‘Bring it’ T/20 song launched at Edge Night club

Mar 21, 2010 Sports

Mr Vegas and Fay Ann Lyons work the packed Edge Night Club with their ‘Bring It’ World Cup theme song on Friday night.

Mr Vegas, Fay-Ann Lyons rock capacity crowd

By Sean Devers

Energy, hype and pulsating entertainment is always associated with performances from Jamaican Dancehall artist Mr Vegas and Trinidadian Soca performer Fay-Ann Lyons and nothing less was expected Friday night at the Edge Nightclub at the Tower Hotel when the pair performed (for the first time live) the theme song for the 2010 T/20 cricket World Cup which starts in Guyana on April 30.
The two celebrated Caribbean entertainers joined forces for the making of the up- tempo Soca and Dancehall theme song. The pair produced an energized performance to a packed club at the official launching of the song in Guyana and had the Edge, Guyana’s latest and most modern nightclub with a capacity of 400, rocking during the 45-minute show which began at midnight and the $2,500 to get in was worth it.
Mr Vegas sang bits of some of his songs before introducing a young Jamaican singer and the ‘Jamaica Michael Jackson’ who gave a riveting performance, lip singing Jackson’s biggest hits and dance moves while dressed in several outfits similar to those worn at concerts by the late Jackson.
Fay-Ann then joined Nr Vegas on stage and with the excellent lighting effects in the background and the crowd swarming around the dance floor, which was converted in a stage, had the patrons at the left and right sides of the stage competing as they took turns belting out instructions to the fans.
Mr Vegas invited a female to come on stage and dance with him while Fay Ann, who showed her versatility by singing in Dancehall style, and Mr Vegas ended the performance with the Bring it song.
ICC World 20/20 T-Shirts, tickets for the matches in Guyana and CDs of the theme song were given away to lucky patrons.
Accompanied by her musician husband Bunji Garlin, Fay-Ann, a three-time Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Road March champion (2003, 2008, 2009) who won the 2009 International Soca Monarch title while pregnant, had earlier explained the concept of the ‘Bring it’ song.
With hit songs like Lyon Empress, Mane the Matriach and Silver Surfer, the 30-year-old Fay-Ann said some feel that the ‘fete atmosphere’ at sports is not necessary but explained that she felt is was needed since Caribbean people are not passive people.
“The party atmosphere does not take away from the professionalism or performance of the players and could actually inspire them because of the manner in which we celebrate,” Fay-Ann said.
Also present on Friday night was 35-year-old Clifford Smith, known in the music industry as Mr Vegas after being given that nickname by his schoolyard football friends who thought that he kicked the ball like a Las Vegas dancer.
‘The ICC wanted the energy. When they approached us they wanted to attract the youths. It’s not like when I was a youth. Back then you said cricket and everyone would tell you about the match they watched the night before on TV. Now many of the youths don’t have that interest for cricket which is still the national sport of the West Indies. You talk about West Indies cricket now and many youths can tell you who Manchester United beat in football,” Mr Vegas explained.
Rhonda Kelly, of Kelly/Holdings Limited, who has been contracted to coordinate the activities of the artists for the first ever T/20 World Cup in the West Indies, was also present in Guyana.