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No Jackson for Soca Warriors fete |
 American songstress Janet Jackson has
cancelled her appearance at the upcoming Soca Warriors Fete now scheduled to
take place on Carnival Saturday.
In a report published in the Trinidad Express. TriStar Promotions, producers
of the event, had confirmed three weeks ago that Jackson was contracted to
host the event, but TriStar founder, Roy Maharaj, said yesterday that
Jackson will not be coming because of health problems.
Reports coming out of New York, however, state that Jackson who within
recent weeks gained a lot of pounds is pregnant. Maharaj said he is
presently in negotiations with two other major female artistes from the
United States, adding that come Carnival Saturday there will definitely be a
top international celebrity hosting the fete.
Maharaj refused to go on record with the identities of the two artistes, but
one of them is already expected to perform here later in the year as part of
a series of promotional concerts for a local telecommunications provider,
while the other is one of the sexiest crossover Latin acts of the day.
Maharaj is hoping to lock a deal soon and will reveal who his special guest
for the Soca Warriors Fete will be at one of his other events. The Soca
Warriors Fete was supposed to take place this weekend, but because Jackson
has cancelled, the fete has been rescheduled to Carnival Saturday at the
National Stadium.
Maharaj also handed out three all-inclusive package trips to Germany for the
2006 FIFA World Cup Final to the respective winners yesterday. Receiving
their packages, which include air fare, hotel accommodation, ground
transfers, tickets to the three preliminary round games involving the Soca
Warriors and other gifts were Karim Redmond who won his package at the
Republic Bank Fete, James Melville who attended the Licensing Fete and
Samuel Saunders who won at the TriStar Boxing Night Fete.
For the Soca Warriors fete from which proceeds
will go towards the team, it was originally stated that members of the team
would have been present. However this will definitely not be on the cards
now as home-based pros depart on Carnival Saturday and the full team
assembles in London on the Sunday before the friendly international against
Iceland on February 28.
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