The luau theme continued from the Mas camp parties to the finale at Reggae Beach Ocho Rios on Sunday. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer

Andr Jebbinson, Staff Reporter

Girls like sand and liquor like the sea, that's how it was at Luau on Reggae Beach, just outside Ocho Rios, on Sunday.

Down the bumpy track along a possible mile-length of cars, the ladies made their way over to the beach. Men stood there in amazement, probably considering where all the ladies came from and if their cellular phone sim cards will be able to accommodate all the numbers.

"My yout, girls in deh fi kill," one excited man said.

Those women who did not have men on their sides, had their gal-pals. It was time to party. Upon entering the somewhat secluded beach, it turns out there was already an abundance of patrons inside. The Hawaiian theme was obvious with the torches, the lei-wearing revellers, the lush vegetation and the white sand.

Right in front of the DJs' station, there was dancing. Take a trek to the beach side, there was also dancing. There was even dancing in the water. Some patrons, obviously winded and perhaps stoned, took the opportunity to just lie wherever to recover.

Being hot on the beach in the night is almost not imaginable. Those odds were defied on Sunday because the body heat alone was enough to speed up global warming. Body heat aside, the dance area was also blazing.

Clearly defined circle

There was no official dance floor but there was a clearly defined circle that nobody dared get into unless they were dancing.

The party was blazing until around 10 p.m. when it seemed a big wave came in and quenched the fire. Suddenly, patrons were not trampling the sand as much, but were just kidding around. Even during this time the circle was maintained by those on the radius. The DJ knew exactly what to do to get the dancers back in the circle. All he had to do was pull for some Lady Saw. It worked. Soon the ladies were back into the habit of getting on bad.

From songs like Back Shot and No Long Talking, the DJ went into some of the year's most popular songs like Tek Weh Yuhself, Raging Bull, Hoola Hoop and Dying. There were those who knew what they were doing and those who would be better off standing around. Still, it was all good fun. It was carnival time, so it was appropriate to bring some of what was happening simulta-neously at Richmond Estate to Reggae Beach.

It was noticeable that some patrons tried to avoid the traffic mess as they left the venue a little before the scheduled midnight ending.