Kandré McDonald, Freelance Writer
This couple danced quite closely. - Colin Hamilton photos
If this review were to be written from the perspectives of three young men, then S.O.S. - The Exclusive Party, staged at the Pantry last Saturday, would be among the best parties ever.
For these young men, the tempo of the beat, the artistes singing, the disc jockey selecting or the heaviness of the bass did not matter. They danced fervently to everything the selectors threw at them, sometimes in sync and at other times singly and in disarray.
The trio danced to everything, and their body language showed that they were especially keen towards the dance-themed songs.
While others simply moved to Elephant Man's Nuh Linga and Gully Creeper, they executed with much more style. Most of their moves were exclusive and the moment video camera personnel entered the venue they were drawn to them.
Obviously, this article cannot be written solely from their perspective, they were not the only ones present. In fact, there were lots of other persons present, occasionally dancing and enjoying themselves.
Seduction
It was nice to see how the women moved seductively to a slew of Beenie Man's songs made for them. Most jiggled their bodies, while simultaneously shaking their assets to Wine Gal. The women were not to be outdone on the dance floor as some hoisted their bumpers to Hum Hum and were not afraid to Back It Up on their male counterparts.
Richie R.A.S., 'The Captain' Colin Hines and ZJ Ice were the force behind the turntables, with 'The Captain' embracing his namesake as he dropped some exclusive mixes that found favour with the audience.
Colin Hines started out wittily mixing some hip-hop and rap music before going dancehall in the latter part of his stint. The Captain's mixes caused pandemonium at times as the crowd was enlivened with almost everyone dancing and showing their approval towards the music with several differing gestures.
Richie R.A.S. also created a storm inside the venue with straight hard-core dancehall mixing that highlighted the 'shottas' and had the sexy lasses gyrating.
When ZJ Ice started his set, it was as if he was melting. The early stages of his stint was in disarray and one can safely assume that he only got lots of 'forward' because he was playing currents hits. Ice's credibility behind the turntables developed in a short space of time and soon his musical selection along with his verbal engagements with the crowd was doing wonders.
The patrons were reacting to everything the ZJ spun on the turntables. He got his biggest forwards when he played Assassin's Nuh Want Nuh Gal and Konshens' Winner.
The party was good in parts with the patrons being totally involved, while at other times only a handful of patrons looked like they came out to have fun.
These tempting 'sweets' were all over their lollipops