Good day everyone here at Heroes Circle, Kingston, Jamaica; others tuning in to numero uno Reggae Vibes near and far. We are at the home of the Education Ministry depicting the slogan’ Every Child Can learn… every Child must learn.

One can see the statues of some of Jamaica’s greatest, including Sir Alexander Bustamante and Norman Wahington Manley. But, back here at the Park. Ladies and gentlemen, we are about to witness the race of all races; the staging of the 400 meters between Fully Bright and Fully Dunce.

Fully Bright is represented by the Outfytt Boss, former Kingston College A’level champion. The ever-jubilant Doctor from the royal family of Victoria Jubilee Hospital; the undisputed Reggae artiste Shaka Pow.

And, on the eastern end of the field is the champion of Dunceness. They have been kicking up quite a storm here from sunrise, waving Fully Dunce flags and T-shirts marked FULLY DUNCE.

Well, all the seats in the bleachers have been taken up, so too are the ones in the grandstand.
This is a place of real excitement. And ladies and gentlemen, it is the arrival of the five-time champion, as Education Minister Fayval rushes from the VIP area to greet Shaka Pow flanked by dancers Anna Kay, better known as Thickas, and Wassdemm.

It’s just under five minutes from race time and all eyes are glued on the two, Fully Dunce and Fully Bright. There is dead silence as they enter the blocks. The entire Heroes Circle is tense.

“On your mark! set! Go!” And Fully Dunce gets out of the blocks like lightning. He has taken quite s commanding lead with Fully Bright trailing behind. Early days yet but the goodly Doc must realize he is up against a younger Fully Dunce as the two approach the halfway mark.

The Doctor needs to change gears as concern is written all over the face of Minister Fayval Williams.

And now it seems like things have changed as Anna Thickas and Wassdemm come on the grounds. The Fully Bright fever seems to have taken over the Park as I am hearing Education is the key; listen to Sir; and the Fully Dunce crew is struggling to remove their T-shirts.

Oh my God! the Doc is now leading Fully Dunce with a mere 10 meters to go. Fully Dunce is desperately trying to hold on, but his feet begin to wobble. Only a miracle can save him as the Doc crosses the finishing line first.

The clock stops at 36 seconds flat; the number of schools Fully Bright visited in 2023. The cameras are rolling with the Education Minister sharing the lens as Shaka Pow received the Champion trophy.

“I wasn’t under much pressure. I am yet to see one Fully Dunce bag on the streets,” Shaka Pow declares.

The Fully Bright team which rolled out its package in 2023, visited a wide cross-section of high, primary, and prep. schools in Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine and Clarendon. The events involved Devotional Exercise, Career Day, Boy’s Day, Prizegiving and Graduation exercise.

This season Two, which began with Friendship Brook Primary, Bull Bay, St. Andrew, will continue with schools, including St. George’s College, Bog Walk High, Dinthill High, Linstead Primary, and St. Catherine Primary.

Come Saturday, February 17, 2024, all roads lead to deejay Shaka Pow’s birthday bash at D’Lux Restaurant and Lounge (formerly Gee Wee Car Park, Caledonia Ave, Kingston), and is hosted by Black-Er and Heather Cummings Williams.

(Photo contributed)