The prestigious IRAWMA ceremony which will be held at the National Academy for Performing Arts on Saturday May 28th will offer the very best in regional talent such as T&T's very own Machel Montano HD, 'She's Royal' singer Taurus Riley and Jamaican music legends Freddie McGregor and Dean Fraser. Patrons can also look forward to dynamic performances by Dancehall divas Macka Diamond and Tifa, Denise 'Saucy Wow' Belfon, Queen Ifrika and St. Maarten's leading pannist and Calypsonian 2011 Road March King ,TLH-SXMF Man of the Year, Isidoe York aka The Mighty Dow. Reggae icons Shaggy and Tony Rebel will serve as MCs for this fun-filled evening.
Shaggy will work double duty during this upcoming weekend as he will transition from the role of host to performer at the Sunday 29th May event "Reggae meets Soca/Chutney" at the Queen's Park Savannah. At this concert spectacular Shaggy will display his Grammy Award winning talent alongside longtime cohort Rayvon and will share the stage with the cream of the Caribbean music crop including the 'King of the Dancehall' Beenie Man, reggae crooner Jah Cure, Gramps Morgan (of Morgan Heritage fame), The Roy Cape All Stars with Blaxx, Addie Richardson ake Shadowman of St.Mararten will be a presenter and also several chutney and soca artistes.
Attendees of these events can expect 2 world class productions complete with multi-genre all star casts and memorable surprises. As the IRAWMA weekend approaches more artistes will be announced.
The 30th IRAWMA anniversary is sponsored by Blink/Bmobile, Angostura Bitters, the Hyatt Regency Trinidad, T&T Ministry of Tourism, Tourism Development Company Limited (TDC), Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Tobago Department of Tourism (TDT), Direct Music TV America, Soca 91.9 FM, M.O.R.E. 104.7 FM, Boom 94.1FM, Caribbean Rumour Mill, Jlehsiek, The Hook Record Shop and TrinJam Foods.
For information on IRAWMA, tickets and travel log onto www.irawma.com
or call 312-427-0266 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 312-427-0266 end_of_the_skype_highlighting (North America) OR 868-475-1000 (Caribbean).
