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Big People Fete
Date: Saturday 27th September 2008
Location: The Great Iron Pot. 55 Nugget Road. Toronto, Canada
Promotions: Ian Andre Espinet & Dr. Jay Soca Prince
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Right about now, I know a lot of soca lovers are looking to go into hibernation, and ah mean... ah cyan blame them! With winter right around the corner, I know the only thing people lookin’ forward to now is Trinidad Carnival 2009!! So for those of you who are, ah think ah last bess jump up is indeed a good plan. There’s no other place to end our Soca Summer'08 than the newly renovated Great Iron Pot for some back in times vibes for Big People Fete brought to you some big men in the business, Dr. Jay and Ian Andre Espinet!

Now with the words “newly renovated” in mind, the TJJ crew was anxious to see what The Great Iron Pot had in store for us. After being on the TV show Restaurant Makeover, yuh know there had to be a major transformation. We rolled up around 12ish, ready to experience this “new” venue. As we quickly made it inside, you could see the look of awe on the fete-go’ers faces. The place was definitely re-vamped and lookin’ rel sweeeeeet! New flooring, new paint and a brand new bar to serve our adult beverages ... yaaay!

Now if yuh went to Big People Fete Caribana Sunday, yuh already know what the vibes would be like here. The same DJ’s that mashed up the Caribbean Cove were on the inside, Dr. Jay and Stretch Macneilly, alongside special guest from New York - and the 2007 International DJ of the Year - DJ Spice. They had the honour of “christening” this venue, so yuh know was maaaaadness! The music catered to the “big people” crowd but that didn’t mean we didn’t hear some rel wikkid new chunes. Ah mean, doh under estimate dem big ppl nah ... they could well groove!!

TJJ was jammin’ hard to all de sweet back in times riddims, ah chip here and ah wine there ... singin’ "Ah want somebody to hug up in de paaaarty" by de great Baron, and Explainer’s bess chune "Lorraine" (1981) ... "Lorraine doh cry ah leavin.. ah cyah miss this jamming!!!" LOL! Waysss! With adult beverages being consumed like it’s Carnival Monday, the vibes jes kept getting’ better and better! Yuh definitely need ah fete like this ever so often, jes a vibe to appreciate all the great music developed over the past years ... it touches home yuh know?!

Soca-lovers jammed nonstop until after 4am, ah doh think anything could’ve made them NOT want to be there. Lights on, bar closed and we were all chippin’ around de dancefloor together singin’, "All ah we is one famaaaalay!" As we made our way out the door, people were outside stuffin’ dey face with “chow” so yuh know TJJ had to get in on that ... Uncle Mike’s chow is de besssss, so with watery eyes and runny noses we killed ah bowl each and called it a night!

De “big people” sleep was ketchin’ up, so we were gone with that! We will see allyuh at “House Call” on Sat Oct 4th because ah feelin’ for ah lil Soca Therapy from de doctor!!!! smile

Mizz Kayz for the TJJ Fam

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