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Posted 03 November 2008 - 11:41 PM
Most patrons stuck to the theme by wearing costumes at the energy-filled Pepsi Lifestyle Halloween Party, which was held at The Quad on Saturday night.
For a country where Halloween is not a tradition, it was surprising to see so many people in costume. There were nurses
, pirates, witches, fairies, superheroes, Freddy Kruegers and Jason Voorhees (from the scary movie Freddie vs Jason), ghosts, sailors, angels, devils, a champagne bottle, and even some unidentifiable characters.
At the entrance to the venue there was a hearse playing creepy sounding music beside a coffin. There were even skeletal remains and white cloth hanging from the roof of The Quad.
Navigate through
Inside the people danced to techno, soca and alternative music. Songs like Amy Whinehouse's Rehab, Katie Perry's I Kissed A Girl and Pink's So What were real club-bangers. The characters screamed and made weird horror movie sounds as the music pumped inside the building.
The later it got, the harder it became to move around in the venue. Even the waitresses had a difficult task bringing liquor to customers as some patrons were reluctant in allowing them to navigate through the packed Oxygen Lounge.
Yet, in the Voodoo lounge the mood was calm and there were fewer patrons. The music was smooth and the DJ played songs most of the patrons were familiar with like Tanya Stephen's Nuh Ready Fi Dis Yet. The crowd was more mature and people were able to move freely.
Full dose
Back at the Oxygen Lounge, the DJ mixed the hip-hop rhythms with dancehall songs like Mavado's Money Changer, Vybz Kartel's Trailer Load A Money and Konshens' Winner.
It was not until 4 a.m. that the people got a full dose of authentic dancehall songs like Laden's Time To Shine and Demarco's Standing Soldier.
Within minutes, it was time for the extensive daggerin' segment, where Aidonia's Hundred Stab and Bragga Dat's Dagga Dat were the heavy hitters. For this segment people were on the floor gyrating and doing whatever they felt like.
The selection moved back to 'gangster' mode with clash-like songs such as Real Killa by Mavado and Vybz Kartel and Jah Vinci's Weh Dem A Guh, which received big forwards. The night continued with the DJ mixing dancehall, hip hop and techno music.
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