‘Saints’ fete delights patrons

As feters entered the venue they were greeted by a large sign that read: SAINTS , then as they made their way to the circumference of the area there was a wide variety of food from which to choose.

From very early, long lines of people were in front of the Chaud Restaurant, Boomerang Caterers, Berment Caterers and JM Grill stations, while others found their choice of morsels at the stations of More Vino Restaurant and Rasam’s with authentic Indian dishes.

Patrons also had their fill of mini-rotis, lamb sliders, corn soup, geera pork, doubles, jerk wings, Melo’s chicken rings, juicy Jamaican patties and fajitas.

After that it was time for the live entertainment beginning with Kes The Band, featuring Kees Dieffenthaller.

The band opened with Incredible and People and immediately had the crowd front stage jumping. The band continued with Fallin, Love ah de Music, Look for Dat, Summer Girl and Million before he was joined by Nailah Blackman, the 19-year-old granddaughter of the late calypsonian Ras Shorty I, for “Workout”. The crowd loved the synergy on stage and cheered loudly at the end of the performance.

Kes the Band then went into a Where Yuh From and a Tuesday on the Rock segment, followed by some of their past hits including Wotless.

Kernal Roberts, son of the late grandmaster the Lord Kitchener, then joined Kes for Shake before the band closed with its 2017 road march offering Ramp Up.

DJs Nuphoric and Private Ryan were largely responsible for keeping up the tempo throughout the fete, but had to give way to the Ultimate Rejects with MX Prime who unleashed a string of past hits ending with their mega hit, Full Extreme.

Machel Montano fans welcomed him on stage with a big ovation.

He didn’t disappoint them. Montano delivered a number of his past and present hits, leaving the crowd wet with sweat at the end of his performance. Patrons thereafter took advantage of the Sober Zone before leaving the fete, once again very pleased with the event.