The Bobby Chin Birthday Bash, which has been in the news because of the controversy over objectionable lyrics, will go ahead unchallenged.
That's because as we showed you last night, Jamaican Artist, Robert Lee, better known as "Bobby Chin" or "Black Chiny", responded to UNIBAM's criticism that they might incite violence at their concert. Bobby Chin told us that he did not need UNIBAM to pressure him into a doing a clean show, because that is the standing orders at any event he hosts or performs, and that it has been a long-standing practice of his.
Well, UNIBAM says that the they've gotten the verbal undertaking they wanted from him, and so, they are not going to the Supreme Court to get any emergency injunction to block the concert from happening.
In a statement released today, the organization said, Quote, "UNIBAM thanks Mr. Lee and notes with care, that as the main promoter, he has publicly stated, quote, 'My rule from day one, I told every Sound man this, if you come to my birthday party and you play a bad word, or you play anything against any group, you are not going to get paid. That's just my rule...'" End quote.
UNIBAM also saluted Lee saying that his restraint while performing abroad is something that all concert promoters and sponsors in Belize should consider doing.
And in relation to sponsorship, the Belize Cancer Society sent out a release today in which the NGO distanced itself from the Bobby Chin Birthday Bash.
Laura Tucker-Longsworth, the President of the Cancer Society, writes the principal promoter Jordan Zabaneh saying, quote, "We have no arrangement with your organization to become a sponsor. We did not receive any request for Belize Cancer Society to be listed as a sponsor."
She continues, "You are instructed to remove the name of our organization from all promotional material and announce public that the Belize Cancer Society is NOT a sponsor."
Lonsworth concludes by nothing that they've sought legal advice on the matter, and their attorney has been instructed to preserve the integrity of their organization.
This evening, we were able to reach Bobby Chin by phone for comment on the letter from the Belize Cancer Society, and he told us that they are indeed not a sponsor. He said that he would get in contact with Laura Longsworth to clear this issue up.
He called us back a few minutes ago to set the record straight that it is he who approached the Belize Cancer Society to make a donation to them after the ticket sales for the Birthday Bash show. He said that there has been a misunderstanding, and he did not approach them for sponsorship. He added that if - and he did stress "if" - Belize Cancer Society's name ended up on any promotional material, it may have been error of the person who printed the flyer, which will be corrected. We went looking for comment for from the Cancer Society, but we were informed that Laura Longsworth was unavailable.
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