BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – WITH just two days to go before the official opening of the St. Kitts Music Festival, preparations for the mega nights are almost complete as erection of the stage, fitting of lights and testing of sound systems are completed.
SKNVibes Entertainment paid a visit yesterday (Jun. 23) to the Warner Park Football Stadium, where it met with the Head of the Production and Artiste Selection Committees, Adrian Lamb, who explained that the construction process began last Thursday at 2:00 p.m.
Lamb also explained that there are 26 local workers on site in addition to 12 others from Rent-A-Amp, a sound and lights company from Trinidad and Tobago.
He further explained that the mega stage from the twin-island Republic is 60 feet wide and 40 feet long, adding that the entire venue could accommodate 7 000 people.
Lamb also revealed that the final lights and sound check were completed last night.
He was however unable to disclose the cost for the entire construction project.
Fantastic Tunda; the reigning Groovy Soca Monarch Delly Ranks along with King Meeko; rising Dancehall/Reggae artiste Hi-Light; Ashkenaz; AZ’ 1 Band; Hip Hop and Rap sensation SMI; and the reigning Road March Champions and returning act, the Small Axe Band were three weeks ago chosen as the local acts for this year’s Music Festival.
They will be joined by international and regional acts such as Deniece Williams; Bobby Kimball; Bill Chapman; Paul Peress Project of the United States; Freddie Mc Gregor; The Voice Winner Tessanne Chin out of Jamaica; former Destiny’s Child Singer Kelly Rowland; the Fast and Furious star Tyrese Gibson along with American-born Puerto Rican Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning Merengue singer Elvis Crespo out of the USA; calypsonian Winston ‘Explainer’ Henry out of Trinidad and Tobago; Soca sensation Destra Garcia, also from the twin island Republic; and Gamal ‘Skinny Fabulus’ Doyle out of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
