Kandré McDonald, Freelance Writer
Patrons enjoy the music at Supreme Ventures Jamaica Carnival's "Pirates and Wenches Blowout Fete", held at Three Finger Jack, Colonel Cove, St. Thomas on Saturday. - PHOTOS BY WINSTON SILL / FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
BYRON LEE and the Dragonaires, Jomo, Oscar B, and Christopher Martin created a wave at Colonel's Cove, Morant Bay, St. Thomas last Saturday night. The occasion was the St. Thomas Carnival dubbed 'Three Finger Jack' and the patrons turned out in their numbers.
The ladies were sexily attired and there were also dance groups courtesy of Digicel and Supreme Ventures who generated their own bit of energy at the front of the stage and at times onstage. There were also some ladies from the St. Thomas community that left nothing to the imagination.
At minutes after midnight, there were scores of patrons on the outside and even more on the inside. Jomo, with microphone in hand, was wooing the ladies as he sung and gyrated onstage, while they screamed and danced along with him.
NEW DANCE 'SCATTER'
Oscar B soon took over and had the patrons moving to his new dance 'Scatter'. This wild dance was enjoyed by the patrons who despite bouncing into each other did not seem to mind at all.
DJ Phil from the Peter Phillips disco was introduced to the stage and he did well to work the crowd into a frenzy with some captivating dancehall mix. He started out slowly with some roots rock reggae music before moving into some faster paced rhythms. His set climaxed with Baby Cham's Ghetto Story and later Beenie Man and D'Angel's collaboration One Man Yuh Got.
But the spotlight was soon returned to Byron Lee and his gang who began chanting: "The people want water, the people want water?" Within seconds the air was filled with thousands of droplets of water getting ready to succumb to the forces of gravity. They then sang several other soca favourites including Alison Hines' Roll it Gal, which had the patrons, especially the ladies getting on bad.
However, it was last year's Rising Stars winner Christopher Martin who really created a tsunami inside of Colonel Cove. Christopher took the stage singing Jah Cure's Love Is, he then did two other smooth paced reggae songs including Morgan Heritage's Best Friend, before going retro. Christopher did some songs from yesteryear that had some of the ladies at the front of the stage screaming non-stop throughout his performance.
TINY WINEY CONTEST
THE STAR's Tiny Winey contest was next, and generated its fair share of vibes. The energy was further beefed up by emcee Jerry D and Jomo who had a dance off with the winner of the Tiny Winey competition, Tracey-Ann Brown.
When Admiral Bailey was introduced to the stage at minutes to 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning the party took on another dimension. The 'Big Belly Man' as Admiral Bailey is sometimes called, carried the patrons back to the early to mid '90s with songs like God Pickney, Think Wi Did Done, and Gi Mi P..n..ny, among others.
When The Gleaner team left the venue, Admiral Bailey was still onstage entertaining the crowd, and there was still several patrons on the outside begging to be let in.
