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TEMPO Turns Two Pre-Party
Date: Friday 9th November 2007
Location: Gertrude's. St. Croix
Promotions: DJ Poppy Pop and Friends
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So with TEMPO scheduling their VIP Pre-Party on Thursday night, and the big Tempo Turns Two concert not till Saturday night, one had to wonder, “what the hell is there to do Friday night in St. Croix?” Lucky for us the answer was, “go to Gertrude’s!” So we say why not? When in St. Croix do like the Cruzans do! This TEMPO Turns Two Pre-Party was being promoted by DJ Poppy Pop and his crew. Now when we met him for the first time on Thursday night, and inquired as to how TJJ could be put on the guest list, he replied, “we don't do guest list here, jus come down and tell them Poppy told you to come!” That was good enough for us. ;-) If we have not mentioned this before, folks in St. Croix win for being the most polite people we have ever met! We came to this conclusion even before the kind Samaritan lead us to the after hours eating spot in his car instead of just giving us directions at 4:30AM. Okay back to the story, we arrive at Gertrude’s just after 11PM, yes we reach early for a party, but that was thanks to another kind Cruzan hotel employee who gave us a ride to the party on her way home from work, rather than have us take a taxi. They nice for so!!

Eventually folks start to arrive for the dance, including Mr. TEMPO, Frederick Morton Jr., a few of the Tempo VJs and some of the artist slated to perform tomorrow night. All of these special guests were invited onto the stage, the crowd was then treated to quick teaser performances by Ziggy Rankin, Mr. King and an unscheduled verse from CeCile. After this Poppy Pop took over and hot up the dance with a blend of Soca, Reggae, Hip Hop and even few slows.

By 4AM things had wound down with only a few troopers still hanging on. And by troopers we mean dancer girls, cause dem was still partying like it's 1AM, rell wuk up! Well the party was over but the adventure had just begun as we proceeded to get lost out West in St. Croix when the hotel was way east. BIG BIG shout out to Sammie and Bushana, our St. Lucian angels, for making sure we got home safely, Jungle Juice luv all the time.

Spudz McKenzie

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