MISBEHAVIOUR
Caribbean L 38 ife, March 13-19, 2020
from Jun. 16-20 in Montego
Bay, Jamaica.
“Watch her ‘spice’ up the
show this year by just being
the best ‘spice’ she can be,”
said Driven about the artiste,
who “has made her mark
around the world with fantastic
music and a vivid personality.
“For years, she has captivated
fans with her bright
aura,” she added.
The Reggae Sumfest is
consistently known as the
top dancehall and reggae festival
in the world, Driven
said.
She said Spice couldn’t
help but showcase her excitement
for the honor.
“MAN! For years and years,
I’ve worked my a** off to
push the music that I grew
up to another level,” Driven
quoted Spice as saying.
“I’m talking about blood
sweat and tears,” she added.
“So, to be officially honored
as ‘The Queen’ of the genre
of music I love to make is
fantastic.”
Coupled in with her latest
hit single “Rolling” and
her honor from Harvard University
for breaking ground
for Caribbean artists, Driven
said Spice has been on “a
pristine run of success in
2020.
“Her impact in society is
becoming more prominent
than just music,” she said,
adding that “the word icon
can be discussed when bringing
up Spice’s name.
“Every day, she’s always
breaking barriers and the
‘proverbial glass ceiling’
that Black women from the
islands have encountered
attempting to make it big in
the entertainment industry,”
Driven continued. “A couple
of words can describe Spice
with phrases such as ambitious
to no ends or talent
knows no boundaries. However,
what best describes her
is humble but hungry.”
“2020, and this new decade
is mine!” proclaimed
Spice about her recent success.
“With everything great
going on in my life, I still
have to work as hard as possible
and pray every day, so I
stay on top.”
BAFTA winner Philippa
Lowthorpe (Three Girls),
stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw as
Grenadian, Jennifer Hosten
– the first woman of colour
to be crowned Miss World,
Keira Knightley as a member
of the newly formed Women’s
Liberation Movement, and an
all-star cast including Jessie
Buckley, Greg Kinnear, Lesley
Manville, Keeley Hawes, Rhys
Ifans and Phyllis Logan.
Patricia Maher said: “’Misbehaviour’
depicts a chapter of
Jennifer’s story that exemplifies
her ground breaking life
as she helped put Grenada on
the map fifty years ago. Since
then Grenada has grown its
international appeal for visitors
with a record breaking
half a million visitors to the
destination in 2018.”
Hosten, born in Grenada in
1947, was a flight attendant
for BWIA (now Caribbean Airlines)
when she took a leave
of absence to compete in Miss
World. The beauty competition
was the most-watched
TV show on the planet and in
1970 was hosted by US comedy
legend, Bob Hope. The
stakes could not have been
higher and when the live
broadcast was interrupted by
a Women’s Liberation Movement
stage invasion, the global
audience was captivated.
Then, as Miss Grenada – the
self-styled Nutmeg Princess –
was crowned the first woman
of colour Miss World, conventions
crumbled.
Subsequent to the competition,
Hosten pursued a
successful career in diplomacy,
trade negotiation and
international development
including serving as Grenada
High Commissioner to
Canada, working as a Canadian
diplomat to Bangladesh
and owning her own tourism
business.
Maher added: “The tri-island
destination of Grenada,
Carriacou and Petite Martinique
offers something for
everyone with a very warm
welcome for visitors and we’re
delighted that this retelling
of Jennifer’s inspiring and
relevant story once again
gives Grenada top billing.”
“Misbehaviour” is in UK
cinemas from Friday, March
13, 2020.
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added. “All you do is the following:
place your name in the
log book provided at the door
and what you plan on doing. If
you plan to perform as a singer,
have your sound tract on a flash
drive.”
Douglas said he wants the
show to “become a major event
on the Sunday calendar.
“There will be guess performers
from time to time,” he
said. “Come be a part of it this
and every Sunday.”
Last summer, Douglas
launched his first children’s
book, “The Adventures of Spin
and Scratch, The Relocation,”
saying that it was “a dream
come true.
“’The adventures of Spin
and Scratch’ is a tale of two
American mice, who, because
of unforeseen circumstances,
had to travel to the Caribbean
islands of Trinidad and Tobago,
where they embarked on the
adventure of their lives,” Douglas
told Caribbean Life after the
book launching ceremony in
Brooklyn.
The turnout at 204 Parkside
Ave. was great, “as folks came
out, some bringing their children
to have their copies signed”
by the singer-turned- author,
according to Douglas’s booking
agent, Grenadian Derick Noel, a
Brooklyn resident.
“The overall response and
feedback from the folks in
attendance were, in a nutshell,
well done,” Noel said.
He said that, after an hour
and a half of socializing in
“area one,” having champagne
and finger food, the function
moved to “area two,” otherwise
known as “under the tent,”
where Douglas signed copies of
“The Adventures of Spin and
Scratch, The Relocation”, and
then proceeded on stage, giving
fans “a solid hour-and-15-
minute performance, doing
some favorites, like ‘Who Let
the Dogs Out’ and ‘Ragga Poom
Poom.’”
Noel said Douglas also surprised
fans and patrons with
two new songs, “Freight Train”
and “Girl I love You,” “which
were well received with a standing
ovation.”
Douglas said he was born
and raised in a small village in
southern Trinidad, where he
was exposed to music when he
was very young.
He credited his exposure to
community center folk music
performances as the root of his
musical journey.
This, coupled with the influences
of his older sister’s sharing
of her talent as a “young,
ambitious poet,” served as “the
inspiration and foundation” for
the development of his natural
musical talent.
But he said his vocal talent
“really flourished” while
singing at his local Pentecostal
church.
At 16, he said he and a few
friends in the church formed
a band called “Exodus”, which
quickly became very popular
and gave him his “first real
taste of spotlight and stardom.”
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From left: Charge d’Affaires for The Grenada High Commission London, Samuel Sandy;
Grenada Tourism Authority CEO, Patricia Maher; Jennifer Hosten; Leo Garbutt, Calabash
Luxury Boutique Hotel; Carol Hay, Caribbean Tourism Organisation UK; Marielle Alexander,
St. James Travel & Tours; Michelle Trusselle, BBC MasterChef: The Professionals 2018
fi nalist, at ‘Misbehaviour’ World Premiere at The Ham Yard Hotel, London on March 9,
2020. Joanne Davidson
Chilling on Sundays A crown for Spice
Trinidadian Soca artiste,
Anslem Douglas.