By Janet Silvera, Freelance Writer 
Dr. Winsome Miller-Rowe, left, Camille Delgado and Doreen Tulloch are in deep conversation at the Monday Club's Christmas party on Monday night.
WESTERN BUREAU:
FOUR YEARS ago, 10 Montego Bay businessmen formed the 'Monday Club,' and once per year the city's powerbrokers invite women into their precious domain. So each year the fairer sex virtually invades their Christmas party.
Monday night was no different; Senator Noel Sloley's sprawling mansion in the exclusive Spring Farm area of Rose Hall saw a bevy of socialites taking control of its Garden of Eden, enveloping themselves in a number of secluded spots scattered all over the home.
It wasn't a night for talking business; it was a night for Bishop Charles Dufour to forget about all the charitable work he had taken on over the past year and an evening for Kathy Dear to show that exercise does work, a night to party and exchange pleasantries with old friends.
The tone was set early. On arrival guests were greeted by a bar strategically placed with the finest liquor. In the background the sounds of a smooth jazz band resonated through the lush vegetation that embedded the property.
And even before you were allowed to sit and listen keenly to instruments that caressed the ears so beautifully, your eyes were fattened with an array of true Jamaican cuisine. This included roasted pork, shrimp kebab, curried goat, barbecued chicken, and served with gungo peas and rice.
SHAKE A LEG
Food out of way and just when I thought the 'who's who' crowd were just going to stand around all night chattering, the band, 'Sound Energy' ignited a sweet type of fire that moved slowly through the loins, inviting those who could shake a leg to do so.
As the atmosphere got hotter, jazz turned to reggae, soca and lover's rock, and dancing commenced around the poolside.
As much as I would have preferred not ask the burning question, I was forced to ask why no women make up the Monday Club, which consists of Billy Craig, Indru Dadlani, Pishu Chandiram, Scotia Bank, Half Moon, Wyndham Rose Hall, Fred Smith, Price Waterhouse and Noel Sloley.
"The concept of the Monday Club may have to change soon, as more and more powerful women take charge of the city," was Fred Smith's response.
According to him their main objective is a total social function that helps the business community to maintain unison, "We are not a lodge, and the idea is to have cross-pollination, where we have 60 to 70 of Montego Bay's movers and shakers in an informal setting."
It was really nice to see Francis Tulloch and his wife Doreen, Half Moon's Tricia Bridge and her significant other, Scott Robins, Denny Chandiram, Pauline Smith who gave the ice in New York a walk, Dorothy Marzouca, Dominique and Horace Peterkin in love as ever, Raquel and Aroon Dadlani and Dr. Curtis Yeates.
