Was My New Year's Better Than Yours? (Part 1 of Who Knows)

I realized a lot while on my paid New Year’s vacation. Number one, that I have restricted by talents. My comfort zone is ummm… black people. #allbad. I host step shows, talent shows, and comedy shows. And most of those are on college campuses.  For this particular gig, I wasn’t sure of the demographics of the crowd. It was introduced to me like this…

“Is this Jay Dukes”?

“Yes…”

“This is Mr. Thompson. Bruh, I would really like you to start expanding beyond South Carolina and also focus on broadening your audience”.

“Aight. What’s up”?

“I’m working with The Capital One Bowl and for The Pre-Parade Grand Stand, I am responsible for providing urban entertainment for this event”.

“Really? What you need from me”?

“I want you to come down with my company. You will be the emcee for an up and coming pop artist, Jenna Rose. She is a Youtube Sensation with over 20 million hits. You will keep the crowd engaged and introduce her”.

“Hmm…” *Confused face* “Listen, No Fluff. Give it to me straight bruh. No chaser”!

*Chuckle* “Bruh, this is an opportunity for you to gain exposure on national television. In front of SEVERAL hundreds sponsors! And more importantly, an opportunity to network and do more events outside of your market”.

“Sounds good bruh”.

“And I’m taking care of your travel, rooms and I’m paying you $***.00 to do the event”. *silence* “Hello…? Hello…? Are you there”?

“Yes sir. My apologies. I was already packing”!

Bringing in The New Year in Orlando?! WAY better move than South Carolina. And I negotiated to bring my brother, Josh and security/cuzzo Nebo. The 29^th of December to January 3^rd without going in my pockets? AND… I get to rock the mic? Let’s Gooo!!!!

However, something I didn’t like was plans kept changing. Details were up in the air too much. I felt that I set my expectations too high. But it was kind of my fault. He was telling me stories of previous trips he went on with other artists. But, he wasn’t necessarily telling me what the move was for this particular trip. For example, “When we travel, we take two company Yukons and I need to bring in another driver. We can also can take a helicopter to the resort, depending on traffic, if we want.

Wow… This is going to be cool!