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Barrington Castillo Places Third!
In the September Celebrations Patriotic Song Competition, Winners Announced

September Celebrations 2009 is on its way as on August 15th, the House of Culture was buzzing with hundreds of attendees gathered for a night of fun and excitement at the Patriotic & Carnival Song Competition. Barrington Castillo of La Isla Bonita, San Pedro, captured third place with $1,000.00 and a trophy for his song “Shout Belize”.
In total, there were 17 submissions for the Patriotic Song and 11 submissions for the Carnival Song from which seven semi-finalists from each category were selected. The competition was open to Belizean nationals living at home and abroad. The Patriotic Songs had to be new original pieces with less than five minutes duration and included lyrics that would instill patriotism and a sense of national pride. The songs had to be focused on the history of St. George’s Caye and/or Belize’s Independence.
Bea Armstrong, Alexander Evans and Herchel Armstrong of Belize City, wowed the audience with “Belize – We are Free”, which garnered them 1st place in the Patriotic Song Competition. Their prize package included $3,000.00 and a trophy. Second place winner Nello Player (Kernel Parks), also of Belize City, was awarded with $2,000.00 plus a trophy for his song “Take Me Back to Belize” and Barrington Castillo of La Isla Bonita, San Pedro, captured third place with $1,000.00 and a trophy for his song “Shout Belize”.
Of course, what would September Celebrations be without Carnival Songs to set off the “bramming session.”

Biography

24 July 1934, Durant, Mississippi, USA,
d. 15 February 1987. This versatile singer first came to prominence in 1963
with the self-penned "How Can I Forget?" which was covered at the
same time by Ben E. King. Holiday later joined the Minit label where he made
several excellent recordings, ranging from the "Memphis"-influenced
R&B of "You Won't Get Away" to the urban soul of "I'm Gonna
Move To The City". His biggest hit on Minit was "Baby I Love
You" (1966), a bigger hit for Little Milton in 1970. Holiday also recorded
with former Raelette Clydie King, and later pursued a career as a songwriter on
his departure from the label. A partnership with Randy Myers and Jackie
DeShannon produced several excellent compositions, including the much-covered "Put
A Little Love In Your Heart", recorded successfully in 1989 by Al Green
and Annie Lennox. Holiday died of heart failure in 1987.

I was looking for older cover songs to record, one song "JUMPED" out at me and it wouldn't leave me alone...I couldn't figure it out, because I didn't really have a draw or attraction to Jackie DeShannon for any particular reason but her hit song kept coming back to me like it was attached to a bunggy chord or something. Recently I was studying some history from around where I grew up because of my families intense involvement with the black communities and the entertainment industry around that area and I found this book and then I found this man and his song,"Put A Little Love In Your Heart.!" "WHEW! it blew me away, that was the song that was haunting me and wouldn't leave me alone...weird huh? Maybe not until you check this photo and information. This is a person I probably met as a young boy but never really got to know. But he didn’t live to far away from where I grew up. And he’s one of those forgotten souls, who did something that very few people even know about.  Anyway here's some information.

Composer Jimmy E. Holiday (whose real name was Jame Brown) was known for “All I Ever Need Is Your Love,” and “Put A Little Love In Your Heart.”  He also collaborated in writing songs with Ray Charles and Eddie Reeves. Holiday