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“Lorraine doh cry ah leavin, ah cyah miss dis jamming.. with all dem steel band beatin’ and woman background shakin!!!" Ouuuuuuuiiii, remember that chune ("Lorraine") from back when by de great Explainer??!! I think we ALL do, it's been instilled in our memory from years back. Well, this was one of de songs the TJJ crew was singing on de way to Kool Haus for Doh Cry Ah Leavin XIII presented by Dr. Jay and de KOS family.

De winin’ season for 2k8 has kicked off and every man jack is now preparing for de Trini's new year’s.... Carnival in Trinidad. With this in mind, this fete was de last lap for those people getting on a flight to Port of Spain or staying back to enjoy the -10 weather... DCAL has been sold out every single year for de past 13 year's, so you can only imagine what Kool Haus looked like on de inside. Now regardless of Toronto's below zero temperatures on Saturday, fete-go'ers came out posse by posse, crew by crew. Nothing could stop them from making their way to Kool Haus!!

As always, TJJ crew arrived early because it was already a given what kind of line we would be dealing with. Although de line looked like ah Carnival fete in Trini, we were quite thankful because it was flowin' nice and smooth like TJJ juices. We entered de building hassle free and headed straight to de bar. Ah mean with that kind of windchills outside, ah shot of we good ole' friend Johnnie was going to do de body just right! Once we warmed up, we made our way around to check out de scenes. All de posse's were in de building, flying their national flags high and proud.... with powder in hand ready to get on baaaaad!!! De smallies came out in jeans to sweat pants to skirts, and of course, we had de dare devils who came out in dey sexy shorts!!! Power to you, because fuh real though, we couldn't handle that cold breeze at'tall.

Toronto's best DJ's were in de house already pumpin' chunes. As de doctor always says, Kool Haus is his house, so yuh know what de vibes was like already!! Switchin' up and playing chune after chune were Dr. Jay de Soca Prince, MarXman and Soca Sweetness. On stage alongside them were Dirty Dez and E Man, de mc's who run tings!!! From old Soca to new Soca, Ole School to Reggae.. de crowd kept a phenomenal vibe. It's really amazing to see a crowd of that capacity, holding a vibe all night to just hearing DJ's play with no live performances. That is just de power of the DJs or better yes, de KOS family!!!

From de TJJ crew we have to send congratulations out to Melissa for winning a free flight to Trinidad for Carnival, courtesy Caribbean Airlines. For those of you who weren't there to witness her reaction, it was priceless! Can you imagine all of your friends going to Trinidad for Carnival and you're left behind?? It's not ah good feeling at’tall. And we're positive some of you are in that situation right now!! LOL. But Melissa was lucky enough to win a ticket, and have a chance to jump up with her girls in sweet TnT!!!

DCAL was definitely ah fete of all fetes. De fete-go'ers were more than content as they exited de building with faces of glee. Many were callin' out for Return Fete 2008 tickets, making sure they won't miss another bess fete startin' off 2k8. Now for those of you who didn't make it to take a last jump with us, yuh miss out rhel baaaad!!! If yuh not leavin'.. doh cry eh!! We will take ah drink and ah wine for yuh Carnival Monday and Tuesday... Aye Aye Ayeeeee!!!!!!

Bless up to Dr. Jay and de KOS Family. You always shows us ah BESS time!!! See you on de road with Evolution for Carnival 2k8!!!

Mizz Kayz for the TJJ fam

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