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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 event was held March 27 and the awards were presented on April 10, with each recipient receiving certi...

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 late Singing Sandra's Sexy Employers. The show was supposed to be a livestream of the 2021 Klassic Ruso...

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 mini Carnival-like atmosphere in San Fernando on Carnival Tuesday. The 79-year-old five-time Calypso...

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 virtual musical concert featuring some of Trinidad and Tobago’s most promising Female Calypsonians;...

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. Despite these ups and downs, like many local artistes, Lyons continues to live her passion by recording...