DJ contest rolls out on Saturday…

There will be a whole lot of spinning, mixing, and moving going on this Saturday night at the House of Culture as nine disc jockeys from across the country compete in the first DJ competition sponsored by Heineken beer and their agents in Belize, Karl H. Menzies Limited. According to Managing Director Kay Menzies, the DJ’s will be competing for the chance to participate in a regional contest scheduled to take place in St. Lucia in October. Menzies not only spoke about their decision to sponsor such an event, but what the competitors hope to capture at the end of the evening, which includes an all expense paid trip to St. Lucia, a trophy, and one thousand dollars cash.

Kay Menzies, Managing Dir., Karl H. Menzies
“Because as we got more involved in music and into sponsorships and such, we realised that there are a great number of DJs in Belize. There?s the high school guy that?s in his room practicing with music and mixing music on his computer, all the way up to the professional nightclub and DJs that are mixing music for public audiences, and everybody takes it very seriously.”

Jacqueline Woods
?Nine DJs will actually be competing and you said they all want the big prize; and that is to go to St. Lucia. What will take place there??

Kay Menzies
?Okay, in St. Lucia it?s a Caribbean-wide DJ contest. It?s eighteen countries competing to see who has the best DJ. And so our idea with this was obviously to find the best DJ in Belize and send him to represent Belize. So over there it?s going to be classic DJ behaviour, lots of scratching and turntable action, so that?s where we?re looking to send our very best artists.?

The DJ Competition will be based on music selection, crossover mixing, technique, crowd response, on mic response, and the ability to complete the set in ten minutes. The excitement gets underway at the House of Culture this Saturday from seven in the evening. Entrance fee is fifteen dollars.