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General Degree's fiesta cools MANCHESTER

Entertainer General Degree pulled out all the stops at his Manchester Fiesta on Saturday. - carlington wilmot

FANS FROM MANCHESTER were treated to a musical feast ranging from new artistes to roots reggae and dancehall acts at this year's staging of General Degree's Manchester Fiesta on Saturday night.

Several fans turned out to see their favourite artistes perform at the show which was held at the Kirkvine Sports Club. The show which started over an hour late featured several good performances that had the crowd screaming, shouting and begging for more.

To kick-start the show, several upcoming artistes from the parish got to showcase their lyrical and performing ability when the list of about 12 acts tried to gain the crowd's support, but not all succeeded. Artistes such as Caution, Nicky Culture, Crazy T, Lick Shot and Mr. Steele seemed to be the better of the bunch as their performances earned screams for more from the audience.

Local TRN provided musical back-up for the upcoming artistes and kept the crowd rocking to the rhythms. After a brief band change, the show resumed with the band Live Wyyah behind the instruments.

New tunes

After Live Wyyah did a brief performance, Dutaronomy was next and he was later joined by Luton Fire as both shared some new tunes done by the duo. Professor Nuts who was next, gave a comedy-filled, entertaining performance. The momentum built by the Professor was kept going by Richie Stephens who had the women screaming throughout his performance.

Haweye was next, but although he performed credibly he failed to hold the crowd's interest for long.

Lady G, the only female performer on the show, demonstrated that she was as good as the men as she worked the audience into a frenzy singing hits Ease Off, Nuff Respect and others.

Hit tunes

The male quartet of Thriller U, Singing Melody, Lukey D and Tony Curtis known as LUST were next and they too gave an outstanding performance. Doing a group presentation of each member of the quartet hit tunes found favour with the crowd who sang along.

After a brief band change, the soothing sounds of Beres Hammond were next. The crowd could not seem to get enough of Hammond who had couples swaying and singles singing to every song. When his half hour performance ended, the crowd begged for more but their wishes were not to be granted.

As the show wounded down, Manchester's own Terry Linen was next, singing his hit tunes. Junior Kelly was next and he too got the crowd singing along to Smile and Receive.

Dancehall fans got their share of the fun when Kiprich went on stage performing his dancehall tunes. A few minutes into his performance he brought on dancehall quartet, TOK. Both performed for a while before inviting Assassin to join them on stage. In true camaraderie the three dancehall favourites alternated, singing their various hits tunes. The performance found favour with the audience who danced along, keeping themselves warm into the wee hours of the Sunday morning.