IRON MAN 2: WAR MACHINE

When it's on it's on...

I was told about this M2K 2010 clip by a fellow Assassin, I found it and im putting it to you, now there is a message in this little video, the question is to who is it being sent?
Does anyone out there Know?

Whatever it means it looks like the action for Notting Hill Carnival 2010 is gonna be HOT!
Gloves off battle gear on, and lets keep our eyes on this little drama as it unfolds...

UKTV acquires Notting Hill Carnival doc

A Don Letts documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Notting Hill Carnival has been acquired by UKTV’s Blighty.

Carnival!, made by Brassneck TV, the indie co-owned by Letts, presenter Kelly Cates (née Dalglish) and producer/director John Osborne, was picked up by distributor Electric Sky in the summer.
The doc tells the history of Europe’s biggest street party and features interviews with Sir Trevor McDonald, Jazzie B, Norman Jay, Miquita Oliver and Paul Simonon of The Clash.

It will air on Blighty in 2010.


The indie is currently in production on Strummerville, a film telling the story of the charity set up by Joe Strummer’s family and Damien Hirst in memory of The Clash frontman.
Brassneck TV’s other recent films include Hillsborough Remembered for History and Tony Christie: Going Homeand Love Music Hate Racism, both for Channel 4.

L'echo is Up

http://www.masjumbies.com/

The Mas Jumbies website is up and running .



This year they are looking back at some of the"traditional Juve Masque " of the 17th Century and creating  fashionable stylised versions of masquerade that died out by the start of the 20th Century.


This is one J'Ouvert band that I can see crossing the line from J'Ouvert to Monday & Tuesday in the future, check them out!

YUH DONE KNOW!

I DEY!

The Cultural Presentation that Opened CHOGM 2009

The cultural presentation for the 2009 commonwealth heads of government was fantastic, it’s on you tube and is a powerful presentation of Trinbago culture and a salute to the talent of our people, here is a little mix of a Newsday article and the video clips on you tube enjoy.

Spirit of TT on show
By COREY CONNELLY 

Trinbago pride: Calypsonian Denyse Plummer performs Nah Leavin with dancers at the National Academy for the Performing Arts in Port-of-Spain Friday.

In a colourful display of artistry and showmanship, visiting Commonwealth leaders were yesterday given a glimpse into Trinidad and Tobago’s diverse cultural heritage through the eyes of designer and masman Brian Mac Farlane during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) in Port-of-Spain.

The cultural programme followed the formal opening ceremony of CHOGM, which featured addresses by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, head of the Commonwealth, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma and Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.In his presentation, Mac Farlane left no stone unturned in his attempt to vividly portray the elements that have combined over the years to make TT a unique, twin-island developing nation. 

However, the designer’s 45-minute cultural exhibition, which included 935 costumed performers, mirrored aspects of his opening presentation during the Fifth Summit of the Americas in this country in April. It again highlighted, in a meticulously co-ordinated programme, the contributions of the Africans, East Indians, Chinese, Spanish and other ethnicities to the nation’s development through tassa, steel pan, calypso, limbo and Carnival. Even belly-dancing, a more contemporary genre of entertainment, was incorporated into the programme.

But Mac Farlane also delved into TT’s treasured pastimes, highlighting the country’s love for cricket, football, kite-flying and having a good time. 

In the opening sequence, Mac Farlane used the Queen’s Park Savannah, regarded as the world’s largest roundabout, to depict the Trinbagonian’s penchant for fun and relaxation.
With bat and ball in tow, young men played a hearty game of cricket as a voice emanating from a speaker in the background gave running commentaries on Brian Lara’s record-breaking performances. Later, a group of footballers would invade the stage in salute to the country’s beloved Soca Warriors.
Entertainer Denyse Plummer, in an elaborate outfit bearing the national colours, sang her popular “Nah Leavin” towards the end of the first segment of the cultural presentation.

Trinidad and Tobago’s status as a major oil and gas producing nation also received some attention in Mac Farlane’s presentation. Performers dressed in red jumpers and white helmets carried out activities usually conducted on an oil rig.
His thick, white beard contrasting sharply with his navy-blue suit, veteran calypsonian Winston Bailey (Shadow) sang his classic “Dingolay” as a precursor to a segment which dealt exclusively with Tobago’s rich heritage. 

To the tune of Michael Baker’s “Come To Tobago,” which was composed to commemorate the Queen’s sister Princess Margaret’s visit to the island years ago, masqueraders depicted the Tobago Wedding and other indigenous traditions on the sister isle.
During the presentation, chutney singer Drupatee Ramgoonai also made a comeback, performing her hit “Roll Up De Tassa” to the delight of the gathering.


Newsday

Queen dusts off her wedding day tiara for Trinidad visit

I see the Queen stepping out with the National Birds of Trinidad and Tobago stitchedon to her dress.

"They were diamonds fit for a queen then - and they are diamonds fit for a queen now.

Queen Elizabeth has dusted off her wedding day tiara for a state visit to Trinidad and Tobago.

The monarch, accompanied by Prince Philip, wore the tiara for a state banquet given by President George Maxwell Richards.And the recycled George III tiara she first wore so proudly in 1947 was not her only nod to credit crunch couture."

"Often during state visits, the Queen will honour her host country through her wardrobe.

However, yesterday, she went one step further than wearing a national colour – by donning wildlife instead.

The Queen thrilled the 300 guests with a hand-beaded ball gown elaborately decorated with the national birds of both islands.

A brightly hued scarlet ibis and cocrico had been stitched into the white fabric, along with the Caribbean archipelago’s ruby-coloured national flower, the chaconia.

In a nod to sensible fashion spending, however, the emblems will not be a permanent fixture on the gown, as they are detachable.

This means they can be unstitched and removed so other tributes can be added to the dress during future state visits."
By ROBERT HARDMAN

Source Mail Online