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Clem Bailey gives a high octane ‘Unfi nished Task.’ Photo by Nelson A. King
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By Nelson A. King
Several artistes were incorporated
into the program Sunday night in
rendering their voices to the opposition
cause in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines.
The artistes — Gregory Olive,
Clem Bailey, Chanique Wright and
I-Mad — offered their voices in gospel
and calypso at a town hall meeting,
at the Friends of Crown Heights
Educational Center in Brooklyn, featuring
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Opposition Leader, Dr. Godwin
Friday, president of the main
opposition New Democratic Party
(NDP).
The town hall meeting was organized
by the Brooklyn-based St. Vincent
and the Grenadines Progressive
Organization of New York, popularly
known as SPOONY, the NDP’s New
York affiliate.
Calypsonians Bob MC and Jeffery
Providence were also carded to
perform but, for some inexplicable
reason, did not do so.
Wright, who led the National
Anthem of St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
at the beginning of the 3 ½-
hour program, belched out “Thank
You, Lord” from her recently-released
CD.
Olive offered “Over Me Last Night,”
and Bailey completed a high-octane
“Unfinished Task.”
But the artiste, who was unapologetically
very political was “I-Mad,”
whose real name is Paul Scrubb.
Scrubb, an occasional competitor
in the Brooklyn-based Dynamite
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Braata in Bandana.
By Vinette K. Pryce
Singer Pluto Shervington along with
a parade of Jonkanoos are the main
headline attractions in Brooklyn and
the Bronx on two consecutive days
when the BRAATA Production team
entreat entire families with their brand
of Caribbean Ole Time Grand Market.
Although Pluto is renowned for his
musical prowess, Jonkanoos may be an
enigma to new audiences.
Bahamians and Jamaicans have long
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By Nelson A. King
The St. John’s United Methodist
Church (UMC) Chancel Choir in Elmont
on Dec. 1 took its annual Advent Christmas
Concert to the next level, according
to congregant Stacy-Ann Ellis.
Ellis told Caribbean Life that the stellar
event featured Handel’s Messiah and
other Christmas selections, such as “O
Holy Night;” “My Soul Doth Magnify
the Lord;” and “O, Come Emmanuel /
What Child Is This.”
“Whereas most Western Christian
churches will commemorate the beginning
of the season with an appropriate
service, St. John’s UMC of Elmont took
their expressions of celebration a notch
up,” she said. The 52-person combined
chorus was dressed elegantly in black,
with yellow and red accents, following
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