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Daly Bread: Running in my blood; why Sekon Sta is a true Carnival innovator
Carnival pores now raising up. Driven in part by the regret of pockets not filling, there are calls to do something to mark the spot normally occupied by the Carnival season.
But Sekon Sta is smarter than all of those who are belatedly rushing into the headlines. In the words of Sparrow: ‘Ah wish, I coulda go and shake he han’.
Photo: Soca star Sekon Sta performs in Second Sunday at the Queen’s Hall, PoS on 10 January 2021.
(Photo courtesy Kyle Frederick)
I might invite him to change his name to ‘First Sta’, in recognition of being the first to re-jig a carnival product for pandemic times.
Analysis needed on virtual Carnival experience
Saturday 16 January 2021
THE EDITOR: This is the third year that Nesta “Sekon Sta” Boxhill and his team have organised their “fetecert” (tele concert). Once again, though we may have missed a golden opportunity to assist the popular Arts, which are an integral part of our economy.
What has happened? Current discussion about Sekon Sunday revolves around whether any public health protocols were breached. Clearly that is very important as we continue to live with the pandemic.
But what about the content of the event itself? Commentary was limited. One report/critique that I saw in the print media was headlined “First-class show at Sekon Sunday” written by Newsday’s Melissa Doughty (January 12).
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First-class show at Sekon Sunday
Raise Yuh Hand: An audience member having a time during Sekon Sunday. - Photos courtesy Kyle Frederick
Aaron “Voice” St Louis possibly echoed what a lot of people were feeling when they looked at this year’s Sekon Sunday when he said, “Yuh know how long I ain’t feel so boy.”
The annual Carnival event was held on January 10 at Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, and merged the virtual and the live audience, following restrictions caused by the covid19 pandemic. While many events have been kept to the virtual realm – with the reopening of performance spaces – smaller live events have been happening again.