BY CAROLYN JOHNSON Freelance Writer
Soca queen Destra (top) got the crowd moving at Bacchanal Jamaica's 'Treasures of Egypt', the final Friday night fête of the carnival season, held at the Mas Camp Village, Oxford Road, New Kingston, on Friday. - WINSTON SILL PHOTOS
THE PARTY EXPERIENCE at Bacchanal Jamaica and Digicel's 'Treasures of Egypt' soca fête was priceless.
The Mas Camp Village, Oxford Road, was transformed into Ancient Egypt, fitted with Egyptian markings, a pyramid, pharaoh, gladiators, coliseums and mummies.
On entering the venue, patrons were given wave rags and flashing whistles courtesy of Digicel and inflatable batons from Andrews Triple Action. There were many giveaways and chances to win free credit with a catch the treasure game similar to the Digicel spy. While patrons tried to find the Digicel treasure, Sparkles Disco kept the crowd moving to popular soca tunes.
GET BUSY
The night's real treasures, however, started pouring in near midnight when MC François St. Juste asked the crowd, "Are you ready to get busy?" Women moved closer to the stage as Busy Signal ran onstage to fire works and confetti. Everybody started jumping and screaming as the party vibes rained down.
For a while the crowd forgot about the soca party as Busy did Born an Grow, Agony, Di Gun, and Step Out. When he started wining to Pon Di Pole, his song on the soca rhythm, the women were overjoyed. They were even happier when he said, "Security a wey yu a do, keep de girls from me?" and jumped into the crowd.
WARM-UP
But Busy Signal was just the warm-up to an exciting evening. When Shurwayne Wincester and Traffick took to the stage, the night reached another high. The group showed why they held the Road March title for two years in a row, beginning their performance with their 2004 hit, Look Di Band Coming.
Again, fireworks lit the stage but the spectacle was not nearly as electrifying as the group's performance. With hits like Dead or Alive, Don't Stop, We Reach, and Can't Wait, Traffick had the crowd moving non stop.
They later mixed it up, doing both reggae and hip hop remixes including Ludacris' Move B and Beenie Man's Dude. The crowd, it seemed, never got tired as they jumped to the left, right and 'backed it up' down south.
When Destra began her performance at 1:25 a.m. the crowd was already in a frenzy. Bonnie & Clyde, Max It Up and Fly only increased the vibe. So did the water and liquor that persons began throwing into the crowd, which got the revellers more heated.
After the performances, Sparkles Disco continued playing, mixing the genres as the crowd got in their last moves before the 2 a.m. curfew.
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