Boom! Dynamite Daisy's about to "Take Off!" Even with her bondo queen make-up, blinding beauty, colour uncoordinated fashions and six month gummy-up hair-do, the Bahamian public can't get enough of her.
And this August Monday, she invites you to join her on her first vacation experience: Daisy's Vacation.
If you were a part of the hundreds that were turned away in December when she had a full house for this hilarious dramatic comedy, then we will meet you at The Diplomat Center at 7:00 p.m. on August 7.
"We are bringing it back fresh! Once again, it will be exciting and vivacious," said Terez Davis, Daisy's alter ego, during an interview with The Guardian on Tuesday.
Originally directed by Dr. Keith Wisdom, the cast is welcoming a new addition on the stage in the form of the talented Ranell Hanna, the play's new associate director.
The infamous Sunset once played by Simone Beneby, is now being played by Phillipa Bain.
Daisy's Vacation will be taped for DVD and its television producer is none other than the incomparable Pastor Alvin Moss. A new up and coming recording artist, Marrissa Moss, will also be featured that evening.
"This is something everyone can identify with," says Terez. "Because at some point, we have all [flown] thousands of feet [in the air by] plane, and looking down, it crossed our minds that what if this plane dropped from the sky. This is mixed with the exictement of vacation time. There is a group of eight persons in the first class compartment of Air Franscico Jet, but it's really a plane that Bahamasair bought but ain't change the name of the plane. The pilots are Bahamasair pilots and everyone knows that them brothers don't crash. But the plane has some mechanical problems and that's when things get a lil' rough and Daisy's got to do what she got to do."
Terez said that when she invented the persona known as Dynamite Daisy, she wanted to create a character that would appeal to a cross section of people.
"If you have never been drunk, you probably know someone who has been drunk or a drunkard. I didn't plan it but I must give God the credit for this. I used to play around with the drunk accent when I was in college by watching people on TV, and then I practiced adding a slur to it. So when I came home from college, I had a down home character and I combined Daisy with that; but my purpose with Daisy is to sensitise people to the reality of struggles we as humans face. Although my aim is never to promote alcoholism, I want to show people that there is a person behind what they see," she advised.
Terez feels overwhelmed by the response of the Bahamian public to Daisy.
"I am very grateful….grateful to the Bahamian public and the many nationalities that are here. The Haitian and the Jamaican communities have all expressed that they can identify with Daisy. My desire is to always bring a message of hope. Daisy says 'that when I see myself in the future, I look much better than I look right now.' I want people to realise that after seeing Daisy on the outside, there is an inside to her. There are people in sin, confused, bound, and bondaged. But the power of God and the sacrifice Jesus made for us gives us the power to become sons of God and he transforms us as people; just like how Daisy is transformed, and washes off the make up and puts on nice clothes and gets all cleaned up. God's makes us into who he wants us to be."
By: VANESSA C ROLLE, The Nassau Guardian
