The Vis­it Trinidad Road March com­pe­ti­tion is on with con­tenders such as Bun­ji Gar­lin, Nailah Black­man and Skin­ny Fab­u­lous, Machel Mon­tano and Olan­tun­ji, the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­ga­ni­za­tion (TU­CO) has con­firmed.

“Every Car­ni­val the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­ga­ni­za­tion (TU­CO) as the of­fi­cial au­thor­i­ty for de­clar­ing the Road March win­ner, tab­u­lates the num­ber of times the pop­u­lar songs are played at of­fi­cial judg­ing points along the pa­rade route,” TU­CO ex­plained in a news re­lease is­sued to­day.

TU­CO is re­mind­ing the pub­lic that the Road March win­ner is usu­al­ly an­nounced on Ash Wednes­day or soon af­ter.

“This pres­ti­gious award is one that adds to the Car­ni­val his­to­ry books every year,” TU­CO says. “Look­ing for­ward to the ex­cit­ing an­nounce­ment to come, on who will be de­clared the Vis­it Trinidad Road March Cham­pi­on!”

The ca­lyp­so­ni­ans lob­by group re­count­ed key mile­stones in Road March his­to­ry.

“The late Lord Kitch­en­er still holds the record for most num­ber of wins with 11 in to­tal and is close­ly fol­lowed by Austin “Su­perblue” Lyons with ten Road March ti­tles, and Slinger Fran­cis­co bet­ter known as “The Mighty Spar­row” with eight wins,” TU­CO points out.

TU­CO has part­nered with Tourism Trinidad this year, to an­nounce the ‘Vis­it Trinidad Road March’ Cham­pi­on.  The win­ner will re­ceive a grand prize of $250,000 and recog­ni­tion as the lat­est in a long line of the most pop­u­lar songs on the road since 1932.