Caribbean Dance: No Linga

The dancehall dance, No Linga, looks to be the next hott dancehall dance, and could eventually taker over the Willy bounce's reign as the most generic dancehall dance style. The dance was created by Jamaican dancer/artiste, Ova-Marz,of the Ravers Clavers dance crew, which is the biggest and most respected dance grew in Jamaica. Members of Ravers Clavers are students of dance king Bogle.
Elephant Man making a song for No Linga gave it a stamp of approval in the dancehall scenne. Elephant Man has done videos for classics like Willie Bounce, Scobby Doo, and "rude boys'" favorite Gully Crepper.




I was introduced to the dance in December 2008 by my cousin-in-law in Toronto, while we were talking about new dancehall dances. I have yet to master it, so I will not be in this instructional video. However I have embedded the a video of Ova Marz doing the dance, linked the music video for the song by Elephant Man, plus an instructional video I found of YouTube(I wanted to embed this one but the option was disabled on the site)

DJ Ablaze 3rd Annual Birthday Bash

This event is being hosted by Gansta Marv and Kanaris and is celebrating the birthday of DJ Ablaze.
I picked this party from the yahsomideh website because I know about DJ Ablaze.
Someone gave me one of his mixtape CDs after leaving a club and it was really good. My friend, Mathais, and I played it in my car for a month straight. I also met someone from Jamaica who is personal friends with DJ Ablaze. Ablaze lives in Maryland.


I think this party could be pretty good because it is a birthday party for one of the more popular dance hall DJs in the Baltimore area. There will also be a live video recording that will be seen on Reggae Unplugged T.V. So with that said dress to impress!

Here are the Details.

When: Saturday May 9th 2009

Where: The Rio Bravo, 2031 University Blvd. Hyattsville Md.

Music: Danger from Philly, Half Krazy, Amplex

Cost: $20 before 1 a.m.

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Niche Audience Member Interview: Roland Roberts

Roland is the co-president of Towson University's Caribbean Student Association. Roland is originally from Grenada, and grew up New York before moving to Baltimore to attend school.



Roland is musician at heart and plays the bass guitar. He also likes to attend concerts of a varied musical genres like reggae, rock, metal and alternative. I interviewed Roland because he knows about some of the DJs in the area, so I thought it would be interesting to have do a video interview for Blogival.

Noche Latina: Carnival

All of my previous blogs about Caribbean events in the Towson/Baltimore area have been from English speaking islands. However, there are Spanish speaking islands in the Caribbean as well; Cuba, Puerto Rico and The Dominican Republic. Blogival's purpose is to spread awareness off all Caribbean events, so I found an event with some Latin flavor.

Towson University's Latin American Student Association will be hosting Noche Latina(Latin night) on Friday May 8th. Carnival will be the theme for this semester's Noche Latina. With that theme in mind I definitely recommend wearing brightly colored attire.
LASO's night of cultural celebration will feature Latin cuisine, a Capoeira exhibition, a salsa performance and work shop, and carnival mask making.
Music genres from across the Caribbean will be played salsa, reggaeton, samba, reggae and merengue.

Details:
Where: Towson University's University Union, Susquehanna Terrace
When: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. 5/8/2009
Price: FREE!!!!!

Niche Audience Member Interview: Greg Martin

Greg is a junior at Towson University and is from Brooklyn NY. His family is from Guyana which is in South America but is considered a Caribbean country. He is also a member of Towson University's Caribbean Student Association.



Greg has a love for Caribbean music, especially the old school stuff. Beres Hammond is his favorite artist. To put that into context for you, it is like having a college friend whose favorite singer is Smokey Robinson. Greg also hooks me up with hot new Caribbean songs on my ipod, for free I might add lol.

Yahsomideh Baltimore Caribbean Event website.

While searching the web for blogs related to Blogival's topic, I found a website that's a perfect resource for people interested in finding Caribbean events in the Baltimore, Towson area. I checked out the site and it is a credible source with many party listings. For example there is a picture on the homepage of DJ Sir Bingz, who is one of the top DJs in the area.TheYahsomideh also has other features like a photo gallery from past events, a forum and links to other related sites.

The name of the website clearly pays homage to Jamaican patoi(broken English). Yah so mi deh is roughly translated to "This is where I am,". This gives the site instant approval from Caribbean people because our accents are one of our most unique characteristics.

Definitely check out this website you will find something to attend, hear fresh music from the Caribbean and learn about people in the Baltimore Caribbean event scene.

Caribbean Party of the Week

I found the flyer for this party at the Blue Caribbean Lounge which is a Caribbean hot spot in the
Baltimore area. It features two DJs that were recommended by my friend DJ Sir Bingz, who is one of the best DJs in this area.

The name of the party is The Annual Girls Gone Wild and is being hosted by 2D Hardway Promotions.

When: Saturday April 25th 2009. 10:00 p.m.

Where: Sankofa Center for Cultural Enrichment. 2901 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore Md. 21215

How Much: $20 for Ladies and Gentlemen before 1 a.m.

Sounds: High Rollaz, Half Krazy, C4 and Kalico


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