At just 20 years of age, Tyler Savery otherwise known as Ty, has numerous titles under her belt; model, runner-up for Ms.Belize 2010 and now fashion designer. However, this isn’t an attempt to capitalize on popularity; Tyler has real talent in fashion design and is the brain and hands behind her work. She is based in Dangriga and Belize City and can be reached on facebook and will be included in a few online stores soon. Stay tuned to www.bzhypemeter.com to learn more. Until then checkout a few of her designs.

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I met K-Illa, real name Dwight, by chance while talking to Reddz. After that encounter I had the opportunity several more times and he is a really cool person, very savvy musically and overflowing with confidence. I heard a couple of his songs and thought, yeah he is nice with it; but then he brought over his new joint ‘Swagger Man’ in the middle of the night and I realized after hearing it that he is not just nice with it…he understands how to be special.

The 25 year old artist has drive, lyrics, punch lines and a wealth of talent; all are heard in ‘Swagger Man’, a sure anthem for those “swaggerific” people. The hook is catchy, the concept is dope and the word play is fire. Belizeans….stand up

 

Download link for this song: soundcloud

The Sunny Season fashion show featuring the amazing Fancy Purple Paint  clothing line was held in Belmopan, Belize and I was in attendance. It was a bit of an adventure getting to Belmopan by 7 on a Friday evening but it was well worth it. Great designs, stunning Belizean models, a beautiful audience and a great atmosphere meant a great time.

 

Congragulations to Rebecca Stirm, the designer of ‘Fancy Purple Paint’, for pulling off a great show with stunning pieces. We will have more from Rebecca when she does an interview with BZHypeMeter.com in the near future.

For now, check out the rest of pics from the fashion show below. 

So I visited the Belize agricultural tradeshow 2011 last weekend. It was everything I expected after my 5 year hiatus. Live music, great spirits, lot of people and ofcourse, lots of heat 🙂

Fact, Belize is very diverse culturally but what really makes it unique is how small it is for its great diversity; so everyone basically sees and interacts with everyone…pretty cool by me.

Whose a cute puppy wuppy???

Jag Camp gave a great performance with Jacob Diggs, Deady and Jeanie tearing it down…but that most adorable little girl stole the show asking Jeanie “how long she has worked with Mr. Jag?”,everyone said a collective awwwww. More pictures of their performance in the set below.

Strong message.

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Manuel Cuellar of Kings Promotions, is one of Belize’s up and coming promoters and I recently got the opportunity to sit with him and discuss the promotion business in Belize. He is an events promoter that operates out of Belize City and promotes dances and entertainment events in the country of Belize.  He personally became involved in promoting dances at the clubs, about three years ago, when he along with Freddie Gabrouel, held a dance at Palm Island with SJCJC. After seeing the success of the event he decided to try the business for himself.  Throughout the years he has held multiple events, the most memorable being bringing in the Chinese Assassin and Black Chinney on various occasions. He also did “Stress Free Friday” at Club Next last year summer.

The business itself is a gamble and not all the time that one has a dance means that you will walk away the winner. Sometimes as much as $10,000 is invested in big events on some nights, based on the turnout he would make back that amount or more, but on other times it just might not pan out.

Either way, his strategy is to plan events on dates that he know is going to be successful based on past experience. For example “Stress Free Friday” is definitely going to be on this summer again, possibly at club next, so hold on to that money for the summer.

 Also Manuel says he’s thinking about doing a big event but due to the outcome of the “Shyne Album release fiasco” he is reconsidering because he does not want the same to happen and disappoint the Belizean public. So until then, he plans to continue doing promotions in the city, cayes and out district and work, work, work.

So for all those who are interested in when Kings Promotions is going to have another big event, maybe with Black Chinney, then just keep on the lookout and stay posted to Bzhypemeter.com.

By L. Young