Who is Standing up for Choiseulians and Putting Dem First?

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:

•            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!

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!