Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on July 11, 2009
The Place: Kensington Oval, The Date: August 2, 2009
That’s where you should be for the most spectacular show of the Crop Over season. This year’s Cockspur/Digicel Red Hot Cohobblopot will be one to remember. The host of this event, The National Cultural Foundation and the main sponsors Cockspur and Digicel were all ecstatic at the launch of the event. The Chairman of the NCF indicated that the foundation made a special effort this year to include a number of the younger local entertainers, some of whom were present at the launch. The NCF also announced that our local Soca Queen Alison Hinds will be honored at this event.
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on July 6, 2009
To prove that it was not a fluke in 2008, Gamal Skinny Fabulous Doyle repeated a feat that many thought would have been difficult, when he was crowned Soca Monarch at the Victoria Park in the wee hours of Sunday morning July 5th.
1st Place – Gamal “Skinny Fabulous” Doyle (De Beast Leh go)
2nd Place – Delroy “Fyahman” Hooper (Rags Invasion)
3rd Place – Shertz “Problem Child” James (Mad House)
4th Place – Montgomery “Demus” Laborde (Rum Junkie)
Doyle put in another stellar performance as he defeated 19 other soca artistes on his way to the title, with his crowd motivating hit ‘The Beast Let Go’.
Occupying the stage with beasts of various shapes and sizes and a few glow stick men, Doyle whipped the crowd into a frenzy with his energetic performance as he called on the filled to capacity Victoria Park to unleash their inner beasts.
At the end of the night, the performance may have taken its toll when he was reported to have suffered an asthma attack and was late in returning to the stage to be crowned by Minister of Culture Rene Baptiste.
Doyle’s biggest rival in the soca monarch competition, six time winner Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper once again had to settle for second place, despite the resounding approval from the revellers with his rendition of Ragz Invasion.
Third place went to Shertz ‘Problem Child’ James, brother of Doyle, who came down from the ceiling at the beginning of his crowd pleaser ‘Mad House’. Montgomery ‘Demus’ Laborde rounded out the top four places with his rendition ‘Rum Junkie’. Other credible performances came in from the likes of Icon, Top Notch Swift, Fire Empress, The Man Stone and DJ 20.
One artiste, Recardo ‘Recka’ had his performance cut short when the stage was swarmed by intruders.
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on July 4, 2009
As the Crop Over season for 2k9 gets into high gear, one name that is being mentioned on the lips of persons in the music industry is Tarah Holdipp and the major improvement she is making as a performing artist.
She brings to you four (4) hot new releases HOTTIE HOTTIE GAL, CARIBBEAN GIRLS performed with Peter Ram, A GOOD WUK and BAD TO DE BONE. She is featured on the track I AM ACTION with female artists KEANNE & TAHSHA.
Tarah was recently named as one of the sixteen semifinalists out of ninety eight (98) entries in the first ever Sweet Ragga Competition to be held in late July.
Preparations are also in high gear for her next music video HOTTIE HOTTIE GALS, which will be again shot by Selwyne “Get Bizzy” Browne of Zotikos Studios. Selwyne, one of Barbados’ top cinematographers is the person behind Tarah’s videos ALL NITE and the tagged video PUSH BACK/LOVE DE CARNIVAL which is still enjoying tremendous success across the globe and is now featured on BETJ, TEMPO and other major networks across the globe.
In preparation for the video, Tarah’s team have created a Dance Search Competition to find four (4) females to be part of the music video and an Essay Competition to give six (6) persons the chance to be on set during the video shoot. Tarah is giving these individuals the opportunity to EXPOSE their talent to a greater audience, to EDUCATE them on the making of music videos and to give them the greater opportunity to be part of an EXPERIENCE such as this one. They are simply calling it THE THREE E’S. Information on the competitions can be found at www.caribfyah.com.
With Hottie Hottie Gal making its way to Germany, one can only imagine how far this young, talented artist will go. She is now in the grooming process as her team continues to help develop and nurture her as they understand what it takes to be successful in this ever growing music industry.
For more information on this artist, please visit and join her at the following:
www.myspace.com/tarahholdipp
www.facebook.com/tarahholdipp
www.twitter.com/tarahholdipp
www.blogspot.com/tarahholdipp
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on July 4, 2009
Bridgetown, Barbados – Tuesday, June 30, 2009: LIME refutes the story titled ‘Two Shot at Pork Lime’ published in the Nation’s, Sunday Sun on June 28, 2009.
The Leader of its title sponsored band Anthony Layne confirmed that the Pork Lime which ended around 12:45 a.m. on Saturday, June 27 was incident free.
Station Sergeant, Anthony Depeiza, PRO of the Royal Barbados Police Force has also confirmed that that there was no reported incident during the event. He added, that the Police investigations confirmed that an incident occurred some time after the Pork Lime had concluded.
LIME Country Manager, Alex McDonald commented that, “The safety of patrons, entertainers, sponsors and vendors was not compromised at the event. However, in light of the overwhelming public turnout last Friday, we are working with the Police and private security to review and enhance our security arrangements at the Pork Lime.
Security checks will be implemented as patrons enter the premises which may cause some delays, so we are asking patrons to bear with us as these are necessary measures to ensure your comfort and safety.”
Contact is proud that the Pork Limes continue to be a fun and safe event for all and is committed to ensuring that the events remain incident free.
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 30, 2009
The world has been rocked by news that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has died after suffering cardiac arrest.
The icon’s passing has left a void in the industry that many agree, will never be filled. One such believer is Trinidad and Tobago Soca artist, Shurwayne Winchester, whose immediate reaction to the news, was that of disbelief and utter grief.
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 30, 2009
MACHEL MONTANO [IN HIS OWN WORDS]
Condolences to the King’s family, friends and fans as we all mourn together! Michael Jackson will be missed but never forgotten.
Even in death he was able to unite people of all creeds and colors and make them happy; he is the greatest entertainer that ever lived.
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 27, 2009
MACHEL MONTANO June 26, 2009 [IN HIS OWN WORDS] Condolences to the King’s family, friends and fans as we all mourn together! Michael Jackson will be missed but never forgotten.
Even in death he was able to unite people of all creeds and colors and make them happy; he is the greatest entertainer that ever lived.
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 25, 2009
Michael Jackson, the record-breaking, sensationally gifted “King of Pop” who emerged from childhood superstardom to become the entertainment world’s most influential singer and dancer, and the tabloid world’s most disturbing celebrity, has died. He was 50.
A person with knowledge of the situation says Jackson died Thursday in a Los Angeles hospital. The person was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
His death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music’s premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 19, 2009
Bergerboyz fans, the website is finally up. After many email request to bajanfuhlife.com we are now please to advise everyone that the official site is up.
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 18, 2009
As Crop Over 2009 gets into full gear, we will try to post updates on band launches as quickly as they happen.
Ready to launch their presentations this week, Gwynith Squires on Friday June 19th and the much anticipated PowerX4 on Saturday June 20th. A few smaller bands have already laid out their costumes for the season, and registration has started, most recently was Bajana, Betty West and Radikal.
Unfortunatly, we have a few casualties for the 2009 season, namely Refugees Mas Camp, Jammers International and VSI, they will be greatly missed.
Bajanfuhlife will be bringing you news, costumes, music and entertainment features as they happen. Stay connected.
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 13, 2009
Baje International has officially launched their 2009 presentation ” Fire & Ice” with 6 sections.
Click below image to view more photos of Baje launch
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 12, 2009
Powerxfour costumes Band will be officially launched on the 20th 0f June. Early registration starts from Friday June 12th 2009 at the Party Stand between 10am and 9pm.
click image below to view costumes:
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 7, 2009
Blaze presents “Light up the World” with 3 sections for 2009. Regitered as a small band, costumes are conservatively prices and well constructed.
Aurora
Male Section: $275.00 Female $345.00
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Iridescence
Male $275.00 Female $325.00
Halo
Male $275.00 Female $315.00
Contact info for Blaze as follows:
2007 Presentation: “Light Up The World”
Mas Camp Location: Spooners Hill Main Rd, St Michael
Mas Camp Hours: 5 pm – 10 pm
Tel: (246) 235-1046
Contact: Earl Gill 833-1643 or 234-3098
Email: blazemail246@gmail.com
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Posted by bajanfuhlife.com on June 6, 2009
The Contact Fire Stones launched it’s exciting presentaion last night at Kensington Oval last night.
Nine gorgous sections:
1. Fire Opal
2. Sapphire
3. Pearl
4. Emerald
5. Amber
6. Ruby
7. Pink Diamond
8. Yellow Diamond
9. Black Diamond
The band is expecting 1050 revellers this year.
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