A Foundation Dance - 9.30.06

Once again, Dailey’s was the backdrop for the Saturday Night Bashment entitled “A Foundation Dance”. This reporter attended the event expecting to catch some great vibes with even better music. NOT! As a hardcore bashment girl who reminiscences on the days at Dad’s Hall and the now defunked Cotton Club in it’s day, I was a bit disappointed…..
Consider it a bad sign when the selector claims to be playing the latest tunes and his best dub plates and after the initial dances to the first few melodies, the crowd calms down and begins to look at their watches (and let out a few yawns!). The soundstation of the evening, New York bound Down Beat and Tony Screw turned this bash into a culture fest (is that what a foundation dance is?) neglectfully leaving out old crowd moving tunes and newer more recent riddims. I swear I wanted to snatch KC Platinum out of the crowd and force him to play a set.
By the time the local talent Sunshade and special guest Junior Reid took to the stage at about 3pm, the dazed and confused crowd welcomed the opportunity to catch a vibe. As we see it, the bash never reached its fully potential of a Father B Party, the days of the Players Ball when the party was in fully dancehall swing by 2am and didn’t want to leave as the bash ended at 4, 5 or even 6am.
Despite the down turn of events, some dancehall celebs blessed the event with their presence; Maggie Untouchable, The Designing Women Crew, dancehall royalty Eye (looking spectacular in a bone white tailored blazer and matching slacks) and KC Platinum were in full attendance. The added touch of the video cameras scanned the crowd for absentees like Ms. Brandi, The Bashment Girlz and The in and out Spyda Crew.
Stay tuned as CBC tries to redeem the bashment with the upcoming Blue and White affair for Saturday, October 7th…..

Stay Bashy!