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Saturday, March 15, 2025

Machel Montano to perform in position 7 for Dimanche Gras

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FILE: Machel Montano performs at Fatima All Inclusive, Port-of-Spain on Saturday

FILE: Machel Montano performs at Fatima All Inclusive, Port-of-Spain on Saturday

ANISTO ALVES

The Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) will host the fi­nal of the Na­tion­al Se­nior Ca­lyp­so Monarch Com­pe­ti­tion 2025 at Di­manche Gras on Sun­day, March 2, 2025, at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, Port of Spain, be­gin­ning at 7:00 p.m.

Twelve fi­nal­ists will com­pete for the pres­ti­gious Ca­lyp­so Monarch ti­tle, with reign­ing monarch Machel Mon­tano de­fend­ing his crown. The com­pe­ti­tion will show­case a di­verse range of ca­lyp­sos ad­dress­ing so­cial com­men­tary, cul­tur­al ex­pres­sion, and po­lit­i­cal dis­course.

OR­DER OF AP­PEAR­ANCE

1. Roslyn Reid Hayes – “Sing It in Kaiso”

2. An­tho­ny La Fleur (Squeezy Rankin) – “Jus­tice”

3. Ann Marie Parks Ko­jo (Twig­gy) – “65 and Still Rel­e­vant”

4. Sam­raj Jaimun­gal (Rik­ki Jai) – “Kaiso Chut­ney”

5. Akhen­aton Lewis (Yung Bred­da) – “We Rise”

6. Ter­ri Lyons – “Ask Yuh Man”

7. Machel Mon­tano – “Bet Meh”

8. Karene As­che (The Ca­lyp­so Princess) – “A Leader”

9. Helon Fran­cis – “To Whom It May Be”

10. Du­ane Ta’zyah O’Con­nor – “Kaiso to D World”

11. Kurt Allen (The Last Bard­john of Ca­lyp­so) – “Your Turn Now”

12. Rod­er­ick Gor­don (Chuck Gor­don) – “Look Tuh Press”

Re­serve com­peti­tors in­clude Morel Pe­ters, King Lu­ta, and Stay­ing in Ca­lyp­so.

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