World of WINNERS!!

Well as many of you guys know, I WON OHTV's (sky chl 199) presenter competition. I had made it to the the semi - finals and then I WON, I actually WON!!
Due to my not so fabulous smartphone (using the word 'smart' VERY loosely) crashing, pausing stalling and loading whilst the info came through, I found out on twitter by a fellow contestant congratulating my self and Marlon Barclay.

Who?

Yes Marlon Barclay my co-presenter, another contestant who gained the same amount of votes as me, so there it is!!

Marlon Barclay and Amica Anselm OHTV Summer Presenter Winners!

 A double wammy and a fabulous twist that both Marlon Barclay and my self were completely surprised and elated about. So there I was jumping up and down and wanting to run to the studio's and immediately jump on screen when reality brought me crashing back down to North West London. I had to be at the Grosvenor hotel within the next hour! So thrusting my articulate frock on I headed down to Park lane where I was assisting media magnate Jodie Dalmeda at the Caribean expo.

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(Left to Right) Amica Anselm and Jodie Dalmeda (Media consultant and artist management)

On the 9th of August I arrived at the Grosvenor where there were plenty of beautifully dressed Afro-Caribbean people ready to enjoy the melodies and the final jubilation of this culturally inspired event. Bolt and co were about to run the 200 metres that night, and Jamaica's fifty years independence celebrations were just behind us which had every one raring to go, it was evident that this event could not have come at a better time.

Usain Bolt - Gold Medalist

With Trevor Nelson MBE and Sarah Jane Crawford (BBC 1Xtra DJ and Television presenter) hosting the 'Caribbean Soul Fusion,' showcasing a cocktail of Caribbean artist's, the audience was fully entertained with the dynamics between the two inimitable presenters to say the least.

Pamela Coke Hamilton Executive Director Caribbean Export Develeopment Agency, Trevor Nelson MBE and Sarah Jane Crawford

Songs were covered from numerous genre's such as Jazz, Afro latin, reggae, soca and zouk to conclude the weeks long Caribbean expo London engage. The crowd was more than entertained with a night filled with homeland melodies, media personalities who intermingled and celebrated in great jubilation.
As if this was not enough a huge screen was displayed in the foyer as well as several other rooms, displaying the 100m race where Usain Bolt won the Gold medal. The entire party ignited with pride, hugs, dancing and sheer excitement uniting the guests even further.

Taking the audience back to the journey of the music inspired from the depths of the Caribbean, we were all back on the dance floor celebrating and supporting the likes of Usain Bolts favourite winner of the Digicel Rising Stars (the Jamaican version of American Idol) 'Chris Martin' and ‘Arturo Tappin’. The smoothest, horn man the Caribbean could offer the UK.

Christopher Martin

With their being too many acts to mention, take a look at some of the award winning, creative composers and chart toppers from the Caribbean who hails not only the West Indies and Haiti, but are also favourites at Jazz and Creole festivals all over the Caribbean.

Ximora Fortuna

Michele Henderson, Claudia Edwards, Mr Dale, B´elO, Arturo Tappin

Michelle Fortuna

Belo

The crowd was entertained by the creative artists till 11pm by Dominican Republican songstress Ximora Fotuna, who combines Latin, Brazilian and afro funk to her music melodies as well as Belo and award winning Haitian who fuses his beats and lyrics with rock, reggae and Afro-Haitian traditional rhythms
known as ‘Ragganga’.

Mystic from Guyana, 

The Caribbean had stamped its mark on this UK's summer and although we got off to a bad start with pure rain and little sunshine, the sunny rays did not leave us as Jamaica dominated the Olympics with the likes of all the other African-American athletes who did our race and their individual countries VERY proud. All in all The Caribbean expo was a positive event exhibiting the positive qualities the black race is providing  regardless of the stereotypes available today. Amongst all the proud and dynamic faces amongst the crowd was Doreen Lawrence who took part in the jubilations at The Caribbean Expo. With Lawrence being a strong iconic figure in the media as well as a respectable black person breaking barriers in a dignified manner and opening doors for the new generation, rounded up this event for me as a positive movement that should continue year after year.

Doreen Lawrence

Words: Amica Anselm

Images credit: credit Paul Hampartsoumian 

POTENTIAL PRESENTER

The line  "SHORTY GOT POTENTIAL, I CAN BE HER SPONSOR...."


Well that seems to of been the theme of my previous week...

Deciding to explore all my options in media I decided to cash in my dreams account of being a TV presenter and enter OHTV's Jamaican Summer presenter competition.


SO...


I recorded a 60 seconds reel, courtesy of R U Media onto Youtube and tagged OHTV via Facebook and Twitter discretely. After about a week or two of mad voting by friends and family I became one of OHTV's finalist and went down to the studio to compete on film with all the other finalist's at the same time. (More info on that coming real soon)

Being quite content with the prospects of going to the Studios with the chance to be OHTV's new TV presenter, and being broadcasted on a daily basis in Jamaica where my loved ones can kick back and watch little old me, I was HAPPY to say the least.

Where it all began: 60secs show reel

Then I got a call from Sophia Jackson, editor and founder of Afridiziak Theatre News, explaining that my reel had been sent over to the executive producer Andrew Osayemi founder of Meet The Adebanjo's , and he wanted me to host The Worlds Premiere of Venus VS Mars and a CUP of T'! 

The same evening of the day that I was going to audition at OHTV was when it was all going to take place, so I jumped at the chance of getting my self out there, and typical journalist style wrote down every teeny bit of information possible as time was of the essence and it was not on my side!

After spending the entire afternoon at OHTV, I made my way to Leicester Square's very own Prince Charles Cinema and prepared to host the screening and live Q&A of Venus VS Mars and A cup of T!

Tonight's host Miss Amica Anselm

NOT TO SELF: Seperate the writer from the presenter and throw that clipboard AWAY!

DON'T JEALOUS ME!

Like most who put in the hard graft - we like to finish it off with a bag of laughs!! In this case we shook off the remains of hard work and tiresome preparation at the after party at Metra with a couple of boggles to the Bashment and Azonto free styling to the Afrobeats!!

Baby Isako -playwright and director

Girls getting their drink on!

From left to right: Andrew, Amica, and Remel London

Million Dollar SHOT!

Thank you all for reading this and supporting my movement into the presenting world. This is only the beginning and i'm in it for the long haul. So keep following, tweeting, Facebooking and of course supporting as there's a lot more to come, with my potential to articulate myself, be brave and put myself out there I bagged two fantastic opportunity's. STAY TUNED and keep me SPONSORED...

Here's a taster of the night captured by R U Media

                  THANK YOU! XX