VP Records family to be honoured in NYC

[evanovitch]

The organisers of the 12th Annual Merritone Outdoor Picnic and Family Fun Day announced recently that business entrepreneur Patricia "Miss Pat" Chin and her family -owners/operators of VP Records -will be the recipients of the forth annual 'Caribbean American Family of the Year Appreciation Award' for being exemplary role models and in acknowledgement of their long-standing commitment to the greater Caribbean American community in the USA.


"Miss Pat, Chris, Randy and Angela are truly an institution in the music industry. They have served as an example to all immigrants, specifically those from the Caribbean," Conroy Allison, founder the annual family picnic said.

"Miss Pat and her husband Vincent started in the music business in the late 50's in Jamaica. Today, VP Records, a company which they started from humble beginnings after moving to the USA is the leading distributor of Caribbean music from artistes like Sean Paul, Shaggy, Wayne Wonder, Elephant Man, Mavado, Tanto Metro & Devonte and others who have successfully represented Caribbean culture to a mainstream audience worldwide. The Chins' success proves that hard work, perseverance and determination can move mountains.
Individually and collectively, the family has given a great deal to the Caribbean community. They have set a tremendous example for Jamaicans in the Diaspora and are richly deserving of this award" Allison said.

While Ms Pat revels in the good fortune of her company, which has seven offices (including a showroom for her successful clothing line Riddim Driven), and the creative input of her grandchildren whom she hopes will carry the family torch for generations to come, she has played a unique role as an entrepreneur, a manager, a producer, a CEO, an all-season business woman, who acted as a midwife for every business venture of the VP enterprise.

"It's now 30 years since we are here [in New York], but actually 50 in the music business, since I was 22," she noted.

"Now I am 72. Sometimes I wonder where did all those years go?"

Miss Pat and family, joins an elite list of past honorees of the Merritone Family Fun Day that includes philanthropist Vincent Ho-Sang, CEO of Caribbean Food Delight; broadcaster Jeff Barnes and TV host and founder of Team Jamaica Bickle, Irwine Clare.

&quot;The Caribbean Family of the Year Award&quot; will be presented to the Chin's at the <span style="font-weight: bold">12th staging of the Merritone Outdoor Picnic and Family Fun Day slated to take place at Lake Quassy, Middlebury, Connecticut on Sunday, July 12.</span> <span style="font-style: italic">This year's 'Family Fun Day' will feature the 'Royal Caribbean Bakery Patty Eating Contest, Karaoke, 25 different rides for children and the &quot;Tri-State Knockout Domino Competition&quot; where teams compete for cash prizes compliments of Western Union.</span>

<span style="font-weight: bold">Music will be provided by Merritone Disco featuring Winston and Trevor Blake</span> alongside the award winning DJ Roy from Irie Jam Radio &amp; Road International Disco, Supa Fridge, Glamour Wayne and Kulcha Touch with DJ Desu.

[jah_yout]

Re: VP Records family to be honoured in NYC

respect to the chins everytime

[Emperah]

Re: VP Records family to be honoured in NYC

dem nuh deserve all de respekk cah VP hold back nuff awtiss tuh, dem push certain ones an ease back ar nuh deal at all wid certain awtiss. And is good good awtiss mi a talk bout.

[jah_yout]

Re: VP Records family to be honoured in NYC

true, but dem deserve some though;
which other reggae labels have brought as much music inna farrin like vp?

[Bandana]

Re: VP Records family to be honoured in NYC

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
which other reggae labels have brought as much music inna farrin like vp? </div></div>

[evanovitch]

Re: VP Records family to be honoured in NYC

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">true, but dem deserve some though;
<span style="font-weight: bold">which other reggae labels have brought as much music inna farrin like vp</span>? </div></div>

the others that did it long before dem..

wen dem did it, dem brought the music dat was available....u cannot do more dan dat...
juss like more music deh bout fi VP juggle wid, aldoah, if di troot were told, is di said fuss music whe rinse an rinse an wheel an come again

big up VP fi dem miles ahead whe dem trod, but is Trojan etc whe pave di said road pass fi dem 100 yards dash

[jah_yout]

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we're talking here and now;

vp a run di cut right now; there have been good labels like superpower, witty, moody's;
but none survived to reach where vp is at...the fittest of the fittest; the big man always gonna have detractors- the nature of being the dominant force;
myself has hat5ed them at times...but when you realize where they're coming from and how they have grown, mi haffi gi dem a bly still...
it's for more likkle man to come together and form another powerhiuse to do the things that vp can't ort won't do...
ras records, shanachie &amp; dem likkle man deh still out deh a do dem ting, but we want another yaadi powerhouse like vp-
if you build it they will come

[evanovitch]

Re: VP Records family to be honoured in NYC

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">we're talking here and now;

vp a run di cut right now; there have been good labels like superpower, witty, moody's;
but none survived to reach where vp is at...the fittest of the fittest; the big man always gonna have detractors- the nature of being the dominant force;
myself has hat5ed them at times...but when you realize where they're coming from and how they have grown, mi haffi gi dem a bly still...
it's for more likkle man to come together and form another powerhiuse to do the things that vp can't ort won't do...
ras records, shanachie &amp; dem likkle man deh still out deh a do dem ting, but we want another yaadi powerhouse like vp-
if you build it they will come </div></div>

who hate VP?...u ask wich company go as far as dem....i opined dat many did similarly in fi dem time, the numbas of fi dem time , dat would be comparable to wat VP doing now...

[Emperah]

Re: VP Records family to be honoured in NYC

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jah_yout</div><div class="ubbcode-body">true, but dem deserve some though;
which other reggae labels have brought as much music inna farrin like vp? </div></div>

greensleeves

[jah_yout]

Re: VP Records family to be honoured in NYC

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">[

who hate VP?...
</div></div>

i have at times

but for my own personal reasons...i still have to respect them though