By now you should all have heard that (the recently upgraded) Quad Night Club is the new home to Jamaica’s only "surevibes" event, Inclusive Saturdays.

Celebrities, fashionistas, promoters and dancers alike, turned out to support the event's new location. On Saturday night, long lines and a packed club indicated just how much support the event actually sustains. Quad welcomed an overwhelming 1500 party goers who enjoyed themselves till the wee hours of the morning, coming out just in time for sunlight.

The “Appreciation Party” as it was aptly dubbed saw patrons getting more value for their money. With now two choices of rum, drinkers enjoyed inclusive rum mixes which, in addition to the DJs, kept the vibes and energy up all night.

Patrons could be seen with their gun fingers in the air as sound systems Kingston Allstars and Code Red kept the vibe going strong with a slew of R & B selections and gangster tunes. But it was Kartel’s ‘Summertime’ and Mavado’s ‘Delilah’, that got an explosive response of ‘forwards’ from the crowd.

Next up for Inclusive Saturdays is their Summer Series, slated for kick off this weekend. For the weeks to come, patrons can expect summer-related themes and specials as the promoters at CDC Events, promise to pull out all the stops. They hinted at the possibility of patrons being able to enjoy a more “Inclusive” option, for those interested in a step up from the regular offerings. The series will climax at their highly anticipated ‘Inclusive Anniversary Weekend’ set over two days, the 27th and 28th of August.

Lastly, look out for the first, Inclusive ‘Flip’ Magazine reflecting (with “surepics”) on the year that has elapsed and what to expect this summer.

Bahamian band Plati and the Naykid-I are taking their music to the international level with a brand new single and video, “Wee Go”.

The video is set to premiere with a party in Nassau, Bahamas on March 25th, 2011. We would like to request for international media to be part of a global release and also premiere the new video this Friday.

Plati is the alias of Tyrone "Butch" Bartlett, who managed to achieve a medical degree, and a successful career. This was done out of necessity to survive more than anything, even though artistic side always dominated his personality. Plati was always a free spirit and his vision of life has been shaped by traumatic and insightful experiences, the lessons of which he feels compelled to share with any ear that is willing to listen, whether for an audience of one or all, Plati is totally committed to purpose and elevation of consciousness.

The song “Wee Go” represents the act of swinging from one situation to the next on a rope or banyan vine. Banyan Vine is a metaphor for your personal life philosophy. It represents what gets you through life. If your philosophy is not well developed, you will fail. You have to be prepared to change philosophy by changing the vine/rope to get through life. The video shows the artist Plati swinging into many different situations, which shows the change of life pattern. From swinging into the life of the ghetto roadside philosopher, “Potcake” (a well known character in Nassau, Bahamas), to the culture lovers at the Fish Fry in Nassau. The act of swinging over rocks and trees depicts the many obstacles/challenges that one faces.

The 4th annual staging of the Youth View Awards (YVA) took place last evening at the National Indoor Sports Centre to a full house of some of the islands biggest names in the music industry, the award show is organized and coordinated by an Elegant Affair a special events team headed by its captain Ms. Karen Clarke. YVA is an award show that allowed for the youth of the nation to vote for who they believe has showed and contributed to the continuation of the music and entertainment industry in Jamaica. This has nothing to do with chart hits or selling records it only has to do with what the “Young, Hot, and Hype” generation has to say.

The evening was kicked off with the voice of entertainment personality Lady Rennae welcoming all those in attendance as the YVA dancers opened the show with an energetic performance making way for nights host DJ Bambino and Rocsi. They two blended well on stage as there chemistry was evident a first in a long four years for the award show to find such a personality match. The show got underway with the Gaza camp (Vybz Kartel) taking home the first award of the night for favorite music video.

The 2011 YVA was an historic one in many ways as it was the first the organizers introduced many elements of the show like a swag lounge as well as changing the format for presenting the awards not to mention the arrival of YVA nominee and multiply time winner Vybz Kartel who went away with five of his six awards as dancer Ding Dong copped the award show Young Hot and Hype male of the year taking that away from the Gaza camp.

The production of the YVA as usual was one to be congratulated as with all productions glitches will happen so for the late start of the event and audio problems as well as the seating no one, with a history in event production or lack there of can be harsh on the YVA team from the moments of sloppy work. However there were no glitches in the fashion statements made this year at the YVA as no one missed a step well not everyone was red carpet ready. This years celebrity best dressed females would have to be given to recording artiste Tami Chynn, Cecile, Ikeya, as well as personality Yendi Phillips and Sashon Burton(Scorpio 21) while the males were Prodigal Son, Kevin(Voicemail), Zj Liquid, Ravers Clavers Dancers, Jay Will who all stood out of the crowd without being overly flamboyant. Others made their statements like Dexter Pottinger and Lady Rennae who wore one of her signature designs for the night. As well as local designer Kerry Ann Clarke and GWhizz.

The nights top performances went to Munga, RichieLoop ft D-Major, Ikeya and Tifa who all gave a powerful set with the top male being RichieLoop and the female being Ikeya. The nights worst performance would have to be given to song bird Raine Seville who gave tribute to reggae music legend Bob Marley in a very inappropriate attire and performance to salute someone who has contributed so much to Jamaican music. Table talks during her set was that “she a try the Rihanna thing”. Other performers were Denyque, Cecile, Trevor Off Key, Taheera, Vybz Kartel and the YVA nation dancers.

This 4th staging of the Youth View Awards was indeed intense as it was a roller coaster ride as high and low moments were throughout the ceremony, however the YVA 2011 ended and a great note with the closing performance from Tifa who not only showed her versatility but brought acrobatics and energy to the stage. The award show has only left us wanting more for 2012 and indeed it seems to be promising.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
This summer be prepared for "20" to be held at Medusa on August 13, 2010
High Energy music by Jamaica's Finest ----DJ Surge, Solar Sound, TNG Muzik (Ali Patch), Special Guest Artist and more

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