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Winners Announced for 2021 Virtual Oratorical Contest By Staff and Wire Report Published April 29, 2021 From left are Terri Lyons, LaRita Shelby of Sigma Gamma Rho, Mia Moore, 1st place winner, Jennifer Moore Walker, Mia’s mother, and OASC President Ernestine Jan Gordon. (Photo by Curtis Sabir)   Three local teens secured the top spots in the 2021 Oratorical Contest sponsored by Our Authors Study Club (OASC) and the Sigma Sigma Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. The virtual ev...

Kenny Phillips reimagines Wack Radio, streams shows online Thursday 18 February 2021 Kenny Phillips, founder and CEO of Wack Radio 90.1FM. Phillips began the move from radio station programming to a streaming business after live audience performances were banned because of covid19 lockdown restrictions. - Mark Lyndersay Typher was walking back and forth backstage. The veteran calypsonian, born Cuthbert Blackett, was thinking through his delivery of True Dignity, his calypso response to the lat...

Black Stalin honoured with street in San Fernando Wednesday 17 February 2021 Patsy Calliste, wife of Dr Leroy "Black Stalin" Calliste, flanked by San Fernando mayor Junia Regrello, left, and Local Government Minister Kazim Hosein at the unveiling of Dr Leroy Calliste street, after converting part of Lord Street, San Fernando by the San Fernando City Corporation, Tuesday. PHOTOS BY LINCOLN HOLDER - A street-sign unveiling in honour of veteran calypsonian Leroy "Black Stalin" Calliste created a ...

No Carnival Doesn’t Mean No Calypso! UnCrowned QUEENS to Feature this Friday February 3, 2021 Share this post: Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley’s October 2020 announcement that, “Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago in 2021 is not on” has not stopped local artistes and Carnival stakeholders from keeping the culture and festivities of the season alive. Among them stands Warrior Empress, who, in collaboration with Music Mill Studios will present Uncrowned QUEENS – a v...

Sunday 14 February 2021 Calypso, produced by Ato Williams and written and performed by Terri Lyons, is an ode to the artform and the singer describes it as having a ‘back to Africa’ feel. - After years of pursuing her dream, just as she was about to give up, calypsonian Terri Lyons achieved it by becoming the 2020 Calypso Monarch. She immediately began preparing to defend her crown but the covid19 pandemic occurred, crushing those plans as Carnival 2021 was cancelled by the Government. Des...

Stage taken down; get ready for Digicel’s Together concert Wednesday 10 February 2021 This stage at the Queens Park Savannah was set up to record Digicels virtual concert in its campaign, The Carnival Lives On, and came down after two days. The concert will be aired on February 14. - SUREASH CHOLAI THAT Savannah stage tabanca youre feeling can easily be assuaged by watching Digicels Together concert. The digital operator built a mini-stage at the Queens Park Savannah, Port of Spain, to record...

Uncrowned Queens celebrates female calypsonians Allison “Warrior Empress” Bernard - Photo courtesy Roger Lewis DYNAMIC is how Allison “Warrior Empress” Bernard describes the performers in her upcoming concert Uncrowned Queens. The calypso showcase will be streamed live on YouTube on February 5. Bernard said the title Uncrowned Queens came about because the show will feature some of the best female calypsonians. Along with Bernard, the line-up includes Tammico “Spicey” Moore, Marsh...

Bethel Baptist Church opens food pantry Barbara Layton Reporter Bethel Baptist Church located at 640 Pleasant Valley Road in Given is excited to be able to announce they are starting a food pantry.  Members of the church, led by Pastor Jeff Halstead, realized back in October 2020 that the Lord was lying on their hearts the need to open a food pantry for those in need in southern Jackson County. Following a few donations from members and other local individuals, the church began to research oth...

The music must go on Darryl "Farmer" Nappy - TT Carnival 2021 joins a long line of carnivals that have been physically cancelled or postponed because of the covid19 pandemic. Despite this, there has been a slow and steady stream of new music being released, as many artistes believe the music must go on. Darryl “Farmer Nappy” Henry is one of many who has new releases for 2021. His Backyard Jam is in heavy rotation on the radio and he also recently released 1Fam with Machel Montano and Don I...