Another Enjoyable Crop Over Weekend!

Last Friday night at Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium it was kaiso fuh so as eighteen calypsonians tried their best to get selected by the judges to compete at the PIC-O-DE CROP CALYPSO MONARCH Finals at Kensington Oval on Friday August 1st!

Here are the finalists in the MQI/BANKS/LIME Pic-O-De-Crop:

TENT	ARTISTES
All Stars Calyso Tent	De Announcer
All Stars Calyso Tent	Kid Site
All Stars Calyso Tent	Miguel
De Bg Show	Biggie Irie
De Bg Show	Classic
De Bg Show	Mikey
Headliners Tent	Adrian Clarke
Headliners Tent	Blood
Headliners Tent	Chrystal Cummins-Beckles
RESERVE
De Big Show	John King
House of Soca	SammyG

On the Saturday night the judges awarded the young calypsonians at the same sports complex. 

The top four of the Junior Calypso Monarch competition and the winners of the Best Soca Song titles are as follows:

8 - 12 CATEGORY
STAGE NAME	NAME	SONG	POINTS
Raanan	Raanan Hackett	No Daddy	453
Dynamo	Asher Murrell	Don't Count Me Out	408
Black Beauty	Liana Ifill	Day by Day	387
Jade	Jade Grant	Tribute to Kerry-Ann Ifill	359
Kiki Boo	Keonai Walker	Don't Behave So	Awarded Best Soca Song

8 - 12 CATEGORY
STAGE NAME	NAME	SONG	POINTS
Sammy G	Samantha Greaves	My Tribute	441
Ah Dee Lah	Adela Payne	De Letter	415
DJ	Daryan Jordan	Rude Boy Anthem	413
Nubian Queen	Moesha Daniel	My Song	411
RJ	Rickardo Reid	School Boy Jam	Awarded Best Soca Song

The prizes awarded to these top juniors are:

- For the Best Soca Song in the 8-12 category Kiki Boo received a cash prize of $1000, and an OBIMAX 7-inch Tablet presented by CEO of the NCF, Mr. Cranston Browne and Mr. Hefe Archer of De Deal Centre respectively;

- 4th place, 3rd runner up, Jade - received $750 and an OBIMAX 7-inch Tablet presented by CEO of the NCF, Mr. Cranston Browne and Mr. Hefe Archer of De Deal Centre respectively;

- 3rd place, 2nd runner up, Black Beauty - received $1000 and a Samsung 7-inch Tablet presented by the Chairman of the Board of the NCF, Mrs. Maureen Graham and Mr. Hefe Archer of De Deal Centre respectively;

- 2nd place, 1st runner up, Dynamo - received $1500 and an OBIMAX 10-inch Tablet presented by Mr. Irvine Griffith of IGM Stage Lighting and Mr. Hefe Archer of De Deal Centre respectively;

- The 2014 Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch in the 8-12 category, Raanan - received the coveted trophy, a cash prize of $2000 and a Samsung 10-inch Tablet presented by the Honourable Stephen Lashley, Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth, Mr. Roger Archer of Scotiabank, and Mr. Hefe Archer of De Deal Centre.

The judging panel for the Scotiabank Junior Calypso Monarch in association with IGM Stage Lighting included Liesl Gaye Gajadhar - Chief Judge, Andy Williams, Capt. Alfred Taylor, Sheldon Hope, Jennifer Sealy and Gillian Cadogan. 

(These results are taken from www.barbadoscropoverfestival.com)

Next weekend will be another exciting one; so hope to see many of you at the 40th Anniversary of Crop Over Monarchs Concert at the National Stadium on Friday night, Junior Kadooment on Saturday morning and afternoon at the same stadium, the Crop Over Evening of Folk at the Frank Collymore Hall in Bridgetown, and Soca Royale at Bushy Park, St. Phillip!