Viona Alexander-Smith
Monday, October 27, 2014
‘Jus’ Come-Cyan Miss De Festival!’ is the slogan for the 52nd Annual Festival on Montserrat.
The event which is the biggest cultural celebration on the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean opens on Saturday December 13th, 2014 offering visitors and residence an opportunity to experience a spectacular display of Montserrat’s culture and creativity.
The celebration features pageants, calypso, soca, steel pan, folklore, masquerade, jump-ups, fetes and street parades throughout the month and ending on January 1st, 2015.
Chairperson of the Montserrat Festival Committee, Denise Phillip said “this year’s slogan ties in perfectly with the Committee’s drive to promote the festival as an event not to miss”.
The slogan which is worded in “colloquial terms, instructs persons to come to the festival while at the same time sharing a form of Montserrat’s cultural expression–our dialect,” stated Phillip.
The slogan is also linked to the festival’s official theme song which was released earlier this month to create an extra buzz and excitement for the festivities.
Titled ‘Carnival’, the signature song is an upbeat, modern remix version of local artiste, Nyne’s ‘Nah Miss No Carnival’ song.
The song is a collaboration of three artistes—Nyne, New York based Vincentian Soca Artist Maddzart and International Montserratian recording artiste, Kulcha Don, also based in New York.
Events Coordinator, Veta Wade noted that some persons decided to miss out on last year’s festival, which turned out to be great and “one of the lines in the song says ‘if I knew festival was so sweet, I wouldn’t miss it at all”.
“We don’t want them to have that feeling this year because it’s going to be hot, we are going to have lots of exciting acts here for Christmas,” explained Wade.
To listen to the festival theme song ‘Carnival’ go to www.cdbaby.com’.
For more information on Montserrat’s Festival visit our facebook page ‘Montserrat Annual Festival’.
