The launch of the first community radio station in Point Fortin on Friday night was hailed by the police as the first such event in the borough that was incident-free.
"Not even a minor scuffle, it was just love for each other and the music," a senior officer told the Sunday Express.
One by one, soca artistes mounted the stage, thrilling the thousands of people who overflowed onto the streets of Point Fortin to witness the launch of their community's first local radio station-91.1FM Trini Bashment.
Police reported that the event, which took place at Victor Chin Kit Park, was incident-free.
Although live entertainment was scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. it did not get started until 8.30 p.m., with the crowd enjoying music provided by a DJ in the interim.
Twelve new soca artistes were allowed to perform their releases, before the big names in the business followed. Soca band Invasion, with lead vocalists Faye Ann Lyons and Naya George, both from Point Fortin, had the crowd in a frenzy. Popular soca artistes Tony Prescott, KMC, Denise Belfon, Maximus Dan, Bunji Garlin and Ronnie McIntosh also thrilled the crowd. But the highlight of the night was when Neil "Iwer" George, who launched the community radio station, Garlin and Belfon performed a selection together.
Iwer said the station would play mostly soca, with some gospel and chutney music. He added sternly that there would be absolutely no reggae or American pop music.
