‘Take care of this island paradise of yours’- Buju Banton
Notably in attendance was Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1), along with a number of his elected Members of Government that included Deputy Premier and Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5), Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9), Minister for Health and Social Development Hon Carvin Malone, Junior Minister for Tourism Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL)and Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development Hon Sharie B. De Castro (AL).
During his one and a half hour performance, Buju Banton appealed to the people of the Virgin Islands to know the worth of "Natures Little Secrets".
"Take care of this island paradise of yours and don't let anyone take it from you," Buju stated as he proceeded to sing, "where thou standeth is holy ground...remember that."
Meanwhile, the show started shortly after 6:00pm with recorded music but as the crowd quickly thickened, the Virgin Islands’ very own Darius Semper aka ‘Shine Eye’, got the memorable opportunity to be the opening act of the night. He was followed by Jason A. Frett aka ‘Ritical’ and Joyce Searles aka ‘Sista Joyce’.
It was then time for the international artists to take to the stage, including Delyno Brown aka ‘Pressure’, Calvin G. Scott aka ‘Cocoa Tea’, Mikayla Simpson aka ‘Koffee’ and Clifton George Bailey III aka ‘Capleton’.
Buju takes the stage by popular demand
In between acts, deejays Push Pop, Millennium King and Burtram provided entertainment but once the crowd felt it was time for Buju Banton to make an appearance no amount of deejaying could have satisfied their thirst.
The mammoth crowd started clapping, demanding that Buju Banton take then stage.
Buju did not disappoint as he showed up at around 1:00am and powerfully entertained the crowd hits after hits for two and a half hours.
The attendance is no doubt one of the largest seen for any live concert in the Virgin Islands. The show attracted persons from all parts of the Caribbean, the US Virgin Islands, United States and as far as Europe.
The Long Walk to Freedom Concert was promoted by KT Productions in collaboration with Pumpstation Productions, Westline Entertainment and Xclusive Levels.
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21 Responses to “‘Take care of this island paradise of yours’- Buju Banton”
I mean to leaving one side to go to a tiny tent to only want over an hour not before losing our voices trying to get the bartenders attention only to walk back to the left to meet another huge line and another 38mins to get to the bar to used the tickets. The selection of the wins and spirits rite way provided was weak. The bar lose big last night.
Huge discourage (1) willing to walk around to get tickets (2) only to spend 1 hour in the line to find out its $20.00 per mix drink. The production of the show itself was on point but someone within the camp got a bit greedy and selfishly. The hired company for the VIP/ VIP ultra sections sucks as welled!
Ya ya ya I know it’s the 1st the show of this size and that’s why I’d like them to be better next time around. Have different teams who’s fully responsible only for that their task is. With this experience I believe anyone who’s willing to host an event will now have a bigger idea on how to do things and do it right.
BIG UP KT Productions and pumpstaion and whoever else was involved.
Show was nice my second time seeing Buju
Bring those Americans and see if we would get such a big turnout. Stop the hatred
I enjoyed his music so much and I know a number of persons did as well. He was really good. Big him up too, he's one of us.