ENTERTAINMENT
CULTURAL
FEST
Channique belches out “I Can Do Anything” from her fi rst single Photo by Nelson A. King
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By Nelson A. King
Several Vincentian and Garifuna
artistes Saturday night brought the
house down at the Friends of Crown
Heights Educational Center in Brooklyn,
as the Brooklyn-based Garifuna
Indigenous People of St. Vincent and
the Grenadines, Inc. (GIPSVG) hosted
its 4th Annual National Heroes
Day Cultural Fest.
The Brooklyn-based De Magma
Band, Channique, Ron Pompey,
PreZzii Don and Zeek collaborated
with GIPSVG dancers, the Bronxbased
GX-Team and Don Cuellar, and
Wabafu Dance Theatre in entertaining
the sell-out audience in near five
hours of riveting music, songs, historical
dances and drumming.
After GX-Team, Cuellar, Wabufu
Dance Theatre and GIPSVG dancers
revved up captivating patrons, Channique
continued the merriment by
belching out Bob Marley’s “Rivers of
Babylon”; Rasum’s “Perseverance”;
her singles “I Can Do Anything” and
“Don’t Break My Heart”; and “You
Want Me to Go.”
Vincentian calypsonian Ron Pompey
then brought nostalgia with hits
of yesteryear, such as “Wine Maria”;
“Count Yo Money”; “Banana Police”;
“Keep Loving Me” and “The Lion
Coming.”
Channique and Pompey also
teamed up for part of “Keep Loving
Me.”
The event also featured performances
by GIPSVG Children’s Group,
as well as trivia on the history of the
Garifuna and addresses by GIPSVG
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Founder and CEO, Philbert Giddings,
Executive Director, Michelle
Cole Wagner, and Creative Director,
Roger Gary gear-up for Guyana’s
inaugural fashion showcase - style
and beauty in the rainforest, set for
Georgetown, Guyana. Guyanashowcase.
com
By Tangerine Clarke
Entertainment virtuoso, Philbert
Giddings, founder and CEO of the first
ever Guyana Fashion Showcase, joined
New York fashion designers, Roger Gary,
creative director, and Michelle Cole-
Wagner, executive director, to unveil
the extravaganza, billed as an exciting
weekend of music, visuals, and artistry.
The four-day event, will take place
in the capital city of Georgetown from
May 24 -27.
Giddings told Caribbean Life last
Wednesday in an exclusive interview
in Brooklyn, that the moment he had
the idea for the show, he asked awardwinning
designer, Roger Gary, with
whom he had worked for many years
to get onboard. He said, with Gary’s
authenticity and industry experience,
and his (Giddings’) level of integrity and
background, there is no doubt fans will
turnout to experience the beauty and
grandeur of the events.
The expected, star-studded blowout
- tagline “Style and Beauty in the Rainforest
Fashion and Travel Lifestyle,”
will bring 10 models from the US, plus
locals to the runway of the Ramada
Georgetown Princess Hotel Ballroom,
to strut their stuff, in creations by 14
designers from the US, the Caribbean,
and Guyana, during the main event on
May 24, to kick off the weekend.
Famous Jamaica dancehall and reggae
artist, Buju Banton will rev-up the
crowd during a concert at the National
Stadium on Saturday, May 25, followed
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