Army fete a great success

Thousands of patrons stormed the Queen’s Park Savannah, Portof- Spain on February 17 dressed in military green for the eighthour- long fete, from as early as 10 pm, massive flags from “Two- Face Crew” and other flag-waving groups had the rare opportunity to fete with their flags still waving.

The fete included several popular artistes, such as Terri Lyons, and Roy Cape All Stars, led by Dexter “Blaxx” Stewart, who entertained the crowd. But it was performances by the Ultimate Rejects, Bunji Garlin and Fay Ann Lyons, Iwer George and Machel Montano that got the best reactions.

Patrons were not bothered by the fact that Machel and Bunji did not perform their smash hit Buss Head together. They were quite contented with being treated to the song twice over the night, in separate performances.

Each performance was more than a half-hour of non-stop energy.

Patrons went ballistic over Bunji’s performance as he treated them to several of his 2016 and 2017 hits. After his set, Bunji told reporters why Army Fete continues to go from strength to strength, while other fetes which were popular over the years seemed to fall by the wayside.

“Security and safety. Plain and simple.” Bunji said. “Other than the nice vibes, the music and the artists the obvious evident presence of security is what kept people coming to Army fete. It has no way in the world that anyone from any walk of life would come here and play the fool. They will be dealt with one time. And that is a very comforting thing in the minds of many people.” “The energy in here is incomparable.

It is the energy of what a fete is supposed to be. This is the last great fete as far as I am concerned.

This fete embodies what Carnival is.” Montano’s set was met with the usual pandemonium, as he sang several of this year’s hits from his latest album. The ground shook from hundreds of people jumping and waving as Montano performed.

However, the most surprising reaction was for the fantastic foursome, the Ultimate Rejects, with MX Prime as their front man.

Their smash hit Full Extreme caused havoc, as the entire crowd jumped, waved and sang along.

The crowd was also treated to several songs from Prime’s earlier years, such as Fighter and Soca Train. Speaking to the producer of the group, Joel Aming, Newsday was told that they never expected such a great reaction from the song, when it was first released.

“We were putting this song out to simply have a presence in the Carnival,” Aming said. “We never predicted that it would have turned out like this. It is a great feeling”