Ellis
Mel Cooke, Freelance Writer
WESTERN BUREAU:
ON WEDNESDAY night, Ity and Fancy Cat presented the full house at Backyaad on Constant Spring Road with what the show's host, Elsa, advised young people present was a spectacle that would change their lives forever.
Reliving Veronica Campbell's victory in the Olympics, Ity was left alone on stage as the commentator, giving the blow by blow of the historic moment as all eyes were focused on the curtains from which it was safe to bet Fancy Cat would appear. Ity built the moment, reliving history - and then Fancy Cat came through the black curtains.
SPLIT SECOND OF SILENCE
There was a split second of silence, as the image of the chubby, cherubic Cat, in a tight gold tank top and mid-thigh black tights sank in. Then there was a gigantic explosion of laughter, hands beating walls and people leaping from their seats as Cat ran in true 'Six Million Dollar Woman' slow motion style to the front of the stage.
And as he hit the front, Ity called for the rhythm and Fancy Cat dropped a genuine 'dancehall tete' move to Yu Too Bad Mine and it was another volcanic eruption of laughter.
The humour was fitting for the occasion, as the monthly 'RE Backyaad Crack-Up' series celebrated its first anniversary. On a show hosted by Elsa, comedians Lemon, Charles Hyatt, Owen 'Blacka' Ellis, Ity and Fancy Cat and Donald 'Iceman' Anderson delivered relatively short performances, to the delight of those present.
However, they expressed their disapproval of Noel Ellis and his song about 'Stretch Mark'.
It was not only a matter of the 'folkery' of Charles Hyatt, though, as there were celebratory awards to persons who have performed on the series. The presentations were done by Rodney Campbell and Denise Hunt of FAME FM.
Among the awardees were Charles Hyatt, Lemon, Joan Andrea Hutchinson, Donald 'Iceman' Anderson, Winston 'Bello' Bell, Owen 'Blacka' Ellis, Ity and Fancy Cat, Jerry D, Pierre Lamier, Apache Chief and Sammy Question, Pretty Boy Floyd, Christopher 'Johnny' Daley and All Purpose.
However, the person who sealed the sublime humour at Backyaad just past midnight was not one of the night's honourees.
CONVERSATIONAL STYLE
Prince Edward, in his almost casual, conversational style, asked: "People, yu eva wonda why hospital dey yaso an Madden dung deso?"
"If yu no get tru yasso ... ," he said - and there was no need for him to say any more, as there was tumultuous laughter from the many gathered at Backyaad who realised that "yu mus' get tru dung deso."
And with the laughter still ringing in the air, it was the party section of the celebration, as the DJ put on Yu Too Bad Mine to get the legs moving.
