Irie Jamboree 2008 a huge success

Over 36,000 fun-loving reggae lovers, some coming from as far as England, Canada, Jamaica, and even Japan jammed the Roy Wilkins Park not only to rock to Cocoa Tea, Mavado, Beenieman, Elephant Man, Yellowman, Tarrus Riley, Sizzla, Admiral Bailey and others, but also to celebrate the Caribbean’s performance at the Beijing Olympics at this year’s Irie Jamboree.
Large video screens recreated the Beijing experience of the record runs by Usain ‘Lighting’ Bolt, Shelly Ann Frazier and Melaine Walker and the crowds went wild.
Other guests who attended the event were Congressmember Yvette Clarke and her mother the Hon. Una Clarke; dj Capleton; former West Indies cricketer Courtney Walsh; Kerri-Ann Wright, Miss Jamaica/USA 2008; Val Cuffe and Sobers Esprit, executives of the Dominica Festival Commission who travelled all the way from Dominica to attend the event.
With the successful staging of Irie Jamboree 2008 behind them, the organizers have already started plans for Irie Jamboree 2009.