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Dr Gabrielle Jamela Hosein ROLL BACK to Dimanche Gras. In the years before the pandemic, I’d take Zi to see the final competition of Kings and Queens of Carnival to witness the absolute magic of seeing these giants dance in the wind as it came down from the Northern Range. Not this year, because the
Kerine “Tiny” Williams-Figaro is nothing but grateful to have placed second in the National Calypso Monarch competition and be the People’s Choice Award winner in her first time in the finals. The calypsonian and teacher sang To You With Love on February 19 at the Dimanche Gras at Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain (PoS),
THE EDITOR: This year's Dimanche Gras calypsoes were generally mediocre, with some songs being forgettable. Only Maria Bhola, Tameika Darius, Ezekiel Yorke and Roderick Gordon had original calypsoes that were also thought-provoking. Bhola satirised on the changing role of women in a reconstituted family. Darius censured the bigotry in not contextualising the acculturation effects of
THE EDITOR: Every year for the past say ten years, I think, I have travelled from Tobago to Trinidad for the national Panorama final, King and Queen of the Bands and Dimanche Gras. I could not miss attending those shows, they were just in my blood. This year I had so much work to do
ON A NIGHT featuring many defending champions, first-time winners were eventually crowned at this year’s Dimanche Gras, setting the stage for a Carnival that has come to be defined by virgin victors. Ta’zyah O’Connor was crowned the TUCO National Calypso Monarch with the uplifting Hallelujah. At the age of 20, Mr O’Connor is one of