Caribbean Beat — May/June 2017 (#145)

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The Bahamas
T
hat’s the tag line for Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival
2017 . . . and bet your favourite pair of shoes it
will be just that!
Sizzling sounds of eager and excited contestants
in the Music Masters competition, like “Super”
Sammie Starr — proud winner in 2015, who gave way to
“Fabulous” Fanshawn Taylor in 2016. The creative genius
of these talented Bahamian artistes reaches boiling point:
powerful lyrics set to masterful music laced with the unmistakable
pulsating Bahamas Junkanoo “rake-n’-scrape”
rhythm.
Fiery performances by popular local artistes like longstanding
lead performing band Visage, led by lawyer Obi
Pindling, who’s been soulfully supplying The Bahamas
with soca rhythms for over thirty years. Like good wine,
Visage gets better by the year. The outstanding front line,
featuring Dyson Knight, Wendy Lewis, Nehemiah Hield,
Benjamin “Benje” Alexander (from St Lucia), and Shawn
Ferguson, will take you on a heated, mesmerising, musical
journey to be remembered for many a year.
Machel Montano, headliner for BJC 2015, kept patrons
on their feet in a Friday-night frenzy until five in the morning.
Bunji Garlin, Fay Ann Lyons, and the Asylum Band
heated up the shoreline on Junkanoo Beach in 2015 and
2016, headlining the close-out concert after Road Fever.
And BJC 2017 will feature T&T Road March winners MX
Prime and the Ultimate Rejects — yes, you heard right! Plus
many other stars from the Carnival mecca which is Trinidad
and Tobago.
Our Road Fever street parade, with a temperature off
the mercury column, will cause you not to blink. You can’t
afford to miss the harmonious yet free-spirited gyration of
bodies dressed in a festive array of colourful Carnival costumes
— assembled creatively and skillfully sculpted by Bahamian
artisans, powering through the streets of Nassau.
The band Visage performs at the launch of Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival
So — fabulous costumes, sensational soca, soft white
sand, beautiful balmy breezes, mouth-watering local delicacies,
and world-class mega-stars all at the same time?
Impossible, you think? Uh uh! Bahamas Junkanoo Carnival
2017 is the place to be on 28 and 29 April in Freeport
and 4 to 6 May in Nassau!
Come, we’ll show you — it’ll be hot like fire!
Visit bahamasjunkanoocarnival.com or
bahamas.com.
In the Caribbean, we fly on Caribbean Airlines, direct from Port of
Spain, Trinidad to Lynden Pindling International Airport, Nassau, on
Sundays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. See you in The Bahamas!
Written by Elaine Monica Davis
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