One Third performs their very popular medly for the partygoers.

Mel Cooke, Freelance Writer

After Digicel Rising Star winners One Third had made a relatively-early showing under a fully-risen full moon at Weekenz last Saturday night, Renaissance and the KOOL FM deejays kept the party going in retro fashion, Rita Marley's One Draw and Buju Banton's Gol' Spoon among the selections.

But after 'Jitterbug' had started a rock and roll run, coming up to 1:00 a.m. Sunday, Krazy Chris said "it is time to get crazy.

"If you go to church, if is even one day out of the year. The next song that I play I want to hear everybody clap," he said and, in the same uptempo mood, played Man From Galilee. The clapping and singing duly started, two young women in blonde Afro wigs bobbing their heads to the beat.

Bumper crowd

Patrons went to 'church' at the 'Back to The Future' party and show, held at Weekenz, last Saturday, but judging by the partying, you can tell this was no average 'praise and worship'.

The audience, substantial but well below being a bumper crowd, carried song and hand claps for a few seconds, then it was back to Jesus from the turntables with It Soon Be Done.

"Somebody say amen," the deejay said and the chorus of 'amen' duly went up. "Somebody say praise the Lord," he said and again they did. "Somebody say thank you Jesus," he commanded and they did, Beenie Man adding another command from the turntables, to "move to the left in the name of Jesus".

A few booties shook to Gospel Time and Krazy Chris duly made way for Yohann Stephens in a smooth transition typical of the night. Stephens changed genres, but not the mood, as he went into the High Mas of David Rudder. The straight and narrow path of the Lord intersected with the highway where the buses play 'Ragga Ragga' music, which in turn led to the crossroads of soca and dancehall with Soca Bogle.

But the gospel would return, after Bam Bam and Murder She Wrote, with Pocomania Day, which was one of the few songs to get a restart that night. "We are going to take this one from the top for the massive and crew. It is Sunday morning, we have to proclaim the blessing," the DJ said. Revival Time kept the mood in the hand clapping, 'tun you roll' realm, before the Sleng Teng rhythm hit with Buddy Bye.

And still the gospel was not over, as after Champion Bubbler and Wear Yu Size, by which time the dancing tempo inside Weekenz had cooled considerably, there was another smooth transition to Ivor Smith, who stepped to the present with Shaggy's Church Heathen, which earned a restart. "Massive and crew, a juggling time," he said and it was stomping time with the gospel according to Kirk Franklin.

The party continued wholly on the non-gospel side of things, the Kool FM crew being introduced and a pair of Delta airline tickets being given away to a lady in the best retro outfit, her father's brown wedding suit.