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TO   say that Heather Headley 's concert at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA) on Saturday was amazing would be a gross understatement. To also say that you had to be there to experience it yourself would be too cliched.   In order to properly describe Headley's superb talent, and ability to connect with her audience, one would have to pull out all the superlatives you can find...and that is not an exaggeration.  It was an emotional roller coaster filled with nostalgia for both the Tony and Grammy award winner and her audience.   The concert, aptly titled "Home", was produced by BG Trinidad & Tobago to raise funds for the Foundation for the Enhancement and Enrichment of Life (FEEL) and United Way of Trinidad and Tobago (UWTT).      This was Headley's first full-length performance in Trinidad since migrating with her family from their Barataria home to the United States in 1989.   She made a brie...