I remember de first time I went to ah Trini party.
My parents play Soca/Calypso (Sparrow, Kitch, Shadow, Denyse Plummer, David Rudder, etc) at home, but I wasn’t too crazy about it. I grew up with Rap.
But my first Trini party change all dat. Soca (and little Reggae) in de place. All color woman – midnight black, to plain black, to brown, to red, to yellow and 1 pure white girl. All kinda hair - from ball-head (1 girl hair was down to she scalp), to short, to long, to curly, to braids, to dreads to blond (de white girl). But wait, de 1 white girl was twirling she waist round and round, and jookin up and down, just like de rest ah dem. I was expecting she to be outta step, but she wasn’t. She was movin same way. So I ask way she from. Dey tell me she from Trinidad.
Then I hear a variation of de Soca with some drums sounding like Drumline music. I ask. They say dat is Chutney. I ask if it different from Soca, and if so, way it from. They tell me no, is really de same ting, and it all come, same way, from Trinidad & Tobago.
Well I was converted. I love de Soca, Chutney too. And I love how dey had ah whole kaleidoscope of women, all dem colors. I was amazed dat all dat come from de same place. And to see all ah dem together in dat party, was nice too. I mean, I was thinking, you could go one place, Trinidad, and come out with whatever you want? Wonderful! I goin.
Now on here, it sounding like back in Trini, it have real division. That is hard to understand after that first, and other Trini party experiences.
Dey debating over ah name for de football team? What kinda assness is dat? Nutten eh wrong wit de Soca Warriors. Soca is uniquely Trini, and it represents all Trinis, no matter what color (from dat white girl to de midnight black one). De Soca Warriors is IDEAL for de team representing Trini.
Talk Done!!!
