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Posted: Wednesday 1 January, 2014 at 10:50 AM

Were the songs played for Children’s Carnival inappropriate?

By: Staff Reporter, SKNVibes.com

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - YESTERDAY (Dec. 31), scores of children participated in the annual Children’s Parade, which formed part of the Sugar Mas’ festivities, and the streets were lined with onlookers who feasted their eyes on the bright-eyed colourfully-attired youngsters.

     

    But some view the Children’s Parade as a spectacle categorised by one main injustice - inappropriate music!

    The style of the parade changed for this year. Rather than having the children just parade along the route, a stage was erected on the Bay Road - in front of RAM’s - and each section of the “Going Green” troupe went onstage and gave a mini performance.

    What was distasteful - according to individuals interviewed by this publication - was the song-selections to which the children performed their pieces.

    SKNVibes noted that the main songs played were ‘Wuk It’, ‘Wuk Up Session’, ‘Hardware’, ‘Thunder Run’ and ‘Who Sen Dem’, with the first two receiving more play.

    Several individuals were asked their opinion on the appropriateness of the song-selections and most agree that they were “too adult” and “inappropriate” for the Children’s Parade.

    “I did not appreciate the DJ playing those tunes for the children...I don’t think this is what should have been played for the kids. I could see him doing that for the adults, but I think the DJ needs to respect himself”, Rock, a popular businessman and calypsonian told SKNVibes.

    Of particular note by a number of the interviewees was the Geothermal section’s presentation. 

    Near the end of it, one of the participants - who appeared to be a teenager - went to the front of the participants and led her counterparts in a ‘wuk up session’. And as if that were not enough, just before leaving the stage, she was engaged in another series of exaggerated gyrations.

    “The music was very inappropriate! Especially those in red... The way the girl behaved, it was really too vulgar. This is the problem...we teach our children from an early age that it is okay and that it is right to behave this way. And when they become 14 and 15 we start wondering why they are behaving the way they do and doing the things they do. It is because of what they were taught earlier in their lives,” a mother of two told this media house.

    “Those songs are not for children. I would prefer if there were other songs used for the Kiddies Carnival,” declared a woman who is in her early 20s.

    Another individual declared that he has not yet devised a solution, but this nature should not be used for Children’s Carnival.

    “I really don’t know what kind of music they should have but some of these songs are definitely not for children. They need to find some way to cater to the children...”

    Others interviewed by SKNVibes had indicated that they see nothing wrong with the selection of music and do not classify any of them as being age-inappropriate.

    “I don’t see anything wrong with the songs. They are just songs and the children are just enjoying themselves.

    “People always find things to criticise and this is just another of those things. Nothing is wrong with the music. The children enjoyed themselves and that is the most important thing.”

    It is obvious that the children enjoyed themselves yesterday and they are in for a second round today. But would you agree or disagree that it is time for the Carnival Committee to consider finding more age-appropriate music to be played whilst the future leaders of the Federation display their costumes?  



     
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