Tuesday 10 November 2009

Mighty Sparrow Calypso (1974)

*We pass dat stage* won Sparrow the 1974 Calypso King title.
(sample) from the album PEACE PIPE.
(excuse script typo - read 35 not 25 years)



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Tuesday 18 August 2009

Grenada West Indies - The Weather Stone

Grenada, West Indies - ”The Weather Stone” situated in St Davids has an 85% success rate in forecasting!. Unlike the human element i.e. TV and radio people who from past experience have shown that they are just as likely to get the weather wrong as they are to guess it right.

The pic below was taken in July 2003 (pre Hurricane Ivan). It can be seen to give 7 forecasts.






The next pic from May 2008 (post Hurricane Ivan) shows that only 1 of the 7 forecasts proved to be incorrect, hence the 85% claim. It`s evident that the Weather Stone still proudly remains on the spot despite all the category force 5 that Ivan could muster and yes, it was the forecast board that was gone, I`m told it got blown away only to make its landfall in Carriacou!.



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Saturday 18 July 2009

Mighty Sparrow * Grenada Crisis * 1977 Easter Water Parade

In 1976, the then Prime Minister of Grenada - Eric Gairy made the decision that the island needed to plan for another spectacular event. After the great success he enjoyed through his daring foresight in organizing the Carifta`69 Expo in Grenada (Caribbean`s first trade fair) he got a taste for "the wider stage".

Much is known and written about flamboyant Gairy during his period in office, some good, some bad. Without getting into any sort of political statement I would just point up the 2 events that did impress me as a frequent visitor to the island back in the `70s. Firstly, there was the above mentioned `69 Expo followed by his next planned "wondrous" event - namely The 1977 Easter Water Parade. Certainly intended to be bigger and better than any previous island water parade as will be evident from glancing through the following reprinted pages (YouTube)of the actual programme of events.

I particularly remember the fact that Gairy insisted that sand be brought in and dropped over the wall around The Carenage to liken it to the days of long ago when this harbour was still just a beach. I`m not sure now just how far this sand extended but it certainly stretched past the family bungalow situated next to the Empire Cinema. In posting these few pictures it may help bring back memories of that occasion and just how those boats looked as they tied up on Gairy`s imitation beach.














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Sunday 28 June 2009

Ajamu * MY GRENADA *

The Grenada Monarch 1988




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