Entertainment

Carnival fun: MISSING IN ACTION

By DEPORTEE, Star Writer

Fantan Mojah centre, leaves Doug E. Fresh (left) and a startled Machel Montano in his wake after hijacking the mic. at the Jamaica Carnival stage show at the National Stadium car park on Sunday. Mojah was not billed to perform on the show. - Norman Grindley

Troubles never singly come .

Crammed into the National Stadium's parking lot a crowd of some 10,000 strong braved the humidity and close quarters to rock to the salivating beats of soca and dancehall music. Going through the crowd was like shaking mackerel from a tin.

Voisemail kicked the bMobile sponsored Supreme Ventures concert to a flying start with a vociferous rendition of their hit Jiggy Time. Craig, Kevin and Oneil were into their act when the already packed venue experienced the first of many mishaps when the crowd spilled over the barriers.

The passion

The pressure of human flesh against metal was so great babies and females had to be hauled over.

Next up, the doctor Beenie Man saw the spillage growing as cops and marshals struggled to contain the bevy of buxom young girls who screamed and leapt cat like over the barriers. Beenie Man, dressed in a patchy-patchy jeans and white sleeveless shirt showing his skinny arms, unleashed pandemonium as nubile lassies and buxom ladies screamed for their medicine. Being a bunkie junkie, one could not help noticing the kettle drums on the ladies as they clapped loudly.

Shuffling and bellowing in his high pitched voice Beenie delivered Chaka Chaka and Dude and soon the dust rose from the 'chaka chakaing' of feet.

The human beatbox Doug E. Fresh freshened up the passion that Beenie had generated.

"This is my first carnival in Jamaica" and with that he segued into Slick Rick's Lawdy Dawdy. Sprucing it up a bit. Machel Montano also did his thing.

Hold up! Trodding on stage was Fantan Mojah looking like a ninja turtle with his red backpack. He interrupted Wayne Marshall who was in his Mek Dem Cum. A startled Marshall was left without a mic, staring in disbelief as the conscious Rastaman chanted 'mama hungry' before he himself was interrupted and he was escorted off stage. "Dem a fight 'gainst Rasta", he shouted in his exit.

Tight set

Bounty Killer was next and in a moment of Irritable Bowel Movement ( IBS), the show became more 'cross, angry and miserable'. Working a tight set, the deejay belted out Eagle and the Hawk and Can't Believe My Eyes. It was a night of missing kids, lost kids, missing people. A little boy was brought up on stage and MC Jerry D announced for the boy's mother Jackie Wellington to come and fetch him. A merry little band of miscreants each said they were the kid's mother, adding to the confusion and the shadow that was cast over what was in concept, an entertaining concert.

Shurwayne Wynchester brought back some semblance of order as the crowd began jumping up and down at the sound of 'the iron'.

It was sweet and fitting that the 2005 Road March King of Trinidad and Tobago brought back the concert to carnival feel with an ironic song, Dead or Alive.