This is a subject of
interest to every PERSON OF CARIBBEAN HERITAGE.
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY PROFESSOR SIR HILARY BECKLES, CHAIRMAN OF
THE
CARICOM REPARATIONS COMMISSION, HOUSE OF COMMONS,
PARLIAMENTOF GREAT BRITAIN , COMMITTEE ROOM 14, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2014, 9:00 P.M.
Madam Chair, the distinguished member of
Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington , Diane
Abbott, other distinguished members of the House of Lords,
and House of Commons, Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corp,
colleagues at the head table, Ladies and Gentlemen.
I speak this evening, in this honourable chamber of the House of Commons, as Chairman of
the Caricom Commission on Reparations. My colleagues of the
Commission are tasked with the preparation and presentation
of the evidentiary basis for a contemporary truth: that the
Government of Great Britain , and other European states that
were the beneficiaries of enrichment from the enslavement of
African peoples, the genocide of indigenous communities, and
the deceptive breach of contract and trust in respect of
Indians and other Asians brought to the plantations under
indenture, have a case to answer in respect of reparatory
justice. The case of genocide is not only
in respect of our decimated native community. It is also
important to recognize the genocidal aspect of chattel
slavery in the Caribbean . British slave ships brought
5.5 million enslaved Africans into their Caribbean colonies
over 180 years. When slavery was abolished in 1838 they were
just 800,000 persons remaining. That is, a
retention/survival rate of 15%. The regime of enslavement
was crafted by policies and attitudes that were clearly
genocidal. Jamaica received 1.5 million Africans. Only
300,000 remained at Emancipation (20%).
Barbados received 600,000 Africans. Only 83,000
remained at Emancipation (14%).
This case is for the Caricom governments to
present on behalf of its citizens. I am sure that in its
presentation there will be due regard for the principles of
diplomacy and development cooperation - for which they have
long distinguished themselves. This process will bring
honour and dignity to the people of the Caribbean as well as
to the people of Great Britain and Europe .
Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington , Diane
Abbott, other distinguished members of the House of Lords,
and House of Commons, Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corp,
colleagues at the head table, Ladies and Gentlemen.
I speak this evening, in this honourable chamber of the House of Commons, as Chairman of
the Caricom Commission on Reparations. My colleagues of the
Commission are tasked with the preparation and presentation
of the evidentiary basis for a contemporary truth: that the
Government of Great Britain , and other European states that
were the beneficiaries of enrichment from the enslavement of
African peoples, the genocide of indigenous communities, and
the deceptive breach of contract and trust in respect of
Indians and other Asians brought to the plantations under
indenture, have a case to answer in respect of reparatory
justice. The case of genocide is not only
in respect of our decimated native community. It is also
important to recognize the genocidal aspect of chattel
slavery in the Caribbean . British slave ships brought
5.5 million enslaved Africans into their Caribbean colonies
over 180 years. When slavery was abolished in 1838 they were
just 800,000 persons remaining. That is, a
retention/survival rate of 15%. The regime of enslavement
was crafted by policies and attitudes that were clearly
genocidal. Jamaica received 1.5 million Africans. Only
300,000 remained at Emancipation (20%).
Barbados received 600,000 Africans. Only 83,000
remained at Emancipation (14%).
This case is for the Caricom governments to
present on behalf of its citizens. I am sure that in its
presentation there will be due regard for the principles of
diplomacy and development cooperation - for which they have
long distinguished themselves. This process will bring
honour and dignity to the people of the Caribbean as well as
to the people of Great Britain and Europe .
Caricom governments, like the
government of Great Britain , represent nations that are
independent and equal. As such, they should proceed on the
basis of their legitimate equality, without fear of
retribution, in the best interest of humanity, and for a
better future for us all.
government of Great Britain , represent nations that are
independent and equal. As such, they should proceed on the
basis of their legitimate equality, without fear of
retribution, in the best interest of humanity, and for a
better future for us all.
I am honoured to be asked to
speak in this historic parliament of the people of Great
Britain . Like you I am aware that this Parliament prepared
the official political basis of the crimes that defined the
colonial past. It is here, in this House, that the evil
system of slavery, and genocide, were established. This
House passed laws, framed fiscal policies, and enforced the
crimes that have produced harmful legacies and persistent
suffering now in need of repair.
This House also made emancipation from
slavery and independence from colonialism an empowering
reality. It is in here, we now imagine, that laws for
reparatory justice can be conceptualized and implemented. It
is in here, we believe, that the terrible wrongs of the past
can be corrected, and humanity finally and truthfully
liberated from the shame and guilt that have followed these
historical crimes.
We must believe in the corrective
power of this Parliament to respond positively to this
present challenge, and in the process free itself from the
bondage of its own sins and crimes. Without this belief our
journey here this evening would be lacking integrity, and
without a doubt, would be a useless exercise.
But I speak in this honourable House
this evening, not only as chairman of a rightfully
constituted commission that is peopled by some of our finest
Caribbean citizens, and who have been selected by our
distinguished Presidents and Prime Ministers, but as a
Caribbean person with an affinity for this country. I was
raised and educated here. I came from the Caribbean to this
country as a child; I grew to maturity here; and was
educated here in a fine university that has distinguished
itself in the Liberal-Progressive pedagogy of the
nation.
Great Britain , therefore, is my second
home and I care for it as I care for my first home, the
Great Caribbean . I wish for Great Britain , as I do for the
Great Caribbean , peace and prosperity. I wish that their
shared past, painful though it has been, will be transformed
into a moral force of mutual respect and development
cooperation. It is for these reasons that I have joined
the Caribbean and global movement for reparatory justice. I
believe we can settle this case within the context of
diplomatic initiatives that are consistent with our status
as equal nations.
The crimes committed against the
indigenous, African, and Asian peoples of the Caribbean are
well documented. We know of the 250 years of slave trading,
chattel slavery, and the following 100 years of colonial
oppression.
Slavery was ended in 1838, only to be replaced by a century
of racial apartheid, including the denigration of Asian
people. Indigenous genocide, African chattel slavery and
genocide, and Asian contract slavery, were three acts of a
single play – a single process by which the British state
forcefully extracted wealth from the Caribbean resulting in
its persistent, endemic poverty.
I wish to comment, as a result, on the 1833 Act of Emancipation, and how this
speak in this historic parliament of the people of Great
Britain . Like you I am aware that this Parliament prepared
the official political basis of the crimes that defined the
colonial past. It is here, in this House, that the evil
system of slavery, and genocide, were established. This
House passed laws, framed fiscal policies, and enforced the
crimes that have produced harmful legacies and persistent
suffering now in need of repair.
This House also made emancipation from
slavery and independence from colonialism an empowering
reality. It is in here, we now imagine, that laws for
reparatory justice can be conceptualized and implemented. It
is in here, we believe, that the terrible wrongs of the past
can be corrected, and humanity finally and truthfully
liberated from the shame and guilt that have followed these
historical crimes.
We must believe in the corrective
power of this Parliament to respond positively to this
present challenge, and in the process free itself from the
bondage of its own sins and crimes. Without this belief our
journey here this evening would be lacking integrity, and
without a doubt, would be a useless exercise.
But I speak in this honourable House
this evening, not only as chairman of a rightfully
constituted commission that is peopled by some of our finest
Caribbean citizens, and who have been selected by our
distinguished Presidents and Prime Ministers, but as a
Caribbean person with an affinity for this country. I was
raised and educated here. I came from the Caribbean to this
country as a child; I grew to maturity here; and was
educated here in a fine university that has distinguished
itself in the Liberal-Progressive pedagogy of the
nation.
Great Britain , therefore, is my second
home and I care for it as I care for my first home, the
Great Caribbean . I wish for Great Britain , as I do for the
Great Caribbean , peace and prosperity. I wish that their
shared past, painful though it has been, will be transformed
into a moral force of mutual respect and development
cooperation. It is for these reasons that I have joined
the Caribbean and global movement for reparatory justice. I
believe we can settle this case within the context of
diplomatic initiatives that are consistent with our status
as equal nations.
The crimes committed against the
indigenous, African, and Asian peoples of the Caribbean are
well documented. We know of the 250 years of slave trading,
chattel slavery, and the following 100 years of colonial
oppression.
Slavery was ended in 1838, only to be replaced by a century
of racial apartheid, including the denigration of Asian
people. Indigenous genocide, African chattel slavery and
genocide, and Asian contract slavery, were three acts of a
single play – a single process by which the British state
forcefully extracted wealth from the Caribbean resulting in
its persistent, endemic poverty.
I wish to comment, as a result, on the 1833 Act of Emancipation, and how this
august
Parliament betrayed the enslaved people of the
Caribbean by forcing them to pay more than 50% of the cost
of their own emancipation. This is an aspect of the history
long hidden from public view. We know, for example, that
this Parliament in 1833 determined that the 800,000 enslaved
people in the Caribbean were worth, as chattel property,
£47 million. This was their assessed market
value. We know that this Parliament
determined that all slave owners should receive just and
fair compensation for the official taking away of their
property. We know that this Parliament provided the
sum of £20 million in grants to the slave owners as fair
compensation for the loss of their human chattel.
And we know that this Parliament determined that the
enslaved people would receive none of this compensation. The
argument made in this House was that ‘property’ cannot
receive property compensation. This Parliament, in its
emancipation Act, upheld the law that black people were not
human, but property.
What this Parliament has hid from the
world is that it also determined that the remaining £27
million would be paid by the enslaved people to their
enslavers, by means of a 4 year period of free labour called
the Apprenticeship. This period of additional free labour by the emancipated represented the enforced extraction of £27 million by the state. It was a cruel and shameful method of legislating Emancipation by forcing the enslaved to pay more than 50% of the financial cost of their own freedom. The £20 million paid the enslavers by this Parliament was less than the £27 million paid by the enslaved to the enslavers as dictated by this House.
I wish now to engage the argument of
the British Government that the slavery and other colonial
crimes were ‘legal’, and that they took place ‘a long
time ago’, and are beyond the border of
adjudication. Allow me, madam Chair, to breach
protocol and to interject myself into the discourse, in
order to demonstrate how very contemporary and current this
exploitation of the Caribbean people is and has been.
Upstairs this chamber sits the Earl of
Harewood. He is an honourable member of the House of Lords.
But does Lord Harewood know that my grandfather after
Independence in Barbados in 1966 labored on this sugar
plantation, as did his father and forefathers, going back to
the days of slavery? Does the goodly Lord know that as a
child I took lunch for my grandfather into the cane fields of
his sugar plantation? Lord Harewood, and my family, go back a long way,
Caribbean by forcing them to pay more than 50% of the cost
of their own emancipation. This is an aspect of the history
long hidden from public view. We know, for example, that
this Parliament in 1833 determined that the 800,000 enslaved
people in the Caribbean were worth, as chattel property,
£47 million. This was their assessed market
value. We know that this Parliament
determined that all slave owners should receive just and
fair compensation for the official taking away of their
property. We know that this Parliament provided the
sum of £20 million in grants to the slave owners as fair
compensation for the loss of their human chattel.
And we know that this Parliament determined that the
enslaved people would receive none of this compensation. The
argument made in this House was that ‘property’ cannot
receive property compensation. This Parliament, in its
emancipation Act, upheld the law that black people were not
human, but property.
What this Parliament has hid from the
world is that it also determined that the remaining £27
million would be paid by the enslaved people to their
enslavers, by means of a 4 year period of free labour called
the Apprenticeship. This period of additional free labour by the emancipated represented the enforced extraction of £27 million by the state. It was a cruel and shameful method of legislating Emancipation by forcing the enslaved to pay more than 50% of the financial cost of their own freedom. The £20 million paid the enslavers by this Parliament was less than the £27 million paid by the enslaved to the enslavers as dictated by this House.
I wish now to engage the argument of
the British Government that the slavery and other colonial
crimes were ‘legal’, and that they took place ‘a long
time ago’, and are beyond the border of
adjudication. Allow me, madam Chair, to breach
protocol and to interject myself into the discourse, in
order to demonstrate how very contemporary and current this
exploitation of the Caribbean people is and has been.
Upstairs this chamber sits the Earl of
Harewood. He is an honourable member of the House of Lords.
But does Lord Harewood know that my grandfather after
Independence in Barbados in 1966 labored on this sugar
plantation, as did his father and forefathers, going back to
the days of slavery? Does the goodly Lord know that as a
child I took lunch for my grandfather into the cane fields of
his sugar plantation? Lord Harewood, and my family, go back a long way,
from
slavery right into the present. Take also the very aristocratic and very distinguished Cumberbatch family. It has now produced the brilliant young actor, Benedict Cumberbatch [who I would love to meet one day]. Benedict’s grandfather owned the estate on which my beloved great grandmother worked all her adult life. They enslaved my family on their Cleland plantation in the parish of St. Andrew. My great grandmother, who helped to raise me,
and who we all called ‘mammy’, carried the name
Adriana Cumberbatch. The actor and academic are joined
therefore by a common past and present, and maybe,
common blood!
My case is but one of ten thousand
such cases. Everywhere across the Caribbean the presence
of our enslavers can be identified in our daily domestic
lives. This history is not remote. It is alive and pressing upon our daily affairs. And what have our people and governments been doing with respect to this legacy since we have gained national independence? The truth is, the people of the Caribbean
have been very courageous in their effort at
self-development and self-help in respect of this
terrible history and enduring legacy.
Our
citizens have faced this past head on, and have
established a vibrant culture of community self-help and
sustainable regional development mobilization. We are
not beggars! We are notsubservient! We do not want
charity and handouts! We want justice! Reparatory
justice!
When all is said and done, our
governments these past 50 years have been cleaning up
the mess left behind by Britain ’s colonial legacy. Our finest Presidents and Prime Ministers have been devising
projects to clean up the awful mess inherited from slavery and colonization. They must be commended for this effort, but the fact is, this legacy of rubble and ruin,
persistent poverty, and racialised relations and
reasoning, that continues to cripple our best efforts,
has been daunting. Britain , and its> Parliament,
cannot morally and legally turn their back upon this
past, and walk away from the mess they have left behind.
This Parliament has to return to the scene of its crimes, and participate as a legitimate parliament, as a legal parliament, in the healing and rehabilitation of the Caribbean.
We cannot, and should not, be asked
to do this by ourselves. We have done our part. This
Parliament must now return, and do its part, within the
context of reparatory justice, and within the framework
of development cooperation.
I wish to give two examples of how this reparatory justice can work: (1) Jamaica ,
Britain ’s largest slave colony, was left with 80% black
functional illiteracy at Independence in 1962. From this
circumstance the great and courageous Jamaican nation
has struggled with development and poverty alleviation.
The deep crisis remains. This Parliament owes the people
of Jamaica an educational and human resource investment
initiative. (2) Barbados , Britain ’s first slave
society, is now called the amputation capitol of the
world. It is here that the stress profile of slavery and
racial apartheid; dietary disaster and psychological
trauma; and the addiction to the consumption of sugar
and salt, have reached the highest peak. The country is
now host to the world’s most virulent diabetes and
hypertension epidemic. This Parliament owes the people
of Barbados an education and health initiative. It is the same for all our countries; the Bahamas , the Leewards, the Windwards, Guyana , Trinidad and Tobago , Belize , and beyond. The Caricom Ten Point
Plan for Reparatory Justice addresses these development
issues that are central to the case Britain has to
answer. It is an
invitation to Great Britain to demonstrate leadership
within the legal, moral, and diplomatic culture of the
world, within theCommonwealth, and within its relations
the Caribbean . There can be no escaping the
importance of this exchange of views about the matter
before this honourable chamber tonight. It took all of the 19th
century to uproot slavery from the Caribbean; from Haiti
in 1804 to the Spanish sub-region in the 1880s. It took
another 100 years to create citizenship, nationhood, and
democrac across the Caribbean as a development
framework. We have helped ourselves. This 21st century will be the century of global reparatory justice. Citizens are now,
for the first time since they were driven into retreat
by colonialism, able to stand up for reparatory justice
without fear. Their claim, their just claim for
reparations, will not go away. Rather, like the waves
upon our beautiful shores, they will keep coming until
reparatory justice is attained.
Madam Chair, we call upon you, and all members of this House, to rise to this challenge and to assist Great Britain to be truly worthy of the title “Great”. I urge you to do the right thing, in the right way. There is no other right time, other than right now, in our time. There is so much to gain from your leadership. The Caribbean is counting on you. In 1823, the honourable Thomas Buxton, M.P. for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, presented a bill to this House calling for an Emancipation Act with compensation for the enslaved people. His bill and vision were defeated. Instead, ten years later, an emancipation bill was passed, not with compensation for the enslaved, but with handsome and generous compensation for enslavers. Some40% of the national expenditure of the country was handed over to slave-owners as reparations. The enslaved people of the Caribbean got nothing. Indeed, they were then called upon by the said Emancipation Act to give £27 million in free labour to their enslavers. The injustice and the cruelty of that Emancipation Act, remain today like a fish bone stuck in our throats. We urge you, madam Chair, and other members of this Parliament, to rise up and bring the Buxton vision to life. He was a noble warrior for reparatory justice; his spirit can return to this House, in both places, and the 21st century will be ours to forge a new moral order for our collective wellbeing. On behalf of the Caricom Reparations Commission, all my colleagues across the Caribbean who have worked with our governments in order to bring this case before you, I ask that you respond with humility and openness when your government receives an invitation to meet with our governments in summit in order to discuss this matter. May the values and the spirit of development cooperation and mutual respect guide us all.
Thank you madam Chair.
Madam Chair, we call upon you, and all members of this House, to rise to this challenge and to assist Great Britain to be truly worthy of the title “Great”. I urge you to do the right thing, in the right way. There is no other right time, other than right now, in our time. There is so much to gain from your leadership. The Caribbean is counting on you. In 1823, the honourable Thomas Buxton, M.P. for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, presented a bill to this House calling for an Emancipation Act with compensation for the enslaved people. His bill and vision were defeated. Instead, ten years later, an emancipation bill was passed, not with compensation for the enslaved, but with handsome and generous compensation for enslavers. Some40% of the national expenditure of the country was handed over to slave-owners as reparations. The enslaved people of the Caribbean got nothing. Indeed, they were then called upon by the said Emancipation Act to give £27 million in free labour to their enslavers. The injustice and the cruelty of that Emancipation Act, remain today like a fish bone stuck in our throats. We urge you, madam Chair, and other members of this Parliament, to rise up and bring the Buxton vision to life. He was a noble warrior for reparatory justice; his spirit can return to this House, in both places, and the 21st century will be ours to forge a new moral order for our collective wellbeing. On behalf of the Caricom Reparations Commission, all my colleagues across the Caribbean who have worked with our governments in order to bring this case before you, I ask that you respond with humility and openness when your government receives an invitation to meet with our governments in summit in order to discuss this matter. May the values and the spirit of development cooperation and mutual respect guide us all.
Thank you madam Chair.
(Standing Ovation)
Toronto, Soca has returned to Friday nights on 89.5 fm CIUT
Island Breeze, Your Friday evening soca fix is back! For 15 years fans of Soca music enjoyed this show every Friday evening then sadly due to a time slot change, the Tradition was lost. But on Friday February 28th,2014 the fete returned to the airways.
Effective Feb 28th, 2014 Island Breeze is on FRIDAY NIGHTS @ 10 pm
Island Breeze plays music from the Caribbean Islands. The name however doesn't reveal the entire depth of our broadcast.
True soca lovers, Island Breeze is your show. If you are looking for more than the same old, the same songs and the same presentation, Island Breeze will take you to depths others do not explore. Island Breeze is a program designed to showcase Calypso / Soca music inviting listeners into the musical cultures of Antigua-and-Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Martin, Saint Kitts-and-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent-and-the-Grenadines and Trinidad-and-Tobago.
News, Interviews, Fete Info, and your favourite Soca, Calypso and Kaiso. Make Island Breeze your Friday evening Jump Off.
Island Breeze Friday nights from 10 pm – 12 am.
SOCA HAS A NEW HOME - 89.5 FM CIUT
Island Breezing on a Friday evening on 89.5 FM!
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The order of appearance for the Power Soca Monarch held on 20th July 2014
Arthur's "Numb" was written by himself and Daniel Dubois and composed by him.
Saint Lucia Road March winner is J MOUSE with "Hurt It"!
See http://www.stlucianewsonline.com for more info.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
In less than one week a 16-member team representing Grenada will be in Glasgow, Scotland to compete at the XX Commonwealth Games.
ISLAND BREEZE on CIUT 89.5FM is a top notch show!
"Toronto, Soca has returned to Friday nights on 89.5 fm. Island Breeze, Your Friday evening soca fix is back!!!!Toronto, Soca has returned to Friday nights on 89.5 fm CIUT
Island Breeze, Your Friday evening soca fix is back! For 15 years fans of Soca music enjoyed this show every Friday evening then sadly due to a time slot change, the Tradition was lost. But on Friday February 28th,2014 the fete returned to the airways.
Effective Feb 28th, 2014 Island Breeze is on FRIDAY NIGHTS @ 10 pm
Island Breeze plays music from the Caribbean Islands. The name however doesn't reveal the entire depth of our broadcast.
True soca lovers, Island Breeze is your show. If you are looking for more than the same old, the same songs and the same presentation, Island Breeze will take you to depths others do not explore. Island Breeze is a program designed to showcase Calypso / Soca music inviting listeners into the musical cultures of Antigua-and-Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Martin, Saint Kitts-and-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent-and-the-Grenadines and Trinidad-and-Tobago.
News, Interviews, Fete Info, and your favourite Soca, Calypso and Kaiso. Make Island Breeze your Friday evening Jump Off.
Island Breeze Friday nights from 10 pm – 12 am.
SOCA HAS A NEW HOME - 89.5 FM CIUT
Island Breezing on a Friday evening on 89.5 FM!
https://twitter.com/islandbreezefm
https://www.facebook.com/groups/IslandBreeze
www.ciut.fm
Rogers Digital Cable Channel 946
Bell Fibe Channel 970
djbass@ciut.fm
blackberry listeners >> www.tinyurl..com/tropicaalstorm
IPhone and Android users >>
TUNEIN RADIO APP
Listen to CIUT 89.5 FM by downloading the free TuneIn Radio app to your smartphone.
Click here to download.
You can also listen to CIUT 89.5 FM directly from the TuneIn Radio website by
clicking here.
416-946-7000"
EZRA is the power soca monarch of st. lucia!
2014 Power Monarch Results
- Ezra “Bacchanal Rampage” – 366 points
- Ambi “Free” – 350 points
- J Mouse “Hurt It” – 347 points
“Bacchanal Rampage” was written by Ezra and El Nathan Cyril and produced by the multitalented Orlando “Hyper-D” Philip and Saint Lucia’s soca genius and mad musical scientist Thygeson “Penn” Joseph.
- J Mouse – “Hurt It”
- Ezra – “Bacchanal Rampage”
- Ambi – “Free”
- HP – “Pass it Senior”
- Derek Yarde – “Kabawe”
- Mantius – “Peace and Love”
- Kakal – “He or She”
- Ricky T – “De Truth”
- Q-Pid – “Balanga”
- Siah – “I in Dat”
ARTHUR IS 2014 GROOVY SOCA MONARCH
Arthur's "Numb" was written by himself and Daniel Dubois and composed by him.- 2014 Groovy Soca Monarch - Arthur "Numb" (378 points);
- 2nd Place - Ambi (368 Points);
- 3rd Place - former Monarch Ricky T (365 points)
Groovy Soca Monarch Order of Appearance
- Arthur - "Numb"
- Esteban - "Just Doing Me"
- Mantius - "No Guns Allowed"
- Q-Pid - "A Little Whining"
- Mysterio - "Loco"
- Mongstar - "Bad on the Road"
- Ambi - "Bumper is Mine"
- HP - "True Colors"
- Nickler - "No Girl Can Take My Man"
- Ricky T - "I Am Soca"
Walleigh
Wulstan “Walleigh” Alfred scored 737 points to win the 2014 Calypso Monarch.
He performed “Stich Reform” written by Delthia Naitram and “Street Vibes” written by himself; both songs were arranged by Timothy Mondesir.
Walleigh also captured the most Humorous Calypso prize with “Street Vibes”, followed by Ti Carro’s “Minister of Erection”, Ashanti’s “False Advertising” and Blaze’s “De Rum.”
Defending champion Minelle Delice secured second place with 720 points singing “The Power of Words” and “Back Pain”.
Nintus Magre took third place scoring 717 points for “Cultural Revival” and “Square Holes”, while Ignatius “Invada” Tissin rounded off the top four with 679 points with “The Shepard” and “Helen of the West.”
Other competitors were:
Herb Black – “Reparation Now” & “Do de Maths”
Achiever – “Happiness” & “Lan pa Ni Zo”
Dennis James – “Now I am Sixty-Five” & “This Caribbean Man”
Hitty – “Life’s a School” & “Calypso’s Virgin”
Ashanti – “Death to the Black King” & “False Advertising”
Educator – “Standing Tall” & “Addicts”
Achiever – “Happiness” & “Lan pa Ni Zo”
Dennis James – “Now I am Sixty-Five” & “This Caribbean Man”
Hitty – “Life’s a School” & “Calypso’s Virgin”
Ashanti – “Death to the Black King” & “False Advertising”
Educator – “Standing Tall” & “Addicts”
See http://www.stlucianewsonline.com for more info.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
In less than one week a 16-member team representing Grenada will be in Glasgow, Scotland to compete at the XX Commonwealth Games.
The team of athletes, boxers and swimmers will be led by Olympic 400 metres champion Kirani James who will be seeking the island’s first Gold and second medal in its history of participation.
GrenadaSports will be setting up camp in Glasgow from Saturday (July 19) to cover the exploits of the Grenadians.
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The full list of competitors include: Kirani James, Bralon Taplin, Rondell Bartholomew, Payton Hazzard, Joel Redhead, Paul Williams, Michael Wilson, Kanika Beckles, Kurt Felix, Lindon Victor, Imrod Bartholomew, Jonathan Francois, Oreoluwa Cherebin, Andrew Hopkin, Corey Ollivierre and Chris Regis.
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The show will be on Sunday nights, from 10 pm - midnight beginning on Feb 9th.
Stolen Moments are special blocks of time put aside for relaxing, sharing with a loved one and
reminiscing over the feelings of Love with the Essence Of Soul.
Make sure and tune in to the Pre-Valentine's Edition of Stolen Moments on MyLime Radio,
Feb 9th, 10 pm - midnight.
Share the Love,
DJ Lenny
By Lincoln Depradine
Three decades have passed and much of the truth about exactly what happened in Grenada in 1983 – on October 19 and in the period leading up to October 25 – remains fuzzy and riddled in controversy and dispute.
It could be reasonably argued that truth, under the circumstances of 1983, may depend on where the conveyer of truth was situated and the experience of the individual and his and her family.
In the past 30 years, enmity has developed, friendships developed or broken, over people’s positions – praising, condemning or indifferent – of what happened on October 25 when foreign troops landed on our shores.
For the Americans, they call it an invasion. Grenadians’ reference swings from invasion, to intervention, to rescue mission.
The more creative among us coined new descriptors, such as “intervasion’’ and “rescuvasion’’.
For some people, not just here in Grenada but also worldwide, there is no greater violation of sovereignty than the invasion of your country by a foreign force, especially by a nation of people who are predominantly of a different race and culture. It offends the sense of independence.
This, they would argue, is not to quarrel with the majority of Grenadians who may have wanted or welcomed the 1983 invasion.
But, they invite their detractors to ask an invading nation if they would like another nation invading their own country, and they say it’s guaranteed that the answer will be a resounding, “no’’.
Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, some members of his cabinet, and other Grenadians, were killed when soldiers of the People’s Revolutionary Amery stormed Fort Rupert – now Fort George – on October 19, 1983.
I’m not sure if a determination has been made of the exact death toll from the October 19 incident on the fort.
What is questionable, though, are the reports that “hundreds’’ had died. Even a number of 100 killed seems farfethched; 100 translates to 0.001 percent of our population of 100,000.
That 0.001 percent is equivalent to the deaths of 1,000 of Trinidad’s estimated population of 1 million; 250 in Barbados; 2,500 in Jamaica; and 380,000 in a US population of 380 million.
The remains of deceased are also a sore issue. The only thing that has been established beyond dispute is that the bodies were buried in mass graves.
The 17 army and government officials convicted in the October 19 killings swear they do not know where the bodies were taken after the remains were unearthed by the invading forces.
Earlier this year, at an Anglican Church function of some ex-prisoners and family of the victims, one family member said that after the invasion, US soldiers took her to a grave site in the south of the island where the bodies were buried. At the time, she said, the 17 were already arrested and in jail.
Now, to the invasion; was it an invasion by invitation or an invasion by coercion?
Sir Paul Scoon, our former Governor General was a grand statesman that had earned my respect and that of many Grenadian. He died last month at 78. May his soul rest in peace.
However, I have never believed the story that Sir Paul, with the solid backing of the late Dominica Prime Minister, Dame Eugenia Charles, “invited’’ US President Ronald Reagan to intervene in Grenada’s crazy political mess to rescue hapless Grenadians. Somewhere, in all the confusion, it also turned into a mission to rescue American students at St George’s University.
Although, ironically, American students at SGU were the safest people in all of Grenada. The records show that visits were made to the university’s chancellor, assuring him and reassuring him that the army in control of the island was committed to ensuring not a single American is hurt.
But, let’s get back to the supposed “invitation’’ to then President Reagan. To believe that story, first meant trying to figure out how the invitation from Sir Paul to the US leader was extended – by phone, telex, e-mail, snail-mail or what. The whole country was on lock down. And that included Governor General Scoon.
Second, one would have to believe that the US was sitting around, minding its own business, unaware of Grenada, with no interest in a little Third World country in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, when this urgent invitation to “intervade’’ arrived at the White House.
It was followed shortly afterwards by a visit to Washington by PM Charles, who prodded and cajoled a reluctant USA into doing something about the Grenada situation.
Are we to believe, therefore, that it is likely the US could have rejected the desperate pleadings of Sir Paul and Dame Eugenia?
Most honest, sensible, rationale people in the US and Grenada agree that invitation or no invitation, ready or not, the United States was going to use the breakdown of law and order in Grenada to move in and crush the so-called Commies that had overthrown Eric Gairy in 1979 and had established close ties with America’s cold war enemies, such as Cuba and the former Soviet Union.
Sir Paul and Dame Eugenia were useful in the public relations components of the invasion; portraying an unwilling United States – the most powerful national on earth – as being prodded into invading a tiny island-state many miles away from the nearest US coastline.
One of President Reagan’s best friends and an ideological ally was the late Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Britain.
In her memoirs that were released in Britain in August, Thatcher gives an insight into Reagan’s thinking and her feelings on the Grenada invasion.
Reagan framed it not as an invitation from Sir Paul but as a request for military action in Grenada from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
“At 7.15 in the evening of Monday, 24th October, I received a message from President Reagan while I was hosting a reception at Downing Street. The President wrote that he was giving serious consideration to the OECS request for military action,’’ Thatcher writes in her memoir. “He asked for my thoughts and advice. I was strongly against intervention.’’
Later, according to Thatcher, another message arrived from Reagan in which he stated that he had decided to “respond positively to the request for military action”.
Thatcher frowned on the US decision, saying the American action “will be seen as intervention by a Western country in the internal affairs of a small independent nation, however unattractive its regime’’.
Further, writes Thatcher, the US President’s decision “causes us the gravest concern”, and she claims that Sir Paul – the GG and the Queen’s representative in Grenada – had told a British official that if there were an intervention, “he would probably be killed.”
Another revelation from Thatcher’s memoirs was the determination by Thatcher’s foreign policy adviser, Anthony Parsons, that “it is becoming increasingly obvious that” the United States “had been planning the Grenada move for some time”.
If Parsons is right, it is only reasonable to conclude that there was no invitation, nor was one needed, for the invasion, rescue mission, intervention, “intervasion’’, or “rescuvasion’’ of Grenada on October 25, 1983.
To get to the complete truth of 1983, there must not only be a telling of the events but Grenadians themselves also must commit their experiences to paper, especially in authoring books.
Through cross references and the comparing of notes and information, we may reach a convergence of truths and facts.
Documentation is also important in educating future generations about their country’s history, and possibly avoiding a repeat of tragic mistakes of the past.
Cameron Mattice - Andre De Grasse - Tony Sharpe
The show will be on Sunday nights, from 10 pm - midnight beginning on Feb 9th.
Stolen Moments are special blocks of time put aside for relaxing, sharing with a loved one and
reminiscing over the feelings of Love with the Essence Of Soul.
Make sure and tune in to the Pre-Valentine's Edition of Stolen Moments on MyLime Radio,
Feb 9th, 10 pm - midnight.
Share the Love,
DJ Lenny
By Lincoln Depradine
Three decades have passed and much of the truth about exactly what happened in Grenada in 1983 – on October 19 and in the period leading up to October 25 – remains fuzzy and riddled in controversy and dispute.
It could be reasonably argued that truth, under the circumstances of 1983, may depend on where the conveyer of truth was situated and the experience of the individual and his and her family.
In the past 30 years, enmity has developed, friendships developed or broken, over people’s positions – praising, condemning or indifferent – of what happened on October 25 when foreign troops landed on our shores.
For the Americans, they call it an invasion. Grenadians’ reference swings from invasion, to intervention, to rescue mission.
The more creative among us coined new descriptors, such as “intervasion’’ and “rescuvasion’’.
For some people, not just here in Grenada but also worldwide, there is no greater violation of sovereignty than the invasion of your country by a foreign force, especially by a nation of people who are predominantly of a different race and culture. It offends the sense of independence.
This, they would argue, is not to quarrel with the majority of Grenadians who may have wanted or welcomed the 1983 invasion.
But, they invite their detractors to ask an invading nation if they would like another nation invading their own country, and they say it’s guaranteed that the answer will be a resounding, “no’’.
Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, some members of his cabinet, and other Grenadians, were killed when soldiers of the People’s Revolutionary Amery stormed Fort Rupert – now Fort George – on October 19, 1983.
I’m not sure if a determination has been made of the exact death toll from the October 19 incident on the fort.
What is questionable, though, are the reports that “hundreds’’ had died. Even a number of 100 killed seems farfethched; 100 translates to 0.001 percent of our population of 100,000.
That 0.001 percent is equivalent to the deaths of 1,000 of Trinidad’s estimated population of 1 million; 250 in Barbados; 2,500 in Jamaica; and 380,000 in a US population of 380 million.
The remains of deceased are also a sore issue. The only thing that has been established beyond dispute is that the bodies were buried in mass graves.
The 17 army and government officials convicted in the October 19 killings swear they do not know where the bodies were taken after the remains were unearthed by the invading forces.
Earlier this year, at an Anglican Church function of some ex-prisoners and family of the victims, one family member said that after the invasion, US soldiers took her to a grave site in the south of the island where the bodies were buried. At the time, she said, the 17 were already arrested and in jail.
Now, to the invasion; was it an invasion by invitation or an invasion by coercion?
Sir Paul Scoon, our former Governor General was a grand statesman that had earned my respect and that of many Grenadian. He died last month at 78. May his soul rest in peace.
However, I have never believed the story that Sir Paul, with the solid backing of the late Dominica Prime Minister, Dame Eugenia Charles, “invited’’ US President Ronald Reagan to intervene in Grenada’s crazy political mess to rescue hapless Grenadians. Somewhere, in all the confusion, it also turned into a mission to rescue American students at St George’s University.
Although, ironically, American students at SGU were the safest people in all of Grenada. The records show that visits were made to the university’s chancellor, assuring him and reassuring him that the army in control of the island was committed to ensuring not a single American is hurt.
But, let’s get back to the supposed “invitation’’ to then President Reagan. To believe that story, first meant trying to figure out how the invitation from Sir Paul to the US leader was extended – by phone, telex, e-mail, snail-mail or what. The whole country was on lock down. And that included Governor General Scoon.
Second, one would have to believe that the US was sitting around, minding its own business, unaware of Grenada, with no interest in a little Third World country in the middle of the Caribbean Sea, when this urgent invitation to “intervade’’ arrived at the White House.
It was followed shortly afterwards by a visit to Washington by PM Charles, who prodded and cajoled a reluctant USA into doing something about the Grenada situation.
Are we to believe, therefore, that it is likely the US could have rejected the desperate pleadings of Sir Paul and Dame Eugenia?
Most honest, sensible, rationale people in the US and Grenada agree that invitation or no invitation, ready or not, the United States was going to use the breakdown of law and order in Grenada to move in and crush the so-called Commies that had overthrown Eric Gairy in 1979 and had established close ties with America’s cold war enemies, such as Cuba and the former Soviet Union.
Sir Paul and Dame Eugenia were useful in the public relations components of the invasion; portraying an unwilling United States – the most powerful national on earth – as being prodded into invading a tiny island-state many miles away from the nearest US coastline.
One of President Reagan’s best friends and an ideological ally was the late Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Britain.
In her memoirs that were released in Britain in August, Thatcher gives an insight into Reagan’s thinking and her feelings on the Grenada invasion.
Reagan framed it not as an invitation from Sir Paul but as a request for military action in Grenada from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
“At 7.15 in the evening of Monday, 24th October, I received a message from President Reagan while I was hosting a reception at Downing Street. The President wrote that he was giving serious consideration to the OECS request for military action,’’ Thatcher writes in her memoir. “He asked for my thoughts and advice. I was strongly against intervention.’’
Later, according to Thatcher, another message arrived from Reagan in which he stated that he had decided to “respond positively to the request for military action”.
Thatcher frowned on the US decision, saying the American action “will be seen as intervention by a Western country in the internal affairs of a small independent nation, however unattractive its regime’’.
Further, writes Thatcher, the US President’s decision “causes us the gravest concern”, and she claims that Sir Paul – the GG and the Queen’s representative in Grenada – had told a British official that if there were an intervention, “he would probably be killed.”
Another revelation from Thatcher’s memoirs was the determination by Thatcher’s foreign policy adviser, Anthony Parsons, that “it is becoming increasingly obvious that” the United States “had been planning the Grenada move for some time”.
If Parsons is right, it is only reasonable to conclude that there was no invitation, nor was one needed, for the invasion, rescue mission, intervention, “intervasion’’, or “rescuvasion’’ of Grenada on October 25, 1983.
To get to the complete truth of 1983, there must not only be a telling of the events but Grenadians themselves also must commit their experiences to paper, especially in authoring books.
Through cross references and the comparing of notes and information, we may reach a convergence of truths and facts.
Documentation is also important in educating future generations about their country’s history, and possibly avoiding a repeat of tragic mistakes of the past.
Cameron Mattice - Andre De Grasse - Tony Sharpe
Fuelling the Need for Speed Featured
TQS Transformation is proud to support The Speed Academy Athletics Club in their efforts to train and showcase young Canadian Track and Field athletes. Among the many talented young athletes within the Speed Academy family, TQS Transformation took a moment to catch up on the accomplishments of sprinter Andre De Grasse from Markham, Ontario.
Andre De Grasse, 18, recently competed at the 2013 Junior Pan-Am games in Columbia where he captured two medals - a silver medal in the 100m and a bronze in the 200m. While he carries himself with the quiet poise of a seasoned athlete confident in years of success on the track, Andre only started competing in organized track in June 2013.
Tony Sharpe, head coach of The Speed Academy, first met Andre during a high school meet at York University last April. “I saw this guy at the start of the race. While everyone was getting ready in their blocks, he started the race standing upright,” Tony shakes his head and laughs along with Andre as they remember the young man’s inexperience at the time. Despite the rocky start, it didn’t take long for Tony to recognize his talent. “He left everyone else behind. I knew I could help him train better so I gave him my card.”
Within three days, Andre started working with Tony at The Speed Academy. And by the end of the season he earned a scholarship to Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.
In addition to his success at the Pan-Am Games, Andre was the 2013 Canadian National Junior Champion in the 100 m and 200 m, and is the Canadian Junior record Holder for the 100 m at 10.25. He also ran a record wind-aided 100 m at 9.99.
Windy or not, Andre’s speed on the track is catching notice. As he enters his second year of college, several major NCAA DI universities have expressed interest, including: UCLA, University of Alabama and Florida State University.
Despite his recent successes and the promise of great things to come, Andre seems content to take one thing at a time. “I never thought I would be doing what I am doing right now,” he says with amazement. When asked about future plans on the track, his feet remain firmly on the ground.“Basically, I just want to make my family proud and get an education. Then in the long run maybe pursue this more professionally, but only after I complete my education.”
It sounds like Andre is well on his way to achieving his goals. According to Tony: “Andre is the most talented sprinter I have ever seen.”
TQS Transformation is proud to support The Speed Academy Athletics Club in their efforts to train and showcase young Canadian Track and Field athletes. Among the many talented young athletes within the Speed Academy family, TQS Transformation took a moment to catch up on the accomplishments of sprinter Andre De Grasse from Markham, Ontario.
Andre De Grasse, 18, recently competed at the 2013 Junior Pan-Am games in Columbia where he captured two medals - a silver medal in the 100m and a bronze in the 200m. While he carries himself with the quiet poise of a seasoned athlete confident in years of success on the track, Andre only started competing in organized track in June 2013.
Tony Sharpe, head coach of The Speed Academy, first met Andre during a high school meet at York University last April. “I saw this guy at the start of the race. While everyone was getting ready in their blocks, he started the race standing upright,” Tony shakes his head and laughs along with Andre as they remember the young man’s inexperience at the time. Despite the rocky start, it didn’t take long for Tony to recognize his talent. “He left everyone else behind. I knew I could help him train better so I gave him my card.”
Within three days, Andre started working with Tony at The Speed Academy. And by the end of the season he earned a scholarship to Coffeyville Community College in Kansas.
In addition to his success at the Pan-Am Games, Andre was the 2013 Canadian National Junior Champion in the 100 m and 200 m, and is the Canadian Junior record Holder for the 100 m at 10.25. He also ran a record wind-aided 100 m at 9.99.
Windy or not, Andre’s speed on the track is catching notice. As he enters his second year of college, several major NCAA DI universities have expressed interest, including: UCLA, University of Alabama and Florida State University.
Despite his recent successes and the promise of great things to come, Andre seems content to take one thing at a time. “I never thought I would be doing what I am doing right now,” he says with amazement. When asked about future plans on the track, his feet remain firmly on the ground.“Basically, I just want to make my family proud and get an education. Then in the long run maybe pursue this more professionally, but only after I complete my education.”
It sounds like Andre is well on his way to achieving his goals. According to Tony: “Andre is the most talented sprinter I have ever seen.”
TQS Transformation looks forward to sharing more news of future successes of Andre and his teammates at The Speed Academy.
Grenada Carnival Monday and Tuesday Results 2013
Road March | |||
| WINNER | Lucozade King of the Road | Boyzie | Mas Everywhere |
Fancy Mas - Band Of The Year | |||
| NO. | NAME | SCORE | |
| WINNER | Andre Garvey & Associates | The Reef | 1053 |
| 2 | LIME Commancheros & Associates | Moods and Attitudes | 1052 |
| 3 | Helen Maria & Associates | The essence of life | 1010 |
Traditional Mas - Pageant Winner | |||
| NO. | NAME | SCORE | |
| WINNER | Hermitage Shortknee | 271 | |
| 2 | House of Justice | 251 | |
| 3 | Demonic Angels | 248 | |
Monday Night Mas | |||
| NO. | NAME | SCORE | |
| WINNER | Digicel/Flow/Westerhall Estates | Colours for 2013 | 735 |
| 2 | Grenada Breweries Ltd | Grenada Nice | 729 |
| 3 | LIME | LIME n 24/7 | 728 |
Jouvert Morning Bomb Tune Competition | |||
| NO. | NAME | Tune | SCORE |
| WINNER | LIME Commancheros | Hear My Cry | 82 |
| 2 | Coyaba New Dimensions | That's The Way It Is | 78 |
| 3 | Republic Angel Harps | Moon River | 76 |
Jouvert Winners | |||
| WINNER | Ole Mas Ind. | Jenner James | |
| Most Comical | Evlyn Mark | Judas Wife | |
| Most Original | Jenner James | Going Green | |
| Best Current Affairs | Jenner James | Going Green | |
| Ole Mas Band | Café Bull | Ole Mas Is Stupidness | |
| Jab Jab | The Real Jab Jab | ||
| Coloured Jab | Foam on de road | ||
Calypso Monarch Final Results 2013
| NO. |
NAME
|
SOUBRIQUET
| SCORE |
| WINNER | Ketura George | Ketura | 839 |
| 2 | Finley Jeffery | Scholar | 824 |
| 3 | Sean Niles | Sour Serpent | 820 |
| 4 | Sheldon Douglas | Sheldon Douglas | 815 |
| 5 | Kelly Clyne | Rootsman Kelly | 809 |
| 6 | Randy Issac | Randy Issac | 808 |
| 7 | Jerry Baptiste | Papa Jerry | 797 |
| 8 | Phelon Blacket | Smallies | 792 |
| 8 | Thomas Morain | Foopy | 792 |
| 10 | Nashanda Charles | Nashanda | 784 Panorama Final Results 2013 |
NO.
|
NAME
|
SONG
|
SCORE
|
Winner
| Coyaba New Dimensions | Celebrate 25 Years |
279
|
2
| LIME Commancheros | Golden Jubilee |
275
|
3
| Suzuki Pan Wizards Supported by Food Fair | Bad Like Yaaz |
271
|
4
| Republic Band Angel Harps | Pan Concerto |
270
|
5
| Rainbow City All Stars | Pan Revolution |
257
|
6
| Digicel Florida All Stars | Calalloo |
256
|
7
| Waggy T Pan Ossia | A Matter Of Time |
247
|
8
| Calabash Pan Lovers | It Is Carnival |
234
|
9
| Grand Roy Pan Angels | In The Pan Yard |
231
|
Groovy Monarch Final Results 2013
NO.
|
NAME
|
SOUBRIQUET
|
Score
|
| WINNER | Wrenroy Ogiste | Blaka Dan | 430 |
| 2 | Finley Jeffery | Scholar | 405 |
| 3 | Finber Andrews | Shortpree | 398 |
| 4 | Elwin Mark | Elo | 370 |
| 5 | Sheldon Douglas | Sheldon Douglas | 366 |
| 6 | Clint John | Super Flying Flint | 363 |
| 7 | Kelvin Celestine | Otis | 357 |
| 8 | Randy Isaac | Randy Isaac | 356 |
| 9 | Jerry Baptiste | Pappa Jerry | 348 |
| 10 | Valene Nedd | Valene | 330 |
1. BLACKA DAN - WHOLE DAY WE JAMMIN
2. SHORTPREE - PLAIN TALK BAD MANNER
3. SCHOLAR - CANNOT DELIVER
4. ELO - GRENADA MY HOME
5. SHELDON DOUGLAS - AH PLAYING MAS
Soca Monarch Final Results 2013
| NO. |
NAME
|
SOUBRIQUET
| SCORE |
| WINNER | Jalon Olive | Boyzie | 419 |
| 2 | Elimus Gilbert | Inspector | 402 |
| 3 | Jevaungh John | Lil Vaughn | 368 |
| 3 | Digaan Henry & Nyelon Williams | Lil Natty & Thunda | 368 |
| 5 | Shem Bernard | Terror Kid | 343 |
| 6 | Randy Issac | Randy Issac | 333 |
| 7 | Sheldon Douglas | Sheldon Douglas | 330 |
| 8 | Kelon & Kelson Ogiste | Luni Spark & Electrify | 326 |
| 9 | Finley Jeffery | Scholar | 322 |
| 9 | Kevin Celestine | Otis | 322 |
| 11 | Laura Richardson | Laura Lisa | 308 |
| 11 | Nekoyan Bain | Nekoyan | 308 |
| 11 | Kennedy Mapp | Kennedy | 308 |
| 14 | Gordon Agard | Soca Banton | 298 |
| 15 | Dave Peters | Boogie B | 287 |
| 16 | Asim Bernard | Sylum | 285 |
2. INSPECTOR - WEY DE VETERAN
3. LIL VAUGHN - CHARGE UP
3. LIL NATTY & THUNDA - MISS CARNIVAL
4. TERROR KID - BAD LIKE YARZ
5. RANDY ISSACS - BEST CARNIVAL
Antigua 2013 LIME Party Monarch Results
2013 Groovy Party Monarch Winner
- Name: - Tian Winter
- song: - Roaming
1st Runner-Up
- Name: - Set On
- song: - Smile A Lot
2nd Runner-Up
- Name: - CP
- song: - Belong To A Flag
2013 Jumpy Party Monarch Winner
- Name: - Ratty-Gan
- song: - For Cup
1st Runner-Up
- Name: - Tian Winter
- song: - Ain't got Time for That
2nd Runner-Up
- Name: - Hard Knaxx
- song: - Jam Jam
2013 Wadadli Calypso Monarch Results
2013 Wadadli Calypso Monarch Winner
- Name - King Eddie Mello
- Song 1 - Light Of Hope
- Song 2 - Ghetto Boys
1st Runner-Up
- Name - King Singing Sudden
- Song 1 - Raw Confusion
- Song 2 - Looking For the King
2nd Runner-Up
- Name - Blade
- Song 1 - The World is watching us
- Song 2 - Capture De Bear
Most Improved Calypsonian
- Name - Zocio
- Song - Magic Month
- Name - Lord Determine
- Song - Cock Dead
- Name - Black Mahdi
- Song - Chronicle of A People
2013 Antigua Commercial Bank Panorama Results
2013 Panorama Winner
- Name: - LIME Hells Gate Steel Orchestra
- Song: - Vivian Richards by King Short Shirt
1st Runner-Up
- Name: - Cool and Smooth Ebonites Gate Steel Orchestra
- Song: - Something Got a Hold on Me by Claudette "CP" Peters
2nd Runner-Up
- Name: - WIOC Gemonites Steel Orchestra
- Song: - Steel Band Bonanza by Edimelo
- Name: - Carib Seas Harmonites Steel Orchestra
- Song: - St. John's Town Mash Down by Mighty Swallow
Source: antiguacarnival.com
Skarpyon wins his first Calypso crown in St. Vincent
15.7.2013 - Lyf Compton
Calypsonians looking to wear the 2014 National Calypso Crown will have to defeat Shernelle 'Skarpyon' Williams.
Skarpyon won his first National Calypso Monarch crown on Sunday July 7th 2013.
Initially not slated to perform in the finals of the competition, Skarpyon was given a chance when another Calypsonian opted out due to personal reasons.
Giving the performance of his life, he dethroned last year's winner Lornette 'Fya Empress' Nedd-Reid with his songs 'Until' and 'Song of Hope' and as a result took home EC$25,000 and a Nissan Skyline car valued at EC$40,000.Fya Empress was second, with 'Just' and 'My Gratitude'.
There was a tie for third place between Shaunelle McKenzie (I would never be a politician and Mama Cry) and Dennis Bowman (Songs they hear) and (Way yo dey).
Also competing were Javelle 'Lady Diya' Frank, John Dougan, Glenroy 'Homey' Delpesche, Glen 'Bump I' Richards, Glenford 'Azarah' Charles, Carlos 'Chang I' Morgan and Grantley 'Ipa' Constance.
Skinny takes fifth Soca Monarch crown
15.7.2013 - Lyf Compton
15.7.2013 - Lyf Compton
Gamal 'Skinny Fabulous' Doyle as usual brought theatrics and an exciting performance to patrons at Carnival City, Victoria Park as he walked away with EC$25,000, a Nissan Skyline vehicle valued at EC$40,000 and the 2013 Soca Monarch Crown.
A helicopter, a tank, soldiers…Opposition Leader Arnhim Eustace and Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves placing their trust in a General to quell a riot on Saturday July 5th was all part of Skinny's 2013 presentation that saw him win his fifth crown.
The presentation of his 2013 song 'General' (already a hit with Soca lovers before July 5th), began with a news report about a riot. The report was followed by a message from Eustace and Prime Minister Dr. Gonsalves both placing their trust in General Skinny Fabulous to take care of the situation.
After the broadcast that was played on the big screen, the noise of a helicopter was heard and patrons looked to the sky where they were greeted with the site of whirly bird that flew over the stage and landed. After the helicopter landed, Skinny ran onto the stage accompanied by a tank.
Over the years, Skinny has become known for his creative performances, one of which saw a man flying over patrons with a jet pack while another saw Hulk throwing Skinny from the stage.
"I write all my songs and I think I am lucky in a creative way…I think the concepts that come to me resonate well with the Vincentian people and for that I am thankful", said Skinny during an interview after taking the crown.
Stressing that he is lucky to have concepts that people like, Skinny said despite popular belief, it was quite easy to get Eustace and Dr. Gonsalves to be a part of his presentation.
"A lot of people dictate and take politics too serious. People were surprised that they would do it but despite what people may think, I find Mr. Eustace to be a very cool person and Dr. Gonsalves is always very receptive…the only thing both men were concerned about is if the other would do but if one wouldn't do it, I wouldn't have use none", said Skinny.
In relation to the helicopter, Skinny said that his first idea was to use a life size tank, swiveling gun and all, "I had a tank idea, but then I said it was good but then I thought of the General arriving in a helicopter and I thought that was better especially with the Gonsalves and Eustace intro", said Skinny stressing that it was a lot of hard work and red tape getting the helicopter to land in Victoria Park.
Skinny also gave advice to artistes that base their performances on other artistes.
"If you concentrate on your song, all the ideas will come to you…it is always good to come up with a concept that can fit a good entrance and in my opinion a lot of attention was placed on the wrong things by certain artistes", said Skinny.
When asked when he didn't enter the stage by swinging from the helicopter, Skinny said that he would have needed a military grade chopper to pull that off.
Meanwhile, Skinny is concentrating on his upcoming tours.
"I have been very lucky", said Skinny, "everything I do in St. Vincent is hard work and talent but in the region and internationally it is both plus things coming to be at the right time.
"I am very blessed in terms of my demand...people give you a life span of one or two years in this business then they go back to other artiste so I am lucky to have such a high demand so right now I am just doing shows and promoting my brand", said Skinny.
Skinny won the Soca Monarch competition in 2008 (Head Bad), 2009 (Beast Let Go), 2010 (Charge UP) and 2012 (Monster).
When asked how he plans to surpass his helicopter and jet pack concept, the stickman volunteers, "the next time I want to disappear or levitate".
In second place in the Soca Monarch competition was Delroy 'Fireman' Hooper with 'Undertaker 21-0'. His presentation began with Green Party Leader Ivan O'Neal dressed in full army attire displaying his medals from his time in the army abroad. O'Neal spoke about "sending the undertaker for the fake General" and like Skinny's intro sent the crowd into a frenzy.
Part of Fireman's performance also paid tribute to Stuart 'Rudy' Louie, a relative of Fireman who died in a hail of bullets last year at Gibson Corner. In his presentation, Fireman asked persons to stop gun violence and take their guns into the police.
The Soca Monarch show saw in third place Lornette 'Fya Empress' Nedd with her song 'Earthquake' while fourth place went to Shertz 'Problem Child' James with 'Riot'.
The other performers were Orlando 'Syxx' Foster (Carnival Slave), Hance John (Hell Yuh want), Bruce 'Steady Gan' Vincent (Super Natural), Shaunelle Mc Kenzie (Carry on), Raeon 'Fete King Madzart' Primus (Bodow / Muda wuk), Eddison 'Lively'Mc Dowall (Skin Out), Tamisha Nichols-Lewis (Zero Tolerance), Johnny 'Johnny Rebel' Hall (Rebellious), Keith Currency (Pat it), Ryan 'Royal' Abraham (Mad Anthem) and Shane 'Shaney Hypez' Husbands with 'Show me yo wuk up'.
SVG Players takes Winston Samuel Band of the Year title
15.7.2013 - Lyf Compton
15.7.2013 - Lyf Compton
SVG Players International will later this year receive the biggest payout ever given to a Mas Band for winning the Winston Samuel Band of the Year Award.
This year is 50 years since the Band of the Year title is being awarded and as a result the winner will receive EC$50,000. The money will be handed over to SVG Players International during the CDC's prize giving ceremony.
This year, both the Winston Samuel Band of the Year Award and the Sylvia Wilson Junior Band of the Year Award have gone to SVG Players International.SVG Players International's production was called 'Garifuna Story'. Players also won the 'Uptown Competition'. Their costumes were designed by Junior 'Pilling' Pollard.This is the fifth time that SVG Players International has won the Band of the Year title having won in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Second place in the Winston Samuel Band of the Year competition was Guinness Y De Lima Hitz FM Blondie Bird and Friends with their presentation 'Jewels of the Caribbean'.Owen Ralph and the Professionals with 'Shades of Colours' was third while Stag Dragons with 'A touch of class – A tribute to Vincy Mas' was fourth and Metrocint General Insurance Company The Vincentian Publishing Company in association with the Hairoun High Voltage Mas Band was fifth with 'Tribute 50'.
Fya Empress tops Ragga Soca competition for second year
10.07.2013 -
10.07.2013 -
Having gone down in history as the first lady to win a hat-trick of crowns in 2012 during Vincy Mas celebrations, Lornette 'Fya Empress' Nedd has in 2013 not disappointed her fans.
On Saturday July 5th 2013, Fya Empress successfully defended her Ragga Soca Crown at Carnival City Victoria Park with a dynamic performance of her 2013 hit 'Ah Ketch It'.
She beat Shernelle 'Skarpyon' Williams with his 'Hammer and Conch' into second place while in third place was Shaunelle McKenzie with 'Up in that'.
Fya Empress, who was dubbed the Queen of Vincy Mas in 2012, did not manage to regain the National Calypso Monarch crown which she won in 2012 but she did place second in that competition that took place on Sunday July 7th 2013. She also this year moved one spot down to second place in the National Road March title with 'Ah ketch it', a competition she won in 2012 with 'Rum Please'.
The versatile entertainer also placed third in the National Soca Monarch Competition with her song 'Earthquake'.
Fya Empress is known for hits like 'Rum Please', 'I am Woman' and 'True Vincy'.
Junior Calyspo / Soca Results 2013
02.07.2013 -
02.07.2013 -
PANORAMA 2013The results of the Junior Calypso and SOca Competition held at the Victoria park on Tiuesday July 2, 2013.
Position Name School Song Calypso Competition -Primary 1st Kristiana “Singing Kristy” Christopher Layou Primary With Rights 2nd Tia “Singing Tia” Wyllie New Prospect Prim Proud to be Vincy 3rd Cha- chanie “Lady Cha-chanie” Morgan New Prospect Prim Education Calypso Competition -Secondary 1st Gillian “Feisha” Smart SJCK Vincy Nice 2nd Shadaney “Tumpanks” Williams Bethel High School Teenagers Wait 3rd Moesha “Chowder” Thomas Thomas Saunders Sec Clean dem up Soca Competition -Primary 1st Kristiana “Singing Kristy” Christopher Layou Primary Ah Soca Feeling 2nd Johnroy “The Blinger” Haywood Troumaca Secondary Soufriere Rise 3rd Delanzo “Lanzo” Lavia Owia Government School Boy Soca
PAN SIDE RENDITION POSITION
Sion Hill Euphonium Steel Orchestra I’m yours – Man Age 1st.
Sea Operations Starlift Steel Orchestra King of the Road - Exodus 2nd.
Scotia Bank South East Steel Orchestra Pan Yard – Winston Soso 3rd.
For more results and articles please see:
Vincy Mas Carnival Development Corporation
Victoria Park Tel: 784 - 457 - 2580
Kingstown Fax: 784 - 456 -1594
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Email: cdcofsvg@vincysurf.com
West Indies Website: www.carnivalsvg.com
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