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Monday, March 17, 2025

Christmas vibes run high at Scrunter's Pork Dance

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The Christ­mas spir­it was in full swing on De­cem­ber 19, when Parang So­ca King Scrunter, held his an­nu­al Pork Dance at Scrunter's For­est in San­gre Grande. Last year the tor­ren­tial rain kept many pa­trons away. This time around, the weath­er con­di­tions were per­fect. From as ear­ly as 10 pm pa­trons fil­tered in­to the for­est-sur­round­ed venue in an­tic­i­pa­tion of lis­ten­ing to some of the best live so­ca parang in the coun­try, as is al­ways a pri­or­i­ty with this par­ty.

Eat­ing wild meat is al­so high on the agen­da at the Pork Dance. Agouti, deer, lappe, and igua­na were on the menu and they came ei­ther cur­ried or stewed. Geera, cur­ry or stew pork was al­so on the bill of fare. All of the meats could be had, with or with­out pro­vi­sion, with a full meal cost­ing about $80. Parang Band Nos­tal­gik start­ed the ses­sion and evoked a spir­it of "ale­gria" that leg­endary parang singer Daisy Voisin would be proud of.

The band didn't want for back up rhythm as mem­bers of the au­di­ence were knock­ing iron for most of the night. The Pork Dance is known for Scrunter giv­ing away a live pig and the lucky win­ner was Kurk Christo­pher. Scrunter came on stage around 2 am and un­leashed many of his hits. The par­ty con­tin­ued un­til 5 am.


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