Hear mi nuh! Sunday gone, I had a most enjoyable time as the main performer at an event called 'Brunch & Laughs', held at the very pleasant Maple Banquet Hall in Mississauga, Ontario. The evening of jamming and 'nyamming' gave me the opportunity to share stage with some amazing young people with the kind of talent that's sure to take them places.

Organised by a company named WSB Enterprise - run by Jamaica-born chef and event promoter Wayne Bowen, and hosted by Jamaican-Canadian radio personality Danae Peart from CHRY 105.5fm, 'Brunch & Laughs' featured entertainment by a young singer named Jesse Ellis and a brand new performing arts group called 'I Atunbi'. And mek I tell you something peeps, di youth dem tek di show. The performances sell off!

Jesse's my son, so I won't say much about him except that my father's also a singer, so Jesse's vocal virtuosity is probably proof that genetic disposition to certain kinds of talent can actually skip a generation. If you ever hear me sing, you'll understand why I say that! Yeah man, because Jesse done di place when him buss Alexandra Burke's version of Leonard Cohen 'Hallelujah'.

And 'I Atunbi' was awesome. The members of the group are Christa-Gayle Muir, Theresa Baker, Clive Bennett and Marlon Smith, all of whom now reside in Canada but met several years ago as participants in the Area Youth Foundation project. They presented a mature display of singing, dancing and acting talent, and shared a marvellous mix of pieces exploring traditional Jamaican folk culture and dancehall influences. It was actually their first public performance; but the group received such a rousing response from the appreciative audience that it's clear to me that I was present at the birth of something awesome. Look and listen out fi dem, yu hear!