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The DMANLYRICS Scholarship Fund helps students from our community get to college.
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Goal $500
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Every year, since 2023
Annual Soca Fete 4th Edition
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Every year Baytown turns into Port of Spain for one night. Live band, big voices, rags in the air until the lights come on. This is the fourth one, and it is the biggest yet.
- Date
- Saturday, November 28, 2026
- Doors open
- 8:00 PM
- Showtime
- 10:30 PM
- Venue
- 7900 North Main, Baytown, Texas 77521
- Tickets
- $50 in advance, more at the door
DMANLYRICS
International guest artist
Hypasounds (Barbados)
Live band · Houston's own
Gemtracks
MC for the night
Groove Master
Music by
DJ Allan and DJ Barzy
$50 in advance
Call or text for tickets
- Carol832-597-1906
- Sassha346-496-6402
- Sharon832-858-8656
- Mama Jen / JLo832-597-8388
- Crutch832-423-5217
- Queen of the South832-872-1064
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More dates coming soon. Want DMANLYRICS at your event?
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Soca Fete Bandana
Price soon
Black bandana with a red paisley border and the 4th Annual Soca Fete artwork in the centre.
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Send It Up Cap
$28
Black structured snapback cap, embroidered logo, flat brim, one size fits most.
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Preorders ship within 2 to 3 weeks.
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Got a song you want to hear live? A message for Dman? Want him at your fete, wedding or party? Send it here.
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The DMANLYRICS Scholarship Fund
Lift One. Lift All.
Music brought us together. Now let's send one of our own to college.
Be one of the first to give
Goal $500
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Why
From The Fete To The Future
For years, the Annual Soca Fete has brought our Caribbean family in Houston and Baytown together. We dance, we sing, we look after each other. This fund is that same spirit, pointed at something that lasts.
College is expensive, and for a lot of our young people, a few hundred dollars is the difference between starting and waiting another year. Books, fees, a laptop, a bus pass. Small things that stop big dreams.
So we're starting small and starting now. Our first goal is $500 for one student heading to college or trade school. Every dollar raised goes straight to that student's education. When we reach it, we'll do it again, and we'll keep growing it together.
“Nobody makes it alone. Not on the road, and not in life.”
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Your impact
Every Dollar Has A Job
- $10
Covers a week of bus fare to class.
- $25
Buys a used textbook for one course.
- $50
Pays a semester's lab or application fee.
- $100
Covers a fifth of the full award. You just moved the bar.
Any amount helps. Truly.
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Ways To Give
Please add 'Scholarship' in the note or memo so we can track your gift. Gifts are not tax-deductible at this time, as the fund is a community effort and not a registered charity.
Thank you. If you'd like your name on the Supporters Wall, tell us below.
Our promise
Where The Money Goes
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100% goes to the student's education. The award is paid straight to the school for tuition, fees or books.
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The fund is kept in its own separate account, apart from any music or event money.
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We'll post updates right here: what we've raised, and who we were able to help, with their permission.
Students
Is This For You?
The first award of $500 goes to one student from the Houston and Baytown community who is starting or continuing college, university or trade school. Applications open soon. Leave your details and we'll let you know the moment they do.
- Starting or already in college, university, community college or a trade program
- Lives in or near Houston or Baytown, Texas
- Willing to share a short story about their goals
Together
More Than Money
Sponsor as a business
Match donations or fund a full award.
Mentor a student
Share your experience.
Spread the word
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Give at the fete
Look for the scholarship jar at the Annual Soca Fete.
You're in. Together is the whole point.
Nominate
Nominate Someone For The Scholarship
Nomination received. Thank you for thinking of them.
FAQ
Questions
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Not at this time. The fund is a community effort, not a registered charity. If that changes, we'll update this page.
How is the student chosen?
Applications will ask about the student's goals and plans. A small panel from the community will review them, and the award is paid directly to the student's school.
Can I give monthly?
Yes. PayPal lets you set up a monthly gift when you donate.
Can my business sponsor the fund?
Yes, and we'd love that. Use the form above or email dmanlyrics.ent@gmail.com.
How will I know where the money went?
We post updates on this page, including the total raised and, with their permission, the student we helped.
The story
About
Don Forde
“If they can't hear me at the back, I'm not done singing yet.”
Don Forde grew up in Trinidad with calypso tents on one side of the road and steelpan yards on the other. By his teens he was singing in community shows across the island, and people noticed one thing first: the voice. Big, clear and built to carry over a full brass section without a microphone.
He brought that voice to Texas, settling in Baytown and becoming DMANLYRICS, a name that now means sweet calypso melodies with soca energy underneath. His songs, including “Juk Harder” and “Send It Up”, are written for the road and the dance floor, but they carry the storytelling of the calypso greats he grew up on.
Through DMANLYRICS Productions he also built the Annual Soca Fete, a yearly night that brings the Caribbean community of Houston and Baytown together with live bands and international guest artists. Four years in, it has become the fete people plan their year around.