Grace Jones says......

I’VE LOOKED THE DEVIL IN THE FACE, AND GOD, AND SOMEHOW I'VE FOUND A BALANCE. BUT BEING EXTREME IS AT THE SAME TIME A BALANCE - ONE EXTREME BALANCES THE OTHER. - Grace Jones

IF YOU'RE OUT THERE YOU'RE VULNERABLE. PEOPLE PREFER TO DISAPPEAR IN LIFE, TO REPRESS THEIR PERSONALITY. THAT'S NOT LIVING. IT'S DYING. I SEE THEM ALL OVER THE PLACE, THE WALKING DEAD. - Grace Jones

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A REBEL. I NEVER DO THINGS THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. EITHER I GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OR I CREATE A NEW DIRECTION FOR MYSELF, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE RULES ARE OR WHAT SOCIETY SAYS. - Grace Jones

TIME HAS MADE ME STRONGER IN MY BELIEF THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS TO PLEASE YOURSELF IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT COMPROMISE. I DO WHAT I WANT AND I'M SATISFIED WITH IT, WHETHER OR NOT IT PLEASES EVERYBODY. THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME FEEL WHOLE. ACTUALLY THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO PLEASE. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE I'M LIKE 'OH NO, PUH-LEEEZE DON'T LIKE ME!' - Grace Jones

MEN ARE TERRIFIED OF ME. I CAN EASILY STEP INTO THE MANS SHOES -THAT'S WHAT SETS OFF THE TENSION. IT PUTS THE MAN IN A POSITION WHERE HE HAS TO BECOME THE FEMALE. BUT MY IMAGE IS SUPPOSED TO FRIGHTEN MEN, SO ONLY THE GOOD ONES COME THROUGH. - Grace Jones

I HAVE A TERRIBLE TEMPER, TERRIBLE. WHEN I HEAR 'THIS IS THE RULE' OR 'THE COMPUTER SAYS..' I GET MAD. PEOPLE TRY TO STOP ME EVERY DAY. - Grace Jones

PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN MISTAKEN ME FOR A MAN. BUT I AM ALL WOMAN TO ME! BUT WHAT’S A WOMAN SUPPOSED TO FEEL LIKE? I LIKE HARD THINGS. I LIKE SOFT THINGS. I GO FEMININE, I GO MASCULINE. I CHANGE ROLES IN LIFE. I AM BOTH. - Grace Jones

I WASN'T BORN THIS WAY. ONE CREATES ONESELF. I BELIEVE WHATEVER I DREAM. WHATEVER I DREAM I WANT TO DO. - Grace Jones

I THINK MY ACT HAS A CERTAIN SCARINESS BECAUSE I WAS BROUGHT UP IN A SCARY WAY. BUT I CONFRONTED IT THERAPEUTICALLY. WHEN I PERFORM ON STAGE I BECOME ALL THOSE MALE BULLIES, THOSE DOMINATORS FROM MY CHILDHOOD. - Grace Jones

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I WASN'T ALLOWED TO HANG OUT WITH RASTAS. YOU HAD TO RUN AND HIDE IF YOU SAW THEM COMING. NOW THE RASTAS AREN’T ALLOWED TO HANG OUT WITH ME. OHAHAHAH! - Grace Jones

I WAS BORN INTO A VERY RELIGIOUS FAMILY WHERE EVERYTHING WAS ABOUT SETTING THE RIGHT EXAMPLE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING TO OBEY ORDERS BLINDLY. WHEN YOU'RE A BISHOP IN JAMAICA YOUR FAMILY IS ALWAYS SCRUTINISED, SO EVERYTHING WE DID WAS CONTROLLED. I WASN'T ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO THE RADIO. I WASN’T ALLOWED TO WEAR FINGERNAIL POLISH. I WASN’T ALLOWED TO RECEIVE PRIVATE LETTERS. IN JAMAICA THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH WAS VERY BRITISH, VERY PROPER. HYMNS. NO DANCING. VERY QUIET. VERY FUNDAMENTAL. I WAS BAPTISED AND SPEAKING IN TONGUES AT EIGHT. HELLAMEESHERRACK. MEESHELLACKALLAH! - Grace Jones

I’VE GOT MY OWN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. GOD KNOWS ME. HE KNOWS MY HEART. WE ARE FRIENDS. I HAVE MY OWN SPECIAL BELIEF IN THE PSYCHIC WORLD. I BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION, THAT IF A FORCE IS STRONG ENOUGH IT CANNOT DIE. I BELIEVE IN RELIGION AS MAGIC. PRAYING MAKES THE WILL STRONGER. - Grace Jones

GROWING UP I ALWAYS HAD TO MASK MY EMOTIONS. EVERYTHING I DID WAS WRONG. IF I WAS FIVE MINUTES LATE HOME IT MEANT I'D STAYED AND PLAYED AFTER SCHOOL INSTEAD OF COMING HOME TO CHURCH. IF I TALKED BACK MY LIPS WERE YANKED HARD. I GOT BEATEN IN SCHOOL. I GOT BEATEN AT HOME. I WAS SCARED EVERY DAY. I HAD NO CHILDHOOD REALLY, SO I IMAGINED MORE THAN I PLAYED. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY BUT BY THE TIME I WAS TWELVE, WHEN WE MOVED TO AMERICA, I'D HAD ENOUGH. - Grace Jones

I THINK IT’S OUR NATURE TO BE MAN AND WOMAN ALL IN ONE. TO GIVE AND TO RECEIVE. I THINK THAT ALL MEN NEED TO BE PENETRATED AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIFETIME, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO RECEIVE. IT’S MY OWN THEORY, WHICH I THINK COULD HELP TAKE SOME OF THE AGGRESSION OUT OF THE WORLD. - Grace Jones

SURVIVAL IS MY PRIMARY INSTINCT. I'LL DO ANYTHING. IT'S OUT OF MY CONTROL. IT'S STRONGER THAN ME. IT'S AN OUTSIDE FORCE, A VOICE THAT SAYS 'DO THIS FOR YOUR LIFE OR IT WILL DEVOUR YOU'. - Grace Jones

I WAS BORN TO BE A STAR. ONCE I DECIDED TO ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY I WOULD NOT BE PLACED IN ANY MOLD THAT WAS LIMITING AGAIN. - Grace Jones

I WAS PAINFULLY SHY UNTIL I HAD ACID THERAPY, SWEETHEART, UNDER DOCTOR’S SUPERVISION. I WAS REBORN. IT WAS ENLIGHTENING. AT THE TIME THEY WERE EXPERIMENTING WITH STP, THE SUPER TRIP PILL - TALK TO TIMOTHY LEARY ABOUT THAT ONE! I TOOK IT WITH A DOCTOR AND I STAYED THERE FOR THREE DAYS UNTIL I THOUGHT 'OK, I SEE. NOW I CAN COME DOWN'. AFTER THAT I DIDN’T NEED ANY MORE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. - Grace Jones

AFTER I LEFT HOME I REALISED THAT I WAS NOT MYSELF. WHEN DOES ONE DECIDE TO BE ONESELF? I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO. I DECIDED FIRST TO DISCOVER LIFE AND THEN DECIDE WHAT I WANTED FROM LIFE, WHAT MADE ME HAPPY, WHAT WAS EASY FOR ME. BECAUSE WHATEVER ONE IS, ONE MUST FIRST KOW THE TRUTH ABOUT ONESELF - Grace Jones

I BELIEVE IN HAVING CERTAIN RELEASES, CERTAIN OUTLETS. ONE HAS TO INDULGE. IF YOU DON'T INDULGE YOU DON'T LIVE. I BELIEVE IN INDULGING AS A USER AND NOT AN ABUSER. EVERYONE SHOULD MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS AND ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES WITHOUT COMPLAINING. WE’RE ALL INDIVIDUALS AND OUR BODIES ACCEPT AND REJECT DIFFERENT THINGS, AND CERTAIN DRUGS WORK FINE AS LONG AS YOU DON’T ABUSE THEM. I THINK THEY SHOULDN’T ALL BE ILLEGAL. ALCOHOL’S THE SAME. I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE SOME POISON SOMETIMES TO SURVIVE, LIKE A VACCINE. LOOK AT ALL THE DRUGS THEY PUT IN FOOD. - Grace Jones

ONCE I WAS OUT OF THE FORMULA OF SCHOOL OR A NINE TO FIVE I CREATED MY OWN HOURS. I AM NOCTURNAL. FOR ME CREATIVITY COMES AT NIGHT. THERE’S SOMETHING NEW ABOUT NIGHT. IT HAS A DIFFERENT ENERGY. NIGHT'S A VOID I CAN CREATE IN. - Grace Jones

MY LOOK IS FOR GIRLS ON THE RUN. I'M ALWAYS IN A HURRY. FOR ME, SUNGLASSES ARE EYE MAKE-UP, EVEN AT NIGHT. HALF OF MY FACE IS SUNGLASSES, THE OTHER HALF IS LIPS - I USE FOUR COLORS TO DO MY LIPS. MY OTHER TRADEMARK I SUPPOSE IS THE HOOD. - Grace Jones

I REMEMBER FLYING TO EUROPE THE CHEAPEST WAY POSSIBLE - WHICH WAS ON ICELANDIC AIRLINES VIA LUXEMBOURG - AND THEN HITCH-HIKING TO PARIS. I'M LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED REALLY. I HAD NO IDEA WHERE I WAS. I DIDN’T KNOW A WORD OF FRENCH AT THE TIME AND I ONLY HAD TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ON ME, BUT I GUESS I WAS BRAVE. I HAVE SO MANY GUARDIAN ANGELS. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE PRAYING FOR ME THAT IT BRINGS ME THROUGH. - Grace Jones

IT WAS MUCH FREER IN EUROPE. THEY WERE A LOT MORE INTO INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES THAN MAKING EVERYONE LOOK ALIKE. IN THE STATES THEY TOTALLY BRAINWASH YOU. THOSE BIG MODELLING AGENCIES ARE JUST THE SAME AS BIG RECORD COMPANIES. WHICH IS HOW I LEARNT I SHOULD NEVER EVER GO WITH A BIG RECORD COMPANY. - Grace Jones

PHOTOGRAPHERS OFTEN MEET ME AND SAY ‘I STILL HAVEN’T SEEN A PICTURE OF YOU THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU’, AS IF THEY FEEL THEY ARE THE ONE TO DO IT. PERHAPS I JUST HAVE ONE OF THOSE FACES. PERHAPS THE ABILITY TO SEE ONESELF THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE’S EYES IS A KIND OF SIXTH SENSE. ALL I KNOW IS THAT PHOTOGRAPHERS CAN GET TOTALLY CARRIED AWAY AND SHOOT UNTIL SIX OR SEVEN IN THE MORNING. MY WORD, I ALMOST KILLED JARELLE AT AGE 83. HE ACTED LIKE HE’D HAD A SHOT OF ADRENALINE. - Grace Jones

AS A MODEL ONE IS FORCED TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR AND I JUST STARTED TO FREAK OUT, LIKE I WAS GOING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR. I MOVED EVERY MIRROR OUT OF MY HOUSE WHEN I STOPPED MODELLING. - Grace Jones

WHEN I WAS ASKED TO DO A RECORD I MADE THE COMMITMENT TO FOLLOW MY DESTINY. - Grace Jones

I USED TO GO ROLLER SKATING ON QUAALUDES. QUAALUDES WERE MY DRUG OF CHOICE ACTUALLY. THE QUAALUDE HIT WAS SEXY. IT MADE YOU HORNY AND WANT TO LOVE ANYBODY. IT WAS CLOSER TO A GOOD ECSTASY. NOBODY REALLY KNOWS HOW TO PARTY WITH ME ANY MORE. THERE IS NOWHERE LEFT TO GO. SO I STAY IN A LOT. I HAVE MY OWN LITTLE PARTIES AT HOME. - Grace Jones

IN THE SEVENTIES AND EIGHTIES WE ALL HAD OUR FUN, AND NOW AND THEN WE WENT REALLY TOO FAR. BUT ULTIMATELY, IT REQUIRED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CLEAR THINKING, A LOT OF HARD WORK AND GOOD MAKE-UP TO BE ACCEPTED AS A FREAK. - Grace Jones

STUDIO 54 HAD THIS CRAZY MIX OF NOBODIES AND SOMEBODIES, AND SOME IN BETWEEN. IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE ATTITUDE. SO IT WAS STRAIGHT, IT WAS GAY, BUT IT WAS ALL JUST ABOUT CHARACTER. IT DIDN’T MATTER IF YOU WERE THE PRESIDENT’S SON, IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE THE RIGHT ATTITUDE, YOU NEVER GOT THROUGH THE DOOR. I WAS WITH CARMEN D’ALESSIO WHEN SHE FOUND THE LOCATION. I TESTED OUT MY VOICE IN THE SPACE AND SHE ASKED IF I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE OPENING ACT. WELL, OF COURSE! - Grace Jones

"I WANDERED AROUND SOHO FOR A WHILE BEFORE THE MAPPLETHORPE SHOOT KNOWING THAT GRACE WOULD BE GOOD AND LATE - TWO HOURS USUALLY TIMED IT RIGHT FOR HER. THREE HOURS LATER I FINALLY TRACKED HER DOWN AT BERGDORF'S GETTING A FUR COAT OUT OF THE REVILLON COOLER. SHE SPENDS ALL HER MONEY ON FURS AND STORES THEM IN THE COOLER. I TOLD HER TO BUY JEWELRY INSTEAD, THAT FUR HAS NO RE-SALE VALUE. BUT I ALWAYS GIVE GRACE THE WRONG ADVICE - I TOLD HER SHE'D NEVER MAKE IT WITHOUT TONING DOWN HER LOOK, THAT THE PUBLIC WEREN'T READY FOR ANYTHING THAT EXTREME." - ANDY WARHOL

ARTISTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE INSECURE BUT I’M NOT. I FEEL THAT IF I’M ENJOYING WHAT I’M DOING IT DOESN’T MATTER IF I MAKE A FEW MISTAKES. I’M VERY OPEN TO EXPERIMENTATION. I LOVE TO TRY THINGS, COLLABORATING WITH MY ARTIST FRIENDS, EXPERIMENTING WITH IDEAS. THAT'S WHAT PUT ME ON THE CUTTING EDGE. THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN A MAGNET THAT PULLS ME TOGETHER WITH CRAZY ARTISTS, UNUSUAL PEOPLE, EVEN WHEN I’M NOT LOOKING FOR IT. IT IS PREDESTINED THAT WE CROSS EACH OTHERS PATHS. - Grace Jones

I PERFORMED A LOT, AND STILL DO, IN GAY CLUBS. I THINK THEY ARE MY BEST AUDIENCE REALLY. YOU CAN GO AS FAR AS YOU WANT TO GO. THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN'T BE. I THINK WE RECOGNISE EACH OTHER. MOST OF THE REAL ROOTSY SCENE IN NEW YORK STARTED IN GAY PRIVATE CLUBS WITH GREAT MUSIC AND THE BEST, MOST FANATICAL DJS. THOUGH WHAT'S HAPPENED TO IT NOW IS JUST TYPICAL OF THE WAY OF LIFE IN NEW YORK - THAT'S CAPITALISM - IT JUST DESTROYS THINGS. - Grace Jones

I DEFINITELY WANTED TO SEARCH AND EXPERIMENT FOR A SOUND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY GRACE JONES RATHER THAN THAT OF ANY PRODUCER. I’M BEST AT KNOWING ME AND DEVELOPING ME, AT FEELING AND ATTRACTING THE PEOPLE THAT I LIKE TO WORK WITH AND FOLLOWING THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD. - Grace Joines

I CAN’T RUN OUT OF DIFFERENT IDEAS.I AM DIFFERENT. WHEN CAN I RUN OUT OF ME? - Grace Jones

I STARTED WITH MODELLING AND ADDED SINGING AND THEATRICS. I ASSUMED AN EXPRESSION AS WILD AND CLOWNISH AS POSSIBLE. I KNEW HOW TO USE A ROOM. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY I GOT THE IDEA FOR A TYPE OF FASHION SHOW IN A DISCOTHEQUE. - Grace Jones

MUSIC I GREW INTO, BUT VISUALLY IT WAS ALWAYS EASY. THAT’S WHERE MY TRUE, TRUE TALENT LIES. I WAS ALWAYS AN ACTRESS. I ALWAYS ACTED OUT A SONG, EVEN WHEN I WAS JUST SINGING IT IN THE STUDIO. - Grace Jones

I DON’T BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE BECAUSE I DON’T BELIEVE IN DIVORCE. I THINK THE CONVENTIONAL WAY IS SO UNROMANTIC. IF THERE’S ANYTHING TO END A MARRIAGE, MARRIAGE WILL. YOU CAN STILL LOVE SOMEBODY AND NOT WANT TO MARRY THEM. BESIDES, MARRIAGE DOESN’T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT YOUR OTHER MOODS - LIKE WHEN WHEN YOU'RE FEELING MEAN AND UNLOVING. - Grace Jones

"GRACE LIKES TO PARTY. IN THE END I LOST HER TO IT. SHE WON’T WORK. SHE'LL SHOW UP WHENEVER SHE FEELS LIKE IT. SHE HAS AN ENTOURAGE THAT ENCOURAGES IT. BUT IRONICALLY, THE FACT THAT SHE'S FUCKED UP HER CAREER ONLY PROVES HOW GENUINE SHE REALLY IS." - JEAN PAUL GOUDE

TEQUILA IS THE DEVIL IN MY LIFE. I ONCE DRANK SO MUCH ON MY BIRTHDAY IN BEVERLY HILLS THAT MY BOYFRIEND LET ME OUT OF THE CAR AND DROVE OFF. I WOKE UP UNDER A STAIRWELL IN MY BULGARI JEWELLERY AND CLAUDE MONTANA FUR WITH A BUMP ON MY HEAD. AND I ALMOST KILLED A MAN IN A TEQUILA DRINKING CONTEST IN BELGIUM. AN AMBULANCE HAD TO COME AND GET HIM. HE WAS IN HOSPITAL FOR THREE DAYS...FOR ALCOHOL IT’S THE BEST HIGH. - Grace Jones

There is so much I will have to do a part 2!!!!! What do you think!!!!!

The New South African Police - Proof of a New South Africa

Often we just simply don't notice the changes going on around us and believe me they are happening and they are both radical and amazing. 

I grew up with a police force I was ashamed of and I was scared of. They inflicted the views of a racist, sexist, bigoted government.

When I ran a nightclub in Cape Town called "The Mix", we were raided and arrested so often it became a joke all because we allowed peoples of different skin colours to frequent the same place and drink and dance together, rights we now take totally for granted.

As a gay man, I knew to watch my back and that given the slightest chance I would be locked up and prosecuted for being with other men. A once good friend was once forced to move away from a park bench when he was accused of loitering. All he was doing was sitting on a bench on the Sea Point Promenade.

Before the days of the Internet and Gaydar and Facebook, you either met someone at a nightclub, through friends or you even cruised "The Wall" which was a stretch along the Sea Point Promenade to pick someone up. if you wanted a "Rent" boy you went either to Burg Street in the city or you went to the Cape Town or Rondebosch Station at night. You lived in fear as the police targeted "gay" spots and lifestyles. You lived in fear of being arrested and beaten up just for being gay. We forget that the previous government did not look very favourably on homosexuality.

Sure things have changed in our country and crime seems much higher but trust me we had crime back then and often the crime was perpetrated by or at least sanctioned by the Police.

As manyf people already know, last week I was hijacked at Gun point together with a friend of mine. Two men came at us with guns on the boundary between Kenilworth and Claremont and forced us out of my car ensuring us they they would not hesitate to shoot us if we did not do exactly as they said. We complied and my heart sank as I watched a villain drive away in my car along  with some of my prised belongings.

Then began what I thought was to be a nightmare in trying to get assistance. Using my friends mobile phone which he had shoved into the back of his jeans when the robbers were asking us for our personal effects, I attempted to call 112, the cellular emergency number. Let me advise you right now, DO NOT BOTHER WITH 112 on a mobile. The system they have is just way to slow, cumbersome and ineffective to use when you are in a crises. Save the police and other important numbers to your phone. Rather dial information and get the number for the closest police station. That will work! 112 DOES NOT WORK!

After trying for a few minutes to use the 112 system, we rather used one of my friends neighbours land line, we got hold of the Claremont police station and asked for help. The police woman efficiently took down the details of where we were and then began taking other details. As she battled with getting my surname down I became slightly irritated thinking "while you are asking me all these question the bastards are getting away with my stuff." I was wrong because whilst still on the phone to the police station, the police began to arrive. First a police van and then more and then the detectives began to arrive. I was amazed! 

Five minutes after my call there was total controlled, efficient action.  Our statements were taken whilst other police started to disseminate the information on cell phones and police radios. I learned that I was the 3rd victim of hijacking in that area that night and that two the other two vehicles had already been found parked in Rondebosch. I told the police that my mobile phone was still in the vehicle and that it was still on. An inspector immediately placed a trace on my phone and they began tracing my things around Cape Town.

Not for one second did our being gay, in any way arise as an issue. We openly described one of the identifying features of my car as being a gay rainbow sticker on the back. When asking how we had reacted to the hijackers by friend responded by telling them that "I am a gay boy and I'm hardly going to try anything stupid in a situation like this."Not one snigger or even a look came our way. The police continued to do thier jobs. I felt safe again. I felt I could trust this new police force. I knew and could see that they knew their work and they were doing it well for me.

The next thing we started getting sms's from the police to notify us that our case had be lodged and that my car had been listed as missing. We were still at the scene and this data began coming through. I was so impressed.

Another detective arrived and we were shown mugshots of criminals to see if we might recognise any of our attackers which unfortunately we were unable to do.

Then the police came and suggested that we take trauma counselling which they offered us. At first I said I did not need it but after advice from ALL my Friends changed my mind and spoke with the Claremont police counsellor. Again I was totally impressed and I will be going back for more counselling to deal with this.

The whole week I kept in touch with the police regarding my goods and my car.

Yesterday afternoon, just as I'd given up any hope of seeing my car or goods again, the police called and left a message on Tom's phone to say, "Please call to make an appointment to come and identify your vehicle."

Let me end this by saying, "I am impressed! VERY impressed!" Well done SAP!!!!! Well done and thanks!!!!

Pink Loerie disappointments

At the last minute I decided to attend The Pink Loerie in Knysna this year. After being turned onto the idea by a friend, I desperately asked around to get a friend to share the petrol costs.

 We drove up excited for what was going to be on offer. Having never been before I had no idea as to what to expect but knowing that people travel from all over the country as well as some people come from all over the work to attend, I was expecting something akin to the Mardi Gras in Sydney, Australia.  

Let me start off by saying that I did have fun and a lot of it at that ...... However:  

Keeping in mind that MOST people travelled long distances to get to Knysna, I would have expected better organisation and more glitz from this potentially amazing event.  

I found most of the event organisation to be amateur at best. Nothing went smoothly. I could not hear the announcers. I did not hear the band, "The Magic of Pegasus". The contestants in the Mr. Mardi Gras contest were unrehearsed.

I do need to say that I take my hat off to the event organisers for doing this but I really think they need to get a professional MC to host the events. They need to hire a decent sound crew and PA system and decent sound equipment for bands etc. Things need to start when advertised.

I really believe that albeit that Zanzibar was amazing fun as a dance and party venue, it is not good for bands and pageants. It could be improved with a decent sound rig.

Rumours abound about money grabbing and profiteering and I unwittingly became involved in the politics of the event and choose to back out of that subject.

I cannot believe that the short comings are the result of financial shortages. If an arm band allowing entrance to all the events were to be sold long before the whole event in all the major cities, I really believe people would be ready to subscribe. This would help with  ensuring the quality of the events. Looking at the Booklet, one can see it is a major source of advertising revenue.

On discussing the booklet, I also found the basic errors to be shoddy and once again showing the lack of attention to detail. Mr Mardi Gras 2008???? Then the website still has the program for 2008!!!!!! Attention to detail guys!!!!!!!!

The Pink Loerie could be a world class event! Why isn't it?