IN our first stop on the TEENage Observer Expressions tour this school term, Muschette High School in Wakefield, Trelawny gave us a taste of what many can expect from the tour this year. Last Tuesday, the contestants at Muchette High dazzled the judges with items of poetry, song and dances, all trying to win a spot in the Expressions Tour finals to be held in Kingston.

The show began with Andrene Jackson singing Can’t Stop Loving You, which was definitely a crowd pleaser. Christine Blake was next and her dub poem entitled Weh Di Govament A Do? highlighted a few of the country’s social issues.

Shyann Russell and Shanique Bailey decided to show their talent in song, with original pieces entitled Ups and Downs and Life is a Movement respectively, however, this did not go over well with the crowd.

Scores of cheers were heard when Sashagaye Reynolds entered the stage sharing the journey in The Life of A Man, a poem which explained the hardships of everyday life. Trissann Gardener was next and she followed up on life’s hardships with her song The System, gaining the crowd’s approval.

It seems Muchette High has a special talent for poetry. Kedesha Williams’ dub poem entitled I Am A Woman highlighted that no matter what problems a woman encounters she will always get through them.

Nuh Live Nuh Weh is the title of a well-known Red Rat song, however, Shanieka Roache seemed to reveal some of the issues that the song did not cover. This brought her schoolmates from being entertained having empathy for street persons.

Our sponsors Freshhh had to cool down the audience as the performances heated up, so the students lined up orderly for refreshments during the break. But soon, it was show time again and Romario and Roshane sung about Ghetto Yutes and their struggles. The crowed really enjoyed this and beckoned for an encore; the two young deejays returned to deliver a song entitled CXC Time.

Achara Lawrence was next with a mini-skit entitled Better Mus Come, and then came Ryan Atkin with a beautiful gospel piece entitled Kingdom Seekers.

‘Books before boys, because boys bring babies’ was the essence of Ruchell Thorpe’s message and she higlighted this in her skit Good Girl Gone Bad.

Kaycia Drummond’s song Forgive and Forget did not receive the roaring applause she had hoped for but the message was clear. Troxie Edwards song entitled J-A-M-A-I-C-A was a catchy sing-a-long that had her schoolmates rocking and waving throughout her performance.

Kamalio McLean tried to wow the audience by dancing to Calypso and Reggae, but the gathering was not impressed.

Joanne Kern and Anthony Vassel ended the show by singing for TEENage brought the competition to an exciting end.

Still the show was not over as Jamaica’s walking beatbox, Mixing Lab, Lingo, Stretch and Showbiz had his audience in awe with an array of voice delivered rhythms.

Supergirl Denyque dropped by much to the delight of the audience, which sang along as she delivered her summer hit Summer Love and Hooked On Me, which drove the audience wild.

Muchette High School showed their talent, gave us an exciting show and when the scores were tallied, Sashagaye Reynolds came out on top. In second place were the deejays Romario and Rushane, while Trissann Gardener was third.