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KIDS SEE GHOSTS
KIDS SEE GHOSTS
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FIRED UP
Kid’s Tale
and uncles will be there, too.
You’ll eat foods you love, play
games to win, and you’ll hear stories
that your family likes to tell.
But what will you bring to the
family picnic? In “Going Down
Home with Daddy” by Kelly Starling
Lyons, illustrated by Daniel
Minter, that’s a question one boy
struggles with.
As Sis slept in the back of the
car next to him, Lil Alan worried
and worried.
They were on their way to
Granny’s house on the family
farm, going to Daddy’s side of the
annual family get-together, and
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everybody’d have something to
share for this year’s celebration.
Sis would sing a song for Granny.
One of Lil Alan’s cousins had
made a scrapbook. Another boy
was reading a story aloud.
Everyone had something, but
Lil Alan’s hands were empty.
Still, he had time to think.
When they got there, all the
adults were laughing and slapping
backs and giving out hugs;
the women had been cooking for
days and everything smelled delicious
for the feast. Daddy fired up
the tractor and took Lil Alan and
his cousins out for a ride on the
farm that had been in the family
for a long, long time. Daddy’s Pa
had been proud of the land and
its crops, and so was Daddy, and
Lil Alan, too.
When Sunday morning rolled
around, Lil Alan’s hands were
still empty and so was his heart.
At church, he heard more family
stories as everyone worshipped
together, but he was sad that he
still hadn’t come up with something
to share. Back at Granny’s
house, he thought about what he
was going to offer at the celebration
as he looked at a wall full of
old pictures of grandparents and
great-grandparents. He thought
of his family’s land and the people
who cared for it. He remembered
stories of folks before them.
And then he knew. Lil Alan did
have something to share.
It was right in front of him all
along…
Much like a lazy summer
afternoon, “Going Down Home
with Daddy” unwinds at a leisurely
pace, covering a mere
weekend but starting with a restless
car ride.
applause.
“The journey started with
Ebenezer Joshua / He’s the first
chief minister/Mitchell and Cato
(James Mitchell and Milton Cato,
former prime ministers) came
after,” she added.
Afterwards, Master of Ceremonies
Atiba Williams could not
hold back his delight in remarking:
“That’s one to watch for
in 2019. I tell you, Dynamite
(Calypso Tent) coming strong for
2019.”
Fya Empress — a former
Ragga Soca Monarch and Road
March Winner in Vincy Mas, and
three-time Tobago Soca Monarch
– is renowned for her signature
hit “I am a Vincy”, as well
as others in her repertoire, such
as “Ah Catch It”; “No Money No
Wuk”; “In Excess”; and “Rum
Please”.
Besides her, D Man Age, John ‘D
Truth’ Dougan, Exposer and Dennis
Bowman, other contenders
Friday night were: Hilford Hurst
(Hilford); Kenroy Jack (Jakie);
Allan Marshall (Field Marshall);
Oscar James; Delahanty Isles
(Delahanty, Exposer’s daughter);
Michelle-Ann Hillocks (Hibiscus);
and Ramos Diaz (Jose Juan).
Former Vincy Calypso Monarch
D Man age, whose real
name is Errol Rose, acclaimed for
his biting social commentaries,
provided a “Road Map,” telling
patrons: “You can be all you can
be / Just stay away from negativity
/ Just keep hope alive / Don’t
ever give up the fight.”
John “D Truth” Dougan, president
of the Dynamite Calypso
Tent, “Let Them Know” the
truth, stating that “So many bad
things are happening / So please
sing a calypso for me.”
Exposer, whose real name is
Earl Isles, sang against “Rebellion,”
urging the youth to reflect
on their lives.
“Looking back how you put
your life in misery / You looking
for somebody else to blame
/ Life is no game / But put yo life
straight,” he sang.
Bowman, a frequent contender
in either the semifinal or
final for the Calypso Monarchy in
Vincy Mas, was deeply troubled
by “The Truth.”
Singing at no. 12, he proclaimed,
sarcastically, that “the
truth don’t matter anymore,”
adding: “They never agree with
the airport/Creating confusion
for everybody.”
Hilford, the first to grace the
stage, urged “Let’s Do It,” singing:
“If you really love me/stop
behaving bad / let’s do it.”
Jakie, rated by many in the
audience as the best dressed Vincentian
calypsonian in New York,
made it clear that “They Can’t
Stop Me.”
Donning military fatigue,
Field Marshall wanted to get rid
of the “Demons”: “Demons running
here (in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines) /Time to get them
out / They destroy the banana
industry / To put the farmers in
misery.”
James, co-founder of the
defunct Vincentian band Affetuosos,
in the 1970s, blasted the
“Taxman,” stating that “Valueadded
tax too high /Too much
tax on food and clothes/Listen to
the poor man’s cry.”
Delahanty expressed concern
about rampant gossip or “Commess”:
“Anything people hear,
they talking / Commess is a Caribbean
thing.”
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Book cover of “Going Down
Home with Daddy.”
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partnership with PrintbyPrint
Group(PbPG), the group is
bringing Caribbean Cinema
Nights back to Brooklyn.
The themes of this year’s
series are: June — Love Like &
Lust, July — Intimate Partner
Violence, August — The Queer
Caribbean, September — The
Humanity of the Incarcerated,
and October — Jumbie Stories:
Caribbean Folklore.
CaFA which collaborates
with other film entities such as
Caribbeanfilm.org, and Third
Horizon, said, in addition
to these amazing films and
engaging conversation, a specialty
menu of mouth-watering
Caribbean bites prepared by
Chef Anya Peters of Kit an’ Kin,
will be on sale throughout the
evening.
Each screening costs $12 in
advance and $15 at the door.
However, a series pass for
access to all six screenings cost
$55.
Tickets can be purchased
online at www.caribbeancinemanights.
eventbrite.com.
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Exposer sang against ‘Rebellion.’ Photo by Nelson A. King
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