RE: Mausica Classics

2011-Jun-16

Hello Erroll,

Please share with the Mausica family.

As usual,

Rodney Foster

Subject: Mausica Classics Revised Version

Hello Erroll,

Here is the final version.

Rodney

"My  Fellow Mausicans , 

Aye hear nah man, yuh have any classics tuh share wit the readership?

Here are a few that come tuh mind:

Big debating contest. GTC vs Mausica in HMJ HALL. Wilton John, Deodath Ojah Maharaj and Michael Ransome representing Mausica.  Ah forget de exact topic.

Hear Ransome, “You all know that Trinidad is an island surrounded by water.”

From de audience, Darnley Gittens shout out, “We know dat. Tell we something dat we doh know.” Mas in de place. Mankind laughing too bad.

Next rounds is Chessawatee Ojah. Yes man, he was ah Chess addict. He start tuh give some vital statistics. { Felix and Finbar dat word on de Spelling test}Hear how dis teacher boy read out 189,057. In perfect diction, he say, “ One hundred and eighty-nine thousand, no thousand and fifty-seven.

GTC beat we rarse.

Another time during assembly, Harry Joe calling out names  tuh go on teaching practice. . I hoping tuh go to Arima New Government. Meh pardnahs, Loy-D Brown and Earl John was teachin dey. We use tuh go across by Loy-D an eat we plastic container ah food  and take ah drink. Dat was fun. 

Back tuh de Joe. He calling out names in groups of three. Wen he come tuh de end of de Bs, wit ah straight face he announce, “Bonas, Bullen , Burnett.”

Somebody shout out, “Really?” Another one say, “Ah did tell yuh so.” It was mas in de place. 

In 1967, de folk song choir went on ah camp tuh Dominica.  De first day we went on de rocky beach in Goodwill, we pick up ah funky smell and had tuh run back tuh Goodwill High School. It was ah mess. Wen we tell Fitzy about de experience, he call we “Stool Pigeons.” Yes man, Mr. Williams could real talk de same ting dat had de beach smelling so.

By de way, I believe we picked up “La Porrinden” in Dominica.

As usual,

Rodney Foster, Dolphus"