WHILE AT SCHOOL he was the only one of his friends without a nickname, not to feel left out it was agreed that he would be called Bongo and since then he has come to love his moniker even more than his real name, which is Walter Whitney.
THERE WAS NO surprise when Keisha Christian took the crown in the Junior Monarch Competitions of 1992 and 1993, after all she is the child of two time calypso monarch (1975 & 1978) Keithroy ‘Destroyer' Christian and she grew up calling road march veteran Grynner and calypso maestro Gabby, Uncle.
Omowale Stewart was one of the recipients of the Crop Over Stalwart award for his contribution to the visual arts and to Crop Over, over the years. Here is a brief look at his track record and some of his thoughts on a festival that he has been intimately invoved with from the inception.
HE'S NOT FEELING or thinking competition this year, in fact for the last few year's he's only been singing for the pure love of calypso. He is Black Pawn, a near thirty year kaiso veteran and a former calypso monarch. He took the crown in his debut year in 1980 when he won with Politician and the Right to Criticise, he hasn't won a crown since then but he was second in the 2006 Best Songwriter category - a joint NCF and BATMAN award.
THE PEOPLE'S QUEEN TC will not be competing in this year's Cable & Wireless Pic-O-De-Crop Finals. The veteran says she's taking a break for personal reasons. Appearing on NCF's weekly TV programme Crop Over TV, TC says she wants to rest this year in preparation for her 15-year anniversary celebrations next year. "I want to really give of my best and I think the break will help me to do that."
A NEW ROMEO will be the gracing the Bacchanal Time calypso tent when it opens on June 28. Calypsonian Romeo, who lost all his worldly possessions in a fire on October, 27 2003 nearly lost his life to a mysterious illness two years later.
WHERE DO I stand? I stand alone. That's the update from Michael Director Forde, writer and performer of the classic hit Sousie which he released in 1985, the hit that took him across North America and Europe where it became and even bigger hit.
