Colour Me Red had no Behaviour!

If you missed Wednesday night’s biggest show, then you missed out on A LOT! Red Unlimited had their 5th annual "Colour Me Red" featuring a host of local artist and Vincy Soca Monarch Skinny Fabulous. This fete arguably was the best Red Unlimted has hosted. My gosh! The place was packed which was expected considering tickets were XCD$20.00 .

The show began late but MC Sir Lancelot did not waste time when it was ready to start things off. Derek Yarde started it off with a sweet ole school set. Yes give me some Onyan!! Music was good but a bit dragged. Then the band T.E.M. came on featuring Penn and that was where the madness began. Artists like Orion, Q-Pid, Jessica, Private 6 , Plantium George came on and did excellent performances and the pace was picking up.

The Groovy King used the night to get clips for his present music video on his winning song "Cyah Wait”. He went back to his Soca Monarch years and the crowd could not get enough. Almost every artist left the stage with an encore from the crowd, so believe me those artists were on a roll that evening. Superman got punked by the MC as Sir Lancelot came on stage in what he describes as the "Recession Man" with a cape (which was actually a table cloth); the crowd was bursting in laughs. Teddyson came on and he did not disappoint that sweet voice had me waving and representing as he sang on “Let me see the real revelers represent now put up your hand" But the real man, Superman came and the crowd went "UP UP AND AWAY" as Teddyson John joined him on the single.


Ilah Man made a "Rockshun" during his performance the place TUN OVA! Though everyone sang along to "I want my Money back" not one patron actually meant it. I mean twenty dollars for that type of show. You must be Mad! Gawd! You think the show was done, the Soca monarch Kings did not touch the stage as yet and the crowd was already breathless. Ricky T performance bought all the jumbies up front and need I say more? Ricky T commanded de crowd and it was done! Wait, but I started to see sum jumbies to turn into Beasts, as Skinny Fabulous touched the stage and everyone was "on de spot" This long anticipated performance was executed in fine style. Skinny Fabulous asked Ricky T to join him on stage and they began free styling and goosh, the crowd enjoyed every single word! I will not lie; I was screaming my heart out. It was beautiful to watch two amazing artists going through almost the same level of success bring out the beauty in their craft with such a flawless performance. The Combo was amazing! The place was FLATTEN as I am sure was de intention!

Hats off to Red Unlimted, I keep replaying those performances in my head and gosh it was the best I have seen! Though drinks were a hassle to get thankfully all the Soca quenched my thirst!


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Written By : Rochelle K. Noel
Published : www.dancehallsoca.com