‘Western Consciousness 2001’ was great

From all indications the King of Kings Promotions show, ‘Western Consciousness 2001’ held at the Llandilo Cultural Centre in Savanna-la-Mar last Saturday was a huge success.

The large crowd was certainly not disappointed. Marcia Griffiths, Culture, Everton Blender, Edi Fitzroy and the fireman, Capleton all gave top-quality performances. But it was Beres Hammond who stole the show. Beres thrilled the enthusiastic crowd with hits likes One Dance, She Loves Me Now, No Disrespect, Tempted To Touch and Double Trouble.

Hats off to the promoters; it was really a great show.

Merciless to be crowned tonight

Pier One in Montego Bay is the venue tonight for the crowning of the ‘Warhead Merciless’ following his triumph over top Deejays at Sting 2000.

The show, which starts at 8 pm, features the likes of Bling Dawg, Hawkeye, Alozade, Natural Mystic, Okonko, DJ Radicals and TOK.

They will be backed by Blaze, King Midas and Crystal.

Golden Oldies for Tropical Beach

Oldies fans are in for a treat tonight at the Tropical Beach Club as the Kiwanis Club of Montego Bay Freeport presents a “Nite of Golden Oldies”.

Merritone Disco out of Kingston, with Winston Blake at the controls will provide the music for this special fund-raising event.

Gate prize is a weekend for two at the luxurious Ritz Carlton Hotel, Rose Hall.

The fun starts at 9:00 pm.

A J Brown and Karen Smith for Pre-Mother’s Day Evening Of Music

Two of Jamaica’s finest cabaret artistes, A J Brown and Karen Smith, will perform in Montego Bay tomorrow afternoon at the Holy Trinity Church, Westgate in a special fundraising event called ‘A Pre-Mother’s Day Evening of Music’.

Other artists billed for the event, which begins at 4:30 pm, are Cabot Paul, Inga Stewart, Millicent Samuels, Orlando Bailey and the gospel group Acappela.

Contribution is $300 and proceeds are in aid of the Church Hall Building Fund.

Ms Jamaica World Cornwall 2001, Coronation for Caribbean Showplace

Eliminations for this year’s staging of the Ms Jamaica World Cornwall 2001 will be held at the beautiful Caribbean Showplace, Ironshore on June 3.

The Grand Coronation is set for the same venue on Sunday July 1, commencing at 7:00 pm.

So far the number of persons seeking to enter the contest has been encouraging, and franchise holder, Lachu Ramchandani, will hold a press conference tomorrow to announce sponsors and outline further plans for the pageant.

Entertainment Out West will have more on this next week.

Until that time, do keep sending in your information on entertainment happenings in Western Jamaica.