SAN­DRA L BLOOD

A pow­er­ful trib­ute to so­ca and ca­lyp­so leg­ends re­turns to the spot­light on Wednes­day at Na­tion­al Acad­e­my for the Per­form­ing Arts (NA­PA) and Thurs­day at South­ern Acad­e­my for Per­form­ingg Arts (SAPA), from 6 pm night­ly, fol­low­ing the over­whelm­ing suc­cess of its in­au­gur­al stag­ing last Feb­ru­ary.

Themed Gone But Not For­got­ten, the spec­tac­u­lar pro­duc­tion makes a tri­umphant come­back, promis­ing an even big­ger, bold­er and more emo­tion­al­ly stir­ring cel­e­bra­tion of the icons who shaped Trinidad and To­ba­go’s mu­si­cal iden­ti­ty.

The show ho­n­ours the time­less con­tri­bu­tions of Roots­man, Ras Shorty I, Blaxx, Ar­row, Zan­dolie, Bri­go, Fun­ny, Mae­stro, Shad­ow, Singing Francine, Swal­low and sev­er­al oth­ers whose mu­sic and mes­sages con­tin­ue to res­onate across gen­er­a­tions.

Their un­for­get­table songs will be reimag­ined and per­formed by to­day’s most pop­u­lar so­ca and ca­lyp­so artistes, cre­at­ing a pow­er­ful bridge be­tween past and present while keep­ing the leg­ends’ lega­cy alive for a new au­di­ence.

Adding to the flavour are spe­cial guest ap­pear­ances by Nin­ja, who will de­liv­er his pop­u­lar com­po­si­tion Pen­sion­er’s An­them, and Mis­tah Shak, per­form­ing his hard-hit­ting Car­ni­val-sea­son piece FA/FO.

Last year’s event proved to be noth­ing short of mag­i­cal, as pa­trons sang, danced, rem­i­nisced and cel­e­brat­ed the lives and mu­sic of those who paved the way. The at­mos­phere was elec­tric, the per­for­mances deeply heart­felt, and the au­di­ence re­sponse over­whelm­ing.

This year’s stag­ing is set to raise the bar even high­er, de­liv­er­ing a rich­er, more dy­nam­ic and more en­ter­tain­ing ex­pe­ri­ence. With the charis­mat­ic Sun­ny Bling serv­ing as Mas­ter of Cer­e­monies, au­di­ences can look for­ward to laugh­ter, sto­ry­telling, nos­tal­gia and non-stop vibes from start to fin­ish.

Tick­ets are avail­able at var­i­ous out­lets na­tion­wide. For more in­for­ma­tion, call 1 (868) 732-3402.