By Mel Cooke, Freelance Writer 
Bob Marley
WESTERN BUREAU:
DEEJAYS TURBULENCE and Champagne, the former with militancy and the latter with humour, were big hits at the Vin Lawrence Park in Trench Town on Wednesday night.
The two stood out on the third and 'Dancehall Night' of the third annual 'Trench Town Festival' on Wednesday.
However, there were not many people in the venue to appreciate their performances, as well as a brief but rapturously received showing by Danny English, who was called up by an effective Nesbeth. Chuck Fender 'passed through' at Million Teeth's call up, igniting the crowd as he started Rough Out Dey.
Million Teeth dropped a lyric about close to a million deejays, asking the crowd not to give him a 'forward' until he got to the part about Shaggy. They did not obey. With Baby Cham, CéCile, Alozade, Mad Cobra, Ninja Man, Elephant Man, Merciless, Bounty Killer and Lexus among his targets, Million Teeth tore into then savagely as if he had at least half a million pounds of 'backative'.
However, with the stage audio being run through the Mighty Stepper sound system and not on an independent set-up, the sound was not up to standard. Certainly not for an event in honour of Bob Marley in a place he honoured time and again in song. In addition, the band for the night, Ambassador, came in for some severe to savage criticism from several of the artistes.
In the end, it was left to artistes like Fletcher B, who performed very creditably, to offer the Am-bassador band some encouragement. "Mi naa cuss oonu bredren. Mi no stay like some a dem."
Turbulence, who most of the sparse crowd, including The Sunday Gleaner, left with when he exited the stage and venue at about 1:30 a.m., was also kind to the band.
"De Ambassador band a some young yute. Dem a try a ting. Dem no all dat tight, but dem a try a ting. Bob Marley woulda love dat," he said as he got into a '... new tune whe me 'ave a play pan de radio'.
Performing as the main man in the Higher Trod family, Turbulence concentrated on sex - the right and wrong of it. He made his intentions towards the women clear and left no doubt about the scorn he poured on oral sex practitioners and homosexuals.
Showing good delivery and excellent timing, Turbulence hit a great note with the audience when he said 'I caan tell nobody a Trench Town no fi eat meat, cause a survival', before getting into a pro-vegetarian tune:
Run pig, run cow, run fe yu life
See de cannibal a come wid 'im knife
The Psalmist Dawitt St. Aubyn opened the night's proceedings with Psalm 87, which he said was one of Bob's favourites. He made way for persons like Doogsie Ranks, Delegate and Design.
On the penultimate leg of a festival in celebration of Bob Marley's life and work, almost every performer who came up 'bigged up' the 'Gong'. Ambassador band bounced the Natural Mystic rhythm in between performers, but it was left to Rasheda, who performed a creditable version of No Woman No Cry, to make Marley's music heard inside the Vin Lawrence Park on First Street in Trench Town on Wednesday night.
Along with Sasha, the other female on Dancehall Night, they brought a spark to the event, Sasha earning the first 'bus' of the dance for the night with her precise phrasing and decent lyrics, as well as smooth hip rolls.
In the end, not even a reduction in the entrance price to $100 could get the massive on the outside to 'rock an come een' on Dancehall Night of the third annual Trench Town Festival.
