The Jamaicans are coming to see us next year - and the Americans.

Our region finally gets its own Olympic moment as we play training host to the world’s fastest man and his team-mates.

But how will we welcome them?

What should we offer up for us to all celebrate and share?

How can we throw them a party worthy of ‘The Big Heart of Britain’?

Dream with me, just for a minute.

Imagine, it’s the 2024 Olympic Games, hosted in sunny Jamaica.

My son, Talwar Two, is world champion of Nintendo Wii Just Dance, (developed by a local Brummie firm based in Eastside) introduced as an Olympic sport in 2016.

He’s dubbed by many the world’s funkiest man – like father, like son.

See it with me as the British coach pulls up at the Marley Memorial Village near Kingston and is greeted by ecstatic crowds.

Thousands of cheering Jamaicans line the roads – picture them.

Is it likely they’ll be wearing bowler hats and carrying rolled-up umbrellas?

Do you see them dressed as Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare?

Will school kids from across Kingston parish perform the Mary Poppins Opera in honour of British culture?

Of course not.

Jamaica has her own swinging, funky cultural groove – one where notes and beats from our shared heritage are often heard.

And we have ours, our authentic Brummie identity that so many of Jamaican heritage have helped to shape.

This is why we should be proud to host Jamaica Live! a one-day event on July 23 in Victoria Square that celebrates the Olympic Open Weekend with culture, creativity and good food cementing the arrival of the Jamaican team.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) with local stakeholders are supporting an afternoon of food, music, comedy and fun.

Levi Roots is showing us how to chef it up, Caribbean style.

There’s a Steel Pulse tribute – Birmingham’s best roots reggae export.

There’s hands-on art, Caribbean food stalls and the UK’s first Black orchestra – The Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra. You see, with Jamaica Live we’re not just celebrating a story-book idea of a far-off tropical paradise, we’re celebrating how decades of cultural contributions from Caribbean people – especially Jamaicans – have shaped life in present-day Birmingham.

Our hosting of the Jamaican team for 2012 is a source of pride to people locally from all backgrounds.

* Ammo Talwar is chief executive of Punch Records