Flavorite Supreme Ice Cream National Schools Soca Monarch Competition 2007
The semi-final round of the NSSM Competition will be held at the Port of Spain City Hall on Saturday 27th January 2007 from 9:00AM.
Fifty-eight young people from primary and secondary schools throughout Trinidad and Tobago competed in the preliminary round on Saturday 20th January 2007 at City Hall for forty spaces in the semi-final round.
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Event Date: January 22, 2007
Posted: January 25, 2007
The umbrella body of NJAC’s cultural committees, the National Action Cultural Committee, presented its 2007 calendar of events on Tuesday 23rd January, 2007, at the St. James Amphitheatre to a small but receptive audience comprised of Calypsonians, other media personnel and a few specially invited guests.
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TT Newsday
Monday, January 22 2007
Head of the Yoruba tradition worldwide, Supreme Leader Araba Agbaye Chief Adisa Aworeni Mokoranwalei, is currently on a two-week visit to this country. Considered the “pope†of Ifa and Orisa worshippers, Agbaye is second only to the King of Nigeria, His Royal Highness, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubisi II.
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The Caribbean Prestige Foundation for the Performing Arts held a media launch for the 2007 International Soca Monarch, Groovy Soca Monarch & National Schools’ Soca Monarch competitions on Thursday 18th January, 2007, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. Several speakers made their way on the podium to give the audience more information about the various competitions.
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Members of TriniSoca.com visited Klassic Ruso at the Kavemer Pub on 17th January, 2007, to witness TUCO North Zone’s Calypso Tent rehearsals. Calypsonians, who are due to perform on the opening night, filled the pub along with others who were there to give their support.
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Interview: January 13, 2007
Posted: January 17, 2007
The Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organization (T.U.C.O.) was initiated by its founder and first president, Mr. Michael Legerton, after the unification of the Trinbago Calypsonians Organization (TCO) and the Calypsonians Association of Trinidad & Tobago (CATT) in 1992. T.U.C.O. now has one branch in the east, one in the north, one in the south of Trinidad and two in Tobago. Over the years each zone managed, with the support and approval of the T.U.C.O. central executive, to form and run Calypso tents such as Klassic Ruso of the North Zone, Kaiso Karavan of the East Zone, Kaiso Showkase of the South Zone, and two tents in the east and west of Tobago.
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Chutney Soca Monarch 2007 Prelims in pictures
The preliminaries of the 11th Annual Chutney Soca Monarch Competition took place on Saturday 13th January, 2007, at the Samar Entertainment Centre, Debe. Despite the inclement weather, fifty artistes braved not only the rain but the critical assessment of the judges and the audience that night. Each of the contestants vied for the coveted crown held by last year’s winner, Rooplal Girdharrie and over $500,000 in cash prizes. T&TEC Gayatones provided the musical accompaniment for the contestants.
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January 08, 2007
After a very successful 2006 Carnival season and widely applauded shows at Carifesta IX, calypso lovers are looking forward to enjoying another fun season of vintage calypso. (See the flyer)
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By Peter Ray Blood
SOCA MUSIC lost one of its most faithful sons yesterday as Ellis Chow Lin On, 69, passed away at St Clair Medical Complex.
One of the founders of pioneer soca band Charlie’s Roots, as well as a producer/manager of some of the biggest and most successful artistes in the genre, Chow Lin On was brother to renowned Carnival engineer/artisan Aldwyn Chow Lin On, father of record producer/radio company owner, Anthony “Chinese Laundry” Chow Lin On.
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By Peter Ray Blood
Veteran calypso administrator and Calypso Revue tent manager Sonny Woodley died at his Morvant home on Friday, succumbing to respitory failure.
The affable Woodley, 78, held the helm of the vintage tent in recent years following the demise of longstanding friends and business partners Aldwyn Roberts (Kitchener) and Carl “Jazzy” Pantin.
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