Brooklyn, New York – Legendary Jamaican reggae artiste John Holt will be on hand this Saturday to greet fans and well-wishers at the Laparkan Shipping Church Avenue office in Brooklyn. Holt will be in New York for the Linkage Caribbean Music Awards to be held Saturday evening in the auditorium of the Mount Vernon High School. He is the feature performer at this year’s Awards Show.
Laparkan is among the sponsors of the Caribbean Music Awards which will feature appearances by, and presentation of awards to Holt, Bunny Wailer, Lady Saw and Cocoa Tea, among others.
The special promotional Laparkan event on Saturday will begin at 11 a.m. and end at 1.00 p.m. at its office located at 3407 Church Avenue in Brooklyn. Fans of this top performer of the slower, more romantic genre of reggae music will have an opportunity to meet and interact with John Holt and to learn more about this Caribbean legend who for decades has wooed audiences around the world. Among Holt’s feats is his writing of the internationally popular hit ‘The Tide is High’ sung by Blondie and his live concert in London backed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
This event coincides with a special offer from Laparkan for persons shipping barrels or boxes to Jamaica from now until April 30th who will get a free shipment of an economy box. “The offer of a free shipment of an economy box to persons who ship their barrels with us is intended to help Jamaicans stretch their tax refund dollars in support of their families back home. Quite often all the goodies they buy for relatives don’t fit in the barrels and so we are offering the free shipment of the economy box to handle their spillover items,” said Laparkan’s Associate Vice President, Gavin Khan.
“Jamaican and other fans of John Holt and of reggae music are invited to drop by the Laparkan office to have the opportunity to meet John Holt and to get his autograph. This will be an experience of a lifetime as John Holt is one of the foremost Jamaican artistes to help place reggae music in its rightful place among global music beats, especially on the lovers’ rock scene,” said Dawn Plummer, a Business Development Manager at Laparkan who hails from Jamaica.
