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It was a year of non-stop partying and promoting. After all of this work, we sure hope you make it to celebrate with us at our anniversary party this Saturday Dec. 7th.
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Directions: From the Bay Bridge: 880S to San Jose/Alameda, exit 5th St., Left at stop sign. Mandela Village is first gate on left in large, secure parking lot. From San Jose: 880 N, exit 7th/Market St. Go straight. Mandela Village is on left. GIFTS Given away every hour: 1. A RT airline ticket between LA & the Bay Area + 1
night's stay at the Hilton Garden Hotel in LA (Compliments of Joyce
Productions).
Thanks to our Sponsors:
WHO KNOWS ABOUT THIS PARTY?
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May 31st: DJ Engineroom, warmed the crowd up, a voice from the dressing room boomed "look at people...you make me wanna" and the crowd went crazy for over 30 minutes. We had a slamming party at the Shattuck Down Low with a live performance by Barbadian superstar Rupee who sang his big hits "Jump", "I will be there", “Ice Cream”, “Thanks” and "Insomnia" to a crowd that chipped, jumped, waved flags, sang along, danced on stage and loved every lyric he dropped. Summer months are extremely busy on the East Coast and we managed to bring Rupee here for less than 24 hrs. From the airport we went to KPFA (94.1 FM or www.kpfa.org) to go on the air with Jose Ruis (the show was world music, Fridays from 10-noon normally with David Macburnie). Jose Ruis, a big Rupee fan, played “I will be there” before introducing Rupee to California residents who were truly blessed to hear him give thanks for life itself. He spoke of his German/Bajan heritage, his rise to fame from a singing competition in Barbados, and the death of both of his parents to AIDS. The feedback from all who attended was similar to this one: “Rupee--he was soooo good!! We had a really good time Friday night. We had dinner at Jamaica Station, watched the Lakers beat the Kings then went and jumped up to Rupee--All in all, a very nice night! I know I will be at other Jouvay.com productions in the future (just keep those e-mails comin)--thanks for puttin on a good party!” The club venue had a strict dress code, and determined fans like Malik from MTV’s NY episode of the Real World returned all spiffy to show support. Friends of Rupee’s from Harrison College high school waved a big Bajan flag and an ex Coalishun bass player who worked with Rupee in the early days was in the house. Elated from JUMPing fans waited to meet him, get his autograph, interview him and take pictures. KKUP radio personalities like Annemarie were in the house as well as promoter HA Productions. Rupee also performed for J&W productions in LA during their carnival in October. Sporting a JOUVAY.COM shirt he treated the carnival goers to a free appearance the next day prior to Calypso Rose's performance. Little children swarmed to get his autograph and he signed posters, posed for pictures and "caught" up with Bajans. In addition to producing more big hits, Rupee is currently doing Public Service Announcements in Barbados to help fight our war againts AIDS, a project sponsored by the United Nations. We encourage you to buy his new album Leave a Message, now out on his own label: Rupee's CDs Blame it On the Music and Leave a Message can be bought online. |
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Reggae artist RED RAT in San Francisco
Jamaican reggae star Red Rat is known for dancehall Hits like “Shelly Ann”, “Tight Up Skirt”, and “Rubber Waist” and on November 26, 2002 he came to the bay area for a show at the Justice League were he played a hot and cozy concert of his best known hits. Red Rat, the falsetto of the reggae superstars showed off his versatility—ad libbing at will and gyrating his waistline to no end. But just before all of that Red Rat took the time to sit down with jouvay.com to give us the low down on what it’s like in his Caribbean world where reggae butts up with soca and, surprisingly, Michael Jackson. Read on…..
We talk 'bout the dance, and the music that
causes the dance to be so sweet. We talk 'bout the Church and the Bar
and how they too add colour and flavor to the pepperpot. We talk 'bout
the conch salad and all the foods and all of the people that spice up
this small space...! Our Backyard, Our canvas upon which we must make
a special and sweet mark... if only for our own enjoyment. John Beadle, 2002. It was not a planned trip. It was not an anticipated trip. In fact, it was a feared trip due to my father’s hospitalization from sudden heart failure. It was mid August and I was going to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, for the first time. An hour’s flight from Miami lay one of the 700 Bahamian islands where the local and the US dollar are worth the same. Though I could easily write about the hospital care (just in case you needed it sometime on a cruise there) it seems more appropriate to write about the magnetic things that bring you to this paradise in search of the party embedded in Nassau’s everyday culture. READ ON... |
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BECOME a JOUVAY.COM SPONSOR NOW Contact us if you're interested in sponsoring one of our events. OUR UPCOMING EVENTS & THINGS
* Saturday Dec.
7th : JOUVAY.COM ILLUSIONS *Saturday Dec. 14th : JOUVAY.COM hosts Sophie's Metrosoul |
9pm - 4am. $10 with university ID. 
