What's that they say after a Byron Lee and The Dragonaires Soca concert? With the amount of people jumping around and getting on bad, the end of Island tips a little into the sea?

Saturday's performance at Tiger Bay, St. George's by the legendary soca band lived up to that saying.

By all accounts it was a rain free, starry sky night of pure carnival and rock steady rhythms that had the nearly 6,000 plus people in attendance screaming for more, more, more.

As The Royal Gazette's Nea Talbot reports, Tiger Bay was the place to be.

It would be safe to say that the soca party thrown by Byron Lee and the gang Saturday night had those in attendance barely getting out of bed before 3 p.m. the next day and looking for ways to soothe hoarse throats and stiff muscles.

It was a night were Bermudians who had been deprived of a soca show all summer, finally got to let lose with an energetic and stellar performance from Oscar B., Cedric Poitier, Audra Perez and the winding waist master himself, Jumo Primo.

With much respect going out to veteran promoter Eddy "Daddy" DeMello and DeMello Entertainment for pulling together a class act performance that brought out thousands of people from all walks of life.

And the fitting tribute of Byron Lee celebrating his 10th anniversary of performing live shows in Bermuda, spurred the crowd on even more, causing a wild and frenzied atmosphere that no one hoped would end.

Byron Lee and The Dragonaires made sure there was something for everyone - young, old, black, white, Trini, Basians, Jamaicans, Rastaman and Bermudians.

But if there was a down point to the evening, that would be the amount of children / teenagers at the show. Those over 30s know what I mean. Young thug's stepping all on your feet without the courtesy of an "I'm sorry". Parents, next year keep your children at home. Line up your babysitters now! Mr. DeMello, please enforce an age limit for next year's show - 25-years-old and over.

Back to the show. The night started around 8.30 p.m., with local group Tempo getting the crowd warmed up, by performing soca songs from their latest CD. They also added some old and new school reggae renditions to their line up, that mellowed the crowd in anticipation for the main event.

And as the capacity crowd filed into Tiger Bay, passing the dozens of boats huddled together throughout St. George's harbour, the pace began to pick up around 10 p.m. with the arrival of the Dragonaires to the stage.

And the party officially got under way.

Dragonaires singer, Cedric Poitier - nephew of Sidney - crooned out in his smooth and harmonising voice, the former hit of "Wind and Go Down," to get the crowd's attention. It worked.

The band took a little time to reacquaint themselves with the crowd by proclaiming their joy of being able to return to the Island on this their milestone anniversary.

"We always love coming to Bermuda," shouted Oscar B. "We always feel at home here. We love Bermuda - We own Bermuda!"

And the crowd showed much love in return, with cheers, screams, rags, flags and blow horns - that signalled it was time to jump up and get on bad.

"Jump", from their latest CD "Soca Vibes", was belted out next from the baritone voice of veteran Dragonaire, Oscar B.

The jumping and waving from his front line colleagues, sent the crowd into a further frenzy, chanting the chorus "hey, hey, hey, hey".

"Jump and get on bad, let me see your rag - hey, hey, hey, hey."

Then followed such hits as "Love and Unity", sung by the sultry voiced Audra Perez and the soca rendition of the Shaggy hit, "It Wasn't Me", sung by Poitier.

The night's soca music was nicely tempered, with reggae renditions and old school cover tunes from reggae greats such as Bob Marley, Beres Hammond, Freddie McGregor, Frankie Paul and Morgan Heritage.

It was an even mix that gave all of Byron Lee's front line singers a chance to flex their talents.

Of the several highlights of the evening was the performance given by Jumo Primo, also known as "Rubber Waist". And he showed the crowd - specifically the ladies - why he was coined the nick-name.

Twisting and winding, bending and curving his waist into positions that had the crowd hypnotised to his position on the middle of the stage.

But he also showed his talents by performing Sanchez reggae ballads, in a silky smooth voice that had the crowd swaying in unison. His versatility managed to get them riled up again with the soca hit of "Stranger", also on their latest CD.

The other highlight of the show, was soca diva T.C., performing her mega-hit song "Kim". She did not disappoint with her live performance of the anthem for women, whose men call out other women's names while in the "mix".

With the women in the crowd chanting the chorus: "Kim, who the hell is Kim? What foolishness you talking. You better check yourself and go and check your health."

T.C.'s performance sent a natural adrenaline rush into the crowd, arousing them to an even higher level of excitement - if that was still possible.

And her duet with Oscar B., "Baby Name", giving the man's perspective, caused the crowd to scream in appreciation of the coy back and forth banter between the two.

By this time, we had reached the 1 a.m. point of the concert and it was down hill from there. Familiar songs from the group were belted out, including the Byron Lee led tribute "Tiny Whiney", "Magician", "Tremble It" and "Julie Mango" also kept the crowd tuned in.

The show was scheduled to finish at 2 p.m. with "Daddy" DeMello waiting in the wings with Police presence to signal the band to stop.

But much to the delight of the crowd, they were treated to an extra 25 minutes of high energy performance.

The crowd were guaranteed a return by Byron Lee next year, with Mr. DeMello doing what he does best by promoting next year's show, at the end of the show.

Overall, fans got their money's worth and if not, they must have been in a coma.