By Mel Cooke, Freelance Writer

Left: Brushy One String got an encore for his Cash Pot interpretation during Stars R Us.   Right: Professor Nuts in one of his comical pose, when he had the audience in stitches during his witty set at Stars R Us shows, held at Mas Camp, Oxford Road, New Kingston on Saturday. - winston sill photos

There was many an encore at the Stars R Us fourth birthday party's Kingston leg, held at the Mas Camp Village on Saturday night.

However, they were encores of different kinds, as the audience demanded Professor Nuts return for a second time after he hiccupped his way off stage as Jimmy Bascombe to end his first encore, refusing to let the show continue. And there were screams as Nuts disciplined his marauding masculine member, complete with slapping actions, concluding "what is the last reques' dat yu have?/before yu beg fe yu life yu deh beg fe bwjob?"

It was a matter of two deejay encores back to back as there were screams for Brushy One String, who got a very warm reception from the audience, to return after he went into deejay mode to deliver what seemed to be a Cashpot interpretation, including "six a string man him a weightlifter". The single stringed one returned and continued counting, deejay style, to "sixteen a young girl, me favourite lover" up to "twenty-three a black man from South Africa" and again there were howls of delight.

On the other hand, encores were enforced for Errol Dunkley, after he left with Black Cinderella in the first segment of the concert, and Pluto Shervington, who followed Brushy One String and Professor Nuts after the half hour intermission.

vigorously rejected

Ironically, although there was a chorus of 'no' at the MCs offer of an encore for Dunkley, the naysayers chipped merrily along when he returned with the uptempo OK Fred. It was the same for Shervington, whose return after Ram Goat Liver was vigorously rejected, but when he did so with I Man Born Ya the large audience at the birthday party rocked along and sang the chorus merrily, applauding when he was finished.

Gem Myers brought sass, humour and a high, tireless voice, flapping her legs in her butterfly 'one dance', declaring that no men should hold up their hands for One Man Woman and ending her recall to stage with soaring sustained notes in I Will Survive.

Ernest Wilson's deep voice, excellent song selection and guitar playing held the audience, cheers going up as he intoned "your love is like a burning fire/deep down in my soul" and again the applause went up when he went into the Bee Gees catalogue for To Love Somebody'.

Ernie Smith's rich baritone on 'Life Is Just For Living' rose to the required nagging squeak for 'Elsada'. "When I went to sing this song in the 1970s the musicians said 'no boss," Smith said before doing Where You Gonna Hide. His deserved encore was a merry Duppy or Gunman.

Leroy Sibbles brought the birthday party to a close, starting out appropriately enough with Party Time and honoured Marcia Griffiths with Feel Like Jumping. He strapped on a bass guitar to play the Kutchie rhythm and the Satta and closed with Fatty Fatty at 3:30 a.m., declining a heartfelt recall for an encore.

Left: Ernie Smth.   Center: A smiling, red suit clad Errol Dunkley delivered Black Cinderella at Stars R Us show, held at Mas Camp, Oxford Road, New Kingston on Saturday October 14.   Right: Ernest Wilson.