BY TEINO EVANS, Staff Reporter
Scenes from the FAME Road party. - NATHANIEL STEWART PHOTOS
'SELL OFF' WAS indeed the appropriate name given to the FAME Road Party held at the Jamalco Sports Club in Hayes, Clarendon, last Saturday.
The turnout of patrons, the vibes (both on and off stage), and the musical juggling and performances were literally sold out.
There was not much more that could be done to top the mad fun and excitement that the FAME crew and their usual massive following had at the show.
The build-up of vibes raced to the top quickly, as patrons who turned out were in high anticipation of a good time with the FAME team. Most patrons dressed for fun.
For the females, tank tops and 'pon di river' bottoms, low-riding mini skirts or 'b' riders were the order of the night. Some might not have been able to get down and dirty as they did - with legs sprawled high across the metal railings that separated the audience from the front of the stage, as they wined and gyrated their bodies - if they were dressed differently.
Patrons showed off their skills to gyrate all the way to the ground, while others formed their own dancing clique to display some coordinated moves.
At one point, FAME personalities Paula Ann Porter and KiKi, who were at the centre of the stage, had to stop dancing, just to take in some of the antics that unfolded before their eyes in the audience. But while members of the crowd passed a draw of sensi to intensify the FAME vibe, members of the team performed their versions of dances such as the 'Bad man forward, bad man pull up', 'Willie Bounce' and others, much to the amusement of the audience.
All that high-grade energy might not have been possible without the musical juggling of DJ Arif Cooper, the Captain Colin Hinds and others on the wheels of steel, as they played an important factor in the level of vibes.
There was music for everyone, as the FAME deejays sampled music of all genres and touched across several eras.
BLESS UP DI PLACE
At 1a.m. when Arif Cooper said, "a time wi bless up di place," that may have signalled the start of a musical frenzy, as songs like Rise To The Occasion and Can't Keep A Good Man Down by Sizzla, Serious Times by Gyptian, Far From Reality by Natural Black and Welcome To Jamrock by Junior Gong, stirred the cultural passion of patrons, before the tempo was gradually upped with Chuck Fender's Gash Dem An Light Dem.
At that point, the selector had to wheel and come again, as the song seemed to ignite a burning flame among patrons. They all joined in to sing the punch line.
Then it was on to some hip hop with Jamie Foxx and Kanye West warning about Gold Diggers and Bone Crusher reminding I Ain't Never Scared.
At approximately 2:22 a.m., Mr. Vegas took to the stage, much to the delight of patrons. Vegas immediately capitalised on the energy, as he performed some of his recent hits like Constant Spring and Taxi Fare. However, Vegas did not leave the stage before telling his Sweet Love Story and what he had witnessed in Kingston Streets.
When the musical juggling returned, patrons were given a couple blasts from the past, with Lady Saw's Man Is Di Least, Capleton's Tek Off Di, Ward 21's Nutt'n Nuh Wrong, Sean Paul's Gimmie Di Light, Cobra's Press Trigga and Sizzla's Pump Up.
The vibe, however, would not be complete if the deejays did not toss some soca flavour into the mix, as patrons suddenly felt Tempted To Touch. Some boldly asked, 'Why Don't You Come Over, while others just wanted to Get The Cat.
Patrons partied with the FAME team right back into the early morning. They were not short of anything. 'Every ting sell off'!
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