Chester Francis-Jackson, Gleaner Writer 
Kevin and Cecile Levee. – Rodger Robinson Photo
DECISIONS! DECISIONS!! Decisions!!! It's that time again when one has to decide if one is going to b e drawn into the more popular World Cup of Football now under way in Germany, or stick to one's guns and continue watching the Wimbledon Championships, in London, England. Frankly, with Jamaica not qualifying and our neighbours Trinidad and Tobago out of the Cup, it's all about the action at Wimbledon not to mention the champagne, strawberries, pims and fabness of it all. So Wimbledon it is then!
Anyway, last weekend the SuperClubs Resorts of Grand Lido Braco and Hedonism III were cooking and they were easily the only places to be, but moreso on the weekend. There was a fabulous package of entertainment, great fare, premium libations and great company, all making for one sensationally divine indulgence of the senses!
Now, those of you in the know are aware of the SuperClubs promotional and marketing attraction known as Super-Surprise. This is basically booking one's vacation with the SuperClub's group but in doing so, one really has no idea of just where one will actually vacation as one may end up in any of the resorts.
BOOKING INTERNATIONAL ACTS
There's a new and very popular trend coming to the fore in world travel that in recent years has seen groups and/or companies booking entire resorts, and not only for sea, fun and frolic for a week or a weekend, but they also book international acts to provide top-drawer entertainment for their guests vacationing in the resorts!
This trend has seen such fabulous performers as Eric Benet, India Arie, Macy Gray, plus a host of other celebs/entertainers giving 'command' performances and/or making exclusive appearances at a number of this here island's better resorts!
FAB BRACO JAM
Last week, those fabulously innovative people over there at the SuperClubs corporate headquarters came up with yet another of their creative packages that they offer to guests at their resorts, designed to maximise guest satisfaction and enjoyment. They offer a fine package where guests can actually stay at one resort and then party at another.
It was all about Grand Lido Braco and Hedonism III, as the promoters of the weight loss supplement Slim Trax, came together with the ABC Radio Network for what they dubbed the Island Jam and when it was all over, fabulous had found a new and very exciting order!
The week really belonged to Ron Droegmyer and his team at Braco as the majority of the hundreds of guests who jetted into the island for the week-long affairs stayed at the fabulous Braco, where the fare is always to-die-for.
To complement in-house entertainment and activities, the sponsors of the Island Jam brought in such international talent as: The Whispers, Al B Sure, SWV, Black Street, Roots UnderGround, DNA, Teddy Riley, Ginuwine, Keisha Cole, KC1 and T Pain. They kept the resort rocking with some fabulous performances all week!
Now, while the guests were lavishly entertained each night at Braco in Trelawny, when it came to really getting on down and partying, guests reserved this for Hedonism III in neighbouring St. Ann, where they partied like the Romans of yesteryear!
Guests are still talking about the fab experiences that were the two nights of beach partying as the prude beach of Hedo III was host and home to two nights of spectacular beach-party and revelry that literally raised the bar on such indulgences!
And if the bar was not high enough already, then it became that much higher last Saturday night when the partying took on the guise of a masquerade ball at Hedo III's always bubbling Octopussy Disco. What a night! Children, it was a costumed affair and maybe, just maybe, because of the costumes, it proved faultlessly wild! With guests dressed from your very tame over the mall counter 99 cent masks, to the very elaborate US$100 affair, it was clearly a night for the masked ones.
MASKED ONES
Y'all remember that song, The Freaks Come Out At Night, well honeys, don't know about the freaks, but the fabulously masked ones were definitely out! The party got under way just after midnight, but it was not until some time after 1:00 a.m. that the partying really got going and when it did, it nearly needed all the combined assistance of all the neighbouring fire-services, to put out the heat!
Now, there's nothing like a very good dose of Jamaican dancehall music to either lift or lower the spirits at a party. Well, in the case of the masquerade ball, it was all systems go.
With the disco packed and bursting at the seams, and with the Hedonism III resident DJ Phil Dawg spinning a wicked collection of popular dancehall arias, the Disco that was always one hot place 'buss-out' like the mother of all cantatas!
From the mundane Pon-de-River, through to some of Lady Saw's more outrageous renditions, and ending with the 'dutty-wine', a dozen hail Marys could not contain the fire unleashed by guests to the music of their favourite Jamaican performers! And, my dears, as for the most recent addition to the ensemble of dancehall rich choreography, ah do declare, that until y'all have seen the ladies of the entertainment crew of Hedo III dance The dutty wine, then y'all have not seen a thing!
We are talking nothing short of riotous! Oh, my word, and on the life of all that is fabulous, what a dance! Oh, precious angels, what a night! Oh honeys, the fabness of it all! The drama! The madness, bad to the bone and cooking like mother Liza's coal-fire!
And as for those who were present, it was not that kind of a party. Suffice it to say, however, that at 4:00 a.m. when this here scribe exited the Octopussy Disco, among those we spotted sans mask were: Kevin and Cecile Levee; Dawn Young and her hot companion Patrick Reid; P Diddy's mom, the elegant Janice Coombs, plus hordes of other revellers, but what a faultless night!
