Jamaican reggae singer Richie Stephens rang within the New Yr because the headliner on the third annual New Yr’s Eve Celebration, billed “Underneath The Stars Block Celebration,” on Tuesday, Dec. 31, on the Miramar Regional Park Amphitheater in Miramar, Fl.
The award-winning Stephens was backed by the Visions Band on the free public occasion.
Stephens, who was as soon as signed with US-based Motown Information, has over 4 a long time of performing and recording hit songs, like “Pot of Gold”, “Struggle Again” (with Garnet Silk) and “Pleasure,” which was co-written and produced by Jazzie B of Soul 11 Soul.
“Pleasure” was a top-10 single in Greece and the UK, and in addition turned a top-20 hit in Eire, Italy, the US and the Netherlands. It additionally peaked at quantity 4 in Zimbabwe.
Jamaican-born, New York-based leisure publicist Anthony “ER Guru” Turner instructed Caribbean Life that he had seemed ahead to spending New Yr’s Eve in Florida, his first exterior of New York in 10 years, and attended “Underneath The Stars Block Celebration.”
He shared that Jamaican-born Miramar Metropolis Commissioner Maxwell B. Chambers and GRAMMY-winning reggae band Interior Circle hosted the occasion.
Interior Circle is famend for worldwide hits “Sweat (A La La La La Lengthy)” and “Dangerous Boys”, the theme of American TV present COPS, which ran on FOX TV for 25 seasons, and which was additionally used within the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence motion/comedy movie sequence “Dangerous Boys.”
“Ian brings a wealth of experience and imaginative and prescient that evokes confidence and collaboration. Working with Ian (Lewis), Interior Circle Band, and the subsidiary firm Massive Sound has been an unimaginable expertise. The general workforce’s professionalism, dedication, and skill to actually hear and adapt to wants have made the partnership not solely productive however pleasing,” Commissioner Chambers instructed Caribbean Life.
Music on the occasion was performed by King Waggy T, who was acknowledged with a Proclamation by the Metropolis of Miramar for his trailblazing work as a sound system operator and radio disc jockey, together with selector DJ Fergy.
Turner mentioned a fireworks present and New Yr’s Eve Ball-Drop rang within the New Yr at midnight.
