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| Choiseul Carnival 2018 |
You know there is an old patois saying for lack of
a better phrase which says, “ Choisez say un
denyae pyon ar dan un dam”
(Excuse my kweyol spelling…lol) My understanding of this term means that
Choiseul always gets shafted.
Here are a few issues that concern Choiseulians:
Here are a few issues that concern Choiseulians:
- Last year’s carnival band got shafted….no prize monies up to now.
- Blotje Choisez cancelled this year
- Jounen Kweyol pulled from under Choiseul
this year
- Choiseul Sound system owners rated as second choice to an outside sound
system
- And the mother of them all the sand
mining in the village ( But that’s for another show)
Are all these coincidental or is it that there are too
many square pegs in wrong holes in the administrative affairs of the district? Choiseulians want to know!
Haven’t the Parliamentary Rep come to his senses
and realize that these continuous recycling of tired persons just can’t get the
job done? There are so many talented
youths in the district, yet I am given the impression that they are not being
given an opportunity to do the job that these tired recycled persons can’t do. Time to look ahead Mr. Rep!
I only speak to two issues in today’s post – 3 and
4.
Jounen Kweyol Rug pulled from under Choiseul.
I recently posted on Facebook my annoyance that Jounen
Kweyol was pulled under Choiseul for reasons it’s alleged that the Choiseul
organizers said it was “UNDERFUNDED.” Ok, granted that they felt it was
underfunded and thought that they could not host the activity; why then did
they take the unanimous decision to cancel the activity before bringing it to
the general public or local entrepreneurs whom might very well inject some
needed resources to keep the activity in the district? Have you ever heard a statement from the organizors about this
issue? Why should they care
anyway when they refuse to put Choiseul first before their self-interest?
Choiseulians continue to be shafted by the persons
in authority, year after year, term after term, political cycle after political
cycle, government after government! What
should we do? You know the answer just like I do!
NB:
Btw, there is a version of Jounen Kweyol being organized to be held in Choiseul….info
about how things are progressing is still being kept a secret. There’s talk
circulating that one man can’t do it all alone. Par men ke de le!
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| Choiseul Carnival 2013 |
Choiseul Sound system owners shafted
Our party goers in Choiseul know what a good sound
system sounds like. We have Arfany sound system, Blazing Sounds, Big Show
Sounds, Busta Sounds, Hungry Lion Sounds, Adoozay sounds and last but not least
remember Dot Com Sounds.
Every one of these systems can provide heart
thumping sounds to any jour ouvert crowd, Period.
Question. Why were they bypassed and a Soufriere
sound system…Bombshell hired for the annual Choiseul Jour overt? It I alleged
that there was never any negotiation with any system owner to offer them a
chance to run Jour Ouvert. At least one owner said he was approached but never
heard from the organizors again.
For Soufriere activities, Busta Sounds have never
had the privilege to play in any jig organized by the Soufriere Foundation.
Soufririans have maintained that only Soufriere sound systems play in Soufriere
activities organized by the Soufriere Foundation. Ask Busta Sounds? Yet these Choiseul self-serving
individuals that don’t want to see Choiseul move ahead bypass our boys and head
to Soufriere to get Bombshell. Aben bon! So
what say the Choiseul organizors for not hiring a local sytem for the Jour
Overt? Y’all made a boo boo!
Choiseul continues to weep under the strokes being
inflicted on it by non-caring, self-centered and above all inept individuals
that always want to have their hands and feet in Choiseul’s business. But mark
my word, that won’t last long….the young, talented, skilled, innovative ones
are out there watching the every move of these recycled individual.
Time
to pass the baton! Let’s put Choiseul and
Choiseulians first!
