Island Fish Fry and Miss TCI Universe

Miss Salt Cay ready to compete in the Miss TCI Universe competition this weekend.

Great excitement this evening at the Island Fish Fry as everyone prepares to cheer on all six beauties vying for the Miss TCI Universe 2013-2014 crown. This has to be the largest crowd yet ….. a mix of visitors and locals enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of delicious fry fish, peas and rice, conch fritters, fish fingers, jerk chicken served up by many of the island’s great local restaurants. It was a chance for the six beautiful young ladies to strut their stuff infront of an enthusiastic crowd. Lively entertainment, a rake and scrape band and a Junkanoo rush by We Funk. Here’s some photos of this great event and don’t forget if you are visiting, come on down to the Children’s Park in the Bight on Thursdays.

These gorgeous contestants pose for all the cameras before taking centre stage.

 

Man, could this fellow play that saw and he had all the moves to go with it!

 

Six beautiful ladies on stage and ready to walk the catwalk.

 

Miss Salt Cay takes centre stage

 

Emcee David Bowen watching contestants trying to win Turks and Caicos Tourism sponsored bags and T shirts.

David shows how to "step on the roach".

 

Doing "around the world"

 

Henry the Conch leads the Junkanoo rush with We Funk.

 

One of the younger members of We Funk Junkanoo band.

Whistles and drumming, dancing to the Junkanoo band.

 

The booming beat of the drum and scraping of the grater makes the crowd join in and dance.

We Funk entertaining the crowds at the Fish Fry this evening.

Another sensational evening at the Island Fish Fry. Don’t forget to come on down.

See you there!

 

Marta

 

 

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Ripsaw

Bending the saw to make music

One particular type of music in the Turks and Caicos Islands is called “Ripsaw” and it is also known as “Rake n’ Scrape.” The main instrument is a plain and ordinary carpenter’s saw and some musicians have turned these instruments into a work of art.

Diamond performs on his painted saw

The saw can be played with the serrated edge or teeth facing the body, though some players face them away. Also the saw can be held by the handle or the reverse end to produce a gentle bend in the center of the blade.

"Ripping the Saw" by using a knife in this case to produce a unique scraping sound.

 

An "S" curve in the saw will make it sing.

Our local musicians use a metal scraper of some sort, either a knife, a screwdriver or a fork  is raked and scraped over the teeth of the saw to make rhythmic percussion-type scratching sounds.

Ripsaw music is included in local folklore skits

 

The centre of the S curve is "the sweet spot" that creates sound when scraped.

 

Ripsaw musician with the Island Boys local band

Diamond in action

We are fortunate to be able to see and enjoy the abundance of local talent found here in the Turks and Caicos.  Head on out to some of the hot spots on island to enjoy the sounds of our Ripsaw bands.

 

Marta

 

 

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