Daviot Kelly, Staff Reporter

Depending on who you ask about Ronnie Nasralla you will get a plethora of answers, but one constant is that he's a great guy.

So it was no surprise that some of those persons showed up at artist Susan Dougall's chic Ardenne Road home to toast Nasralla's latest endeavour, his autobiography.

Nasralla, getting close to the big 8-0, has been involved in sports (cricket, football tennis and fencing!) but he was also one of the best advertising agents around. And if that wasn't enough for one lifetime, he was also into showbiz as manager of the still legendary Byron Lee and the Dragonaires. More recently, he oversaw the development of the then seven-member group To-Isis. The remaining quartet and members of Lee's band were among those out to celebrate with Ronnie.

Master of ceremonies for the evening, Robert MacMillan, joked that Nasralla's Lessons To Learn "was no War and Peace, but it was still a good read". And that was the tone of the evening; old friends getting together to pay tribute to a friend. The book not only chronicles Nasralla's life, but is also "intermingled with very important lessons that people can learn from". Nasralla said he hoped the book would be read by the parents (who would have known him) but he wrote it for the children.

"The world is going crazy ... so I think I can give them a little help," he said.

Guests out included: Candy DePass, Paul and Melanie Bitter, Josephine Bogues, Dr Jonathan Greenland, Robert and Richard Morgan, Renardo Lewis, Kevin Webb, Tessa Edwards and Jennifer Burdett.