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Yeah Now 4 - the memorial
Monday, September 29, 2008
Doodah Golding (right) and Muta hang out with a friend. (Photos: Jermaine Barnaby)
The Jamaica Foundation for 'Headucation' and Social Change (JFHSC) hosted Yeah Man 4 on Saturday night at Morningside Drive in Havendale, a memorial for late journalist and publisher Eric 'Macko' McNish and Paul 'Leto' Minott, co-founder and former chairman of JFHSC.
The organisers also took time out to honour others who had passed on - from the field of journalism and from other walks of life within Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. As the names were called, they provoked thought, as was intended - Raymond Sharpe, G Fitz Bartley, Maurice Bishop and the list went on and on. Candles were lit in their memory, and they burnt brightly throughout the evening, as guests mingled and enjoyed the music from Swingdisc and Big Don. Muta was one of the selectors at the controls and among his selections were Toots' Do The Reggay, the first recording to use the term 'reggay'. The vibes were easy, with lots of good conversation, good food and great company. Even the Cuban ambassador, Gisela Garcia Rivera, who recently returned to Jamaica, was there with her family.
Kudos to the organisers for this timely event and also for their outreach programme which awarded a grant to Ibo Cooper to assist with "bus fares and lunch money" for students in his programme at the School of Music. It was a very grateful Ibo who thanked the Foundation.
Present were Orville Tyson (organiser), Don Heaven, JFM's Desmond Young, Mikey McDonald, Julian 'Jingles' Reynolds, George Golding, Brigitte Anderson, Deborah Cole, Winston 'Doodah' Golding, Loxsley Comrie, Winston 'Stoogie' Hilton, and Keith Lumsden.
MC for the evening was Hope McNish widow of Eric 'Macko' McNish.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Doodah Golding (right) and Muta hang out with a friend. (Photos: Jermaine Barnaby)The Jamaica Foundation for 'Headucation' and Social Change (JFHSC) hosted Yeah Man 4 on Saturday night at Morningside Drive in Havendale, a memorial for late journalist and publisher Eric 'Macko' McNish and Paul 'Leto' Minott, co-founder and former chairman of JFHSC.
The organisers also took time out to honour others who had passed on - from the field of journalism and from other walks of life within Jamaica and the wider Caribbean. As the names were called, they provoked thought, as was intended - Raymond Sharpe, G Fitz Bartley, Maurice Bishop and the list went on and on. Candles were lit in their memory, and they burnt brightly throughout the evening, as guests mingled and enjoyed the music from Swingdisc and Big Don. Muta was one of the selectors at the controls and among his selections were Toots' Do The Reggay, the first recording to use the term 'reggay'. The vibes were easy, with lots of good conversation, good food and great company. Even the Cuban ambassador, Gisela Garcia Rivera, who recently returned to Jamaica, was there with her family.
Kudos to the organisers for this timely event and also for their outreach programme which awarded a grant to Ibo Cooper to assist with "bus fares and lunch money" for students in his programme at the School of Music. It was a very grateful Ibo who thanked the Foundation.
Present were Orville Tyson (organiser), Don Heaven, JFM's Desmond Young, Mikey McDonald, Julian 'Jingles' Reynolds, George Golding, Brigitte Anderson, Deborah Cole, Winston 'Doodah' Golding, Loxsley Comrie, Winston 'Stoogie' Hilton, and Keith Lumsden.
MC for the evening was Hope McNish widow of Eric 'Macko' McNish.
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