An­ge­lo Mar­celle

?Night time is usu­al­ly qui­et at Pi­geon Point Her­itage Park in To­ba­go but on Car­ni­val Fri­day, this changed when the fifth an­nu­al In­ter­na­tion­al Wa­ter Fete was held, with ex­cite­ment be­ing main­tained at an all time high. The live per­for­mances start­ed around 2.45 am, much to the dis­ap­point­ment of many. To­ba­go So­ca Monarch queen Fire Em­press (lead singer for Fire Fu­sion,) was the first to hit the stage. She sang a few songs but failed to en­cour­age the crowd in­to any danc­ing or wav­ing ac­tiv­i­ties. Her back­up reg­gae dancer brought some life to the per­for­mance and taught the crowd a new dance called "Face­book."

Fash­ion Po­lice, who had been in the Fire Fu­sion camp for the Car­ni­val sea­son, sang a hu­mourous dit­ty us­ing the rhythm from Vy­bz Kar­tel and Spice's song Vir­gin­i­ty. He re­ceived nu­mer­ous en­cores. The Dy­nam­ic Duo of TC Su­pa Jig­ga and Iw­er George had the crowd in an up­roar. Known for his jump and wave songs, Iw­er fur­ther livened the par­ty by giv­ing away more than $1,000 to a fe­male pa­tron who was able to sing his songs and "mash up" the crowd. Iw­er and TC will be per­form­ing in St Vin­cent, Toron­to, Queens, NY and Brook­lyn on March 5, 6, 13 and 26, re­spec­tive­ly.

ABOVE LEFT: ?Break­ing away at the fifth an­nu­al In­ter­na­tion­al Wa­ter Fete in To­ba­go.

ABOVE RIGHT: ?So­ca artiste Buffy dur­ing her per­for­mance.

By the time JW & Blaze got on stage to do the 2010 Road March–Palance, the mu­si­cal hype was at its peak. To­ba­go, which was re­ceiv­ing the In­ter­na­tion­al So­ca Monarch win­ners for the first time since their crown­ing a cou­ple hours ear­li­er, was very ap­pre­cia­tive. It didn't take much for the duo to get the crowd do­ing with their pop­u­lar Palance dance. Al­so per­form­ing on the night were Tony Prescott, Swap­pi, Buffy and Patch, with DJ mu­sic pro­vid­ed by Dr Hyde.