By Krista Henry and Jonique Gaynor, Staff Reporters

There were stars galore at St. Jago High on Wednesday evening for the STAR charity concert. The students of St. Jago High school showed their support by coming out in their numbers.

With performances by students from the school, Lexxus, Christopher Martin, Busy Signal, Pressure, Bugle and Serani, and DeMarco, with an awesome selection from Coppershot Disco and the hype and energy from the artistes of the month Timeless, Sample Six, Shelly Belly, Black Blingaz and Ravers Clavers in full force, St. Jago High without a doubt rocked.

Fever pitch

Coppershot selectors DJ Kenny and DJ Cutty built the right vibes despite the rain, getting the students worked up to fever pitch. Playing hits from Alicia Keyes, 50 Cent and other rap tunes, DJ Cutty had the students eating out of his hand as he cried, "All the students wid no money, put up unnu hands, all di students wid hundred dollar show it!" An army of crisp green hundred-dollar bills were waved merrily in the air.

St. Jago High students and members of the Key Club took the stage first with well-prepared and fun pieces. They did dance routines to predominantly modern dancehall and hip-hop tunes. The EDC dancers followed, to loud cheers, in camouflage hot shorts and sheer stockings as they gyrated to hip-hop tunes such as MC Hammer's I Like Big Butts and other dancehall hits. Three students from the crowd tried to show their skills as they danced off against EDC.

Andante, dub poets from St. Jago High, did a dub poetry cultural piece about Jamaica and what they enjoyed most about the island. At this point, the auditorium was packed with students clamouring to get on stage, standing on chairs and screaming their lungs out in response to the performances.

However, the concert really started getting crazy when the many artistes hit the stage.

Lex energy

First up to perform was Mr. Lex, who got the students 'railing'. Mr. Lex brought the energy with Cook. He continued with hits such Full Hundred, Taxi Fare and others in a fine performance that had the crowd railing.

When Rising Stars and St. Jago alumni Christopher Martin hit the stage in his St. Jago shirt, the energy of the crowd could be felt from miles away.

He started off his set with My Jamaican Girl and later gave the girls a delicious peek of his six-pack abs as he teased them with a little of Are You Coming Over Tonight? by Cherine Anderson and Chuck Fender. He then invited one very lucky girl on-stage and serenaded her with his sweet lyrics. Chris rocked the crowd as the adoring schoolers screamed for him.

Chris then invited D Major from the Big Yard crew on stage to sing Bed and Sexual Healing before reclaiming the mic for his hit song Take My Wings and Fly Away.

"After me an' Noddy sing fi all di girls dem, a yute do a ting whe disrespectful ... Mi nah call no name," Chris said before drawing Wi Nah Go Change.

With an explosion in the auditorium, still raging Christopher introduced surprise artiste Busy Signal to deafening screams. Busy was in full form with a slew of hits including 'Rise and Beat', 'Bad Man Place', 'Not Going Down', and 'Full Clip'. Pausing, Busy then brought on DeMarco to complete madness from the students when he drew his hit song 'Fallen Soldiers'. Continuing on his hit list, Busy closed with 'These Are The Days', as the students sang along.

Not to be outdone by the local entertainers, reggae singer Pressure, who hails from the Virgin Islands, commanded the stage with 'Love and Affection.' Tall and striking, Pressure made his presence felt with 'Be Free' and 'Don't Stress Yourself', as some girls from the front of the stage tried to pull Pressure off the stage and into the crowd. Taking it as his cue to leave Pressure made way for another surprise and welcomed artiste, Bugle.

Bugle, who hails from the DASECA family came on to a crazed audience who screamed themselves hoarse. Although he's a fairly new artiste. Bugle acted like a professional immediately going into his hit song 'What I'm Gonna Do.'

He proclaimed 'all a unnu who don't like bad mind!' and drew for Serani to come on stage as they collaborated on 'Doh' before Serani drew for the song 'Dying.'

However, before they could exit the stage DJ Cutty from Coppershot urged Serani to show the audience his new dance move. The two performed the 'Serani Shake' and the auditorium tore down with screams as they proved the dancers weren't the only ones with a few hot moves for the night.

More on The St Jago concert on Monday.

Timeless dancers opened the segment on dancers with a blazing set. - Peta-Gaye Clachar