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Fresh Fete Fridays
Date: Friday 6th January 2006
Venue: Avenue Nightclub, Washington DC
Promoters: Mad Power Unit and Klimaxx Entertainment

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Trini Jungle Juice & crew rolled to Avenue nightclub a little after midnight expecting to get the usual royal treatment TJJ style. So we were not impressed to learn of some guest list mix up... a guest of TJJ was kept waiting out in the winter cold for about 30 minutes. Anyhow TJJ ended up paying for the guest to avoid further frost bite!!

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Once our crew was in, TJJ had to take a minute to tow out & ease itself into a party mood. When we walked upstairs to the second floor, we felt the heat coming from the room... it was like a sauna in there!! That's when we knew it was going to be a good fete after all. De place was packed with people, there was barely any room to move, everyone seemed to be enjoying de sweet Soca blasting from the speakers. Back to Basics was killing it again! TJJ did its rounds, mixing & mingling, catching up with old friends from way, way back... we even bounced into other out of town TJJ reps who reach DC for de action! We stole a little wine here and there in between taking pictures and when we hear “Woah Donkey”, you know we had to get into de donkey position one time... ”Woah Woah Donkey”. (Speaking of woah donkey, did you hear the Donkey 26K (Remix) by Mystro D ft United Sisters & Michelle Sylvester?)

At some point in de night, de music stop, and Back to Basics was on de mic screaming “Who going to Germany?” The crowd went wild. He then dropped “We Reach,” the new 2006 tune by Iwer George, followed by Maximus’ “Soca Warrior (Fighter)”... de party was on!!

DJs also played a long set of Reggae for all the reggae heads. Everything from back in time tunes to the latest. But once the Soca started again, it was craziness... pure bacchanal. Woman on top of man (small man on top of big woman), body parts everywhere... everyone going MAD MAD MAD like Machel. TJJ was happy... you know how we love a good bacchanal. Large up DJs Anonymous & B2B.

So despite the drama at the door, and the cat fight action on the first floor, we had a good time. The promoters, Mad Power Unit & Klimaxx Entertainment, managed to change the second floor of Avenue nightclub into DC’s own Soca heaven (with a twist of Reggae). See you all on Friday Feb 3rd, 06.