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Editor’s Note

Stacey BethelYour Editor-in-ChiefEditor@TripleTheFocus.com

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In celebrating Mother’s day we have chosen three amazing Moms to honor. First we have new Mom Kamila McDonald-Alcock, our cover feature. Juggling her roles as wife, business woman and now Mom is nothing short of amazing. It is the story of all Moms around the world. .DPLOD� WRRN� WLPH� RXW� RI� ÀOPLQJ� DQG� SURGXFLQJ� KHU� ZHHNO\� VHULHV�´+RPH�6ZHHW�+RPH�µ hosting Wray and Nephew’ ´7KH�&RQWHQGHUµ�DQG�WHDFKLQJ�ÀWQHVV�DQG�1XWULWLRQ�FODVVHV�DW�KHU�YHU\�RZQ�-DP5RFN�)LWQHVV�IRU�RXU�FRYHU�VKRRW�DQG�LQWHUYLHZ���To say we are grateful that she found the time to accommodate us is an understatement. But that is what all amazing Moms do, juggle and prioritize.

Our second amazing Mom is Commissioner of Tourism for the United States Virgin Islands and President elect of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, Beverly Nicholson-Doty. Between travel, meetings and making the Caribbean Islands a better travel mecca, she spoke candidly about what she would like to achieve during her tenure, whether or not she views herself as a role model and what the future holds. She is the very ex-ample of a woman who can have a family and a budding career.

And lastly we have Ms. Pat McKay. Pat plays a very important role in reggae music. As the Program Direc-tor of Reggae and Gospel at Sirius XM Radio, she decides which songs will be heard by the satellite radio’s millions of listeners. Those artists looking to have their music heard worldwide recognize very early on that Pat is someone they need to know. A beacon for and a huge supporter of reggae music longer than even she can remember, she is steadfast in her goal of pushing Reggae to the forefront, introducing new artists to an audience that extends beyond the Caribbean. Her job is not easy and demands a great deal of her time. But she tackles everyday without missing a step, all while raising her two boys who are her top priority.

It was important for us to feature all three of these amazing Moms who are doing great things. Why? To re-iterate that it is possible for you to have a career and a family. Having it all is not impossible. And just think about the continuous love and support you’ll get from those who call you MOM!

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In my travels and work as a journalist, I have had the pleasure of meeting some truly inspirational women - women that make a difference and serve as role mod-els. I again had the pleasure of such a meeting with the Commissioner of Tourism for the United States Virgin Islands, Mrs. Beverly Nicholson-Doty.

Since 2007, Mrs. Nicholson-Doty has done a remark-able job of overseeing the Department of Tourism’s advertising and marketing strategies, its national and international tourism-related efforts and product de-velopment. Don’t know what any of that means? Just travel to the USVI: St. John, St. Thomas and St. Croix and you will see the unending examples of the great work that she and her team has done.

In 2012 she was elected Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Council of Ministers and Commissions during the 2012 CTO State of the Industry Conference in St. Kitts. This position is yet another tes-tament to her hard work and dedication to the Carib-bean diaspora. Hard work that we are happy has not gone unrecognized.

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In doing this interview, Kamila was without a Nan-ny and husband Jah Cure was away. She had to juggle a very stringent schedule with no help. A little pass our deadline to get answers back to us, my phone rings and its Kamila on the other end. “Stacey I am so sorry I have missed the dead-line. I am calling to let you know it has been very hectic and I am requesting an extension. I want you to know I am respectful of your deadline and I understand the process in getting things done in a timely fashion. When is the absolute latest I can get this to you?” 7R�VD\�,�ZDV�ÁRRUHG�LV�DQ�XQGHUVWDWHPHQW���:K\"��2QH��EHFDXVH�VKH�GLG�QRW� VHQG�DQ�HPDLO�²� VKH�picked up the phone, two, she didn’t have a member of her team make the call and lastly, she didn’t simply ignore the deadline and not of-fer an explanation. That’s just who Kamila is. I didn’t need to know her for years to see that she is professional in every sense of the word. In the short time that I have corresponded with her, I found her to be approachable, respectful, car-ing, intelligent, virtuous, laid back without being a push over and dear we say it, beautiful on the inside and out.

Kailani is lucky to have her as a Mom and Jah Cure scored big time when he made her his wife. To know Kamila McDonald-Alcock is to know goodness. And we are happy to afford you the opportunity of getting to know one of the sweet-est likkle girl chile in the world.

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The Clarisonic PLUS Sonic Skin Cleans-ing System features patented sonic frequency of more than 300 move-ments per second to clean away 6 times more makeup and 2 times more dirt that washing with hands alone. The Clarisonic will boost any skincare regimen, reduce the size of pores and help skincare products work their best. <RXU�PRP�ZLOO�GHÀQLWHO\�WKDQN�\RX�RYHU�and over again once she notices the change in her skin. �KWWS���ZZZ�FODULVRQLF�FRP�����

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Narciso Rodriguez L’Eau For Her

This fragrance is light and sensual. If your mom shies away from more ma-ture, heavy fragrances, this Eau de Tolliette is perfect for her. Top and middle notes include; cyclamen, jas-mine, sparkling pink peony, rose, am-ber and lily of the valley. Musk and chypre accords of patchouli anchor this fragrance adding just the right about of maturity. KWWS���ZZZ�VDNVÀIWKDYHQXH�FRP� ����²����

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Beginning in Spring and continuing through to the end of Summer, there is every reason, excuse and cause for FRORU���$QG�MXVWLÀDEO\�VR���With so many vibrant colors that surround us in nature and are mim-icked by everyone, it is easy to draw inspiration from anywhere.

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WIDE-LEG KNIT TROUSERS: There are no distractions of a top as we highlight the silhouette of these trousers. Elegant, but quite comfort-able as well.

WRAP DRESS: A great basic for every wardrobe is a wrap dress. The drennaLUNA basics collection features several pieces.

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LONG LAP-FRONT DRESS: Because no matter the season we have to dress up at some time.

Pat McKay grew up in New York City’s East Harlem neighborhood during the Black Arts and Civil Rights Movements; one of her earliest childhood memories is of Malcolm X putting her tiny face in his hands. She attended school in Kingston during a time when Ja-maica was in the midst of a cultural renaissance, and ZLWQHVVHG�ÀUVW�KDQG�WKH�SRZHU�RI�WKH�LVODQG·V�QHZ�OR-cal sound and the classism and prejudice faced by its poor ‘downtown’ pioneers. It comes as no surprise that Pat McKay has spent most of her life pumping Ja-maican music onto American mainstream airwaves and shattering the industry’s glass ceiling and social and cultural limitations to become perhaps one of the most powerful people in Reggae.

While studying journalism and political science at 2EHUOLQ�&ROOHJH�²�ZKLFK�LQFLGHQWDOO\�LV�WKH�ÀUVW�LQVWLWX-tion of higher learning to regularly admit female and EODFN� VWXGHQWV� ²� 3DW� EHFDPH� SRSXODU� LQ� WKH� ¶WKLUG�world’ dorm because of her extensive collection of

Reggae and Latin music records. Her dorm-mates forced her to get her own show on the college’s radio station. On weekends she would travel more than 400 miles from Ohio to New York to work with legendary Jamaican broadcaster Ken Williams, hosting his live Reggae shows at Club Carib NY.

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A decade later, Pat had been on the air at WBLS 107.5FM and 98.7 KISS FM, two of New York’s then leading urban music stations. While at WBLS, she was up for a position as a program director at sister sta-tion WLIB. According to her, she didn’t get the job be-cause she was a woman.

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“He said, ‘I’d make you a PD, but the guys up here can’t handle it.’ He ended up hiring a guy who was EDGO\� LQMXUHG� ULJKW�EHIRUH� VWDUWLQJ�KLV� ÀUVW�GD\�� 7KH\�FDPH�EDFN� WR�PH�DQG�DVNHG�PH� WR� ÀOO� LQ�� 7KLV� SXW�me in strong negotiating position, which I totally ex-ploited, because there was no recourse in the radio world for women. You get blacklisted and …,” she trails off while making a hand gesture to suggest that they would ‘wash their hands of you.’

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Today, as a program director Pat controls the Reg-gae and Gospel music broadcast to nearly 25 million SiriusXM Radio subscribers.

“I control every single song that plays on the Reg-gae and Gospel stations, 24 hours a day. I review and schedule all of the music for the on-air personalities. I program it into their shows.”

Her criteria for choosing what goes on the air is multi-OD\HUHG�� EXW� VXUSULVLQJO\� VLPSOH�� WKH� W\SH�WHPSR� RI�WKH�VRQJ�DQG�KRZ�ZHOO�LW�ÀWV�LQWR�WKH�FXUUHQW�IRUPDW��audience response and demand; and relationships with people who have delivered good content in the past.

“There are always exceptions. If you are the child of a legend that moves immediately to the top of the re-view pile. Doesn’t mean I’ll play it, because you can be wack too. It just means I will review it.”

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For many Caribbean people, particularly Jamaicans, and for many women, Pat McKay is an original. One RI� WKH�ÀUVW� -DPDLFDQ� UDGLR�GLVF� MRFNV� WR�EUHDN�5HJ-gae music into American mainstream radio, and one RI�WKH�ÀUVW�DQG�IHZ�-DPDLFDQ�$PHULFDQ�IHPDOH�UDGLR�programmers.

“What a privilege. People let you into their world, whether their car, their home, their time alone, you’re with them. It’s always cool.”

If you Google DJ Casper chances are Willie Perry Jr., American Songwriter and DJ, also known as Casper because he almost always wears white clothing on stage, will pop up. However, that’s not the DJ &DVSHU�WKDW�ZH�DUH�IHDWXULQJ���7KH�́ RWKHUµ�'-�&DVSHU�gracing our pages this month is from Ponce, Puerto Rico and his real name is Omar Orozco.

Just as recognizable as Mr. Perry, DJ Casper has en-joyed over 10 years of success as he has collabo-rated with various platinum artists such as 'RQ�2PDU��3LWEXOO��$NRQ��.DW�'HOXQD��$OH[LV�<�)LGR��7LWR�(O�%DPEL-QR��+HFWRU�(O�)DWKHU��:LVLQ�<�<DQGHO�DQG�/XQ\�7XQHV��just to name a few.

7KH�RQO\�ER\�RI�ÀYH�FKLOGUHQ��'-�&DVSHU�ZDV�LQWURGXFHG�WR�PXVLF�by his father, who was a well-known DJ. That introduction would ODWHU�OHDG�WR�D�SDVVLRQ�DQG�D�FDUHHU�FKRLFH���+H�LV�WKH�RIÀFLDO�'-�IRU�'RQ�2PDU��SHUIRUPHU�RI� WKH�ZRUOGZLGH�KLW� ´'DQ]D�.XGXUR�µ�which has 440.5 million YouTube views and climbing, ambassador IRU�WKH�ÀWQHVV�FUD]H�²�=XPED��PDQDJHU�IRU�2UIDQDWR�0XVLF�*URXS�DQG�LV�D�SDUW�RI�WKH�FDVW�RI�2UIDQDWR�´2Q�7KH�5RDGµ�5HDOLW\�6KRZ���DJ Casper has played on international stages and club circuits in Europe, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Japan, Spain, Panama and Brazil. His resume is easily a wish list for those who have aspira-tions of being a DJ.

The intensity of DJ Casper’s work has landed him gigs such as NBA $OO�6WDU�'-�LQ�3KLODGHOSKLD��WKH�\HDUO\�2IÀFLDO�'-�IRU�WKH�1HZ�<RUN�City Puerto Rican Parade since 2005, the star-studded Latin Gram-mys Pre-Party in New York City and the exclusive DJ for the Play-boy Mansion events. Additionally he has appeared alongside $OH[�<�)LGR�RQ�079���+H�KDV�DOVR�DSSHDUHG�RQ�5DGLR�&OXE�=RQH�FM, 103.5 KTU and Latin 96.3.

Though successful in his own right, he continues to hone his craft and keep his millions of fans dancing. Through it all, he has re-mained humble and promises more fan interaction for 2013 and we look forward to tracking his progress.

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I am American. Yep, born and raised in Chicago too no less not New York where 90% of the Caribbean population resides here in the states (not a factual census, just a GUESStimate). I have worked within the Caribbean music culture for more than 10 years, but because of my ‘Americanism,’ I am constantly quizzed on ‘how I know the music,’ as if I have to validate my existence. Usually, my snappy comeback is “How do you know Michael Jackson?” which generally shuts down the interrogation.

Because of the worldwide recognition of %RE�0DUOH\��5HJJDH�LV�D�OLWWOH�PRUH�OHQLHQW�²�MXVW�D�OLWWOH���%XW�IRU�6RFD��ZKLFK�LV�VWLOO�ÀJKWLQJ�for global recognition and to not be seen as just a background to Carnival, it seems unfathomable that someone outside of the culture would love the music. I often get frustrated with having to constantly prove

myself, but I do understand. So I shall once and for all, tell the story of how I became a soca junkie.

Once upon a time long ago, when I was a broadcasting student, one of my gigs in Chicago radio was on the program “Reggae � :RUOG� 0XVLFµ� KRVWHG� E\� P\� PHQWRU�Randolph Coleman. During the Reggae segments I was all in: documenting songs, learning how to play riddims, studying the classics, the whole bit. Every show was like a music lesson and I was hooked. Ahhh, the good times. But when it came time for WKH�&DO\SVR�6RFD�VHJPHQWV��,�ZRXOG�DOZD\V�take my break - as in completely leave the studio only to return when we were back to Reggae. Die hard Reggae fans would call the station and complain about the other segments, but my mentor never wavered. He would simply remind me of the limited

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outlets for Caribbean music and that we had a responsibility to play to the entire region, not just for Reggae fans. Ok, yeah, I can dig that. But I’m still going on break.

One day, Randolph pulled my coattail and told me that if I was serious about pursuing a career in Caribbean music, I had to know it all, not just Reggae. So I tried to get into Soca. The beat was nice, but I couldn’t really catch the vibe, and soon I was back to taking my breaks. After a time, Randolph pulled my coattail again. “You NEED to learn this. You DUH�D�ZRPDQ�LQ�D�PDOH�GRPLQDWHG�ÀHOG�DQG�an American in a Caribbean dominated one. If you are going to survive in this, you’ve got to stock your arsenal.” That time it stuck and ,� GHFLGHG� WR� JR� ÀQG� WKH� KHDUW� RI� 6RFD«RU�at least as close as I could get. And where ZRXOG�RQH�ÀQG�VXFK�D�PRYHPHQW�LQ�WKH�86"��Why, Brooklyn of course!

So I headed to New York for the summer and from Memorial Day until Labor Day, I submerged myself in the Soca scene. I went to every basement party, major concert and everything in between. I limed with the young DV�ZHOO�DV�WKH�PDWXUH���)URP���²����LI�WKH\�ZHUH�about Calypso and Soca, I was about being in their space. I had every Caribbean format station from Brooklyn to the Bronx preset on my radio. I hung out by every pan yard in the city and found myself in anybody’s party as long as Soca music was playing. By the time Labor Day Carnival rolled around, I was Red, Black and White, Trini to d’ bone! And was shocked at how easily I absorbed it. It was so natural, as if it was already in me. Once I was in the element, I understood it. It was familiar to me. It was home. Which brings me to the point - now watch how I bring it on home.

Being from Chicago, I love House music. Real House music, Chicago bred. Not this electronic techno European stuff that has replaced it. Not that there’s anything wrong with it. But I’m talking about true original house music rooted in Soul and Funk where you go to a party and dance nonstop for hours because you’re so hypnotized by the bass of the music. You don’t think about water, your feet, or even the person you’re dancing with. It’s all irrelevant. The only thing that matters is that rhythm pumping through your veins. It’s OLNH�WKH�EHVW�PXVLF�KLJK�HYHU«ZHOO�LW�ZDV��XQWLO�I met Soca.

House and Soca are in the same realm. They both fall into the same range of beats per minute, they are both melodic with catchy hooks and a strong bass line, and whenever either is played you can always see the dancing tun up a notch. But what really makes Soca hit home for me is the energy and the pure love for the music by its fans.

There’s a joy and a personal freedom in it. House and Soca share that same euphoric feeling. The rhythm pulls you in, that energy ÀOOV� \RX� XS�� DQG� \RX� IUHH� XS� \RXUVHOI� DQG�dance like nobody’s watching - and even if they are, so what? It’s that same vibe that keeps you dancing until you leave the place squinting at daylight, and calls you back to do it all over again when night falls. Once you get caught in that zone, you’re hooked for life. So yeah, from the time I crawled out RI�P\�ÀUVW�6RFD�IHWH��,�UHFRJQL]HG�WKDW�IHHOLQJ�because I felt it many times before.

I laugh about it now because it’s the epitome of leaving home to appreciate home. That Househead, sweatbox, Soca Fete energy is me. In the radio studio, I couldn’t feel it. But once I was in that element were the energy ÁRZHG�IUHHO\��,�UHFRJQL]HG�LW�LPPHGLDWHO\�DQG�knew I was home. So to answer the question, ´+RZ�GLG�,�EHFRPH�D�6RFD�-XQNLH"µ��(DV\�� ,�was born that way. I just didn’t always know it.

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May is probably one of my favorite months for two reasons, one, I get the opportunity to celebrate all the amazing Mothers that I am surrounded by and two, it is my birth month.

Like everyone, I am grateful to have in my life a Mom that is very nurturing and supportive. For as long as I can remember my Mom has always been my biggest supporter, giving me words of encouragement and EHLQJ�WKH�YRLFH�RI�UHDVRQ�LQ�GLIÀFXOW�WLPHV���,�WKDQN�*RG�for her. I also thank God for granting me another year on this earth. We all know that tomorrow is not promised so it is a privilege to be able to celebrate another year with my family and friends.

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women share the secrets and passions we know will be inspiring.

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On a not so serious note, we have gift ideas for Mom in our %HDXW\�feature, 7UDYHO�tips and this months special feature on the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Carnival are all part of this month’s contents. As always our desire to keep you connected with the industry through our artist spotlight, DJ Feature DORQJ�ZLWK�XQLTXH�IXQQ\�VWRULHV�VXFK�DV�DUWLFOH�HQWLWOHG�´62&$�-81.,(µ�E\�-R�:KHHOHU���7KLV�LV�RXU�ZD\�of providing you with a purview of Caribbean Lifestyle and culture.

I cannot close out without thanking you for continuing to support us - your words of encouragement keep us going. We are looking forward to your continued support and feedback. Please share your thoughts via email: creativedirector@triplethefocus.com 8QWLO�QH[W�PRQWK�´7�)RFXV�DQG�WKLQN�&UHDWLYH�µ��

Victor E. LewisYour Creative Director

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