BY KANDRE MCDONALD, Freelance Writer
Aidonia - FILE
THE FLETCHER'S LAND community was buzzing with excitement last Saturday as several artistes made their presence felt at Ghetto Splash, a peace-promoting initiative, held at the community centre.
These artistes included Monster Twins, TOK, Alozade, Zumjay, Natural Black, Wayne Marshall, Aidonia, Einstein, Danny English, LA Lewis and many others.
Some of the artistes were at their peak as they entertained the ever-growing crowd that packed the community centre well into the wee hours of Sunday morning. Wayne Marshall, Aidonia and Alozade were undoubtedly the crowd's favourite artistes.
FIRST TIME
When Marshall took the stage some minutes after 2:30 a.m. to an uproar from the energetic patrons, he announced to them that it was his first time performing in Fletcher's Land. However, Marshall ensured that his first performance was a memorable one.
Marshall walked onstage singing Happy Days Again as the crowd, especially the ladies, went wild. The sound system selectors then changed to the Gigi Rhythm and Marshall complied asking the ladies Is It My Turn?
He then called on Aidonia and the noise in the venue got deafening. 'Mr. Jolly' was relentless in his delivery and the crowd showed appreciation for his talent, responding to every word that rolled off his tongue.
Mr. Pepper soon joined them onstage singing Hypocrites. The three were in full swing tearing the place apart when Egg Nog joined the gang. Egg Nog slowed the tempo. Danny English and Einstein joined the growing stage population and were showed much love by the patrons.
After a major 'bum rush' onstage, the promoter intervened and left the microphone in the hands of Marshall.
Earlier TOK and Monster Twins had the patrons dancing up a storm, TOK did Chi Chi Man, much to the delight of the patrons, after commenting on how their microphone was cut off at last December's Smirnoff Experience at the Palisadoes Go-Kart Track.
However, it was Zumjay and, to a greater extent, Alozade who turned up the heat in the venue.
Zumjay then paused to call up Black-er. But not everyone was receptive to the 'Skettel King' "Dat can guh up deh guh deejay? ... Wha him a tell gal seh?" was one of the anti-Black-er sentiments heard as men vented.
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