Heroe's Day • Mashujaa Day

October 22, 2016 a celebration of the Kenyan Mashujaa Day was to take place in Bremen. I met the celebrity DJ flying in from Dublin, Ireland with Bwana and Jimmy from Bremen at the Bremen Airport on the early evening to take a few pictures.

DJ SPAQZ

Bwana

Jimmy

Here is the flyer:

I arrived at the party quite late because of a prior engagement but when I entered, I saw that everyone was having a great time, enjoying DJ SPAQZ selection and dancing together. It was a wonderful, harmonious atmosphere. The proof, I think, is in the photos which you can find in the link below.

As announced previously, I will no longer be posting slide shows of my photos but will post a link to the respective album on my Facebook Photopage below where you can see the photos even if you are not on Facebook:

To view the Facebook Album please click here.

Thanks to everyone who posed for my photos for being a great sport! Feel free to tag yourself in them on my Facebook Photography Page.

Appreciate my work? "Like" my Photography page here! Want your photo removed or have a query? Contact me on my Facebook Page , by e-mail "chrissienicely at aol dot com" or leave a comment below this blog. Thanks and see you soon!

Cali P at Moments

I was overjoyed to meet the wonderful Cali P again at Club Moments on Saturday, October 22. He is on tour right now and his voice was going, or at least it sounded a little less vibrant when we were talking.

Nevertheless, he was in good spirits and agreed to take some pictures with everyone and also - once again - for my cause Help Jamaica. Thank you for this, Cali P! I proceeded to take pictures around the club and had a chat with people awaiting Cali P's show. As I had another event to go to, I did not stick around long after he started his show but I will refer you to a review on IrieItes when it's out.

More Text and photos to come!

As announced previously, I will no longer be posting slide shows of my photos but will post a link to the respective album on my Facebook Photopage below where you can see the photos even if you are not on Facebook:

To view the Facebook Album please click here.

Thanks to everyone who posed for my photos for being a great sport! Feel free to tag yourself in them on my Facebook Photography Page.

Appreciate my work? "Like" my Photography page here! Want your photo removed or have a query? Contact me on my Facebook Page , by e-mail "chrissienicely at aol dot com" or leave a comment below this blog. Thanks and see you soon!

Worldbeat Club Mondial ♪♫♪ October 2016

It's my birthday! October 1, 2016 - I'm invited to take pictures at "Club Mondial" hosted by World Beat Bremen e. V., sponsored by Funkaus Europa and held at Mensa Academia courtesy of the Bremen University of Arts - Music Branch.

Apparently, there were several other parties on this long weekend when we celebrate the German Re-Unification on October 3, which explained why the venue was not full to the brim but it gave everyone ample space to dance to their hearts' content which the guests absolutely did.

Please check out the line-up in the flyer above for further info. The DJs were all in fine form and rocked both dancefloors. As usual at this event I noticed quite a few happy couples and I thought I would feature them today. I'm single but I am happy to see them enjoying each other and dancing together - expecially when Latin music is being played.

As announced previously, I will no longer be posting slide shows of my photos but will post a link to the respective album on my Facebook Photopage below where you can see the photos even if you are not on Facebook:

To view the Facebook Album please click here.

Thanks to everyone who posed for my photos for being a great sport! Feel free to tag yourself in them on my Facebook Photography Page. Please also visit the Worldbeat Facebook page here.

Appreciate my work? "Like" my Photography page here! Want your photo removed or have a query? Contact me on my Facebook Page , by e-mail "chrissienicely at aol dot com" or leave a comment below this blog. Thanks and see you soon!

Worldbeat Club Mondial ♪♫♪ July 2016

In anticipation I made this GIF with photos from the last event.

July 2, 2016 - On this day the German football team entered the the quarter-finals of the European Championship in a game vs. Italy which was more riveting than any thriller I had ever seen. They had not won against Italy in 50 years in a larger tournament and played 1 : 1. They finally won 6 : 5 after 18 (!) penalties were shot. Right away I made my way into town to attend "Club Mondial" hosted by World Beat Bremen e. V., sponsored by Funkaus Europa and held at Mensa Academia courtesy of the Bremen University of Arts - Music Branch.

This was not an easy task as the town centre was blocked off for public viewing and the other route I then decided to take was also blocked by the masses celebrating the advancement of the German team into the semi-finals. I feel, I arrived at the right time as most other guests were also just arriving.

Flyer and Line-Up

As usual the DJs played a great music mix and had the crowd dancing on both floors. Here is a sample from the Club Floor:

As announced in my last blog, I will no longer be posting slide shows with my photos but will post a link to the respective album on my Facebook Photopage below where you can see the photos even if you are not on Facebook:

To view the Facebook Album please click here.

Thanks to everyone who posed for my photos for being a great sport! Feel free to tag yourself in them on my Facebook Photography Page. Please also visit the Worldbeat Facebook page here.

Appreciate my work? "Like" my Photography page here! Want your photo removed or have a query? Contact me on my Facebook Page , by e-mail "chrissienicely at aol dot com" or leave a comment below this blog. Thanks and see you soon!

Worldbeat Club Mondial ♪♫♪ May 2016

Since I had to miss the second party of the year, I was happy to attend "Club Mondial" on May 7, 2016 hosted by World Beat Bremen e. V. sponsored by Funkaus Europa and held at Mensa Academia courtesy of the Bremen University of Arts - Music Branch.

As usual the DJs (the line-up is listed in the flyer above) played a great music mix and had the crowd dancing on both floors. Here is a sample from the Deep House specialist Biljana:

To my dismay I have now learnt that Picasa will no longer be supported by Google since they took it over and, therefore, I will not be putting my photos in a slide show until Google have refined their "animation"-widget or I think of another solution. Anyhow, Flash and all Flash-wigdets will be abandoned soon - as far as I know.

So it's time to move on from there... For the moment and until the above mentioned situation is resolved, I will be providing a link to my photos on my Facebook Photo page below where you can see the photos even if you are not on Facebook:

To view the Facebook Album please click here.

Thanks to everyone who posed for my photos for being a great sport! Feel free to tag yourself in them on my Facebook Photography Page. Please also visit the Worldbeat Facebook page here.

Appreciate my work? "Like" my Photography page here! Want your photo removed or have a query? Contact me on my Facebook Page , by e-mail "chrissienicely at aol dot com" or leave a comment below this blog. Thanks and see you soon!

Worldbeat Club Mondial ♪♫♪ January 2016

"Club Mondial" hosted by World Beat Bremen e. V. sponsored by Funkaus Europa and held at Mensa Academia underneath the University of Arts - Music Branch is well on its way to becoming a staple in Bremen's nightlife and party-scene. The January edition was held on January 16, 2016.

We had had the first snow this winter so it was expected to be fairly empty because people prefer to stay at home on nights like this. However, to my surprise, quite a few guests had arrived by the time I got to the venue and more were steadily pouring in until around 2 a.m. Nevertheless, there was ample space to dance for those who attended this party for that purpose.

The music was great (please refer to the flyer above for the line-up) and the mixed crowd was pleasant. Because I am always curious, I found out that one young man from Uganda was out for the first time ever in Germany. I hope it was a great start for him. :-)

Here are the photos:

For all of you reading/viewing with iPhones or Androids please click the link below to see the photos!

https://picasaweb.google.com/102895067673602587741/WorldbeatClubMondialJanuary2016?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Thanks to everyone who posed for my photos! Feel free to tag yourself in them on my Facebook Photography Page. Please also visit the Worldbeat Facebook page here. Appreciate my work? "Like" the page! Want your photo removed or have a query? Contact me on my Facebook Page or leave a comment below this blog. Thanks and see you soon!

Happy New Year

And now let us welcome the new year full of things that have never been!

Rainer Maria Rilke