Friday, May 2, 2008, 7:14 p.m. Jamaica time (Montego Bay,Jamaica) – Prodigal Son is blasting from the main stage. Dump Up Beach is jumping. It’s packed with rocking Jamaicans from the shore to the street, from the stage to the parking lot. Lord, let everyone You want to be here, be here.
Earlier, local leader the Rev. Conrad Pitkin introduced Robert Levy of Jamaica Broilers. Mr. Levy welcomed Miles McPherson and Miles Ahead to Montego Bay, and DJ Nicholas made the crowd roar. People continued to pour into the field at Dump Up Beach, tranforming it into a concert hall under Jamaican stars.
The event is part of an island-wide 50th anniversary celebration funded by the Jamaica Broilers Group, the region’s premier food manufacturer. Three major family-oriented festivals are being presented between April 26 and May 4. Andrew Palau addressed the Mandeville Festival April 26 and 27; and Miles McPherson will be at Montego Bay’s Dump Up Beach on May 2 and 3; and Luis Palau will be on the King’s House grounds in Kingston from on May 3 and 4.
