for who endures
I’m determined to be somebody
Verse 3
We can’t all be heroes at the end of the class
Half way anonymous
Somebody know who that was
But don’t have to be zeroes caught up in the mass
Vaguely anonymous
Tell me quick now who that was
Quiet desperation is how most will live
Remembered for what they have not for what they give
Some feel that a fortune will make them a superstar
But making a contribution is richer by far
Bridge 3
Surely the truest words ever said
The good that a man does lives on when he’s dead
Look after worm eats your bone
Your good deeds will be ____
If you want to be somebody
If you want to be somebody
The true measure of a man
If you want to be somebody
Is to lend a helping hand
If you want to be somebody
By grace and my god above
If you want to be somebody
By work and the fount of love
I’m determined to be somebody
No madder how hard how poor
I’m determined to be somebody
The race is for who endures
I’m determined to be somebody
Im determined
Im determined im determined yeah
Im determined Yeah
Im determined
Yeah
