I know you maybe wondering where is the write-up for ‘H2O Wet Fete 2009’, well let’s just say it took me that long to recover.

Recover from what, you may say? First off from getting wet over and over; after all it was wet fete remember. From laughing my head off at some of the unique and in some cases imaginative swimwear some of the patrons, both male and female, turned out in. From all the slamming musical entertainment put on by some of Saint Lucia’s leading soca artistes, from all the shouting and screaming…I still don’t have my voice back as yet, over some the adventurous people that dared to venture on the much touted ‘40 Foot Slide’ and of course from all the fine Lucian beauties that make it impossible for me, year after year, to miss a wet fete.

 What is the point of debating who should or should not have been there?  I have found it to be a futile and frustrating experience.  Now, as long as my monarch is in, I am happy. I am sure the judges did the best they could given that they had circumstances beyond their control.

I listened with mixed feelings to the report on the Kaiso Handbook in which Minister of Home Affairs, Guy Mayers told us that carnival has to end at 6:00 p.m. in order to protect the revelers from the criminal elements who will use the cover of darkness to engage in criminal activities.  While this was nothing new it still struck a cord of annoyance in me.  Do I want to be safe on the road?  Yes I do.  But I also want to be free.  Not necessarily free to jump after 6:00 p.m. because frankly by that time I am so tired that I cannot wait to get home.  No I want to be free of the fear and anxiety that prevents me from enjoying carnival with the kind of abandon that I was used to from years gone by.

Quarter Finals are over with the last showing of Ambassadors for the season happening on Saturday June 27.  Just as expected the MC ended the last quarter final by inviting patrons to take in the semi finals at the Phoenix in Vieux Fort.  Apparently, the new boss at the CDF has decided that it is important to take carnival activities out of Castries and his first attempt to do so is to have the semi finals in Vieux Fort this year.  And of course that is causing an uproar because some people do not want to go to 'the country' to a semi finals.

What country?  I apologize in advance because that happens to be one of my few pet peevs and I am about to go on a bit of a rant.  What country?  I live in one country called Saint Lucia.  Vieux is not a country, never has been and never will be.  It is just one other community in the country Saint Lucia.   What is the big deal with going to Vieux Fort for a semi final.

Lucian Vibe! Zionomie has released his newest and I believe first music video. The already well-known reggae artiste is rocking a fresh musical genre, let’s call it reggae-soca. It’s a captivating style, partly because its a refreshing change but also because the roots, the base, is so familiar.

The characters in this video are so Lucian (definitely the MADDD kinda girls that make Gros Islet Friday and the wanna-be Jamaican fellas) Check out our big-time producer Kurtie, looking HOT! Is that a spliff in his hand?

Amazing how a video can look sooooo GHETTO, without crossing the line into being nasty. Something about the video, the authenticity, the rawness, is still compelling and makes it worth watching.