MARCH 2013 ISSUE
MICHAELA LEEANNA
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SLEEK EVENTS SOCA FAVES
CONTENTS 2. SLEEK Welcome 6-7. Michaela Leeanna 8. Smirnoff on board for Bacchanal Jamaica Carnival 10. Ready for di Road 14. Soca Faves 20. Tief a Wine 24. Carnival Fashion 28. Soca Vocab 101 32. SLEEK Events
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SLEEK WELCOME The SLEEK carnival issue is finally upon us! And it was hard work! We know you’ll enjoy this probably more than any other previous issue, because deep down inside whether you want to admit or not, you fancy this whole carnival thing. So go ahead, get lost in the pages you hold. You’ll find nothing but pure carnival/soca business here. First of all, SLEEK was in Trinidad for carnival, so we have the exclusive (unless you saw them on our Facebook page before) for your eyes only. Tribe, Scorch, we have it all. Smirnoff’s involvement in bacchanal couldn’t be overlooked, nor could the many certified SLEEK events for the carnival season be. If you’re not so versed in the soca lingo, we have you covered. We give you the rundown of some of the favourite soca songs for 2013, plus we have a special soca vocabulary class (it’s free). For those who think they’re carnival pros now because they went road march only last year, yuh doan reach yet. We have some carnival fashion tips for yuh, just in case yuh not too sure what to do, what not to do. Plus wi even help yuh get ready fi di road. By the way, yuh know how to tief wine? We have the 3 step program DVD ‘How To Tief A Wine’ for you too. Check it out! Enjoy Carnival SLEEK and if you have any suggestions or ideas, always feel free to share them with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Visit our website: SLEEKjamaica.com
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SLEEK ready for di road! And wi bringing our cover model Michaela Leeanna wid us! Born Michaela Leeanna Ramlal, this 23-yearold SLEEKie is the host of Nitelyfe. Yes, the same entertainment program on CVM. And don’t get jealous or fall in love, but she’s also the Pulse Model Agency C.M.S. Petite Winner for 2008 and she was a Miss Universe Jamaica 2012 Top 10. She look sweet in the costume don’t? Yeah, that’s why she deh pon di cover! Tell us about your best carnival experience. My best carnival experience was last year when I got the opportunity to jump as a part of and along with the fabulous Miss Universe 2012 ladies. M.U.J.’s 12 ladies plus carnival…pure vibes, excitement and fun! Who are you jumping with this year and why? I’m not jumping this year because I am actually covering the event for NiteLyfe TV...but if I were…I would definitely jump with Smirnoff! Love their costume! What’s your favourite part of carnival? Soca music! It brings people together to have a great time…happy people unite!
Costume Provide by: Smirnoff Vodka
Yuh going to Beach J’Ouvert? Most definitely! Dat cyah miss me! How much wine yuh aguh tief? Umm…come and see how many I will steal from you! LOL If somebody try tief a wine, wah yuh aguh do? Wine! As in…its soca/carnival! Everyone must have fun! On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you like soca music. Why? Seven. Soca brings a whole different vibe that other genres of music can’t. The Caribbean sounds just make you want to go crazy!
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“Soca music! It brings people together...”
What songs are you currently leh go-ing to? (Singing) We ready fo di rooooooaaaaaaddddd!!! and, dis one going and fog up di place!!! *gets up and buss a wine* What do you do for a living? I am a television host for a local entertainment program called NiteLyfe. It airs every Thursday night on CVM TV at 10pm! Check it out to see the latest local and international scenes! Oh…I also model part time. What’s that like? It’s something I’ve always wanted to do so it’s great! I love my job…every aspect of it! Being on television, covering different parties and events…meeting different personalities and new people…yup all that jazz!
Well my job is particularly different from most. When you are a TV personality/host in entertainment you can work and party at the same time! Yay me! Wine, wuk up or bubble? Which of them yuh do best? All three! LOL joke..umm…..I think I wine best! Describe Jamaica carnival to somebody who has never been there and asks you about it. Jamaica Carnival is one event that shouldn’t be missed. The music…the costumes…the people…the liquor…the dancing and the vibes combined create a mind blowing experience.
Would you bun work for carnival? Tell di truth. What happens in SLEEK, stays in SLEEK.
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smirnoff For over ten years Smirnoff has been the #1 spirit of Bacchanal Jamaica Carnival delivering great fun, amazing cocktails and excitement for soca revelers. Following the exciting launch of its Midnight Circus campaign, the brand plans to replicate some of the elements during Bacchanal. According to Marsha Lumley Smirnoff Brand manager, the campaign has received rave reviews from consumers. “Smirnoff takes on a new magic with this thrilling campaign. Midnight Circus infuses a burst of circus vibe into every event, Lumley said”. Throughout the season Smirnoff is also adding its signature cocktails created for the event – Ringmaster, Raging Bull and Midnight Blue – in transparent cups to show off the bright colours.
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ON BOARD FOR
BACCHANAL JAMAICA CARNIVAL
This year we ensured that Smirnoff Night in the Mas Camp delivered on our consumer expectations driving the new an exciting themed All White in the Masquerade, Smirnoff Trade Mark inclusive and the launch of Smirnoff Ice Green Apple. On March 30th Smirnoff will journey to James Bond Beach as consumers from across the country gather on the sands to enjoy illuminated colours of paint at the Smirnoff Bacchanal Beach J’Ouvert. The world’s premium lager, Heineken, is also a sponsor and will be partnering with Smirnoff to ensure that patrons have a wide range of refreshment and cocktails to choose from. “From now to Beach J’Ouvert and on to the Road March, Smirnoff and Heineken will keep socaphiles excited, energized and refreshed, so you don’t want to miss a minute,” Lumley ended.
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We know you’ve been busy getting ready for di road! Preparation will ensure that you cover all angles; nonetheless, we’re here to remind you! So come Sunday, April 7th we all should be ready for di road! Have your band costume ready and fitting properly! If not, wear light, comfortable clothing. This is the time of year when almost anything goes, so don’t hesitate to be different. There isn’t a better time to say much less is much more! Carry a little sling bag that you can walk with. It can come in handy when you’re out on the road all day. It should contain the following essentials: sunglasses, sun screen, vex money, mobile phone with credit
(smartphone not advisable), makeup/ glitter, tissues/wet wipes, painkiller, anything else important to you and your safety. Don’t get dehydrated. Take water with you or purchase bottled water as you go. Alcohol dehydrates, so if you’re drinking make sure to chase properly and have some water in between drinks. Wear comfortable shoes. You already know that you’re up against the road so you should be
prepared for it. You’re sure to be on your feet all day! Walk with a waving contraption. Rags, handkerchiefs and flags are perfect. You just need to make sure you have something in hand when the time comes to “wave yuh flag!” or “wave yuh rag!” Four, five, six friends…any amount you desire. They’ll make the experience much better and can remind you the day after of all the things you did that you have no recollection of.
Remember, it’s only one day to have what can be the best time of your life! So make it count on di road! 10 SLEEK | March 2013
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2012
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Step 1
Size up yuh target. Yuh cyan try tief a wine off a shortie if yuh 10 feet tall.
Step 2
Set up surveillance to check if she out wid her man or if him parring wid him girl. Yuh doan waan try tief a wine an when yuh close on the approach yuh see a man or woman pop up out the ground.
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Step 3
Next yuh check the profile. + I’Z A POSER! Stan up in the people dem party not doing a damn thing but pose! Is the worst thing to try tief a wine off a female poser, she will shame yuh! But the male posers cyan defend themselves. If a sexy SLEEKie try tief a wine off him all him can do is go along wid it. + NAH FEEL NUH VIBES! The ‘nah feel nuh vibes’ people yuh can know by how dem react to the different songs. Watch how dem just get weh to di wine-up song, then when a fun-time song play dem stiff. Best thing if yuh waan tief a wine from one a dem just gwaan circle until the wine-up segment start, then yuh run in wid di ambush. + TOO COOL FOR THIS Suh yuh too cool for this? Nuhbody nuh waan tief nuh wine off yuh anyways! Yuh goodly caan wine either. + HOW YUH FEELING? SLEEK! They know they’re SLEEK and they’re feeling SLEEK in the party suh they can do as they want. Yuh shouldn’t have a problem tiefing a wine! Unless yuh try tief it blatantly unSLEEK of course, and unless dem doan know you or anybody in yuh crew from Adams. After yuh check all that you should now be able to tief the wine without any trouble. Wine hard, gentle, fast, slow, or however yuh want!
To die for knee-high boots, batty riders on 100, 200 and 300 pound ‘divas’, pink, blue, red, purple…colours, colours and more colours. Carnival fashion can be quite a whirlwind! Of course, most people desire ‘all eyes on me’ for the season, so the outfits that would bring discomfort if worn outside the season are dusted and pulled from the ‘black section’ of the closet. It’s the most carefree time of year on the event calendar! It’s Carnival time! However, some take it to the extreme. SLEEK did some field research and here are some Carnival fashion tips. Pay attention divas! THE TWO OVERs An wi not talking nuh cricket! Over-tight and over-weight isn’t a good combo. Besides looking silly, squeezing into several sizes below yours is harmful to health. Why wear smedium, if the guys call you ‘thickas’? DARKERS TONIGHT Why’d you want to wear shades to a carnival event? You can be pardoned outside the season, but not now. Watch out, careful not to hit your toe. HEY MISS MINI Dressing for the occasion still applies. Know what type of event, the setting and the atmosphere that you’ll probably encounter and follow suit. Some say don’t wear white on J’ouvert morning!
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BLING BLING Don’t wear lots of expensive jewellery. Look around, you see anybody else wearing bling? MAKE ME PRETTY Leave your heavy, overdone make-up and extreme glitter for the road. Wearing too much to an outdoor day or a night event is not recommended. WIGS AND WEAVES Jump up! Guh dung! Palance! Do everything the deejay says. But just ensure your hair remains on your head. Fix it properly! O.P.P. Wearing Other People Property is a nogo! Find your own man! Plenty out there!
NIRVANA
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2012
SOCA VOCAB 101 We're in Jamaica, but the majority of soca music we listen to is from Trinidad. As such, you may not be so in tune with the language/slangs. Here you’ll find some Trini slang words and expressions that you might find in the songs. Enjoy! BACK BACK - We all do this! It’s a suggestive dance performed with the male’s front rubbing against the female’s rear, and vice versa. BAMSEE - the rear end (of a female of course). BAM-SE LAMBE – an attractive bamsee. CHIPPING - it refers to the time during which the disc jock plays slow soca songs and the revellers walk to the beat, cooling down from the fast paced music that would have been playing earlier. HORN - to cheat on a boyfriend or girlfriend. Horner man/woman - the man/ woman your significant other is horning you with. RAM-CRAM - packed to capacity. WUK/WUK UP - the females love doing it and the males love when they do. It’s a dance where the hips and the waist are rotated in a clockwise fashion. It must be done to the beat of the music and is a faster form of a wine.
Bet You Didn’t Know
Soca is derived from the words soul and calypso. J’Ouvert originated from the French ‘jour ouvert’ or ‘day open’. It consisted mainly of bands of revellers covered in chocolate, mud, oil and paint, portraying darker elements of human life. A Mas Camp is actually a meeting point for carnival bands, where people come to register and make payments on their costumes. Costumes are also made here ready for distribution to band members. To ‘play mas’ means participating in the road march where patrons are adorned in beautiful costumes and dance, sing and drink, on the carnival route. 28 SLEEK | March 2013
CARNIVAL
These events are all SLEEK recommended! Let’s go have some fun! N.B. Remember to Be SLEEK!
MARCH 30TH
Beach J’Ouvert @ James Bond Beach Never mind the fact that you’ll ruin a ‘suit’, there’s no better way to! Shurwayne Winchester, Patrice Roberts and Farmer Nappy will provide the real authentic soca energy on stage.
APRIL 1ST
Dusk . Soca By The Poolside @ Beverly Hills Driven by DJ Richie R.A.S. & Dei Musicale from Trinidad, this new poolside bottle party is projected to put on a good show. Although new, it’s a party with a difference!
APRIL 3RD
I Love Soca @ Pavilion Gardens, Hope Gardens. Expect the best delivery of soca music from a top notch line-up of disc jockeys. Selector Myles and Dei Musicale from Trinidad and Jamaica’s DJ Richie Ras will have all screaming, “I love soca!”
APRIL 4TH
It’s a different kind of ‘street party’ up in the hills of St Andrew. Although the vibe is a bit more controlled, the crowd is pretty good.
APRIL 5TH
Bacchanal J’Ouvert @ The New Mas Camp The second j’ouvert stop of the Jamaica carnival season is always worth it! .
APRIL 6TH
SunRise ‘Breakfast Party’ @ Constant Spring Golf Club Jamaica’s first ever breakfast party returns to the delight of many. If you missed it last year, don’t miss this one.
Frenchmen Block-O
Bazodee
It boasts an exclusive atmosphere, and everything is just about top shelf! Good food and liquor, but that’s nothing compared to the beautiful women who turn out.
The Official and Original WATER PARTY
@ WATER WORLD . Grenada Cres., New Kingston (behind Escape) With expected performances by the red hot duo RDX and the ‘Palance Kings’ JW & Blaze from Trinidad the females will surely come out to have a blast once more.
APRIL 7TH
bacchanal jamaica’s road march
APRIL 13TH
tail wind ‘frolic’
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