Community Condolence to “Dada”
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To the woman that built the Portsmouth community, fed the Portsmouth community, Rebirthed the Portsmouth community and to date the ramifications of her hard work is still seen and felt in our traditional colours. Onbehalf of the Portsmouth Community, we at InsidePossie say do Rest in Peace “Dada” and we will continue to applaud your hard work for generations to come. To the family and friends of “Dada”, we symphathize with you.
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Cassie K.
May your soul rest in peace Dada. I will surely miss you and all the jokes we use to share back in the day. Feel like eating one of them tasty tamarinds all now. Anyways Roselyn, Miss Awlet, Clement and all the rest of the family you are in my thoughts and prayers. Will surely keep in touch.
caren
cultural icon for real…..leaving portsmouth night after night to teach the other villages our traditional dances….being the first group to recieve the golden drum awards…..representing dominica in almost all the caribbean islands…..being the only group chosen to showcase our traditional dances on all cruise ship boats that came on our port…..recieving so may trophies that we were told that we need to agree to share a few prises because more groups need to go to cultural gala…being the first person to record both pieces of the belle on redio….songs like “how many grain of rice to make a pound” and “tabu ey mweh odilala lavi nous vley”….boy this woman was somethinng else…..i am proud of all of her achievements….Yes Dado
grand-daughter
yea i really enjoyed those times..doin the cd, bein on the cruise ships, hotels….she was the “MADAME WOB” of possie a few yrs back as well..dada enjoyed teachin folks how to do dances like: belle,mazouk,heel n toe, walts,quadrille…. …but her favourite self was a nice piece of belle…especially when daddy beat dat drum,,,d lady did not want to stop dancin….in her times every year we at cultural gala..i am happy i could also learn the patois from her…all her grandchildren who were part of her vibrant days learnt a bit of the creole language…
caren
oh Dada….this is so hard….just the reality of not having you around again…..i am already missing you so bad….just writing this post brings tears to my eyes again…….saying how loving and caring you were just don’t cut it…….don’t know what i will do when next week comes…..i am already feeling weak just thinking of it……please give me the strength i know you had to accept this and move on…i know you would say cawo ”pweh cheh” and rub my back….i can almost feel you doing it….hmmm….why oh why
grand-daughter
caren…no…don’t say it like dat….das excatly how she would say it eh…bondie bon…pwe cheh…
grand-daughter
i thank god…she left so many of us behind..we are not alone..she tought us how to be kind to ppl, share but also to defend ourselves…dada would treat any friend we would take home as her own child…the cultural dances was wat she lived for…her favourite was belle piche..she tought us all…not just her children and grandchildren…alot alot of ppl in and outside possie…nobody could do the belle like her..may ur soul rest in perfect peace DA.
marcus charles
A cultural icon, a mother to an entire community.she is gone but never will be forgotten by all who knew her. my condolences goes out to her entire family and the Portsmouth community by large.
cautious
will miss u dada may ur soul rest in peace u were a great person and now that u have gone to ur father ur memory will surely live on
streetwise
may her soul rest in peace
pax
may she rest in peace. i will remember her for her contribution in Portsmouth to our culture especially the traditional dances.
smile-d
what a loving lady.. i will miss her smile