Cather­ine Copeland

Ballerz & As­so­ciates re­cent­ly had their J'Ou­vert Band Launch, 2 Dye 4 (It's All About Peace & Love), at The Na­pari­ma Bowl Grounds in San Fer­nan­do. Pa­trons par­tied to the sounds of so­ca singer Patch, Gen­er­al Grant, Black­ie, Zig­gy Rankin and new so­ca artiste Buffy. DJs Joy Pro­duc­tions and In­tel­lect Live kept the par­ty go­ing un­til the wee hours of Sun­day morn­ing.

One of the band­lead­ers, Sherona Grace, said there was a mix­ture of both the young and the ma­ture that night and it went ex­treme­ly well. There were sev­er­al give-aways, in­clud­ing a cos­tume which was won by Bev­er­ly Williams of Plai­sance Park. The cos­tume con­sist­ed of a tie-dyed shirt in vivid pink, green, yel­low, or­ange, blue and pur­ple, along with match­ing socks and ban­dana and white pants in the pa­tron's choice of length.

Grace added, "If you see the cos­tume you will go crazy and want to play in the band. My moth­er Su­san Goolie, cre­at­ed the cos­tumes based the con­cept on the hip­py times, when it was all about peace and love." Any­one in­ter­est­ed in pur­chas­ing a cos­tume can vis­it their mas camp at 25 Pond Street, Vista­bel­la. The cost of a cos­tume is $400 all-in­clu­sive.