Daily Archive for January 18th, 2008

Chutney action in Skinner Park

Published on January 18, 2008 in Carnival and Chutney. 0 Comments

SOME OF this country’s top chutney artistes will be vying for more than $1million in prizes at tomorrow’s Chutney Soca Monarch and Groovy Monarch finals at Skinner Park, San Fernando.

The finalists in the Chutney Soca segment are Rikki Jai, Heeralal Rampartap, Adesh Samaroo, Neeshad Sultan, Rick Ramoutar. Asha Kamachee, Soca Elvis, Arti Butkoon, Neeshan Prabhu, Edward Ramdass, Rajin Dhanraj, Surendra Ramoutar and Shalleika Hazel. They will be trying to take away the title currently held by Rooplal Girdharie.
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Bunji, Ziggy, for Glow 2008

Published on January 18, 2008 in Calypso/Soca. 0 Comments

OVER THE past seven years Island Style Entertainment has produced “Glow-Wear White”, one of the premiere parties on the calendar of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival season. The event has not been limited these shores, however, and recently completed its touring circuit for 2007, showcasing TT’s culture and unique music, touching Grenada, Barbados, St Vincent, Jamaica, north to Miami, Washington DC, New York, further north to Toronto.
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